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'iPhone 8' OLED Display Could Be Limited to 'Specialized' Edition, Analyst Speculates
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Goodbye to simplicity forever! hello fragmentation! Apple, are we doing the best anymore??? Apple, are we proud anymore?
Steve Jobs on displays in 1998, the introduction of iMac:
Steve Jobs on displays in 1998, the introduction of iMac:
"Let's go ahead and build in the best in every product. And let's have our display engineers engineer it. And it's gorgeous. It is an Apple quality display that we are very proud of."
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I'm willing to start donating if there is any chance that a group of very talented people can port iOS into Android phones.
You know it's BS when you read this.
Apple would kill the contract, if this kind of information gets public.
Oh boy, Specialized Bike Co's in-house lawyer team is chomping at the bit already. The most sue-happy company in sporting goods, with a 30 year history of wanton, needlessly aggressive, ill-conceived legal attacks on anyone they can half-bake a case to shake an even baseless trademark-infringement stick at, and Apple's gonna name an iPhone with their stupid brand name right in the title. lololol
I cannot wait to see the discussion in the industry reignited yet again, only from this exciting new direction.
Look at the number of MR commenters that have bought into every other iPhone 8 rumour BUT all of a sudden this one is just too out-there ... I love it, picking and choosing the rumours to believe and embrace and casting the others aside.
Then I will only consider the "specialized" model.
LCD is obsolete,outdated and ugly.
LCD is obsolete,outdated and ugly.
Wait for the 9S. Rumours are this one is going to be the bullocks!
I don't buy that. Apple will want to advertise the new screen heavily as the screen has always been a big selling feature and heavily emphasized. There is more than enough time to get supply levels to where they would need to be as well. Also, while the iPhones really do have great screens already, they are dated and consistently fall below Samsung in the ratings now. So, upgrading only one model just wouldn't go over well. At this point Apple needs to upgrade the screens and it doesn't seem feasible from a sales perspective to think that they could away with just doing one model with an upgraded screen.
Because the word "plus" only means larger size to you, doesn't mean that's the only meaning to the word.
Apple will be well within it's right to release a plus model with more than just a screen size bump. If they want they can put a better camera, screen, processor or whatever they want, because plus doesn't mean just a larger phone.
The most common term or understanding of the word plus is to add more.
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Which distinguishes them from other analysts who are shamelessly opportunistic.
They sell 200 million phones a year. Selling 3 or 4 variants in volumes of 50 million each is not fragmentation...
This is fragmentation.
(Be sure you keep clicking "view more" until you get all the options...)
So far no one has bought into anything. Apple isn't taking preorders for the iPhone 7 yet, let alone the iPhone 8.
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Puffs Plus has lotion in the tissue.
So that's on the table.
I understand your perspective but you have to realize the flip side of this statement is that you want the iPhone Plus to have a camera inferior to the one it can have. I'm not really interested in the 5.5" model either but I think Apple should always put the best hardware possible in a given device. They shouldn't cripple the 5.5" model to appease us 4.7" users.
On the other hand, I don't believe that Apple will limit display technology to one size or the other. There's no precedent for it and doesn't really make sense. I guess we'll see next year though.
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I feel I am entitled to no differences between iPhone models other than display size. Maybe price too. Whatever additional technology in the Plus afforded because of extra room should somehow, through innovation or magic, be included in the smaller iPhones. I demand it.
Otherwise, Apple really should make the Plus equal to the standard model because I want and need the best but I don't feel like paying more and I don't want a larger device, even though the larger device allows room for more technology. Apple should just give me what I want.
Otherwise, Apple really should make the Plus equal to the standard model because I want and need the best but I don't feel like paying more and I don't want a larger device, even though the larger device allows room for more technology. Apple should just give me what I want.
This is starting to be a trend I don't like. first, Plus models were given extra features. Now they'll have special camera. And now, potentially a special screen?? gimme a break. it's just a reason to charge more like with memory upgrades.
iPhone is a premium product. except for screen size, every model should have the same features. they're turning this into their Mac sales model. I don't like this. the fact turnover of an iPhone is much faster than a Mac.
iPhone is a premium product. except for screen size, every model should have the same features. they're turning this into their Mac sales model. I don't like this. the fact turnover of an iPhone is much faster than a Mac.
I get that, but that isn't Apple. It's the thin edge of the wedge. This is Apple fragmentation compared to a few years ago.
you're missing the point. it's not magic, it's a business decision to increase margins. nothing more. they choose to not incorporate something into the standard in order to force buyers into paying an extra premium for a premium product. it's about greed, not entitlement.