What about leaving the iPhone on charge at night? Does that damage the battery? I often do that, then when I wake up in the morning it's at 100% and ready for the day.
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Apple to Release iPhone With Glass Casing and AMOLED Screen in 2017
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What about leaving the iPhone on charge at night? Does that damage the battery? I often do that, then when I wake up in the morning it's at 100% and ready for the day.
The phone doesn't accept current the whole time it's plugged in, stops once it's fully charged.
Be careful about overreaching arguments FOR OLED. There are actually two things they have a harder time competing with LCD. One is useful life, as OLED will degrade faster than LCD. The other is energy use, especially when the background of most emails and very many websites is white, forcing more power to be used to create the white light.
As someone who used relative caution with their iPhone 4 and still managed to shatter two of them front and back over the years - I can assure you, drop tests were sometimes extremely "problematic" for that series.
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Apple will never drop the physical buttons. Physical buttons break, and gives the a in-flux of people buying new phones for broken buttons
A big complaint about the iPhone 4/4S was that it was too easy to shatter the back. That said, we're several generations into Gorilla Glass now, so it might be less of an issue.
That said, skipping a major upgrade in 2016 is likely to have a significant impact on iPhone sales. Given that the market has priced Apple assuming people are holding off for a big push with this fall's "iPhone 7," this could really temper expectations for this year. What might be happening is that, just as the iPad Pro was delayed, perhaps Apple wanted to shift to AMOLED in 2016 but either couldn't strike a deal with Samsung soon enough or ran into issues that delayed production, thus pushing out the major redesign to 2017.
That said, skipping a major upgrade in 2016 is likely to have a significant impact on iPhone sales. Given that the market has priced Apple assuming people are holding off for a big push with this fall's "iPhone 7," this could really temper expectations for this year. What might be happening is that, just as the iPad Pro was delayed, perhaps Apple wanted to shift to AMOLED in 2016 but either couldn't strike a deal with Samsung soon enough or ran into issues that delayed production, thus pushing out the major redesign to 2017.
The Mac only got a 20th anniversary version. So the iPhone has 10 more years to wait for it's special version.
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OLED is not always better than LCD. Just look at the new iPad Pro 9 inch. Displaymate said in many tests it's the world's best screen.
Using the phone heavily while at 100%, while it's plugged, heats the battery a lot more than when it's bellow 80% and reduces their longevity a lot.
You can check battery longevity vs heat vs charging level, curves to see how this is true.
If you don't use the phone (or only lightly used it), the battery does not need to be kept charged and the battery also doesn't heat; so, it's not damaging to the phone. That's why overnight charging is OK.
If you had the phone doing heavy processing all night while you sleep, then yes it would be damaging.
That's why when you charge batteries, they charge quickly from 20-80%, but then the last 20% takes time (the charging circuits slow down the recharge to prevent heating).
I have a iPhone 4S, 5 and 6+. The 4S is a tank. Very heavy for how small it is. Amazingly heavy. That weight can only be coming from one place... the glass back.
If the 6+ had a glass back, it would either weigh a ton or be too fragile.
BTW... Does anyone actually rest their iPhone face down somewhere and contemplate the design of the antenna bands on the back? Does anyone actually look at the back of the phone? Does anyone with a slippery 6 series use it without a case?
Ohh those ugly ugly antenna bands......
If the 6+ had a glass back, it would either weigh a ton or be too fragile.
BTW... Does anyone actually rest their iPhone face down somewhere and contemplate the design of the antenna bands on the back? Does anyone actually look at the back of the phone? Does anyone with a slippery 6 series use it without a case?
Ohh those ugly ugly antenna bands......
All these rumours making the 2017 iPhone more lucrative than the 2016, and here I am skipping the 2015 so I could get a new design this year 
Well, it depends what they put into the phone. The double camera alone may be enticing enough for people to upgrade.
They might even put the true tone display into the Iphone, another major improvement.
We haven't heard of it, but they could even put the digitizer and variable refresh in the Pro into the phones (at least the big one).
Form factors are not the only reason for people to upgrade.
I don't use my phone while it's on charge except for maybe checking Facebook messages and checking the time before I take it off charge in the morning, I usually just plug my phone in, go to sleep and then take it off charge in the morning.
Smartphone are a mature product now. Consumers are fairly locked into the OS they use now, either because of the $ spend on an app library or because it's what they know and are unwilling to take on the learning curve of a different OS. I think the casing type isn't going to push a meaningful # of consumers to either "switch" or "stay" with whatever OS they use. So I think Kuo is wrong on that point.
Some consumers may not have the desire to upgrade phones now that they have to pay full price for them, so an all-new case might entice them. But Kuo never explains why Apple would present an all-new case in an "s" year. I can see a new screen, but cases only have the most minor of tweaks in an "s" year.
The iPhone 4 is a timeless design, but it was heavy. Now put all that glass on a 5 or 6" case. Yowza. Combine that with no headphone jack and a lot of people that run w/ their phones will hold on to their 6 or 6s for dear life. Hopefully Apple hasn't gone total "tin ear" on customers and Kuo is wrong again.
Some consumers may not have the desire to upgrade phones now that they have to pay full price for them, so an all-new case might entice them. But Kuo never explains why Apple would present an all-new case in an "s" year. I can see a new screen, but cases only have the most minor of tweaks in an "s" year.
The iPhone 4 is a timeless design, but it was heavy. Now put all that glass on a 5 or 6" case. Yowza. Combine that with no headphone jack and a lot of people that run w/ their phones will hold on to their 6 or 6s for dear life. Hopefully Apple hasn't gone total "tin ear" on customers and Kuo is wrong again.
Here you go, as seen on Shark Tank - http://www.thenophone.comMaybe the change in material will be a screen-less, glass-less iPhone.
No, but most people hold up their phones to talk, exposing the back.
Personally I believe no phone should require a case. But for the reasons you mentions, the 6 series does.
Which is why it's a failed design.
Products should be designed for real world use case...not for thinness and ego.
It requires a case? Well, I'm doing fine without a case. Apparently I didn't get the memo.
This progress I like. An iPhone 5s like quality with iPhone 4s glass body. The antenna on the 4s is better than the 5s.
Hopefully the Corning glass is much lighter now, it is tougher to break already.
Things that Apple should lose - more of the bezel, Android design, side-mounted power button.
Things it should not lose - the analog headphone jack of billions, thickness, pursuit of larger screen without expanding body dimensions and the almighty better battery.
Can 4.3, 4.9/5.0 and 5.9/6.0 be done on the current body dimensions?
I can't be bothered by the AMOLED's advantages, this is a handheld device. Do worry about screen burnt-in images.
Hopefully the Corning glass is much lighter now, it is tougher to break already.
Things that Apple should lose - more of the bezel, Android design, side-mounted power button.
Things it should not lose - the analog headphone jack of billions, thickness, pursuit of larger screen without expanding body dimensions and the almighty better battery.
Can 4.3, 4.9/5.0 and 5.9/6.0 be done on the current body dimensions?
I can't be bothered by the AMOLED's advantages, this is a handheld device. Do worry about screen burnt-in images.