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Apple Registers Several New Unreleased iPhone Models in Eurasia Ahead of WWDC
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Thinner phones, edge-to-edge bezel-less screens, better battery life, better cameras, more ram etc.
Agreed! I think I’ve only ever gone to about 35-40 GB on my iPhone 7 128 and that was only when Netflix enabled downloads and I went download crazy.
Of course, I never even watched half of those downloads...
Right now I’m at 21 GB - and regretting the extra money I spent on a load of storage that I’ve never even gone close to using.
I would’ve been happy with 64GB though - sadly that was never an option for the 7.
Shouldn't roaming not be an issue anymore inside the EU?
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Two of the five countries had the same leader since the fall of the Sowjet Union more than 25 years ago. Another had the same leader for coming up close to twenty years. Only Armenia and Kyrgyztan had several changes of power (though those in Armenia have been murkier).
The problem with the label 'Eurasian' is it previously had no real political meaning (mainly a geographic/geological term) but there has been no agreed label for the ex-Sowjet countries (besides "Ex-Sowjet"). In international comparison tables, the term CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States, is sometimes used as it is ex-Sowjet minus the Baltic states (which are now listed under EU) and later also minus Georgia.
I do hope for a new SE2. It's the only new phone product I want. Why? Size alone.
I don't understand this whole too many SKU's not enough innovation. Um, okay, so... what... move the volume up/down? Ringer on/off? You want tinier buttons? Bigger buttons? What kind of innovation can you put in a phone that is not already there? Telepathy?
iPhones are already the most overengineered devices on the planet. 99.9% of users can't max a phone's computing potential and the reaming ones are running benchmark programs to measure the maximum of the phone's computing power.
What apps are being taxed in the marketplace today? What would the mainstream of iPhone consumers/users actually use with much more innovation?
I don't understand this whole too many SKU's not enough innovation. Um, okay, so... what... move the volume up/down? Ringer on/off? You want tinier buttons? Bigger buttons? What kind of innovation can you put in a phone that is not already there? Telepathy?
iPhones are already the most overengineered devices on the planet. 99.9% of users can't max a phone's computing potential and the reaming ones are running benchmark programs to measure the maximum of the phone's computing power.
What apps are being taxed in the marketplace today? What would the mainstream of iPhone consumers/users actually use with much more innovation?
Macrumors repeats this incorrect information literally every time they put out an article about the iPhone SE. They've copy pasted this same error dozens of times. It's pretty sad that every article the error is pointed out but they've never bothered to correct it.
If it is all screen design like the X I get one. If it is another reincarnation of the iPhone 5 than no thanks.
"However, rumors suggest Apple will bring a new entry-level smartphone model to market similar to the iPhone SE that will support wireless charging and be released in time for summer 2018. "
Big brother 4S iPhone!
Big brother 4S iPhone!
I don't think "literally" means what you think it means.
Idk, I had iPhone X and now iPhone 8+ (Product Red), and I have to say the 8+ Display is by far better than the X.
If you look from a slightly tilted angle you will see such a huge blue/green tint, while the 8+ one looks pearl white.
Also I see no reason in True Tone Display. Nothing what would really help tbh.
TouchID is by far faster than FaceID, thats true. Also its less annoying (like even autofill needs FaceID but no TouchID, whyever).
Also regarding to this topic: Couldn't it be that these many SKUs are like SE2 Single/Dual Sim and stuff?
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I’m about the same... I seem to end up with just about 32-35 used on my 64G. I got 256 on my iPP because I like to download movies for long flights, but I think that was overkill.
I can't believe you said this. You ignore the enormous industry of cases and screen protectors. For most people it goes phone, case, screen protector. Durability of expensive devices is indispensable.
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This is very true. For better or worse, the market has moved on from that type of phone. As good as the 5/5S/SE body is, it needs an update.
A phone that is compact like the SE with good specs is the only phone I want to buy. The SE is very good. Maybe it could be better.
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Its sad that today the 4" smartphone must be an entry-level smartphone 
I dont buy a small smartphone because I have no money.
I buy it because everything else got freaking huge and simply too big to use.
Give me a new iPhone SE X and I pay up to 2500$ for it.
No problem.
I dont buy a small smartphone because I have no money.
I buy it because everything else got freaking huge and simply too big to use.
Give me a new iPhone SE X and I pay up to 2500$ for it.
No problem.
Five Page in and No useful information on the SKUS.
1. Colours and Storage Size dont have a new Model number, Model Number are mostly based on Supporting Network and Bands. That will be mainly Modems, and Network supporting parts.
2. iPhone X currently has 3 Models, iPhone 8 has 4, and iPhone 8 Plus has 4 as well.
3. iPhone X has three models, split between Intel and Qualcomm Modem, and a special model for supporting bands only used in Japan. I am not sure if the Front End RF parts of this is ready, but assuming Apple uses only Intel Modem in the next iPhone, it is possible that there will only be one model for the whole world, and one for Japan due to shutter sound in camera.
4. There is also the problem of Dual Sim... which might make a new Model number,
1. Colours and Storage Size dont have a new Model number, Model Number are mostly based on Supporting Network and Bands. That will be mainly Modems, and Network supporting parts.
2. iPhone X currently has 3 Models, iPhone 8 has 4, and iPhone 8 Plus has 4 as well.
3. iPhone X has three models, split between Intel and Qualcomm Modem, and a special model for supporting bands only used in Japan. I am not sure if the Front End RF parts of this is ready, but assuming Apple uses only Intel Modem in the next iPhone, it is possible that there will only be one model for the whole world, and one for Japan due to shutter sound in camera.
4. There is also the problem of Dual Sim... which might make a new Model number,
The market of SE is people who love smaller screen for easier one hand use.
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I think though that the new iPad provides the key as to which processor is going in the SE2. A10 I’d guess is apple’s processor of choice for new 2018 iOS entry level / budget models.
I get the distinction that ‘entry level’ isn’t necessarily the same as ‘I prefer a smaller phone’. If the A10 is good enough for a 9.7 iPad it’s going to scream on a 4 inch screen.
If we really are going to get the iPhone 9 early, it makes sense for it to use the A11 as this will be a new processor for most people (given that the X is too expensive for most and that the 8 is too samey to the 6, 6s & 7 for most people, given the $ required.)
But would the Eurasian Economic Commission need to certify all variants and not just the ones sold in its member countries?
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Music used to be my largest storage need, but that is growing only slowly and below 30 GB. Then apps become the largest component and while they are growing in size all on their own (as features get added) what I add myself is only in the order of one app per week. What is the largest part now is images (and videos) which have grown past the 50 GB iCloud bracket. One reason for this is that I now put all my photos taken with non-phone cameras (DSLRs, mirrorless) into the Photos library on my Mac and as a consequence also on my phone.
There isn't variant per country apart from China and Japan. They are mostly just CDMA Supporting Model and non Supporting Models.
Yeah exactly. In the age of cheap cloud storage and 4G, our devices are starting to become caches. I’m sure we’ll see frictionless on-the-fly app installation soon enough.
But there often is just one variant sold in any particular country (at least in the non-CDMA countries). And if I had to guess, I'd say the post-Sowjet countries are non-CDMA countries and thus their regulatory agency would only need to certify one variant.
What ever happened to this story? Seems pretty legitimate and a good indicator of what we might see... Why is nobody mentioning this anymore with WWDC right around the corner? None of the analysts are saying anything about phone hardware at the event at all...just talking about how there won’t be Mac or iPad hardware...
I'm still hoping we see something of a lower end phone to replace the SE next week. I'm considering replacing my parents phones for them since they refuse to do it themselves and I'd like to get them some newer tech than the current SE.
Because it is very rare ( now ) Apple release new iPhone in WWDC, WWDC are now (mostly ) for everything non -iPhone.