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Apple's 2017 iPhone May Feature Dual-Curve OLED Display
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Because Apple and AAPL need what could be a saturated buyer's market to buy more often???
Or maybe repairs are very, very profitable???
More proof that Apple has nothing exciting on the table when you have to hype something that won't be available for almost 1 1/2 yrs! Smartphones could be dinosaurs by then.
Wow! Maybe that's where I saw it? I doubt I had an original thought, I've been interested in technology and science fiction ever since my dad introduced me to Star Trek at the age of 4. Since then I've read hundreds of books, and watched thousands of hours of films and TV, and wasted I don't like to think how long surfing the web.
I really am not keen on curved displays. I want to use the whole screen for photos and videos without them being distorted . I hope this rumour is not true.
I'm not sure if you're serious.
No it's just you. How is it weird? Galaxy S, S2, S3, S4... It's simple number progression. Did you think it was shameless when the flagships were the S5 and the iP6?
Every shadow doesn't hold a conspiracy.
/peeks into shadow anyway
/sees last year's mac mini "update"
{shudders}
/never peeks again
"Apple has reportedly secured 5.8-inch OLED displays" doesn't have to mean they wrap around. They might be that same width as before but taller, to reduce the top and bottom bezels.
There's always the chance the 2017 iPhone will be a let down compared to the rumors. I'd say get the iPhone 7 in September, and if the 2017 iPhone is amazing then sell your iPhone 7 and buy the 2017 iPhone too. There will always be something better coming out in the future and there's no point in holding out forever.
You bring up some good points. That's why I think it's good that Apple let OLED mature before it's possible use in iPhones. A lot of the negatives about the tech have been worked out sufficiently to make it viable for iPhone screens. Some things will be harder to solve than others. Easiest to me is the problem of older apps. That's already solved. As with 3D Touch, not all apps take advantage of it. I think the same will happen if Apple adopts an edge screen. Apple doesn't need a dark theme since OLED handles white a heck of a lot better. Android's Lollipop and Marshmallow are primarily white. That being said, a dark theme would be pretty slick aesthetically speaking. Plus it would be advantageous to the battery.
Hey Jony, I don't care what else your planning to do with the 2017 iPhone, just lose those hulking bezels and home button already!
Yep. Traditional cases would cover the edges and make them worthless. You could try a case design that grabs the top and bottom bezel and hope it stays on. I think it would have to be pretty rigid. You could try to go without a case and end up with smashed glass on both sides. There's also the problem of inadvertently touching the screen while just trying to hold it. Why does the screen have to be curved at all?
Lol, damn!
You have quite an inflated opinion of technology & how rapidly it changes!
In the reality the rest of us live in: an idea comes out, gets patented, designs adapt to it, a prototype is built, machines are designed to create the product in bulk & placed in factories, test runs are made, qa tweaks occur, orders are placed, production ramps up, products are announced, orders are taken, supplies are distributed to strategic points, a product launches & is delivered.
Each of those steps takes TIME.
But ok, lol- smart phones as a whole & the entire industry will be "dinosaurs" in a year & a half; though none of us have heard even the vaguest rumor of some tech that could conceivably replace them!
Ummm.... no wait.
That is the most insane & unsupported supposition I can imagine.
No, this is not it. If I wanted Samsung, I would get Samsung.
Flat glass front. Flat glass back, with continuous glass curved edges that meet the front. Think iPod touch profile, but all glass and without protruding camera. Reduce top bezel and bottom bezels by 50% and left and right bezels by 25%. Reduce or if possible remove the gap running around all four sides of the display where it meets the bezel.
Flat glass front. Flat glass back, with continuous glass curved edges that meet the front. Think iPod touch profile, but all glass and without protruding camera. Reduce top bezel and bottom bezels by 50% and left and right bezels by 25%. Reduce or if possible remove the gap running around all four sides of the display where it meets the bezel.
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The curve edge screen is such a pointless gimmick. Can't understand why people like this?
IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP!