Always hate this marketing line of "Offers the same battery life despite smaller size due to processor improvements" rubbish, in reality I've always found the screen to be by far the biggest drain on the battery, so smaller battery has always = worse battery life regardless of internal efficiency improvements.
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iFixit Teardown Gives First Look at iPhone 8's Guts
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Seeing the 8, and that ugly design of the X (that notch is horrible), I am convinced that this year is a pass on iPhone. I have no doubt that 2018 will bring true edge to edge, and enough innovation to remove that notch.
^^^ This.
If iFixIt teardowns teach us anything is to learn the scope of repair of a broken display, or alternatively, a broken back.
In the case of the iP8/8+, if you shatter the glass back, we now know that we might need a new device, as all the critical components -- and I mean all bar the front display -- are anchored to its glass back.
Repairability < 0
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I remember the good ‘ol days of 1GB RAM, with Apple apologists all over the forums insisting that we didn’t need more, that the Safari page reloads had nothing to do with RAM. Then the 6S came out with 2 GB and the Safari page reloads mysteriously vanished.
I don’t see Apple bringing back the top bezel just to satisfy a few dozen notch haters on MacRumors. Of course, they could black it out in software but they chose not to. They might change their mind, but I don’t think that’s likely.
Make no mistake about it, Apple thinks being able to utilize the ear display area is preferable to having bezel there. You disagree, fine. Don’t buy it if you don’t like it, sure. But similar to the headphone jack being removed, most people don’t care—and you’re never going to convince them they should.
You can proclaim it horrible, an abomination, ugly, an eyesore or that it most certainly causes Steve Jobs to go into rotisserie mode in his current place of rest, but most simply aren’t on board with the notch hate campaign. And some actually like, or even love it. (sorry about that last line, unhand those pearls and pick yourself up off the floor—but it’s true.)
Yes, when you're buying a world phone or Sprint/Verizon versions. Once again, Apple is cheaping out and using Intel's substandard modem in GSM ATT/TMO models. Notice that the 6S/6S+/SE all have mostly the same cell phone freq specs regardless of carrier as they all have Qualcomm chips , whilst the 7/8/X all have different models. Because of this, Apple, again, will be neutering the Qualcomm models so they don't outclass the 1/2 speed Intel chip.
Let me know when you get even close to 500Mbit Down with your wireless carrier.
Is it really that black and white? Users that kept relatively fewer tabs open or that had lighter content rarely complained; those that had 15 or 35 tabs open and frequented poorly optimized sites that would bring a 16GB desktop to its knees surely had reloading issues.
But you know, I rarely even hear iPhone 6 users complain about Safari tab reloading anymore... maybe Apple tweaked the caching or something. Or it’s less bothersome with today’s faster LTE speeds. Or maybe people have moved on to notch hate or complaining about the 6sss, who knows.
Nah, just melt that gooey stuff, scrape away the shards, and plop on a new glass cover. When it cools you're on your way.
There is a metal shield fastened to the glass back so cracking the back should only cause cosmetic problems.
Smaller battery than the 7... very interesting. Looking forward to some real world test videos to come out over the weekend to see if they are as good as the 7.
And please let me know when intel modem equipped iPhones perform as well as Qualcomm ones in poor gsm reception areas...
Also not everyone upgrades their iPhone every year so 1gbit lte speeds will be reality soon enough..
Perhaps that’s because you mistake profesionalism with sticking to boring names and delivering uninspired products.
Very few „professional“ companies have been able to completely transform whole markets multiple times and make other „multi billion serious companies“ follow suit once a new product is brought to market.
I find it very refreshing that a company as big as Apple does not surrender to expectations of people or markets who think that a big company has to stick to boring and uncreative naming conventions.
And last but not least: Apple‘s marketing is considered one of the best in the market for a reason.
You may have 'The Chip' but it is known that Apple intentionally limits its speed capacity for some reason.
theres ZERO chance the notch goes away. The X form factor will be that factor going forward, theres no way they redesign it next year or year after, this X design is sign of what the entire lineup will be next year
With an eSIM working, you wouldn't need to 'Swap in' any physical chip in the first place. Just set the phone up with the Carrier's DB. So what is the disadvantage??
It's the notch of excellence, Sir Ive's genius, unapologetically cuneiform, and only from Apple.
Ohh, man. I just can't imagine how much I love the notch already.It's the notch of excellence, Sir Ive's genius, unapologetically cuneiform, and only from Apple.
Apple did it again - just unbelievably, I didn't know how much I needed it...
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Except that's just marketing fluff for pennywise, poundfoolish Cookette configuration miseryI prefer smarter ram managment than cramming more ram cause you can. Not that i wouldn't mind all the ram i can get though
(of the kind that limits a top of the line "Pro" machine to 8Gb)
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That notch is there to say amigo. For things like this. What are they gonna do, just have a silhouette of a plain rectangle? The notch is the new home button, to easily recognize as iPhone. For better or (more likely) worse.
You are correct -- as long as you can live with, and ignore, the shattered glass.
Because, otherwise, good luck on attempting to remove/replace it. Without deforming the backing metal plate:
"The process left the steel plate a bit bent out of shape—we have no idea how Apple plans to do this, but they seem to be keeping the secret squirreled away..."
My guess is that AppleCare+ will just punt and give you a new phone.
It would actually be much easier for you to switch - very close to switching to another wifi network, if Apple had their way. But the carriers don't like the idea and are pushing back.
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Perhaps they tested both and found no significant improvements due to other bottlenecks?
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He's saying iOS 11 wasn't ready for release, clearly. And that's been the case all too often with iOS.