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Design is partly why Apple products are so desired. And for better or worse, Apple has positioned itself as a fashion brand and fashion is all about superficiality.

This is one time I'll give Cook a hand-clap but it depends if my theory is correct. Which is, the sales have plateaued at a really awkward time ie 12-18 months before the 10th anniversary iPhone. Usually, the outer design is used on the tick-tock two year cycle. However, the tock on this cycle clashes with the aforementioned 10AiP. Sooo - does Apple minimally change the outer design in order to provide room for a price-cut in this generation? There will be enough technical wizardry to justify an upgrade. Better camera, A10 chip, potentially faster RAM and bumped base flash amount. Further, we don't know what screen technology may come, we don't know what additional tech they've added to Lightning. In addition, my best is there will be some sort of integrated circuitry for wireless charging; not necessarily for the phone but perhaps for AirPods.

And don't forget that design also goes more than skin deep. We know Apple has cracked terraced battery tech so perhaps there is room for super-fast charging or more battery life.

This could be a really smart update and compelling enough for current 6/6+ users coming to the end of a double year service plan.
 
Design is partly why Apple products are so desired. And for better or worse, Apple has positioned itself as a fashion brand and fashion is all about superficiality.

This is true, but i don't think it's the worse thing ever that they are keeping the same design. There are more things to the iPhone than just how it looks, so that peol can show off. Personally I hope they do keep the same design I like it. I'll be pre-ordering regardless.
 
For a second I thought your were new here! But then I looked at your avatar.....

Long time lurker, more recent commenter :D
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I have $450 in ear headphones. I'm not ditching them. I wear them all day long. So, this is an issue.

Keep in mind I didn't say that it's not an issue, just not one that bothers me in particular, but I can understand you're irritation with the situation. Maybe get a bluetooth adapter? Or use a lightning adapter? Sure, they're not elegant solutions, but at least you don't have to get new headphones.
 
I definitely wouldn't spend money on it but iphones are free for me. I'll sell it or use current. I can't imagine the mindset of someone wanting to spend hundreds on this gimped iphone 6S though. For most users, the SE just has much better value as the fastest current iphone. Hopefully Apple gets back to basics in 2017.
In what way is this iPhone gimped. It's rumored to be more powerful than the previous model and SE (as always), dual lens camera, 32 GB base storage (finally), and the lightening connector will likely output superior audio quality than the headphone jack. Box rumors also suggested that it will come with a dongle for conversion.
The headphone jack will suffer the same fate the cd drive and floppy disk did only with longer time.
 
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I have interacted with their AppleSupport account and found it to be not very helpful.
Really? I've written to the AppleSupport account once and after sending my contact details I've got a call 2 minutes later. Usually I'll have to wait around 20 minutes. There is no support hotline in Austria so we'll have to call the German support.
Was a positive experience with the AppleSupport Twitter account.
 
It's at this time i really wish there was a clapping emoji. I totally agree with you, i cant believe how superficial people are being over a design, something they wont be looking at that much anyway, since most the time is spent looking at the FRONT of the phone. I don't even think it looks that bad. It hasn't even been announced yet.

Heres my thing. People want apple to take a rectangle and make it .... another rectangle but dont use glass, dont make it slippery and remove the camera bump (which can be annoying I agree, but other phones also have them so get used to it). That pretty much limits what they are able to make a phone out of. What I care about is now is not what it looks like but what it can do.

I also think the bezel people are just as bad.
 
Apple will of course limit supply in order to create the illusion of a lot of demand early but they can only play that game so long.

And by limiting supply you mean squeezing the available stock down to something like 13 million devices on one opening weekend? Understood!!I think I can see the illusion.
 
Heres my thing. People want apple to take a rectangle and make it .... another rectangle but dont use glass, dont make it slippery and remove the camera bump (which can be annoying I agree, but other phones also have them so get used to it). That pretty much limits what they are able to make a phone out of. What I care about is now is not what it looks like but what it can do.

I also think the bezel people are just as bad.

Exactly, I'd rather have a great working and functioning device. Apple is good at adding features that we didn't know we wanted/needed, things like Touch ID, which I use daily, it saves so much time. People are dismissing the iPhone 7 before it's even been announced and released, I think the dual lens will be a big and great feature. I also think the camera on the 7 will be great, from leaks so far it looks to have changed a lot. This year will probably be the year of the camera and maybe wireless (lack of a headphone jack) with Apple reportedly also adding new Beats to the line-up.
 
I dont give a damn about apple anymore. They have failed to address the touch disease issue on iphone 6 and 6 plus. Rummors say new iPhone 7 plagued with same battery problem as Samsung Galaxy note. When will apple make a recall for all the iphones with the touch disease problem???? I posted on their twitter account for help without reply, shame on you Apple!
 
Apple has had a twitter account? And someone noticed a logo change after 5 years?

*cough cough* fan boys
Good thing Twitter didn't do a cleanup of their unused accounts, and those that otherwise haven't gotten used in a long time, like what Apple recently initiated with their cleanup of their iOS App Store. Unless that's what Twitter really did :p
 
I dont give a damn about apple anymore. They have failed to address the touch disease issue on iphone 6 and 6 plus. Rummors say new iPhone 7 plagued with same battery problem as Samsung Galaxy note. When will apple make a recall for all the iphones with the touch disease problem???? I posted on their twitter account for help without reply, shame on you Apple!

You sound like a child stamping their feet. How can rumours say the iPhone 7 will be plagued with the same battery problem, the phone hasn't even been announced yet. I'm sure Apple will have seen this and looked into their own supply chain.
 
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Apple is waiting for Twitter to become popular before they start using it. Either that or they just found their password in Steve's desk drawer.
Considering the account was created a month before Steve died, you may not be that far off. Been told Steve's old Infinite Loop office has been sealed with only his family, the Apple board and building inspectors having access to it. Apple it keeping Infinite Loop to preserve Steve's office and other places where so many products were developed. There has been talk of turning Infinite Loop into a Historic Site once all are settled in to the new campus.
 
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In what way is this iPhone gimped. It's rumored to be more powerful than the previous model and SE (as always), dual lens camera, 32 GB base storage (finally), and the lightening connector will likely output superior audio quality than the headphone jack. Box rumors also suggested that it will come with a dongle for conversion.
The headphone jack will suffer the same fate the cd drive and floppy disk did only with longer time.

32 GB is sill gimped compared to the norm for 2016. but needing an adapter to use headphones is what gimps it into a bad joke.

As far as more powerful, what is the point with a tiny low-res screen running limited apps?

The camera is still a toy for taking social media snapshots.
 
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I feel like people on these tech blogs forget that we are not the typical consumers and that our disappointments with new tech are not necessarily the general public's disappointments.
I've been saying this for years. Few listen.
If anything the general public might like the fact that one's phone doesn't look outdated after two years...
Astonishingly enough, after the 4S came out, there were some real actual people complaining, "but how will people know I have the new one?"
 
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