As Im reading this Im imaging you shaking your fist in the air and stamping your feet. It's a lot more enjoyable that way.
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Apple Has a Redesigned Fingerprint ID Solution For the iPhone 8
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As Im reading this Im imaging you shaking your fist in the air and stamping your feet. It's a lot more enjoyable that way.
It'll be centered in the bottom bezel err "function area" along with a 'camera area" at the top the actual useable area will be <5.1"
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It'll be centered in the bottom bezel err "function area" see top hidden bezel
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Now maybe they can copy my 10 year old Nokia and make a phone that doesn't sound like that caller is underwater.
It would make sense for Apple to introduce the 7S first and then a few months later the 8. It would keep things exciting and sell a lot of phones. You'd have a lot of people that would get the 7S and then turn around and get an 8. That could be huge for profits.
If that is true, society is in serious trouble
Me thinks Surface Pocket (and Galaxy Note) will severely mute Iphone 7s adoption and by the late time 8 comes out it'll be the same reception as 2016 MacBook pro and jokes about the function area. I highly doubt anyone will buy a 7s and want an 8 by that point. Perhaps the 9 will catch up.
This September 2017 iPhone8/pro start production deal will be problematic for Apl so will the "year of expectations" train. See the 4 yo mac expectation train for details.
These "wishful adoption" rumors of 160M screens..expect cutbacks reminds me of when they ordered 90M 6s's and had to severely cut production...Apl needs to realize Iphone is not desired nearly as much anymore in 2017. Where is their new "must have" device product line?
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You might also see people saying "why get the 7S when the 8 is right around the corner, and the rumors make it out to be awesome", and then Apple can't sell enough of the 7S to satisfy the press and Street (IOW, they only sell 3x the previous phone instead of 5x).
So you reduce down the poster's message to a single point that they were never advancing? Seems* reasonable.
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The real question is if the display runs across the entire front, will there still be a recessed circle like current touch ID or will they go totally sleek and use the screen UI to show the location.
My guess is they need a recess to make positioning accurate. I personally however do not want a divot and would love an entirely flat front panel.
My guess is they need a recess to make positioning accurate. I personally however do not want a divot and would love an entirely flat front panel.
My Xperia XZ has it on the side and I find that an acceptable alternative to the front, if the bezel size needs to be reduced.
The back is a no go for me also...
That's a good point. If they needed to make the divot, then hopefully it is center, small, and as low as possible. It would look odd to the left or right of the phone. However, if they can manage edge to edge display on most of the phone then I guess I could get used to whatever they decide to do with the finger print divot.
Don't worry there will be a completely totally obvious "seen from space" "Touch HERE to unlock" verbiage with a big arrow.. why is it only apl users need cluttered instructions to touch or swipe?
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This is looking more and more like a limited edition phone to make wonders to Apple's margins
$ 969 64GB and 1069 $ 256GB
You keep asking the same question in different ways but that doesn't change the answer. Apple knows their customers have the money and will accept artificial limitations to a point. In order to keep their ASPs and profits high, they continue to offer the best but also most expensive products. But things really weren't much different with Jobs. The only difference was there was no smartphone competition when Jobs was with Apple. Now there is a lot of competition in different forms. Apple has 2 choices, lower prices and deliver less or find new ways to justify price increases. Keeping prices and products the same will not work when competition continually delivers more for less or more for more (like Apple).
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^THIS very well put. Will people figure this out?
"More for more" should be "Same/less for More" FYI
More expensive = Veblen Good
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I think both ways work but Apple has been training users to use the front for the past 4 years and it works well. Changing that now would be a mistake whereas Android phones have no continuity and seem to change things like that with every release cycle so it doesn't matter how many times they change.
I think it should have voice, retina, facial and fingerprint recognition, a 5k screen, be completely water proof to 20 meters and have expandable memory. And headphone jacks. I also think I should be given one and not have to pay for it.
Yes, the "button" would have to be the sensor. If that sensor can be made movable within the grid overlay it would eliminate all left hand/right hand and stretch issues.
