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Apple's 2016 iPhone Update to Focus on Headphone Jack Removal, Major Changes Won't Come Until 2017

If I knew I was laying an egg on the phone this year, I'd at least release some laptops/desktop upgrades that would blow people out of the water.
 
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Rumors have suggested the 2016 iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will not feature major design changes aside from the removal of the headphone jack, information that has been confirmed in a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
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If true, how completely stupid. I guess if you're going to make 2016 suck for Apple, Tim, you need to make sure it sucks really really hard. Goodbye.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
But if Apple swaps to doing major upgrades every 3 years instead of every 2 years... they may choose to upgrade every 3 years instead of every 4 years. The alternatives are either buying a phone with no major new features (the equivalent of picking up an S in the past) or to have to wait 6 years between upgrades.
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The logic of a religious zealot in the face of proof that their god doesn't exist is really quite amazing.
 
The only question at this point is how thin. If they go 1 mm thinner then yes, it's a huge change. If it's identical in thickness then Apple will need to rely on the new camera and I'm guessing better battery life to sell this latest model.
 
Yeah I think I'm going to wait until 2017 to update my iPhone 6+

My wife is going to get this phone so I'll hop over to Android for a year with a cheap One+ 3 to hold me over.
 
OK, as the phone provider for the entire family I say this;

1- Removing the headphone Jack abandons $1,200 worth of Bose noise cancelling headphones, don't talk to me about stupid adapters, We want to listen and charge at the same time. We have Podcasters who like external Mics, that would be abandoned, I have other tools like wind meters that would be useless.

2- We put two of our phones on Apples new pay plan, pay monthly for 2 years, get a new phone after year 1. This means that we are now likely skip the new phone and that just seems convenient for Apple. For now, no further phones will be put on Apple plans.

3- For the first time I'm researching leaving Apple for all of our phones. Innovation, yeah, right.
 
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SMIDG3T said:
No but they can. Did you know get what I was saying? This year we'll see, effectively an iPhone 6ss while next year, we'll see a WHOLE new iPhone. OLED display (possibly curved), embedded Touch ID, true wireless charging etc.
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They would be better off including something like wireless charging this year. They have to give people a reason to upgrade to the 6SE, or whatever they will call it. If they don't, I could see 2016 being a horrible year for Apple, not only people will hold off from upgrading, many will jump ship.
 
Gotta love the actual parts/screens not being ready being the real reason this is a minor update for the 7, and they can utilize the "Anniversary" ruse as a cover.
 
MistrSynistr said:
Gotta love the actual parts/screens not being ready being the real reason this is a minor update for the 7, and they can utilize the "Anniversary" ruse as a cover.
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Are those not the people complaining. "Oh, it'll look the same, so I' don't want it."
 
faster processor and graphics
faster lte chip
better camera
bluetooth 5 (?)
32gb base storage
else we don't know yet.

but tech specs are for android folks, apple folks just want a redesign -_-


btw: it will take so much persuasion to convince me to buy a phone without a 3.5mm jack, let's see what they'll come up with.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
Switching to a 3 year cycle instead of a 2 year cycle would increase how often a lot of people are upgrading, I think.

Everyone I know who owns a 6 or 6+ is planning on waiting until the 8/8+ to upgrade. They're aware of how much the new hardware costs (now that it isn't masked with a subsidy), and so they're making it last longer. Rather than waiting for a single tick-tock cycle, they're planning on waiting through 2 tick-tock cycles between upgrades.

But if Apple swaps to doing major upgrades every 3 years instead of every 2 years... they may choose to upgrade every 3 years instead of every 4 years. The alternatives are either buying a phone with no major new features (the equivalent of picking up an S in the past) or to have to wait 6 years between upgrades.
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That is a very strange and unique upgrade cycle. Every 4 years? With a very rare exception first I have ever seen of that.
 
If you think about this thing is so old it can't keep up with modern technology

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Soccertess said:
They would be better off including something like wireless charging this year. They have to give people a reason to upgrade to the 6SE, or whatever they will call it. If they don't, I could see 2016 being a horrible year for Apple, not only people will hold off from upgrading, many will jump ship.
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They are doing it in phases. Removal of the headphone jack this year where they'll ship either standard EarPods or Lightning connected EarPods and next year, AirPods (true wireless headphones with no wire connecting the two).
 
Oblivious.Robot said:
Okay, so we can all agree that it's going to be a minor facelift with just under the hood improvements, right? But, that is what the S model is for!

Shouldn't that imply more likely that it won't be named iPhone 7, but more likely SE? As in Apple has decided to switch to Number - S - SE cycle? And I'm more than certain that it was already planned well in advance.

I just hope the news catch on quick of the iPhone 6SE, instead of everyone calling it a 7.
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What?! You can't be cereal! You hope that the news catches on? What "news"?
 
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