6 Things We Already Know About the 2028 iPhone

[NorthrrnArrbiter]

I still won’t be ready to upgrade my 2TB iPhone 17 pro max in 2030, let alone 2028….

But I don’t think I’ll have to wait until 2031 for Apple to get away from the curved screen…. But it did take ten years for Samsung to give up on curved screens.

Starting with the Samsung Galaxy Round and Galaxy Note Edge in 2013–2014 and ending when the flat-screen Galaxy S24 series launched in January 2024. (Source: Google AI)

 

[elessar7]

200 mpx in a tiny sensor… is still a selling point? i think people don’t understand about physics 😂

 

[Lioness~]

I actually bought a refurb mini with 256 GB - and then I regretted it.
It’s not worth to put that money on such an old phone. Even off I do love mini’s ♥️
Se what I’ll do....back to square 1 - just change battery and some service on the one I have.
Nothing of the new phones Apple have made me excited at all 😕

So wait and see what If Apple comes up with, hoping for smaller Flip-phones I would be interested.
See what Ternus will do⁉️

If not I’ll go with a Samsung Flip 😡

 

[SuperJack]

Personally have zero interest in an infinity screen. There is a reason why Samsung dropped the edge design. No real such thing as a full coverage glass screen protector, and were prone to drop / edge damage.

It added little to nothing to the use of the device outside of a few trick apps that tapped into it.

Just no!

I love the infinity / edge to edge display. It is something I think should be standard on all phones eventually.

I owned the S6 edge+ (curved screen on right and left sides) and actually loved it. I think an Apple implementation will impress you more than you think.

Apple might do it better. If they can make dynamic side buttons, I can see it being useful. An extension of the principal that led to the original iPhone not having a keyboard.

Remember when iPhone rumors were basically this & iPhone concept renders were unusable because the sides were touchscreen as well?

Is it finally happening?

Given the majority of consumers use a silicone case, (I'm someone who likes using my phone naked to feel its design), I can't see the curved edges will take off with the added price. It's like making the phone so thin like the iPhone Air, and putting a thick case around it.

 

[imlynxy]

I know what is new for me: I go with Samsung S27 this year. Less bugs and a working keyboard are on the other side.

 

[JonMPLS]

I really do wonder if the 20 hype will cut into the 18Pro sales. (And I also join those wondering about cases.)

 

[Newbreed83]

Curved screens are the absolute worst, you can't use any kind of tempered glass screen protectors with them and film ones are useless.

 

[Mr_Ed]

That's your opinion, I won't argue - there's no point since we look at things differently

Of course it’s opinion. Just like your post, which I replied to. By that logic, there would be practically zero posts in MR forums. No one is required to reply, so no need to fabricate a fictitious reason to not engage.

PS: A little advice, the majority is not always the right answer

Lol! This isn’t advice. This is doubling down on the condescension of your first post, still trying to convince yourself that there is something special about claiming to have a better understanding of the value of a consumer electronic gadget that has been mass-produced into ubiquity. Good luck with that.

 

[applegeek2024]

SO once again, designer at apple does absolutely nothing for 10 years and then copy others.. this is just fantastic.. What does AI team at apple do? do nothing for 10 years and then use other company's AI... does this company really do anything??? (Yes, I fogot, they raise price)

 

[840quadra]

Incorrect - perhaps you need your physics updated. All things being equal except pixel size, a sensor with more smaller pixels will always provide better pictures. For low light situations, you use aggressive noise reduction and down sample to produce a picture as good as the reduced resolution larger pixel sensor. For higher light situations you produce picture with much better resolution that the lower resolution sensor can’t provide. If the overall sensor area is the same, the light gathered is roughly the same regardless of pixel size and that is what matters.

It is only in very niche extreme low
light design intentions that the few percentage points of improved light gathering from larger pixels makes sense.

Respectfully, I feel my understanding of the subject is fine, without any added ad-hominem.

In fact, I am aware of some good discussions and facts supporting your viewpoint. Unfortunately they are in the context and of a larger cameras with optimal optics.

On that note, showing I am open minded, Below is a good article supporting your viewpoint in relation to large sensors with (usually) detachable / changeable lenses .

Does Camera Pixel Size Actually Matter? | Fstoppers

Pixel pitch affects image quality differently than most photographers think. Bigger pixels don't automatically mean cleaner images—here's what actually matters when comparing sensor specs.

fstoppers.com

The article supports your viewpoint but also has some caveats. The issue is, unlike dedicated cameras, we are dealing with tiny, small pieces of glass that cannot possibly proper refraction or provide proper coverage in a compremised design. They are also often paired with aggressive noise reduction and as in the case of Samsung Moon shots, image replacement.

In prime light I 100% agree it can provide great detail, but the trade off is also somewhat silly. RCS and iMessage are going to compress such shots, storage on device is going to fill faster, and uploading via 3rd party methods is going to absorb way too much bandwidth.

I'll gladly take a 1" 50 megapixel sensor and extended optics over a cramped 200 megapixel specification brag.

 

[markltglass]

Now with 150x more AI-interpolated imagery! You won't even have to touch your photos up! Every composition will be perfect!

Looks over enviously at 42 year old father sitting at a bench peacfully sketching the cityscape using his charcoal pencils that he got while taking a community college art class; meanwhile, his daughter/son uses a newly found stick to trace letters out in the river beach nearby, finding happiness in how the pebbles make way for their artistry. The setting sun casts a a warm, wide blade across them through the breeze-singing trees, across the river and all the geese and ducks and frogs and spiders. The child looks up and briefly, inexplicably senses the past, present, and future of all passing things. They are all connected.


Please just use a better sensor size. It’s important to know someone felt something and had intention when they did or made a thing.

 

[theorist9]

I owned the S6 edge+ (curved screen on right and left sides) and actually loved it. I think an Apple implementation will impress you more than you think.

Genuinely curious--did you use a case and, if so, doesn't a case defeat any benefit of having a curved screen by hiding the curved part?

 

[OldNewMBP]

"New Rumors spark of an iPhone Max Ultra++, an utter catastrophe of a phone."

 

[mansplains]

I’m waiting for the article “2028 Things We Already Know About the 2028 iPhone”

 

[Zwhaler]

Genuinely curious--did you use a case and, if so, doesn't a case defeat any benefit of having a curved screen by hiding the curved part?

No case. I really really liked that phone. I may have dropped it a time or two but I never damaged the screen and the cool 3D-lite look of the curved edges never got old. The phone was also really thin for its day.