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All Three 2017 iPhone Models Have Entered Volume Production Ahead of Expected September Launch

I don’t get it. My iPhone 7 Plus was £869. Having an iPhone as expensive as £900 is not a problem AS LONG AS they start with the 128 GB for the base model. (Although I reckon that they might go for the iPad Pro configs of 64-256-513 GB...)
Nr123*123 said:
My main concern remains the potential price of the iPhone 8.

If it's above £800, it's a no go for me. A phone is a phone and truthfully, there aren't many things my 6S plus can't do that the iPhone 8 will be able to.
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I seriously still cannot believe they are going to create "iPhone 7s" and further muddy up the brand. lol.
 
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johngordon said:
It is getting pretty steep agreed. But I think for a long time smartphones have been way more than just phones.

Go back 10-15 years, and what would you have need to have, and spend to have all of the following:

- high end phone
- portable music player
- compact camera
- handheld gaming device

OK, you probably wouldn't need to spend £800, but I'm sure you could easily have done so, and ended up with four devices, that combined still didn't come close to doing everything you can on a modern smartphone.

And yes, I realise you can spend a lot less, and still get all of the above, but you get the point.
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Excellent point, haven't really looked at it in that way.
 
It's not good for Apple that there are so many leaks, it clearly gives their competition more time to copy.
But if the iPhone 8 ends up like this, wow, the sales are going to skyrocket all over the place!
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Michaelgtrusa said:
I'd still like to see a pro phone.
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This would be the Plus, bigger screen, better camera...
 
Nr123*123 said:
Excellent point, haven't really looked at it in that way.
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People are spoiled. Back in the Day I had a Point and Shoot ($200), MP3 or CD Player ($150), and Audio Recorder ($100). Now I can have all of this stuff in one device that easily fits into my pocket. It's worth $1k for me. More so than an iPad. I had the iPad because phone screens were too small to read, now that's not the case. The only thing I can't read on my phone are my funny books :)
 
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I cannot wait for this. Hope the facial software is accurate enough to not make me miss touchID.
 
macduke said:
I have a feeling it's going to be iPhone, iPhone Plus, and iPhone Pro. This makes the non-Pro iPhone models seem like they're not out of date immediately. At the very least it won't be iPhone 7s and iPhone 8 at the same time. That will never happen.
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This. I don't think it will be called the iPhone 8. It will be called iPhone Pro or something similar.
 
nyjoe84 said:
I bet money on launch day they will have plenty of iPhone 7splus & iPhone 7 s available. They will say iPhone 8 or whatever its called for the holiday season.
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But it will already be "holiday season" in mid-Sep or Oct when the new iPhones are announced. There is no time to hold back product...or reason.
 
johngordon said:
It is getting pretty steep agreed. But I think for a long time smartphones have been way more than just phones.

Go back 10-15 years, and what would you have need to have, and spend to have all of the following:

- high end phone
- portable music player
- compact camera
- handheld gaming device

OK, you probably wouldn't need to spend £800, but I'm sure you could easily have done so, and ended up with four devices, that combined still didn't come close to doing everything you can on a modern smartphone.

And yes, I realise you can spend a lot less, and still get all of the above, but you get the point.
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There is no point since like you said, a much cheaper phone will do everything you just said. All the stuff you said was just to sell the new iphone.
 
Polished stainless steel + white glass, and polished space black stainless steel + black glass = awesome and beautiful! iPhone 4 was the best Industrial Design but this might challenge it.
 
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I need some advice, please. I have an iPhone 6 Plus currently. I like everything about it except the battery life. Will the iPhone 8 battery life be a good bit better? if so, I will buy one and ditch my Mophie case.
 
arggg14 said:
I wonder how many people are going to pony up $1,000 for the OLED iPhone 8.... Will probably sell like hot cakes.
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Money is not a problem at all.
Only the quality and design matters.
I am ready to pay up to 2000$ for an iPhone.
1000$ or 2000$ doesnt matter.
Just make it as good, SMALL and beautiful as 5S or SE.
Same size as SE, bigger OLED Display over the whole front and best hardware.
 
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With only a month to go, by now we usually have gotten mass leaks of parts, enough to almost build a working prototype :)

But we should start seeing lots of info now that it's started production. Too many factory workers looking to get a little extra money on the side.
 
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