Gotta hype up the manufacturing issue every year so when they raise the price (probably this year) they can use that as reason. Also, if LG continues to have issues, ditch them and just use Samsung. LG panels are inferior to Samsung and have been for years. Or if nothing else, keep the trash LG panels on the non-pro models.
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iPhone 15 Pro's Thinner Bezels and Manufacturing Issue: What to Know
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What about "Disk Doubler? it was a thing on my Mac Performa, and my hot running PowerBook 5300 (MASSIVE 500MB Internal HD LOL). Ran a metricom/rocochet radio modem on that and it was sweet and amazing. In 1999 I posted pics of GGBridge from Alcatraz. The first taste of what we have now with cellular.
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Best deal EE do in UK is £83pm for unlimited data. No thanks.
For crying out loud — an iPhone has a bezel, not “bezels”.
But, but...bezel derives from analog watches which had ONE circular bezel with no corners. Thence "bezels". (Actually whence, methinks).
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That alone would be a welcome change. I will admit, the only things I don’t like about my PM are the weight and battery life.
We're still talking about bezels, USBC and periscope cameras in 2023??!?!!? This reminds me of when the wireless charging, 120hz. it's 2023, Samsung is on their 5th iteration of a folding phone. C'mon Apple!
In many countries it works out much more expensive to buy a phone through your carrier. Sure, if your bank account is almost empty it's a handy way to buy what you can't afford right now, but over 24 months you always lose out. Are there many countries where you don't lose out overall by buying through a carrier?
Exactly. They just want people to flock to preorder
Have you looked at the Android phones out there? The vast majority have chins on them or bezels that are definitely thicker at the bottom of the phone. The Nothing Phone 1 was an instant buy from me as it was completely symmetrical with the bezels. I couldn’t get that even from a $1200 Samsung Ultra. I think iPhone now has the smallest bezels.
What I still hate is the whole notch/dynamic island design language. I would gladly take a fingerprint reader on the power button over having that huge cutout. A nice simple hole punch design would be fabulous.
I’d argue the camera has bezels too. Those aren’t getting thinner though…
To me the reason to buy this year while owning a 14PM will be:
Titanium frame with rounded edges
USB C
Better telephoto camera
Smaller bezels (more advanced appearance)
Will buy outside the USA so I get a SIM card tray! Hate my US iPhone 14PM with no SIM potential. And I don’t care who thinks it’s great when they’re not traveling eight months out of the year and don’t understand that it’s way easier to just have SIM cards when traveling and don’t want to spend $1k per month roaming internationally with Verizon. And a SIM card version still does eSIM!!! So not like I can’t use eSIM when it’s available.
Titanium frame with rounded edges
USB C
Better telephoto camera
Smaller bezels (more advanced appearance)
Will buy outside the USA so I get a SIM card tray! Hate my US iPhone 14PM with no SIM potential. And I don’t care who thinks it’s great when they’re not traveling eight months out of the year and don’t understand that it’s way easier to just have SIM cards when traveling and don’t want to spend $1k per month roaming internationally with Verizon. And a SIM card version still does eSIM!!! So not like I can’t use eSIM when it’s available.
It’s a case of embezzlement.
YEP!!!
I pulled the optical drive on my 2010 MBP, put in a 240GB SSD (now its too small) and used the space where the optical drive was to put my old 320GB HD, that's used as digital media storage for music and photos.
Would you believe shes still ticking along. It was originally a work machine but now its just used to sync my devises with itunes and browse the web. Battery is drained almost completely but would rather put that $100ish dollars towards a new macbook at the end of this year or early next.
It works fine always plugged in with me sitting on my couch.
There’s a rumor that the SIM tray will be removed from the 15 lineup in Canada and Europe.
Exactly, Exactly. It actually makes it worse as a good case typically will have a slightly raised lip for protection. Thinner bezels then make it harder to use without any buffer in between.
Exactly, new case. Old one won’t fit because the new design will be .? MM difference so go fuel new case sales.
There’s always rumors, sometimes confirmed, that there’s iPhone manufacturing issues. Probably exaggerated to boost sales at release to ensure sellouts in September/October.
I’ve been thinking late just how horrible the giant bezels look on my iPhone mini… such a pain to work with.
Crazy to me how many posts talk about a case. I haven’t used a case since the iPhone 6. Y’all don’t get apple care + and rock it naked? So much easier to hold and use with no case. It’s already heavy and thick as it is, a case just makes it even bulkier. No thank you.