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You could adjust the pressure required to click, it wouldn't be as loud, and it could provide more functionality as you could force click. Along with that, it won't physically move and will be sealed, reducing the risk of failure and increasing water resistance.
Please don't use waterproofing as a reason for Apple changing the current home button and especially don't use it as a reason for removing the headphone jack... especially not the headphone jack. It makes no sense. Look next to the head phone jack. What do you see? The lightning port. A bigger hole.
The headphone jack has never been an impediment to water resistance. Neither has the home button. Every IP rated phone has a jack and the majority have physical home buttons. I'm not even going to mention the rumored dual speaker set up which would add -say it with me- more holes. There will never be a "full waterproof" iPhone, or any other phone for that matter. They will always claim a level of water resistance. Legal reasons. I'd hope no phone company would be irresponsible enough to claim "waterproof". That's a class action waiting to happen.
The reduced risk of failure would be the biggest advantage in my opinion.
Imagine this: Raise to wake, no need to use the power button. Press the home button to unlock, but since it's not a physical button, it won't wear. To lock the phone, just put it down on a table face first, it locks automatically after a few seconds. You would just need to use the power button on the go.
However, the longevity of those buttons (and therefore the whole phone) would be great.
There's no way they're deliberately holding back on the technology they're using, there's just no business sense for it.yes, .......in the past. Today the lagging is not unintentional.
Common sense - you can clearly see through the camera hole, that this isn't the full phone and merely the back piece. Your conspiracy theory is dumb.
Yeah I agree. It is obvious that press to unlock was designed for the iPhone 7. The failure of home buttons is actually quite common over time and that was the reason I didn't like press to unlock. I guess it could be another way for Apple to reduce the life of your iPhone.
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Maybe but it is a good selling point in terms of the advantages of it so I think they need it for this generation. I hope Apple don't get rid of the home button I honestly couldn't care less if they can integrate Touch ID into the screen it works fine how it is. Apple is one of the only companies that uses physical home buttons across the line and I hope it stays that way.
I hope these rumors about the iPhone 7 are true.
Aside from waterproofing and giving Apple Pay the ability to mimic a card swipe so that it can be used practically anywhere, there's not much more I want in an iPhone right now. If the 7 is basically a waterproof 6s, I think I will keep my 6 and forego the upgrade this year. There's no reason that 2017 won't give us a radical redesign/leap in functionality for the 10th anniversary.
I'd rather Apple take their time with a redesign to get it right instead of shoving out a redesign this year only to have the 10th anniversary model be the equivalent of an "s" model.
Aside from waterproofing and giving Apple Pay the ability to mimic a card swipe so that it can be used practically anywhere, there's not much more I want in an iPhone right now. If the 7 is basically a waterproof 6s, I think I will keep my 6 and forego the upgrade this year. There's no reason that 2017 won't give us a radical redesign/leap in functionality for the 10th anniversary.
I'd rather Apple take their time with a redesign to get it right instead of shoving out a redesign this year only to have the 10th anniversary model be the equivalent of an "s" model.
I don't think so.
Like Appleaker mentioned, the change from "slide to unlock" to "press to unlock" in iOS 10 indicates that they will change the home button this year. At least that seems logical to me..
Exactly which, if any, of the things in your quote can even be considered a fact? By my informal count, absolutely none. They're all rumors. Rumors that differ from other rumors by the same sources. It's not conceit, it's called common sense. That's a little different from the gullibility you're expressing by quoting rumor as if it's definitive fact. Go back and look at your sources. Look at how many rumors they published before a product release. Look at how many were right. 1%, 2%, maybe 5% from an excellent source?
I respect your opinion but disagree entirely. The antennae appear even more noticeable, somehow, along the edges. The protruding camera was bad enough to me before, unable to lie the phone completely flat. Now it's going to rattle and move even more, and scratch maybe even more. I may need a case.
Biggest reason for replacing the mechanical button by a force touch flat one is allowing iPhone users and developers to get used to an all screen iPhone with an in/on screen homebutton.
No more headphone jack? Don't care, looks cleaner without one. Don' t like ports anyway. Hoping for a smart connector.
Every now and then I still spot spot someone in the crowd holding an iPhone 4, and it never ceases to amaze me how much more beatiful that design was than the 6/6S...
Yes! That was the last version I was truly 'excited' about - stayed up late to order it, tracked the shipping like a stalker
It must be sad to have a life where the most important thing to you is being able to show off how you had the newest device.
Sorry to break the news to you, but the form factor for phones is now pretty much set. The days of radical redesigns are pretty much over. Time to tie your ego to something more substantial.
Ive is rudderless without Jobs's guidance. He really is a third rate designer. I believe at some point Jobs would have said "enough!" regarding his thin fetish. Probably when the reports of iPhone bends began to flood in.
Design aside, this has potential to be a groundbreaking update that could recapture the lead in mainstream smartphone camera IQ. Low light performance may finally exceed that of the iPhone's rivals. My only complaint is that Apple restrict the best camera to the bigger model, presumably because they want the 4.7" to be thinner and the 5.5" offers bigger margins. Personally I'd much rather carry a thicker 4.7" iPhone with the dual-lens camera. In fact when I think back to my 4S, I cannot remember a single moment when I thought "OMG this is TOO THICK, damn it!" The 4S was a work of art.
Design aside, this has potential to be a groundbreaking update that could recapture the lead in mainstream smartphone camera IQ. Low light performance may finally exceed that of the iPhone's rivals. My only complaint is that Apple restrict the best camera to the bigger model, presumably because they want the 4.7" to be thinner and the 5.5" offers bigger margins. Personally I'd much rather carry a thicker 4.7" iPhone with the dual-lens camera. In fact when I think back to my 4S, I cannot remember a single moment when I thought "OMG this is TOO THICK, damn it!" The 4S was a work of art.
For what most people do, an iPhone 5s, 6 or 6s is just great. I am sure persons who are hanging onto their 5 might consider this upgrade even switch to the SE instead. Sales won't be spectacular, but the obvious enthusiast who must have each revision will get (that's about 5%), while the ripe for an upgrade 4/4s (which is about 10%) will take the plunge and choose a larger model iPhone 7 for the first. About 10% of iPhone 6 will grab the upgrade and of course you have your Android switchers, which is probably about 30%. The thing is, all of this will happen over 4 quarters, its not gonna be a massive upgrade for Apple. Hopefully the 10th revision will be the must have. Right now, I am not even fully maximizing the 6s. So, I might be able to hold out until the 9s or iPhone 10.
It's not coming, they will only be able to accomplish that with the glass back - rumored for next years model (iPhone 8). The only way they can do wireless charging that I can think of, would be through that smart connector on the Plus only model, but that would have to be with some sort of pad.
I went from an original iPhone to an iPhone 3GS for the speed... from an iPhone 3GS to an iPhone 4 for the Retina Display... from the iPhone 4 to an iPhone 5 for the slightly larger display and better camera... from the iPhone 5 to an iPhone 6 for Touch ID and screen size.
Right now the iPhone 7 appears to lack the WOW factor that some of us need to even consider upgrading from previous iPhones.
Right now the iPhone 7 appears to lack the WOW factor that some of us need to even consider upgrading from previous iPhones.
This, if legit, could be the ugliest flagship smartphone of the year. Even the generic-looking Chinese ones look better.
How is a dual-lens camera lacking in "WOW"? It could be the greatest leap in camera tech ever on an iPhone.
I think Apple still has a design philosophy, and they are building towards this philosophy in small steps. 3D Touch and force touch are the first steps.
An iPhone without mechanical buttons, without visible speakers, camera' s, sensors and ports and a one piece design without seams.
Just one sheet of glass.
Its biggest hurdle to take in achieving this are not materials, design and hw progress (although these things remain big hurdles), but the typical Apple /iPhone users that want big design changes all the time with a new iPhone , but really can' t handle changes . If Apple removes a port, it is almost ww3. Apple users don' t know what they want.....
An iPhone without mechanical buttons, without visible speakers, camera' s, sensors and ports and a one piece design without seams.
Just one sheet of glass.
Its biggest hurdle to take in achieving this are not materials, design and hw progress (although these things remain big hurdles), but the typical Apple /iPhone users that want big design changes all the time with a new iPhone , but really can' t handle changes . If Apple removes a port, it is almost ww3. Apple users don' t know what they want.....
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