iPhone 7s Plus Bare Logic Board Surfaces With A11 Chip and Intel Modem Markings

[Defthand]

It amazes me how many say they can't afford the new iPhone.

Sometimes, affording has less to do with how than why.

I’m curious. What do you hope to achieve with the next phone that you can’t with your current one? Will it be worth a $300 premium?

 

[Vanilla35]

I see, I missed the model number. Still, never had an issue, so I still think it'll be fine.

Some have, some haven't. The issues are way too many (based on the number of forums I've seen about it) for me to neglect the differences. While I generally have excellent coverage in my area, there are certain buildings and areas where signal dips into sub-optimal levels, and it sucks to have slow service during those times because you have spotty service coupled with a weaker radio.

 

[xpxp2002]

it sucks to have slow service during those times because you have spotty service coupled with a weaker radio.

Especially when you pay the same price for a device with that inferior radio. It might be different if the Intel radio models were discounted and it was clearly communicated what you were getting and potentially giving up when you choose it.

But that's not the case. They sell them as though they are equals, and they are not -- in spec/capability, nor in practice.

 

[Falhófnir]

There was nothing to win. You don't have an argument because this isn't about opinions. Some people need the processing power. Just because many don't is irrelevant. 90% of computer owners won't stress their computers either. That doesn't mean computers shouldn't get faster.

Try telling Apple that they have to produce a phone that's suited to 10% of people and see what response you get? I still maintain that any seriously strenuous stuff is likely to need a bigger display anyway, be it iPad or laptop. Who would seriously edit, and I mean properly edit, not trim and touch up 4K video on a tiny phone screen?

I'm not arguing they shouldn't get faster either, I'm saying right now would it be better to focus on allowing you to make more use of existing power by improving battery run time, than focusing on raw power? Maybe Apple will deliver both, we will see, but I think we're past the point where just 'X% more powerful' is a feature in itself than just a notable attribute, and certainly past the point where it's the single most important factor in chip design. Apple seems to agree, having added the low power cores of the a10 fusion.

 

[hasanahmad]

Where has the higher resolution come from? I haven't heard anything about them increasing the screen resolution.

Memory has nothing much to do with the resolution of the display anyway and there is nothing to suggest that the iPhone 8s performance will be inferior when running certain apps even intensive AR stuff. More than likely the 7s just won't utilise the full performance of the silicon and the iPhone 8 will.

haven't been following the leaks? the phone resolution is higher and the PPI on the phone will be higher than any previous phone

iPhone 6+ >> iPhone 7+ have a screen resolution of 2208 × 1242 pixels native (401 PPI)

iPhone 8 leaked resolution is : 2800x1242 pixels native (521 PPI)

 

[dampfnudel]

Man, imagine there ends up being no iPhone 8 announcement? Just the 7s.

The internet will just collapse.

You got that right.