Will love to see it, but honestly, I probably won't purchase a new iPhone until my 6s kicks the bucket. 10 years later though, the iPhone does deserve a radical update on its anniversary. I suspect Apple might pull a surprise and launch it on June 29 2017. So your iPhone 7 will be obsolete rather fast.
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Apple's iPhone Casing Supplier Says 'Only One Model' Will Shift to Glass in 2017
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Incidentally, a nice example of fragmentation there...
For every case of a shattered iPhone panel, there's likely 100,000 (abitrary) people who have NEVER shattered theirs. It's called LOOK AFTER YOUR PHONE - glass shatters, metal bends, and people moan like crazy that plastic is "cheap" (well, the idiots do.)
Who do you blame when you drop your whisky glass - swarovski?
The glass itself will likely be extremely thin and used to cover an aluminum frame - it's more for aesthetic purposes rather than bearing a load.
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Chances something shatters on a glass backed phone doubles, if I got the math and point of the original post right...
[doublepost=1463701016][/doublepost]I guess the back will also be a display, or solar cells or some pressure sensitive glass, not just simple glass. 2017 will mark the rebirth of the iPhone, I can feel it!
I am neither "in the know", nor am I an analyst, but I can immediately think of two possible reasons Why this may mean nothing...
Apple may have one design finalized and another not. This is particularly feasible if the physical designs differ as they do between the SE and 6 line.
Apple may be going with multiple suppliers, as they have done in the last with other components. Perhaps the supplier leaking the info had only been placed in charge of one of these parts. Surely the parts will differ based on screen size.
Of course this may also be totally non credible information that we are discussing pointlessly lol. 2017 iPhone is almost a year and a half away.
Apple may have one design finalized and another not. This is particularly feasible if the physical designs differ as they do between the SE and 6 line.
Apple may be going with multiple suppliers, as they have done in the last with other components. Perhaps the supplier leaking the info had only been placed in charge of one of these parts. Surely the parts will differ based on screen size.
Of course this may also be totally non credible information that we are discussing pointlessly lol. 2017 iPhone is almost a year and a half away.
This one is probably going to be the first mainstream smartphone to cost a substantial amount of money to realign Apple's "premium" posturing. The cost will be justified, but not everyone is going to be able to afford it or want to put out the cash for it.
People will love it and loathe it at the same time; luxury.
People will love it and loathe it at the same time; luxury.
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Samsung, LG and other companies provide components for Apple's iPhone. If any of these companies innovate their product and Apple uses the product in their iPhone they have no right to claim their new iPhone is innovative?
That actually makes enough sense to be something they have taken into account.
Glass fits in with Apple's current practice of recycling ideas, materials, designs and such. The big win for Apple is the way it fuels reactions from the emotional devotees that are already defensive. Dare anyone fail to praise Apple's choice the devotees swoop in launching personal attacks. The controversy keeps the focus exactly where Apple wants it. Besides its meaningless anyway since the Apple logo alone sells the device. Good, Bad or otherwise, Apple's likely to sell plenty of these.
Okay, so this reads as "Apple iPhone sales will continue to tank in 2016... wait till 2017 or go Android".
10th anniversary model. Instead of SE, we will have SJ.....
Actually, much of this gets to be be overblown, boring,etc...
Just give me a "widescreen iPod with touch controls"; a "revolutionary mobile phone"; and a "breakthrough Internet communicator" and I'll be happy.
“Sooner or later, everything old is new again.”
― Stephen King
Just think I'll buy an SE just to be safe......
Should give me at least 3 years of future proof if Cook & Ive don't putz with it....
that's a dumb comment. If that's the case, then why don't you suggest Apple make it in Paper instead? and just blame the users for any mishaps.
it's called "DURABILITY"
I guess that 40% or less of iPhones that are made of aluminum will include this year's iPhone (iPhone 7?), maybe the SE and iPhone 6s as the budget options by the summer of 2017.
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Even if you're not clumsy, remember that it only takes one fall to screw up your day/week.
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Even if you're not clumsy, remember that it only takes one fall to screw up your day/week.
With all the stories about the 2017 phone, the introduction of the 2016 phone will be hilarious. This shows just how far behind Apple has gotten. How can Jony, Ted, and Phil keep a straight face while they feed us the BS about the 2016 phone? Savvy buyers and stock holders aren't buying it this time.
They are talking about fragmentation between models in the same year, not across years.
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Not unless they do a bezel less 5.5 phone in a 4.7 body (my 4.7" phone has a 5.5" diagonal body)
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Accidents happen. I've dropped my phone but lucky it hasn't broken the screen.
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Can't innovate my ass - audience pisses themselves laughing
haha
"Apple plans to adopt a glass body for at least one iPhone model set to debut in 2017"
And that's the only model Apple will see returned more because people wanna swing it round their heads and break it.
It will be surly be a differentiate. But maybe Apple now is knowing that "we will test the market with all casing iPhone, just to see how many reports we get back, Then based on that, we will change our next iPhone design*
Kinda like how Nokia *tested the market* by bring out the Nokia Navigator with voice in GPS software guidance (Roue66) software stored locally... then threw that concept out since they'd make better business by charging u for them, plus they also say how many would use local.
"Apple plans to adopt a glass body for at least one iPhone model set to debut in 2017"
And that's the only model Apple will see returned more because people wanna swing it round their heads and break it.
It will be surly be a differentiate. But maybe Apple now is knowing that "we will test the market with all casing iPhone, just to see how many reports we get back, Then based on that, we will change our next iPhone design*
Kinda like how Nokia *tested the market* by bring out the Nokia Navigator with voice in GPS software guidance (Roue66) software stored locally... then threw that concept out since they'd make better business by charging u for them, plus they also say how many would use local.
Exactly. They could set a particular combination of power and volume buttons to reboot the phone or even to take a screenshot
Fragmentation --
cHello, my name is Tim Cook. You want a new iPhone design!
Prepare to be disappointed!
Sorry, I can't photoshop his face in there.
i have a tv, external monitor, laptop and tablet for consuming content on big screens. please don't punish me for not wanting the biggest phone, apple.
