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

iVoid said:
Not going to take a decrease in screen size at this point. Pass on the 8.
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I think I'm going to pass on the 8 too. I'm going to wait for Apple to put that 6.5" screen (mentioned in the Homepod leak) in the frame of a 7 Plus. :D
 
Price and availability depending I may get the 7S Plus for the bigger screen size, I hope it does have the glass back.
 
BlankSlate said:
I think I'm going to pass on the 8 too. I'm going to wait for Apple to put that 6.5" screen (mentioned in the Homepod leak) in the frame of a 7 Plus. :D
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To me, these big phones are rediculous. If you keep your phone in your front pocket you cant even sit down. I’ll take a smaller phone any time. Jobs was correct with his vision of the size of the device. If you need something bigger, then use an iPad or iMac.
 
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VanillaCracker said:
The 7+ has a bigger usuable screen real estate. 5.5", whereas the OLED iPhone 8 will only have 5.15" of usable screen real estate. The biggest difference is the width of the 7+, which makes it feel a lot more spacious.
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I think the increased resolution will make up for this. Guess we'll just see when it comes out. Hopefully they are still releasing a plus size phone for everyone else.
 
Precision Gem said:
To me, these big phones are rediculous. If you keep your phone in your front pocket you cant even sit down. I’ll take a smaller phone any time. Jobs was correct with his vision of the size of the device. If you need something bigger, then use an iPad or iMac.
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There is a market for these giant phones if we go by the Plus models. I'd rather carry around a 7 plus sized phone with an edge to edge display (fits in my back pocket) than carry a phone AND a tablet with me.
But..I guess it's entirely subjective. Just want the choice of a 8 plus, and I'm clearly not the only one.
 
ph001bi said:
That colour is actually Bronze, not copper. That means Bronze and Silver. Maybe there is no Gold because it looks gaudy on glass.
iPhone8,or X, or Pro, or Edition in Bronze will probably be the most in demand colour at launch as it's the only one which really screams "New iPhone here".
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I agree, those rectangular phones with a big glass screen on the front are so boring.
Time to get a round one or a triangle one.
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Yeah plumber model looks like a killer - great for filling the streets
Have fun karaoke...
 
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-Ray- said:
I hate when people complain about the design of the iPhone and how it remained the same on the 7. Look at the Macbooks, iMacs, iPads. Form factor has spanned many product releases. What we are looking at now is a matured product. I for one love the 6-7 design. I think its perfect.
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Apple should start the September event with a very serious and glowing presentation on the new spherical iPhone, see how long they can keep up the straight face. See how many people rush to twitter to excitedly break the news.

Then laugh and roll out the real iPhone 8 (I think Gruber's right, if the casing changes - glass back - it won't be the 7s, it'll be the 8/8+/8Pro), which will be a wonderful rectangular phone with a terrific camera and such, and will sell tens of millions, and will be liked by everyone except a handful of MR forum griefers.

My only problem with the current form factor is that I want a 7" screen on a 4" phone, and physics won't let them do that yet.
 
unobtainium said:
Ugh I hate that naming. The word "edition" calls for an adjectival modifier of some kind. Special Edition, Anniversary Edition, Gold Edition, etc. But not "Edition" on its own.
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That’s what’s so unusual and unique about that naming convention. The assumption is that the product is so unique that you don’t need another word to call it “edition”. It’s an iPhone, therefore, exclusive.
Is it a marketing clue? Yes. But that very snobbish way of naming the product makes it quite sticky too... You lose 5-10 seconds thinking about “what is it that sounds so strange about that product name”...
(Not too different from the “very blue” and “quite silver” colour naming of Google/Alphabet’s Pixel phone... and here am I, a die-hard iOS enthusiast still thinking of an Android phone naming convention... sticky ;) )
 
DNichter said:
It should be slightly larger than the 4.7 model, but slightly smaller than the 5.5. With the smaller bezels though, it will house a larger screen (5.8) with a higher resolution (3x opposed to 2x currently). So you'd be getting a larger screen in a more compact size, kind of the best of both worlds.
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Isn't it 5.8 with the elongated aspect ratio? And we don't really how mich of that is going to be actual usable screen vs (semi)permanent UI fixtures. Usable screen surface area might turn out to be slightly smaller than the 5.5.
 
subjonas said:
Isn't it 5.8 with the elongated aspect ratio? And we don't really how mich of that is going to be actual usable screen vs (semi)permanent UI fixtures. Usable screen surface area might turn out to be slightly smaller than the 5.5.
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Yea, it's rumored to be. And yes, true about the usable screen part. I guess we'll see how it all works together. I am not overly worried though. At times I think the Plus is too big.
 
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profets said:
Has that really been an issue? I thought all non-US iPhone 7’s were using the Intel radio chipsets?

If anything we’ll likely soon see Apple designing it’s own radio chipsets as well. Or building them into the A series.
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Yes. Having come from a 6s with its Qualcomm chip, the ability to stay on LTE and call quality in weak signal areas is notably diminished.

When you're spending $600+ on a new model, it should be an upgrade. No compromises. That's one of the main reasons it sounds like I'll be skipping the new iPhone 8 sans Touch ID. But I'd gladly go to a 7s to get back the Qualcomm radio and keep Touch ID. Shame so many of us will have to forego whatever other improvements come in the "8" just to retain functionality that should never be absent from a phone as expensive as it's rumored to be.
 
Relentless Power said:
What's so funny? It's a rumored website where most of the sources on here are nothing more than speculation and analyst mudslinging. Digitimes has had some accurate predictions or reports in the past with the Apple Watch and iPhone.

The most reliable source would be Ming Kuo.
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They've been wrong many times.
 
xpxp2002 said:
Yes. Having come from a 6s with its Qualcomm chip, the ability to stay on LTE and call quality in weak signal areas is notably diminished.

When you're spending $600+ on a new model, it should be an upgrade. No compromises. That's one of the main reasons it sounds like I'll be skipping the new iPhone 8 sans Touch ID. But I'd gladly go to a 7s to get back the Qualcomm radio and keep Touch ID. Shame so many of us will have to forego whatever other improvements come in the "8" just to retain functionality that should never be absent from a phone as expensive as it's rumored to be.
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Strange. I’ve upgraded to the new iPhone every year, and haven’t noticed a difference with the 7 Plus in regards to network use. Though I’m sure there’s many variables at play.
 
Precision Gem said:
To me, these big phones are rediculous. If you keep your phone in your front pocket you cant even sit down. I’ll take a smaller phone any time. Jobs was correct with his vision of the size of the device. If you need something bigger, then use an iPad or iMac.
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Exactly. I went back from iPhone 6 to the SE for the same reason. They should just make 3 sizes of the same model.
 
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Will the iPhone 7S share the same screen as the iPhone 8, or just the same from the iPhone 7?
 
With current technology, it would be a matter of doing something like they've done or adding bumps to the top of the phone to house that tech above the top of the screen. In other words, if you think of the iPhone like it's a rectangular "head", some strategic conks on top of that head swells up some bumps. Inside those bumps put stuff like front-facing cameras, microphone, etc.

I suspect between the 2 options, the bumpy-top iPhone would be much less desired than what it appears was chosen for the next generation iPhones.

Maybe somewhere in the future, technologies could allow these bits of tech to be hidden behind the screen (but still work well), so they disappear behind the screen. But I don't believe we're there yet.
 
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Why continue the Plus model at all, considering the new iPhone 8 or whatever it is called will have a bigger (5.8”) and better (OLED) screen, all in a smaller body? The price difference between the two should not be much different either, unless they price 8 super high. What is the target market for 7S Plus then?
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I read that the iPhone 8 will have a screen size of 5.1", but I guess just about all the information we have regarding the decennial iPhone is speculation and rumor.
 
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