iPhone 6 Said to Adopt 'Bezel-Free' Display

[x-evil-x]

The no bezel look is a bit pathetic.

A mere 2mm vertical bezel on either side of the screen would look so much better. It'd also make the case manufacturers happy.

But that would be applying common sense and practicality, a practice contrary to Apples style obsession.

What's your definition of pathetic?

 

[Digital Skunk]

Perhaps to you, and the way you use your devices..What about those consumers (an overwhelming majority in my opinion) that love the functionality of the current iphone and IOS and just want a bigger screen to enjoy their content better ? (Browsing, app expereince, games, videos etc)..

I think the major concern for apple would be to appeal to its strongest and largest customer base rather than start to add features into future OS iterations which loose the simplicity and begin to become tough to understand and that introduces a learning curve into the entire equation. Although, i do agree with what you say in principle I feel that apple will be quite cautious when it comes to dumping capability and features into the larger form factors and future ios's that replicate an even larger number of complex PC tasks..for they would not want to alienate their largest customer base that does essentially a few things with its smartphones and/or tablets. Given the iPad's outrageous marketshare in enterprise and business i do not see much pressure comming from either android or windows hardware that will challenge apple to add a ton of features onto IOS really fast. If those systems for so much more capable and that capability was so "desirable" then apple would be loosing marketshare in the supposedly "heavy" enterprise market with its tablets...I do not see any such thing happening.

Enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology reported that Apple's iPad accounted for more than 91 percent of enterprise tablet deployments

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http://appleinsider.com/articles/14...enterprise-tablets-ios-takes-73-share-overall

To whom will the added PC like features appeal? To the enterprise? Are they really asking them for it, or are they leaving apple and ios and heading towards competition because it offers those features? What about the normal smart_phone_tab consumer? What are that person's habbits? What PC like features does that person replace with his/her tab? Does he really want extra features that replace some of the complex PC tasks? Is he leaving apple and heading towards the competition in droves because they pocess those features?
Do the GEEKs want this? The IT folks perhaps? Sure! Are they a significant demographic that drive IOS development? Somehow i doubt it ..

I am all for better mirroring, more robust PC like tasks, multi screens and what not..Provided apple does an amazing job with implementation (not like my note 3) and does so in a way that does not remove the simplicity and elegance of IOS..Their is so much you can bloat the software and overwhelm the customer with features before the entire expereince starts to go down hill. Apple has a sweet spot in my opinion that appeals to the broadest demographic...My company spent a small fortune on redoing their entire computer and IT hardware..We wanted iPhones..our CEO also wanted the same..Only reason we got handed S4's and Note3's was because T-Mobile allows wifi calling and these devices allowed them..We didnt buy them for any other feature...We also bought ipad's and did not buy galaxy tabs or any other galaxy series device. Most of my coworkers have the S4 or N3 and also use their iPhones..I see Apple doing rather well in the enterprise market at least in my industry..Most of us use the phone for a certain requirement and would be very happy if apple made those tasks even better every year..I am sure they will keep on introducing newer capability..but i see no pressure from within my industry to "desire" the sort of capability you seem to want..

The funny thing is that this all is in line with my previous and the8thark's previous post.

If you need a larger screen get the iPad Mini or the Air. Making the iPhone bigger for bigger sake is a bad and small move. It wont be a good tablet and it wont be a phone that everyone can use and love.

 

[vomhorizon]

The funny thing is that this all is in line with my previous and the8thark's previous post.

If you need a larger screen get the iPad Mini or the Air. Making the iPhone bigger for bigger sake is a bad and small move. It wont be a good tablet and it wont be a phone that everyone can use and love.

If you need a larger screen get the iPad Mini or the Air.

What about those that use a phone more? Do not need a tablet on them all the time..and simply want a bigger phone? Clearly their are plenty of folks around the world that want a 4.7-5 inch phone and not because of some S-Pen running 14 apps at once (Nexus4, Nexus5, Various samsung galaxy phones, LG Phones, HTC ONE etc etc)..You can get bigger and still not be overly big to hurt your expereince..no one is talking note-3 sizes here...most are claiming around 4.7".

 

[Smeaton1724]

Personally I would like them to scrap the 16:9 aspect ratio and go to a 4:3 - matching the iPad.

App scaling - easy as it will be in effect a Micro iPad and already supported by iOS.

As for pixel count could they match the iPad at such a size? - It would give a PPI of 582 at 4:3. Nothing would really change as it would scale the same as iOS and OSX have with retina. We would then have an extra column of apps.

Not sure if this is even possible, just what I'd like!

At a 4.4 inch screen they will have minimal height increase, more width. 10.00% larger diagonal, 35.92% larger overall area.

Tools used:
www.displaywars.com
http://isthisretina.com

 

[Digital Skunk]

What about those that use a phone more? Do not need a tablet on them all the time..and simply want a bigger phone? Clearly their are plenty of folks around the world that want a 4.7-5 inch phone and not because of some S-Pen running 14 apps at once (Nexus4, Nexus5, Various samsung galaxy phones, LG Phones, HTC ONE etc etc)..You can get bigger and still not be overly big to hurt your expereince..no one is talking note-3 sizes here...most are claiming around 4.7".

I agree, but I have a feeling Apple is going to look at that data and say just what others have been saying. That a larger screen . . . .anything larger than 4" and tall, is unnecessary because folks can just drop another $600 on an iPad Mini w/Retina Display.

I am in the Note 2 camp, and so far it's replaced my laptop and tablet for daily work. When I want to run a full OS, I go for the Dell Venue 8 Pro which fits in my back pocket.

I love the freedom and all day battery life of both devices, I just wish I could get that from Apple.

 

[LizKat]

I don't want bezel free. How am I going to put a case on? I like the raised rim protector cases to keep my screen from being flat on a table as my phone lives face down on my desk all day.

Yes. And how the heck do you handle the thing without making inadvertent selections of items at the edge of the display as your finger attempts to stay on the edge yet hold it securely?

 

[Avieshek]

I look back at these rumours.. Wah! Wh't a website¡ (2015 and its iPhone 6s)

 

[Nozuka]

Apple's iPhone 6 will reportedly gain a "bezel-free" display when it launches later this year, according to a report from The Korea Herald focusing on both the next-generation iPhone and Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone.

Mockup of iPhone 5s compared to larger bezel-free 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 sizes​

No significant details about Apple's plans for the iPhone 6 are shared in the report, with the majority of it focused on the Galaxy S5 and only a few sentences noting that Apple is working on a "similar" prototype with bezel-free display and fingerprint sensor. Samsung will reportedly be using a more standard fingerprint sensor than the display-wide fingerprint scanner or iris scanner that had previously been rumored for the device.Last November, Bloomberg reported that the iPhone 6 was planned to feature a larger display with "glass that curves downward at the edges", perhaps alluding to a bezel-less design in which the edge of the device is formed by the display glass itself rather than a separate bezel. A report last month from The Wall Street Journal claimed that the iPhone 6 "won't include a curved display", but it is possible that both reports could be correct if the design were to include a flat display panel fused to glass (or sapphire) cover that curved at the edges.

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I guess only Samsung was inspired by this..