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There is no point for a curved display.
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Apple May Launch 5.8-Inch OLED iPhone With Curved Glass Casing and Screen in 2017
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There is no point for a curved display.
What a way to miss the point. Right or wrong in that time when you did not have it and everybody else did, what did you do? Are you sure nobody uses it though? I mean EE decided to post this page for no reason right? As did Apple.
In fact for a few seconds let’s take Apple and MMS out of the equation. Which is the better situation for consumers;
- Others have a feature and you don’t because company A isn’t ready. So you can’t get involved.
- Company A implements said feature anyway and then improves upon it with their new method when time/technology allows.
My guess is you’ll go with 2. Which means you also waited all these years and only now bought a Tesla because the internal combustion engine is so inefficient. Maybe you haven’t bought a car at all because Apple haven’t released one?
Ooh, ooh. Or you wanted a fitness tracker but never bought a FitBit because now that Apple did it all is well. All that time you’ve missed out on being able to do something.
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Whether merited or not, it WAS the best you could do.No, but it was all that was merited.
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I'll be pretty pissed if the AMOLED display is exclusive to the higher end iDevice. I have the 6s now & planned on moving up to the + if they significantly reduced the bezels. Now they might throw another model out there ? I really don't see it happening.
there have been many rumours of apple going away from the X and then XS cycle and it has never happened. I do not think it will happen this time either. They are going to release a 7 and then a 7S (likely not major changes cosmetically I am sure) and then the 8 will be this way. I wouldn't be surprised if the 7S adopted a flat amoled screen so they can trial it in production while keeping the same physical shell as the 7 as they generally do
I've been advocating for this design direction for a looooong time and more recently on MacRumors. I even started a recent forum about this very specific design seeking comment and other design suggestions at the forum: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/future-apple-design-language.1963417/
Apple really does read MacRumors and continues to shamelessly steal great artist's design ideas. I'm flattered.
Apple really does read MacRumors and continues to shamelessly steal great artist's design ideas. I'm flattered.
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I think curved displays are a technology in desperate search for a use case. There is no problem with smartphones I can think of to which they are a solution. Take Apples Taptic Engine for example, with pressure sensitive touchscreens there was a need to give shorter distinct bursts of haptic feedback. Traditional vibration motors were not up to the task so Apple had to come up with a new one. That's the difference between a real Innovation and a Gimmick. Samsung strikes me as a company throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks. It's the opposite approach to it just works.
Good but no, curved back casing up to 3/4 depth, coloured inside the glass in black, white, silver, gold, rose gold, ocean blue. Curved front casing, if any front curve is necessary, remaining 1/4 depth, slight mirror finish. Definitely no curved edge display output! Bezel should remain but slightly smaller so that usability remains when edge swiping.A totaly black iPhone with a seamless OLED screen? Please, take my money! Cant wait to see a moving wallpaper on a device like that!
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I couldn't resist to make a quick mock-up about my idea of a totaly black OLED iPhone. Would love to see it blacker than black.
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Just when I thought the iPhone was "too damn thin already" and "nobody wants a thinner iPhone". When Apple goes thinner, than at least not only at the edges, so that the whole device becomes thinner and lighter. But hey, since some people seem to like fake thinness, why don't you all just switch to SRumors?
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And don't we all just want our mobile computers to look cool from a distance!
Samsung - cool from a distance™
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absolutely agree!
see what they did with SD ? put it in and out of their products because they have no idea what really is the core of their design...
An example ?
S6 edge apps
a gimmick, but with a little sense.
S7 edge apps:
Seriously Samsung, seriously ???
They could have done the same ON A FLAT SCREEN.
it's still too big!It probably won't be any bigger. Just less of an edge.
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Maybe they will piss everyone off and the next versions with be 6 SEs and the 7 comes out in 2017?
Just when I thought the iPhone was "too damn thin already" and "nobody wants a thinner iPhone". When Apple goes thinner, than at least not only at the edges, so that the whole device becomes thinner and lighter. But hey, since some people seem to like fake thinness, why don't you all just switch to SRumors?
[doublepost=1459086087][/doublepost]And don't we all just want our mobile computers to look cool from a distance!
I for one would relish a thinner iPhone.
Hahaha it looks thinner. Classic.
I'm surprised it took me 3 pages of comment browsing to find this one. People are fickle and whiny. Maybe it's just the way I see it, but iOS is still the only operating system with virtually NO learning curve. Between "user-friendly" and "more things", I think they're still on the right track.
Completely agree with you.
If Apple does indeed go for a slim iPhone a curved display would be useless.
Just when I thought the iPhone was "too damn thin already" and "nobody wants a thinner iPhone". When Apple goes thinner, than at least not only at the edges, so that the whole device becomes thinner and lighter. But hey, since some people seem to like fake thinness, why don't you all just switch to SRumors?
[doublepost=1459086087][/doublepost]And don't we all just want our mobile computers to look cool from a distance!
Samsung - cool from a distance™
I meant what I said. Samsung products suck. But from a distance the S7 looks cooler than the iPhone. Not that that means anything when it comes to a phone or is even a selling point. I am in no way standing up for Samsung, I would never buy a Samsung phone - or even any Android for that matter. I just feel the iPhone is stale and it's becoming harder and harder to defend Apple and justify buying a new iPhone anytime soon.
And I used to have a Motorola RAZR....
Only difference between you & I, I guess is the fact that I'm NOT trolling around on the RAZR forums talking about how bad they suck & how much I want their company to fail.
Soooooooooooooo...... really: why are you here???????
has anyone considered the fact that, when it comes to apple MacBooks, iMacs, iPads etc
the main design changes are quite minimal. If Apple produce one timeless great design for a Phone, why keep drastically changing it for the sake of changing it? is that an important part of why people want the next iPhone?
onto that discussion.. does anyone have an opinion on which iPhone design so far, is the best one they should have stuck with? or maybe none are as good as it gets yet?
the main design changes are quite minimal. If Apple produce one timeless great design for a Phone, why keep drastically changing it for the sake of changing it? is that an important part of why people want the next iPhone?
onto that discussion.. does anyone have an opinion on which iPhone design so far, is the best one they should have stuck with? or maybe none are as good as it gets yet?
Oh yeah, definitely. I'd never switch from iPhone because I'm deeply in the ecosystem(giggady). But I'm concerned the iPhone is getting stale and it's becoming harder to justify upgrading to a new one.