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Apple to Eliminate Home Button in 2017 iPhone
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I definitely see this happening. I think it's one less piece of hardware to eliminate and hopefully integrate some form of feature in which will be innovative. Eventually, any physical buttons will be all together deleted for waterproofing and more efficiency.
I don't think you understand--you're not going to be able to use the top part of the screen for anything, because that's where the earpiece and camera are at, so you're not going to be seeing much of a difference, correct?
I've had a pretty solid feeling for a while now I was going to hang on to my 6 Plus for a 3rd year, this pretty much confirms it. And to the fanboys who get butt hurt at anyone who doesn't always buy the latest and greatest Apple devices... Yes, a new design is important to me.
I still have the 6 Plus and I'm keeping it. Since AT&T took away the 2 year subsidies I'm stuck. I'm going to save up for the 2017 phone. It should be awesome. This years model looks crummy.
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Maybe touch ID goes on the side. You would only be getting a bit of the thumb in the sensor, but maybe that is still enough for a secure and duplicable password. You'd have to put that button on both sides of the phone. But hey, how often do you change the volume on your phone? And if you say a lot (which I do when listening to music), you will have two other ways to volume control: your apple watch and your bluetooth headset.
Well, it is not going to happen in the 10th Anniversary iPhone (yet).
Agreed that the cameras would be problematic, but it's not insurmountable.
The FaceTime (front facing) camera can just be duplicated on both ends.
The rear facing camera could be placed in the center of the phone which makes it symmetrical, though from a hardware / PCB layout point of view it is not ideal.
Look, I get why you want to eliminate a home button. Why you'd want screen under that area is debatable.
As for your point, I'd counter with this... why are there still buttons on a keyboard? Shouldn't we already be using a flat slate that we just touch?
The answer of course is that physical movement is a tactile feedback. If they were really going "buttonless", why is the volume rocker still there? It literally does not make sense if all you want is software control. The reason they still exist is that people, real actual people, use the physical clicking of the volume buttons to provide (manually) haptic feedback on the amplitude of the soon-outdated headphone jack (which is crap as well).
So be careful what you wish for.
It's sad that the iPhone 7 is not even out yet and expectations are so low that we're looking forward to the iPhone 8. By the time it comes out Samsung may already have most if not all of those features in their phone.
More proof that Apple will have an iPhone similar to:
Now proof that they have touch-id IN display like in the new MacBook
I seriously doubt they will have the hole for the earpiece in the middle of the screen.
Somewhere on "The Edge."
Maybe the camera can go behind the display and the display would show pixels in a non-camera app and clear glass in a camera app?
That's "cheap" in Austria the new prices are like either pay 700 € upfront, or pay 25 € (phone) + 25 € (contract) for 2 years which is 50 bucks x 24 = 1.200 € for a freaking phone in terms of the note it would be around 1.400 € over 2 years lol.
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Poor investment. It will go down in value from the moment you open the box. It's true -- consumer goods are goods, not investments. There is no return on capital with goods. You use them then, if not completely consumed, dispose of them at a price less than original cost -- sell, give away, throw away. Just saying.
Now with the 2018 model offer more bang or the buck, maybe. Will it offer more value, perhaps. But it's not something one invests in. It's a pure expenditure.
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They are holding it wrong.
Lol. This, kids, is an example of a concern troll.
back in 2002 when sony erricsson launched P800, the flip phone with touch screen and a stylus, i had a vision someday touch screen would not need to have a stylus to work with, and the phone will be metal back and all glass front with no buttons. i had the vision, people didn't believe me, but it will finally happen in 2017. sweet
Did you buy a MacBook? Did you want to buy a MacBook? If not, it probably wasn't made with your use case in mind. Plenty of people love their MacBooks. Don't knock it just because it's a product you don't happen to want.