Yeah. I wish the control center could be accessed by swiping from the bottom corner or something. It's really annoying to swipe it from the top. Why don't they make this configurable?
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Apple's Rumored 2018 6.1-Inch Lower-Cost iPhone With LCD Display Could Feature Metal Back
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Yeah. I wish the control center could be accessed by swiping from the bottom corner or something. It's really annoying to swipe it from the top. Why don't they make this configurable?
In your case, you have at least a couple of options. 4 inch lovers (that doesn’t sound right
) don’t have an option anymore.I don’t do Facebook and Instagram... and the 4 inch screen works perfectly for a “camera, phone, messaging, mail, occasional app” scenario.
Maybe to you it doesn't but according to the many that "liked" my comment, it does. When society dictates what's comfortable to guys that don't have 8 packs and ripped like a Calvin Klein model, that's where I'll draw the line. Women aren't the only ones that have the pressure to "look like" a magazine ad, men do as well. Do you have any idea how many times I've seen a guy with super skinny jeans that has no business wearing super skinny jeans?
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Apple will release three iPhones in 2018, including two OLED models and one LCD model that could feature a metal back like the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus, reports Nikkei.
Citing a source "privy to the company's product designs," Nikkei says the LCD model will feature a 6.1-inch display, while the two OLED models will measure in at 5.8 inches and either 6.2 or 6.3 inches.
The LCD model with a metal back will "come in several colors," much like existing aluminum iPhones, and the body for the device could be manufactured by Casetek, a Pegatron subsidiary.
Nikkei's information is in line with previous details shared by KGI Securities Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who often has accurate insight into Apple's plans, though there is some variance in size predictions for the three devices.
Kuo believes Apple will introduce three iPhones in 2018: an OLED model that measures in at 5.8 inches like the current iPhone X, an OLED model that measures in at 6.5 inches that will serve as a sort of "iPhone X Plus," and a 6.1-inch model that features an LCD display.
Kuo has said that all three models will feature a full-screen edge-to-edge design and a TrueDepth camera system like the current iPhone X, but he made no mention of a different casing material. The current iPhone X, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus all feature glass backs to support wireless charging.
Kuo's 2018 iPhone predictions
A 6.1-inch LCD model with a metal body presumably made of aluminum would not be able to work with wireless charging, and it is not clear if Apple is willing to take a step back and remove a new key feature from future iPhones.
The 6.1-inch LCD model has thus far been described by Kuo as a lower-resolution model that will be more affordable than the two OLED models, with the aim of targeting the low-end and midrange markets.
Since earlier this year, we've been hearing hints of a two device lineup next year, with Apple planning to introduce a larger-screened OLED iPhone to sell alongside a new 5.8-inch model, which seems like the next logical iteration of the iPhone X. The first rumor of a third device with an LCD display came from Kuo in November.
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If they make them, I will buy one, I suppose the least expensive....
I can put an iPad mini into my pocket.... and I wear size 38 waist clothes. Not sure what clothes people are buying that have these tiny pockets. Guess the tiny pants and pockets fad is for the youngins lol.
Not being funny but those of you saying you don't want apple to become like Samsung with another glass phone, did y'all forget the iPhone 4 and 4s? In my opinion the glass looks nicer.
I spent years with a screen that size and loathed it every day, got the 6+ and was instantly happy. Big hands makes the SE very uncomfortable.
I hope they continue to offer both sizes because I was the same as you, but with a different outcome. I couldnt wait for the plus sized phones. Got my 6 plus and hated it after about 1 week. I couldn't even text one handed. It was impossible to hold and take pics one handed. Felt terrible in my pocket. I tried the 6s when it came out. Still too big for me. Went back to the SE and it feels great.
I like the glass back of my 8+ and I wonder how could they support qi chargers with a metal back. It isn't the main feature of the phone, but once you get used it is nice to have. Buying an iPhone without inductive charging would be a step backwards to me, I wouldn't mind having an LCD display but I'd like inductive charging.
I suspect we have different definitions of "issues". I can use my thumb to reach the top and bottom of the phone but it requires a slight shift of the phone in my hand to reach both ends. I do not know anyone with thumbs large enough to comfortably reach top and bottom without a little shift. I end up using my pinky finger for this subtle transition like many people. I used to use it more with the plus models and never with the iPhone 4,5 or SE. I was hoping that a bezeless design would fix this "issue" for me but not on the X.
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I can understand why they don't make it configurable. Apple is trying to implement a simple UI language that everyone can learn. If it was configurable, it would only confuse customers and support staff. I have no problem swiping from the top, except that any swiping from bottom cannot be done immediately after without an adjustment. My wish is that they would allow swipes that didn't have to start all the way from the top or bottom - that would fix the issue for me.
Yep, big hands i can text one handed no problem. Never had the phone not fit in my pants or jacket.
Well, if I'm alone in this it really won't matter to them. If, on the other hand, other people are also starting to get tired of Apple's shenanigans, it will matter. (If no one shared any of my feelings, I kind of doubt they'd have ever MADE the iPhone SE. That they HAVE, implies that enough people still wanted, (as I did,) that form-factor and shape, and that Apple LISTENED.
It ultimately won't matter, wireless is the future. Why not just go to bluetooth? Airpods are awesome.
They can't really have swipes/gestures that start from random points on the screen, as that would conflict with UI behaviour implemented in apps. Any special gestures need to start in the "safe areas" at the top and bottom of the iPhone X display.
Good point. But I would be happy even if those gestures only worked in springboard. I don't jump into notifications or control center while in any app.
not for those with a size 38" waist. Sorry but lots of us in this world weren't born with the genetics of an infant.
How long do your AirPods last without being recharged? Mine go forever. I have literally NEVER recharged my headphones, and also I don't have devices emitting RF radiation right next to my brain whenever I'm listening to them. Also, mine cost about 30 bucks and feature a cord that keeps me from losing either of them, (if one DID fall out, it would simply dangle by that cord, which is great when actually DOING something, i.e., riding a BIKE...) and sound amazing. I don't believe AirPods sound better, or at least not NEARLY better ENOUGH to justify the cost, and the inconvenience of having even MORE to carry around, so I can recharge THEM.
Isn't it true that the "case" (more stuff for an AirPods user to carry around,) must ALSO be recharged, and that you can't recharge the AirPods withOUT one? They have no jack of their own, do they?
Apple can literally get you people to buy anything, can't they. As for me, I've bought my last Apple product. The way they're going, they're just going to sell watches and iStuff before long anyway, and I have to insist on a real, actual computer. My iPhone SE will be my very, very, VERY last iPhone. (I bought two as a hedge... even together they were STILL cheaper than the iPhone X, and EACH has a headphone jack, which is handy. My MAIN iPhone I carry around with me, the other I use as a backup for when this one dies, so I don't have to pay thousands of dollars for a used one when Apple quietly discontinues them, which I expect they will any day now, and the secondary-market price goes through the roof like they did with the iPod Classic when they discontinued THAT. The backup I use as a noise-generator to help drown-out the outside noise where I live, and helps me sleep... (sound of rushing water and something like a heater/AC unit... very soothing.) Oh, and how do I get the iPhone to make that sound, loud enough and with deep enough base?
I PLUG IT IN TO MY SPEAKERS. USING THE HEADPHONE JACK. That's why it's so important to me that it HAS one. That's why I will never buy a MacBook. I have too much stuff that uses USB 2 or USB 3, and they work JUST FINE, and I'm not going to pay Apple extra money for the privilege of having a computer that CAN'T talk natively to my other stuff, requiring me to spend even MORE money buying adapters and dongles and stuff, JUST to get back to where I already am right now, with my MacBook AIR that CAN talk to them, using its USB 3 jacks. I have a mouse that I like just fine thankyouverymuch, a USB printer that I like JUSTFINETHANKYOUVERYMUCH, a USB 3 7-port HUB, that I ... you get the idea.
So, yeah, it's just fine that Apple has convinced a lot of suckers to buy their overpriced, underpowered, feature-deficient, planned-obsolescent new 'stuff,' (and I'm using that word euphemistically, #selfcensorship) but I'm here to speak up, rather than be silenced by the crowd, that I DON'T like where Apple's going with this, or anything else, and I will NOT follow them where they're leading. I will AppEXIT when the current generation of my digital world starts to fail.
Inasmuch as I absolutely HATE Android, (what moron designed THAT?!?) I will probably just buy a burner-dumb-phone, like what I had back in the day, pull out my old pre-iEverything MP3 player, and save thousands of dollars NOT buying crap I don't need.
I wish I had never bought my first iApple iThing, I would have SO much more money, and the benefits have ultimately NOT been worth the trouble, especially since Apple gets worse and worse with each passing year, and more and more resembles MICROSOFT these days. I'm about done with them. REALLY.
I don't know why I even check iRumors anymore, since every story they post just reminds me of how much Apple sucks anymore, and pisses me off. It's nearly time for me to go back to the sanity of GNU/Linux. Enjoy forking over thousands of dollars to make iApple's iExecutives even iRicher as they export more jobs to countries where they can pay starvation wages while taking advantage of American gullibility.
Geez. I won’t even read all that. I recharge my AirPods in the case once every two weeks and they work great. Maybe sit the next couple plays out bud.
Wow. You reply to something you didn't read to say you didn't read it. Maybe go back and actually read the thing you're replying next time to avoid embarrassing yourself. Just a thought.