I hope they don't pull the 'better camera in bigger phone' trick. I just want Apple to stop limiting features exclusively to ‘Plus’ models just because they’re larger.
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2018 6.5-Inch iPhone to Be Similar in Size to iPhone 8 Plus, iOS 12 Could Feature Horizontal Face ID Support
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4.0”/4.7”/5.5”/5.8”/6.1”/6.5” - that’s a lot of display sizes to render for a developer.
It’s gotten a lot easier thanks to constraints and size classes.
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That’s physics. The better cameras so far have taken up more volume, and the bigger models have more volume.
They do it for the upsell. I miss the days of only needing to think about screen size and storage, though I suppose that never really was the case with Macs.
I have found it difficult to adjust to the smaller width of the screen. Makes it harder to read kindle books and such (though I’m okay with t for other uses).
Let’s just be happy that we at least have this guy to give us juicy information on these upcoming iPhones. This year so far has been extremely dry with leaks.
You say that, but as we get closer to launch historical gossip has proven remarkably accurate, if you look at the last 2-3 years anyway.
So much so that when the new phones have eventually launched looking exactly like the preceding renders it’s been a bit <shrug> . . . oh ok . . .
Crossing my fingers it has an improved OLED display over today's X. Not just a bigger version.
Just a little too big for me personally. The 8 plus is already hard to navigate, I imagine it’ll be a lot more difficult navigating a full screen device that is larger.
About 50 Euro is also going to the lovely and no one asked for GEMA* here in Germany
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization
my gf said the same thing when she saw it
The $999.99 and $1,149.99 do not include taxes in the US. In Indiana, where I live, it’s 7%. Others fluctuate from like 5%-10%
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But get real: announced IN September but because of <some part in short supply- just make up any old part: the flaquomaster X7>, it will be in very short supply for up to forever. So wake up at 2:58am to try to be FIRST... or you may never, ever, never-ever, ever, never, never, never get one... nor your children, nor their children. Hurry! Rush! Apple might squeeze 5 or maybe just 10 units out of the factory before the next, next iPhone is announced.
However, by the prime of the holiday buying period, magical innovations in the supply chain yet again will manage to make it possible to get 1+ (or millions) in time for everyone to get one for Christmas. We fall for it every single year. It works every single year. We never seem to learn. See everyone at 2:58am.
However, by the prime of the holiday buying period, magical innovations in the supply chain yet again will manage to make it possible to get 1+ (or millions) in time for everyone to get one for Christmas. We fall for it every single year. It works every single year. We never seem to learn. See everyone at 2:58am.
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I could have swore I read (cannot remember where - probably here) back when the iPhone X was released that FaceID could not support horizontal unlocking due to the TrueDepth Camera System hardware. Now this article is implying/saying that iOS 12 will allow the TrueDepth Camera System on the iPhone X to support horizontal unlocking. Don't get me wrong, I would not mind if that was the case at all. Even though I get a new iPhone every year, I still keep my older one as a backup and it would be nice to have horizontal support on the iPhone X.
If software can make the TrueDepth Camera System on the iPhone X work in horizontal mode, I wish they would release a software update for the iPhone X to support it when the new iPad Pro's come out.
Anyone remember reading/hearing anything like that about the TrueDepth Camera System being hardware limited to vertical support only or no?
If software can make the TrueDepth Camera System on the iPhone X work in horizontal mode, I wish they would release a software update for the iPhone X to support it when the new iPad Pro's come out.
Anyone remember reading/hearing anything like that about the TrueDepth Camera System being hardware limited to vertical support only or no?
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Altering Face ID to work horizontally via software updates is VERY unexpected.
Apple product pricing was modified to reflect currency exchange rate changes about November 2017. Since the high point of USD valuation (December 2017) the Dollar has declined about 10%. The price increases of 2017 were precipitated by a decline in world currencies (against the USD) of about 20%.
The biggest cause of the price differential is European taxes. The EU (including GB) have a Value Added Tax (VAT) of about 20% that the US does not.
I've asked Vegas to consider taking Bets on the number of times we see this on the Net, now thru mid-Sept:
"Former KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said ..."
"Former KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said ..."
Eliminating the GST lowers the USD price to about $1,079. The US (federal level) does not have a national Value Added Tax. Most of the States add a sales tax that can be as high as 11%.
In Washington, where I live, the out the door price of the Base iPhone X is US$1,086.
Reading various news accounts carefully, this doesn’t appear to be something that will work on the X. It’s for the new devices.
Taxes only account for a fraction of the differential. In the UK, we've got 20% sales tax (VAT), but the UK prices are about 40% higher than the before-tax prices in the US after accounting for the exchange rate. The problem is that Apple always sets its exchange rate in Europe very conservatively. That 20% differential now means that if you're buying a combination of Apple products, it's cheaper to fly from say London to New York (you can get return flights for less than $400) and hop on a coach to Delaware.
Forgot to say, I wish Apple would offer a 5" version of the 8+ in mid-Sept, for the same price as the base iPhone 8, $699.
IMO, if they did that, it would be their best-selling iPhone of ALL time !
$699 vs $728 (their most-current ASP), but with significantly higher volume, VS, and this is critically-important Boys & Girls, if Apple sold between 10-15M iPhone X units, at their prices that mean't Apple must have sold lots of older iPhones to reach the $728 number ... it's a much smarter strategy to have the Lion's Share of purchases be current-generation iPhones !
I know the Market Rewarded Apple, but I think they ONLY deserve a C+ for their financial perf.
Apple needs to get iPhones with 3 GB of DRAM + a Hardware Home Button into as many Users as possible, ONLY then will the masses begin to experience what they've been missing.
IMO, if they did that, it would be their best-selling iPhone of ALL time !
$699 vs $728 (their most-current ASP), but with significantly higher volume, VS, and this is critically-important Boys & Girls, if Apple sold between 10-15M iPhone X units, at their prices that mean't Apple must have sold lots of older iPhones to reach the $728 number ... it's a much smarter strategy to have the Lion's Share of purchases be current-generation iPhones !
I know the Market Rewarded Apple, but I think they ONLY deserve a C+ for their financial perf.
Apple needs to get iPhones with 3 GB of DRAM + a Hardware Home Button into as many Users as possible, ONLY then will the masses begin to experience what they've been missing.