I'm guessing these people just sit in a room and say to each other: "What can we make up? It needs to sound similar to the other rumors but add a small tidbit with a bit of skepticism to drive the stock down while we short it."
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Bloomberg Backs Latest 'iPhone 8' Prototype Having Stainless Steel and Glass Design With Vertical Camera
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Put your phone on a desk and type on it. It wobbles with every touch. That bothers me.
I would rather have a not-so thin phone with a decent battery that I can lay flat and use properly.
The iPhone 4 design has always been my favorite of all iPhone iterations. That jet black glass covering the front and back, wrapped around by the flat metal rim was slick A.F.
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I'm not saying I agree or disagree but here are some of the things I've read on this;
Many people prefer to use their phones without cases and with the protruding camera the phone no longer lays flat on any surface (I know some reputable online reviewers mention that they liked non-protruding so they can use the phone while it's laying flat on a desk without it rocking side to side). Also, the level feature (in Apple's own Compass app) is rendered useless with the protruding cam.
I recall too that a number of Google Pixel reviews hailed the non-protruding cam on that phone for the same and a few other reasons.
Not to mention, aesthetically the protruding cam is a deviation from the clean design language that apple prides itself on.
I'm liking what I'm seeing and reading. Liking it very much.
Seems it's shaping up to be a 'greatest mash-up' of the classic iPhone's silhouette and the Leica inspired design schemes of iPhone 4.
If it is, in fact, relatively close to that mock up, it's going to be an instant buy for me.
Seems it's shaping up to be a 'greatest mash-up' of the classic iPhone's silhouette and the Leica inspired design schemes of iPhone 4.
If it is, in fact, relatively close to that mock up, it's going to be an instant buy for me.
Curious (haven't been 100% up to date on the rumors coming out), but you think if they can't get touch id under the screen on the front then they would definitely put it on the back, rather than just continuing the iPhone 7 style home button? I would think they would stick to their current platform until they can master the under-the-screen technology rather than try something completely new and different only to go back to the front on the next version when they do get the technology down.
Apple has reportedly experimented with integrating the iPhone's fingerprint scanner into the screen, but noted it would be technically challenging, and said it's currently unclear if that feature will make it into the final product. Earlier research said Apple is facing yield issues with the under-display solution.
Did Apple say this was technically challenging, or someone else said Apple may have said that? Serious question.
The research apparently concluded this. Apple doesn't talk about upcoming devices production issues, you should know that by now.
Who does that? It's not a tablet. Most normal people hold the phone in their hands and type.
I literally just tried this with my 7 Plus at work to verify your claim, and it doesn't really wobble except for when it's placed in landscape with the home button to the right (meaning the camera is in a vertical orientation to the upper left, on the back).
I'll rate your claim as 'mostly false.'
Which by the way, Apple changing the camera to a vertical orientation would fix this issue for you, since it would be horizontal and provide stability when typing flat in a landscape orientation.
More like 5 months left and they're slowly deciding which renders get leaked out.
If this is a deal breaker for people then they need to buy another phone. We're on the 3rd cycle now of iPhone with protruding camera. Highly unlikely Apple is going to make the phone thicker to eliminate that. Especially if Apple is using glass and stainless steel which could make the phone slightly heavier anyway.
I'd like to know this too. From what i'm reading someone is saying they are having trouble producing it in mass quantities not that they can't produce it
My launch day 6 plus has just stopped charging last night. Going to have to get something cheap until one of these is released!
I liked the iPhone 4 very much as well, with the glass on both sides. Not sure what "chormed" is, though. With a black bumper on it, it was like a tiny inert monolith, until you lit up the screen. Lovely industrial design.
Looks like a merge of the iPhone 6/7 design and the one for the 4/4s (my favorite).
I think it looks great, at least in renders.
Still, a pretty phone is not enough. I hope Apple does more, especially within iOS.
I think it looks great, at least in renders.
Still, a pretty phone is not enough. I hope Apple does more, especially within iOS.