Exactly ! Change doesn't need to come, just because of change - it need to be there for a reason, and if you look at Porsche 911's from every version, they changed just enough, but not too much - Perfected the shape, design and the function
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iPhone 7 Could Have Touch-Sensitive Home Button as Waterproof and Dustproof Rumors Persist
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Exactly ! Change doesn't need to come, just because of change - it need to be there for a reason, and if you look at Porsche 911's from every version, they changed just enough, but not too much - Perfected the shape, design and the function
I can count the number of iPhones I have dropped in water on the fingers of one foot!
I suppose underwater images might be possible but with a wide angle lens they won't be any good.
I suppose underwater images might be possible but with a wide angle lens they won't be any good.
Mindblowing innovations = features I want
Current list of "mindblowing innovations" seems to include small bezels, amoled, curved glass, waterproofing.
Soooooo... what I'm getting from your multiple declarative quotes is either:
1. You think your anecdotes and opinions are fact, and anyone with a differing opinion is wrong.
2. If you didn't experience something it didn't happen. Kinda like "Pics or it didn't...
3. You're auditioning to be an analyst. That pro Apple analyst who only issues opinions that agree with Apple's current direction. An opinion that will only change after Apple changes direction.
4. Profit
The Samsung Galaxy lines have a physical home button. Work just fine. So do a number of other android devices.
As ever, the geeks are throwing rocks into the middle of the lake and the waves are spreading outwards. The more rocks the geeks lob, the bigger the waves. The geeks gave Apple the buzz it has today, just as the geeks breathed life into Google, Twitter, etc. If the geeks move on, others will follow in time.
Are you being sarcastic?
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If the geeks make up the 200m units in sales, then you may have a point. But I'm glad you're reviving the "Apple is doomed" meme.
If you cannot innovate, then lower the price!
I will not pay USD 700+ for a new phone that gives me nearly no significant improvements (real improvements that I will feel on a day-to-day use case), compared to my 1,5 years old iphone 6!
If tomorrow my iphone would stop working, I would buy a Nexus 5X (or something comparable) for half the price of an iphone 6s... The "apple factor" for me is not worth more then double the price of the competition.
Apple started to lower the prices in the history also when they could not innovate anymore, best example is the ipod. When I bought my first ipod in 2004, the iPod Photo 60GB cost me a whopping US$ 599...
Fours years later my ipod stopped working and I replaced it with the iPod Classic 80GB for US$ 249 !!!
By the way, its not that I cannot afford an iphone, but I want to get something for my $$$
I was wondering if Apple would switch to a non-mechanical home button a few months ago. 
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...n-on-ios-devices.1960226/page-2#post-22648917
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...n-on-ios-devices.1960226/page-2#post-22648917
The geeks tell people what to buy. Most of the people I know today use Apple products because they saw my Apple tech and they asked me for advice on what to buy. Ten years ago, everyone around me had Windows PCs and BlackBerry phones. Today they all have Macs and iPhones. Most people I know have also abandoned Office.
Apple can't afford to lose its cool and credibility with the tech-savvy community/developers.
I love Apple. But it needs to up its game. Too many influencers are losing interest in Apple's offerings.
I don't think Apple is doomed. But it is in a mess (which will lead to decline if not arrested). A temporary mess, I hope.
I repeatedly see people bring up the fact that they need a home button for when the phone freezes. Apple will obviously take this into consideration and give some way of doing a hard reboot. Same thing goes for taking screenshots. These are simple obstacles to overcome.
My wife's iPhone 4S gets a bit long in the tooth. I am interested in the iPhone 7. Understood that the iPhone 8 a year later might be the one to wait for but that's another year out.
Haven't ALL buttons for decades (even centuries) been "touch sensitive"??
I realize that.. however i was going by what Apple didn't tell us about the last watch being water-resistant... but uses found out about by doing tests in a pool.
I remember touch sensitive buttons with clam-shell phones. Seems this is back in design as "a new trend"
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TBH I am with you on this. I normally upgrade every other generation. I currently have a 6 Plus and there's nothing in the rumours which will justify upgrading to iPhone 7.
Apple may well end up dropping prices, but they won't do that until they have to in order to stimulate sales; in the meantime they have rather healthy profit margins to maintain.