WiFi iTunes syncing is already a thing, though I think you do need to plug it in once to set it up. Maybe do some sort of "tap to setup" for the phone, the way you can do with the Apple TV and iPhones now.
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iPhone 7 May Include Flush '3D Touch' Home Button
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What's funny is having someone try it and then turn the MacBook off and try again. They're always surprised there's no more click with the power off. That's how good the feedback is on a Macbook.
I heard stories from some Qualcomm friends, years ago, of some party where folks got caught up in an enthusiastic round of "push each other into the pool"... And there were a surprising number of phones that needed replacing the next day.
I'm guessing it's not for swimmers, but to eliminate "water damage" as a source of trouble. They can't ascribe any level of water protection to it before making it actually waterproof, because there will always be that 5% who have to push the limit. Just like they don't say the Apple Watch is waterproof, but some swim with it already.
One day Apple will be able to defeat the known laws of physics, but this is not that year.
If this happens, I would expect them to completely do away with the activation ring. Now that iOS 10 requires you to press the home button to unlock the phone, no need for the activation ring, the phone will simply scan your fingerprint as you press the button (no need for it to "detect" the finger first).
And for all other use cases of TouchID in apps, the phone prompts you to scan your finger, so then again, no need for it to detect a finger as it can start "looking for" the fingerprint as soon as the prompt appears.
Sounds like the way LG adapted their fingerprint sensor, if I am understanding correctly, and I rather like what they've done.
That's great but you need to shrink that bezel! I'm not buying another iPhone until you get rid of it or shrink it drastically!
There's this little problem that air still needs to be able to enter and exit the case in order for microphone and speakers to work. You know, just in case you want to use your phone to make phone calls.
I guess it is debatable if they are part of the same assembly. From iFixit teardown it sure looks like one unit. Although other photos show it in exploded view it doesn't really come like that....
Either way you can feel the ring because the button itself is depressed. If the button is flush then the ring (if even needed) would most likely be too.
It's about time, Third year in a row I had to get a replacement phone because of the home button stopped working. A notification light embedded underneath with the Touch ID sensor would be so cool, one can hope!
There's this little problem that air still needs to be able to enter and exit the case in order for microphone and speakers to work. You know, just in case you want to use your phone to make phone calls.
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I'm sure it will, the new track pads have no moving parts, but without looking you can't tell that its not 'pressing in' when its pressed
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You could seal the speaker diaphragm against the case making it water proof and still allowing sound.There's this little problem that air still needs to be able to enter and exit the case in order for microphone and speakers to work. You know, just in case you want to use your phone to make phone calls.
I prefer having a better camera than a flusher camera. and I don't want a phone as thick as my old iPhone 4 either. thus...camera ring.
ain't a big deal to anyone not anal about nonsense.
Apple will never make a claim of a waterproof anything. It will always be water resistant. They don't say the AW is waterproof for a very good reason: it isn't waterproof. It's water resistant. I never would, but some would say waterproof/water resistance is just semantics. Some would, but Apple won't. Waterproof has legal implications. Apple doesn't want or need that type of entanglement. If the phone has an IP68 rating, that would be great. If (highly unlikely) it has an IP69K rating, that would be phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal. But they ain't gonna call it waterproof. Neither should anyone else.
You know, there's something called the 'outdoors' and some people work in an sometimes wet environment.
I repair iPhones. It is one unit.I guess it is debatable if they are part of the same assembly. From iFixit teardown it sure looks like one unit. Although other photos show it in exploded view it doesn't really come like that....
Either way you can feel the ring because the button itself is depressed. If the button is flush then the ring (if even needed) would most likely be too.
talking about resting your finger over the button. it needs to have texture. if it's completely flat like the backside of your phone, screw it.