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Apple Will Reportedly Launch Three OLED iPhones in 2020 Including Smaller 5.42-inch Model With Thinner Display
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These are the posts that are such a beating. AirPower was an accessory that was cancelled. iPhone is the biggest product in the world and has never been cancelled.
Just because Apple made an error on a tiny unreleased product doesn’t mean the world is ending and the iPhone is now in jeopardy.
5.42-inches in 19.5:9 aspect ratio is a iPhone SE size phone
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If there isn’t a new iPhone with a 4” display I’m not buying. #iPhoneSEForever
Physical size vs. screen size. The diagonal of an SE is ~5", but screen much smaller because of bezel. Current models have much less bezel of course.
Well, a 5.42” iPhone with Face ID would still be a fair bit larger than the SE. If you take the 4” iPhone screen and remove most of the top and bottom bezels to extend it to a 19.5:9 aspect ratio, you end up with a 4.7” iPhone.
Even if side bezel sizes were decreased, it’d still be a noticeably bigger phone.
The SE was 4.87x2.31, so the diagonal is 5.39. That doesn't include bezels, but I think that's what he meant.
I don't get all this decimal BS. Just give us 5-inch (11 SE), 5.5-inch (11), 6-inch (11R) and 6.5-inch (11 Max) and be done with it.
As long as the physical size does not exceed the size of the SE I might be in, depending on the price. I can do without the OLED screen - I'd rather buy an LCD version. Come on, it's meant to be just a communication device. I don't care much about perfect contrast and perfect colors. I'm using it to call, to whatsapp/telegram, to play my Spotify playlists and as a navigation device in my car (using the Carplay screen). Ok, also as a remote control for my Apple TV at home.
Apple will need to make sure the new iPhones are worth the price for me. If not, I might just settle for an Android. Or again a second hand iPhone.
The iPhone X is the most 'complete' phone I've had from Apple. It's about the right size, has good battery life and good features and a quality screen. It's pretty much the only one I've had that hasn't had me glancing at the new ones when they come out.
With their evolutionary approach to most things I'm not sure there will be anything from Apple to tempt me away from it for a while. Unless a competitor releases a must have phone.
With their evolutionary approach to most things I'm not sure there will be anything from Apple to tempt me away from it for a while. Unless a competitor releases a must have phone.
Yeah, how did they dare to add 0.01” to the thickness of the iPhone 7 chassis when they released the iPhone 8 with wireless charging?
Or how dare they release the iPhone Xr with even an 0.04” of additional thickness and used that to offer the best battery life of any iPhone? Nobody was asking for such a change.
....desired by an incredibly vocal minority of the customer base, who whine and moan that the death of the SE is the death of Apple
Also wondering how this is going to play out. Some competitors, namely Samsung, have far better-looking devices than Apple at this point in 2019. I'd find it ludicrous if Apple tries to sell the same basic phone from 1.5 years ago for a THIRD YEAR in a row.
But this is the company that still sold the iPhone 8 (aka - iPhone 6sss) alongside the iPhone X so I wouldn't be surprised.
All that said, I'd certainly be tempted to jump back into the Apple ecosystem with the smaller iPhone mentioned in the article. I'd consider purchasing the S10e later this year but I'm becoming increasingly more concerned about privacy issues (currently an Android user) and I know that the iPhone is about the only option if privacy is a concern.
It's a know issues with OLED screens. Samsung devices are much worse that Apples when it comes to this.
https://blog.elcomsoft.com/2018/10/...sabling-iphone-xs-and-xs-max-display-flicker/