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Apple Rumored to Redesign the iPhone Every Year Through to 2027
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Welcome to 2018, smdh. This is the worst design choice they could've opted for and I hope it isn't true. The punch hole in the corner of the screen looks more ridiculous than a notch or centered punch hole, imo. Come on Apple.
Personally I hope they don’t do the under-screen camera unless the tech is truly ready, which it doesn’t seem to be currently.
I have one on my Fold and the quality is pretty bad compared to the other front camera which has a pinhole. Theres a softness and cloudiness to the photos. Samsung even replaced it with a pinhole cutout on their Fold 6 special edition (their flagship in Asia that we don’t get here).
Also, for those who haven’t used one, the resolution of the screen over the camera isn’t the same as the rest of the display, it’s much lower, so you can still see where it is. Not sure if other brands are using a different technology but that’s what it’s like on my Fold.
I have one on my Fold and the quality is pretty bad compared to the other front camera which has a pinhole. Theres a softness and cloudiness to the photos. Samsung even replaced it with a pinhole cutout on their Fold 6 special edition (their flagship in Asia that we don’t get here).
Also, for those who haven’t used one, the resolution of the screen over the camera isn’t the same as the rest of the display, it’s much lower, so you can still see where it is. Not sure if other brands are using a different technology but that’s what it’s like on my Fold.
I have a CMF Phone 1 for development purposes. It has underscreen fingerprint reading. It's fast and reliable. And the haptic engine actually works really well when detecting your finger. If a midrange android can do it, so can Apple. There is no excuse.
If you want to use faceId, use faceId. But I like using touch Id a lot more, so I can look at my lockscreen without it automatically unlocking. On iOS that is currently not possible, unless you entirely disable faceId.
Are you saying that you can feel where the fingerprint sensor is located with your finger?
From what I’ve read, the fingerprint sensor in the CMF 1 is also slightly visible, which Apple likely wouldn’t do.
For the front-facing/selfie camera, I might be fine with one in which the area of the screen above it becomes transparent enough, when the camera is in use, that it doesn't interfere with the camera, and when the camera isn't in use this area of the screen would be indistinguishable from the rest of the screen. But maybe Apple finds that an inelegant solution.
From what I've read, Apple plans to continue the Dynamic Island via software, at least for some ensuing iPhone generations.
But all rumors to this point, including leaked case designs, show that the square camera bump will remain, even as the "platform" it's on will be extended across nearly the full width of the upper part of the back. But maybe that's what's meant by the "decorative component".
Completely true. I switch between a 15 Pro and a 16 throughout the day (one is work phone) and I am absolutely unaware of any difference between the two when using. I even just had to check the 16 now to see if it had a notch or an island. Whichever model I had before the 16 had the notch, I think. I’ve tried the camera button a few times when getting the 16, and then forgot it’s there.
The main user experience difference for me would be battery life, as the year old 15 Pro doesn’t make it through the day, despite that I don’t use it very much as I’m usually typing emails on the 16.
The main design difference for me would be no camera bump. I don’t use a case in either, and the camera bump is just annoying. I can’t tap on the screen when it’s lying flat, I can’t use many wireless chargers, and it’s also (subjectively) ugly.
I would love apple to separate apple account in music and in app store! i use different apple accounts for them
"Apple is reportedly preparing to implement significant iPhone hardware redesigns each year for the next three generations."
Call those changes SIGNIFICANT? My goodness, how Apple has declined. They are just drip-feeding upgrades that could have been done 5 years ago in a single step.
What about something really significant, for example: Increase the battery life to 1 week and simultaneously reduce the weight of the largest phone to less than 100g? Both of those are achievable with just little R&D.
And when is the iPhone Svelte coming out, a phone that really fits in the pocket?
Call those changes SIGNIFICANT? My goodness, how Apple has declined. They are just drip-feeding upgrades that could have been done 5 years ago in a single step.
What about something really significant, for example: Increase the battery life to 1 week and simultaneously reduce the weight of the largest phone to less than 100g? Both of those are achievable with just little R&D.
And when is the iPhone Svelte coming out, a phone that really fits in the pocket?
More options. If you want to use face ID, you use face id. For those who want to use touch ID, there should be an option like all other phone in the world that let you use touch based authentication. Better yet, enable both will allow you to use face id and touch id at the same time.
* More options = better. Everyone can choose whatever they like. As a matter of fact, almost all other phone in the world let you use both except iPhone. They give you options.
Regular iPhone - No
iPhone 13 - 6.14oz
iPhone 14 - 6.07 oz
iPhone 15 - 6.02 oz
iPhone 16 - 6.00 oz
iPhone Pro - Kind of
13 Pro - 7.19 oz
14 Pro - 7.27 oz
15 Pro - 6.6 oz
16 Pro - 7.03 oz
No one has solved that issue yet.
So far the image quality is worse and the camera circle has a kind of glimmer shine to it which is visible compared to what's next to it.
Apple probably wont do an under screen camera that until they solve both issues.
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Apple isn't calling them anything, the rumor mill is.
That being said, going from the current Dynamic Island pill to a hole punch with under screen Face ID isn't an insignificant change.
I will update to the iphone 17 pro max & 19 pro max. But will pass on the 18 pro max, as the hole punch design cannot be seriously counted as a design change!
Also it does not seem feasible for apple to ditch the hole punch after a year. My gut feeling is Apple will introduce the hole punch design in the iphone 19 pro max.
Apples vision of a glass slab, will be more than likely delayed until its perfected to Apples standards.
Also it does not seem feasible for apple to ditch the hole punch after a year. My gut feeling is Apple will introduce the hole punch design in the iphone 19 pro max.
Apples vision of a glass slab, will be more than likely delayed until its perfected to Apples standards.
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