Give me a call if you can tell the diference between 6.9 and 6.96 on a bezel less screen. How is this news?
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Apple Testing 7-Inch Display for Largest 20th Anniversary iPhone Model
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bLackjackj
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vegetassj4
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Apple Intelligence Redesigns iPhone Bezels. Moves Them to the Back.
Cupertino, CA — In a groundbreaking act of artificial arrogance, Apple today unveiled the 20th Anniversary iPhone Pro, featuring Ultra-Thin Bezels™—so thin, so advanced, they have been banished to the back of the device.
Because when you hand over design decisions to Apple Intelligence™, things get... magical.
Using trillions of parameters, kilobytes of data, and the heightened common sense of Siri, Apple Intelligence determined that bezels were “visually disruptive” and “emotionally outdated.” So it did what any omnipotent algorithm would do: it relocated them behind the screen, out of sight, out of mind, and definitely out of user demand.
Apple Intelligence Redesigns iPhone Bezels. Moves Them to the Back.
Cupertino, CA — In a groundbreaking act of artificial arrogance, Apple today unveiled the 20th Anniversary iPhone Pro, featuring Ultra-Thin Bezels™—so thin, so advanced, they have been banished to the back of the device.
Because when you hand over design decisions to Apple Intelligence™, things get... magical.
Using trillions of parameters, kilobytes of data, and the heightened common sense of Siri, Apple Intelligence determined that bezels were “visually disruptive” and “emotionally outdated.” So it did what any omnipotent algorithm would do: it relocated them behind the screen, out of sight, out of mind, and definitely out of user demand.
There was an old Dilbert comic strip where he had a giant phone on his shoulder like the boom boxes of a previous generation.
Just enable the phone function on cellular iPads and be done with it.
At what point does keep increasing the screen size become ridiculous? Why not just make a 12" phone now Apple forget about the small generational increments?
My Air is the absolute maximum screen size I'd go to and yes I know I'm only one example but this race to bigger and bigger screen sizes is becoming crazy in my opinion. It's like the race in the 1990's to make phones smaller and smaller in reverse.
My Air is the absolute maximum screen size I'd go to and yes I know I'm only one example but this race to bigger and bigger screen sizes is becoming crazy in my opinion. It's like the race in the 1990's to make phones smaller and smaller in reverse.
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attila
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Please test a 5.4" display for the smallest 20th Anniversary iPhone.
For the most part smartphones, at least in the candybar format, are a pretty mature category these days. What part, precisely, are you looking for them to innovate massively on?
According to some, that’s just one of Apple’s anti-competitive actions. The government should force Apple to produce and ship products that won’t sell well because some portion of the population… just don’t have a choice. Well, they DO have a choice, they just don’t want to choose it. 🙂
So a 0.1 inch increase. Everyone in this thread is rounding up to 6.9” for the current screen size but the actual comparison is 6.86” to 6.96”. Remember significant figures from science class!
Removing the bezel (~1.36mm x 2 = 2.72mm =0.107 in) gives us about that increase in diagonal screen size in this rumor. So I assume that’s all they’re doing. I don’t think this will make the usable part of the screen bigger. There is only so close to the edge that you can put text and interactive content before you start interfering with functionality.
I’m glad it doesn’t sound like the pro max size is getting smaller.
Removing the bezel (~1.36mm x 2 = 2.72mm =0.107 in) gives us about that increase in diagonal screen size in this rumor. So I assume that’s all they’re doing. I don’t think this will make the usable part of the screen bigger. There is only so close to the edge that you can put text and interactive content before you start interfering with functionality.
I’m glad it doesn’t sound like the pro max size is getting smaller.
Back in 2012 I wondered if phablets would ever get as big as my Nexus 7 at the time, and here we are. Of course, phone bezels are much slimmer but still crazy how big slab phones have become.
ikramerica
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The GUI doesn’t fit on a mini either. I had one for a week and it wasn’t usable and that was a few OS versions ago. Hate to try liquid bubble glass on one…
Apple, please bring back 12” Color Display for macOS!
ikramerica
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turbineseaplane
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I couldn't be less interested if they tried here.
"Bigger" is the last thing I want out of iPhones.
"Bigger" is the last thing I want out of iPhones.
turbineseaplane
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iOS is software.
There's nothing other than bad/lazy design creating any GUI issues on a 5.4" screen.
The iPhone 6/7/8 PLUS (the huge phone of the lineup at the time) had a 5.5" screen.
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Yr Blues
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So they can say, it's our biggest iPhone EVER!
Next WWDC: “Think different, think 3d. We have renamed Siri ‘Thoth’ to be more appropriate. This is the best iPhone we’ve ever made, a new Wonder of the World, we think you’re going to love it!”
They weren’t that great - compared to other models. In isolation though they still sold in their millions.
Apple has many products that are more niche than the mini but keep them on sale. Why not a small iPhone in their biggest selling category?
turbineseaplane
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Yep. Bigger screens and then more padding and bloat to the UI that sucks it all up.
It's ridiculous.
iOS needs a "compact mode" or something.