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iPhone 17 Lineup Rumored to Feature All-New Slim Model Above Pro Max With 'Major Redesign'
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So it'll be thinner, camera will be moved a couple inches over, will be made of aluminum instead of titanium or steel, and will be the costliest option. Who will actually buy this?
I guess anyone who doesn’t want someone to mistake their brand new $1,500 plus phone for a 13/14/15/16 Pro.
Oh right, I wouldn't want people to think I'm using a phone that's over a year old. Ew, that's for peasants.
Foldable doesn’t change that either.
I had a foldable phone way back before smartphones even existed.
I wouldnt be surprised if they call the new design the Apple Phone instead of iPhone
The design and interfaces of phones have been standardized, like cars. They are all essentially the same and only different at the margins and differ mainly in construction quality and performance to meet price points.
Nothing will change materially until there is a material change in what is technologically possible like this
Nothing will change materially until there is a material change in what is technologically possible like this
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If this Slim model will be higher priced than the Pro Max, then there is gonna be some cutting edge tech in there like the Apple Watch Ultra.
They made the new iPad Pro’s thinner than the past iPod Nano, so they can definitely make a thin version for the iPhone 📱
They made the new iPad Pro’s thinner than the past iPod Nano, so they can definitely make a thin version for the iPhone 📱
Movies and shows mainly like to use these “futuristic” see-thru displays because they allow the audience to see the display the actor is looking at/interacting with, plus the actor’s face—at the same time, but I don’t think they would actually be very practical in real life because even if they can figure out how to make it not look washed out in lit environments, it’s terrible for privacy since everyone can see what’s on your screen.
To quote Steve jobs:
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.”
But what is really funny is if we dig deeper is this rumour designed to really work out?
To quote Poe:
“All that we see or seem ‘here’ is but a dream within a dream"
To Quote myself:
“This rumour is designed to fail”
“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.”
But what is really funny is if we dig deeper is this rumour designed to really work out?
To quote Poe:
“All that we see or seem ‘here’ is but a dream within a dream"
To Quote myself:
“This rumour is designed to fail”
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Does no one here remember when the iPhone X came out?
It came out alongside the iPhone 8 and 8 plus which had the old design and the iPhone X was the new future design for iPhone at a steep price increase. Eventually all iPhones began looking like the iPhone X and the old iPhone 6-8 design went away.
They are doing the same thing here. The iPhone slim is clearly the first generation of what will be the new design language for the iPhone going forward.
I personally will be happy to wait out this transition on the iPhone 16 pro max. It took a while (not until the iPhone 11) before Apple really hit their stride with the new notch phone design and I think we’ll see something similar here. I expect a step back in battery life that we’ll slowly get back over a couple generations. I also have zero interest in this in between size. Don’t be big enough to be uncomfortable but not big enough to provide the benefits of a big screen.
It came out alongside the iPhone 8 and 8 plus which had the old design and the iPhone X was the new future design for iPhone at a steep price increase. Eventually all iPhones began looking like the iPhone X and the old iPhone 6-8 design went away.
They are doing the same thing here. The iPhone slim is clearly the first generation of what will be the new design language for the iPhone going forward.
I personally will be happy to wait out this transition on the iPhone 16 pro max. It took a while (not until the iPhone 11) before Apple really hit their stride with the new notch phone design and I think we’ll see something similar here. I expect a step back in battery life that we’ll slowly get back over a couple generations. I also have zero interest in this in between size. Don’t be big enough to be uncomfortable but not big enough to provide the benefits of a big screen.