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Foxconn Developing Glass Casing and OLED Displays Ahead of Tenth-Anniversary iPhone
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I loved the stainless steel band. You could drive nails with that thing.
Didn't really trust the glass back, but it was never a problem.
After having a bunch of Iphones I switched to a Galaxy S7 Edge and an HTC 10. Love both these phones. I am irritated at Apple for having such slow inertia in changing to new technology. But I am all in on a 2017, glass case, wireless charging, waterproof, OLED, etc etc. If Apple was smart, they will work 24/7 to get the release out early and not wait until Sept 2017.
Keep it in context. Posters on MR are a few hundred people with some portion just trollers. Real world people will love faster, more powerful processor, great new camera, more battery life, better sound without headphones, waterproofing, plus whatever nice enhancements Apple includes that we don't even know about.
That's why the tiny speck of MR posters will be swamped by the actual buyers. At the end of just the Christmas season, 60 or 70 million real world people will have bought the new phone. In a year, close to 200 million. 200 million versus a hundred or so, important context.
Glass is a dumb material to use for the back of a mobile phone. Why make more of the device prone to shattering?
Unapologetically PLASTIC is the way to go. Plastic is resilient to impacts, more or less transparent to radio waves, and doesn't interfere with wireless charging.
Plastic is more functional for a device that has to cope with the rough and tumble of everyday life.
Unapologetically PLASTIC is the way to go. Plastic is resilient to impacts, more or less transparent to radio waves, and doesn't interfere with wireless charging.
Plastic is more functional for a device that has to cope with the rough and tumble of everyday life.
Apple has been working on new ceramics and the ability to injection mold "liquid metal" for years now, each of which provide unique characteristics. Be prepared for a hell of an update.
who's to say that the camera won't be on par with the samsung phones?
point 2- why does IOS need more than 3GB of ram?
Actually, I was kind of thinking that they need to rush out an iPhone 7, 8 and 9 this year and next... so the 2017 model can be the "iPhone X"
Gee, the whole point of Apple products is that they put form over functionality. Beauty over practicality. Why else put a glass back on a handheld device??
Only slightly joking, I personally want them to drop Gorilla Glass and go straight for an extruded cubic zirconium case with wraparound OLED and in-screen home button:
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Something that would be harder for most third world makers to clone.
Thing looks like a shrink-wrapped 5th gen iPod Nano. You can go too far with curved glass, imo.
Rumor: Phil Schiller calls in sick for the Iphone 7 introduction
Yeah, I totally agree. That's why it was mostly tongue-in-cheek. But... it is based on an Apple patent.
It had amazing battery life, and was a true leap in display quality and performance. At the time there was nothing to touch it, plus it was a thing of beauty too!
No, because you seem to imply that Apple's best is not good enough and they just go through the motions, because it's time to sell more iPhones.
Neither one of us knows the details to make that judgement.
Since iPhones are being sold continuously for many different reasons, they will obviously sell and produce "better" models as they get better components en masse. Why produce last years model?
Say, dual camera part was only available at 10 million pieces a year, so they only put it into their flag ship iPhone.
If the output is increased and 20 million a year become available via a second supplier etc., they will add it to the other models.
Same with everything from A10 processors to more GB when the price of 32 GB drops into the price range of 16GB.
I don't think Apple is adverse to complications (as in researching new ways or technologies to incorporate it into the next phone, but that all takes time) nor do I think the 7 is a dud, but in a maturing smart phone market it is not enticing enough for many to switch.
Why does OSX need more than 4GB of ram?
And so the upgrade from 2 to 3 is needed, but 4 is just overkill. For all users. Really?
Thank goodness not all patents see the light of day. The more I stare at it, the worse it gets. Now it's a flattened loo-roll middle with an 80s decal. Yeeesh.
If this was the iPhone debuting this year, this could have competed on the line with the Note 7. Instead, this iPhone debuting in a few weeks may start a riot.
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I came from the 6s to the SE and truthfully, I prefer rounded edges on the 6 series, it just conforms to my hand and feels so much more comfortable than the SE, which has a bit of edginess to it. That's just me. But When upgrade to the iPhone 7, I am looking forward to this design again.
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I came from the 6s to the SE and truthfully, I prefer rounded edges on the 6 series, it just conforms to my hand and feels so much more comfortable than the SE, which has a bit of edginess to it. That's just me. But When upgrade to the iPhone 7, I am looking forward to this design again.
the worry has to be the iphone next year could be very good but note 8 could be even better than the note 7 this year.
Hopefully it'll be scratch resistant glass. I loved the iPhone 4 but it was daft having a scratch resistant front, stainless steel frame, and then a scratch prone rear.
Hope the OLED screen helps with Apples silly battery life too although no doubt they'll make the phone even thinner so no luck there.
Hope the OLED screen helps with Apples silly battery life too although no doubt they'll make the phone even thinner so no luck there.
Guys -- it makes sense to wait till 7 comes out and buy the 6s for cheap, and wait for the OLED next year ... what is the point in forking out money on a new phone that we know next years phone will blow everything away...?
I don't know why is waiting -- other companies are passed innovations ...
I really could see a iPhone8 with curved screen like Galaxy is next year...
I don't know why is waiting -- other companies are passed innovations ...
I really could see a iPhone8 with curved screen like Galaxy is next year...
The worry is that the note 7 will be so much better than the 2016 iPhone that many people will switch this year. Once they switch the 2017 iPhone will have to be a lot better to get people back.
If the Note 8 also humiliates the 2017 iPhone it will just make a bad situation that much worse.
You know you are way too emotionally attached with your phone when you start talking about one phone "humiliating" another. Keep it in context. MR posters, like me, are just a few hundred people. When the new iPhone comes out, close to 70 million people will buy it in just the next quarter. Nearly 200 million will buy it in the next year. People will love the many enhancements the new phone will bring and they love the Apple ecosystem.
You keep telling yourself that. The same way the BB users keep telling themselves that buy BB for security. Manufacturers love true believers like you.
Plastic is durable to an extent, but Apple prefers to use more premium materials in their phones for sleekness, asthetic appeal and over all it looks professional. Even the added weight of glass allows the phone to feel More substantial.
Plastic looks cheap and really plastic has been abandoned on newer phones today, with aluminum and glass. Obviously it costs more in some respects, but the consumer is attracted to the phone first, followed by the over all feel of the Phone.
The only time I see plastic on Phones is today on the cheap pre-paid phones you see you at Walmart for $30.00.