I don't want to have to pick it up to unlock it with my fingerprint. I'll stick to my 6s+ if that's the final design.
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Oh my God! Could u imagine if u had to actually had to PICK UP ur phone to unlock it?? Oh the humanity!
Hmmmm flat edges, round edges, what other design can be used to make an iPhone... oh wait! I got it!
Ladies and Gentlement! Apple Presents the new oPhone!
We changed the name to oPhone because... you guessed it! It's shaped like an O. It truly is an masterpiece. It's the best iPhone *giggles* oPhone we have ever created! It even doubles up as a ladies makeup mirror
*mirror sold separately for $1000
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I suppose its inevitable that Apple will want to hark back to previous generation iPhone design, for their 10th Anniversary model.
I'm a bit on the fence over the Touch ID been on the back. I've used the LG G6 and didn't really find it a problem on the back on that, and the LG G6 has a 5.7 inch screen. With the LG G6, I found that my index finger was naturally in that position, so I wasn't feeling about on the back blind.
But that all depends on how much thought has been put into the rear button placement. Hopefully Apple will not make the mistake Samsung have made with it on the S8/S8+ with the ridiculous placement on there.
[doublepost=1492932082][/doublepost]If the Touch ID has to go on the back though, please hide it in the Apple logo.
I'm a bit on the fence over the Touch ID been on the back. I've used the LG G6 and didn't really find it a problem on the back on that, and the LG G6 has a 5.7 inch screen. With the LG G6, I found that my index finger was naturally in that position, so I wasn't feeling about on the back blind.
But that all depends on how much thought has been put into the rear button placement. Hopefully Apple will not make the mistake Samsung have made with it on the S8/S8+ with the ridiculous placement on there.
[doublepost=1492932082][/doublepost]If the Touch ID has to go on the back though, please hide it in the Apple logo.
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Hear what you're saying but been through this rodeo many times. That's most likely the design.
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Won't be a 6sss design, but if recent history repeats itself, will most likely be the design through at least 2021!
I do approve BTW.
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I like your train of thought. Traditionally speaking however, this would be too much change for a S-series update that typically offers spec-bumped internal changes only, and no exterior cosmetic updates (save for a camera module lens/flash tweak).
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The thing is, and speculatively speaking of course, this new screen tech has "already" been delayed hence Apple repurposing the same 6/6S design for the 7 and presumably forthcoming 7S.
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It looks like a possible modell for the future for countries like india: the iphone se+ or the se2. It won' t be released this year, but in 2018.View attachment 697240 Touch ID on the back...ruh roh, Shaggy.
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Hear what you're saying but been through this rodeo many times. That's most likely the design.
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Won't be a 6sss design, but if recent history repeats itself, will most likely be the design through at least 2021!
I do approve BTW.
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I like your train of thought. Traditionally speaking however, this would be too much change for a S-series update that typically offers spec-bumped internal changes only, and no exterior cosmetic updates (save for a camera module lens/flash tweak).
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The thing is, and speculatively speaking of course, this new screen tech has "already" been delayed hence Apple repurposing the same 6/6S design for the 7 and presumably forthcoming 7S.
It will solve this problem for apple:
If the iphone 8/x/edition/anniversery is released this year , it could be a modell that only will be produced this cycle. After the release of the 2018 iphone, that will be based on that modell(my guess), they will stop producing the iphone x/edition, and use the (limited) resources (oled) for the new 2018 modell. So it won' t be available anymore and will not get a price cut, so there will not be a cheaper modell with the new aspect ratio available.
Apple could release a cheaper version with the new aspect ratio , and an ips lcd screen instead of oled with touchid on the back , because it is cheaper and is not suited for ips tech, and no wireless /inductive charging.
And this leak is the protype of that cheaper modell.
Or this is just an early tech prototype, to test the soc, camera, dimensions, cellular connectivity, IOS 11 and the new aspect ratio for IOS, since in-screen touchid was too advanced at the time of testing, it could even use an old ips lcd. I think that is the most realistic scenario.
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Well, I always liked the 5s-style body best. It's unique, it's clean, it's beautiful, it elegant. In a world of copycats, the 5s body was it's all own. I'm holding off upgrading to a 7 to see what this new one looks like when it's out this year. I can wait, if it means I'll get the 5s body back. Plus, the "S" update (which effectively this is) carries biggest performance boost.
...I never use my index finger for TouchID. I use my thumb. What's that do for ya?
Oh gosh I hope not. I hate, hate, hate the facial recognition crap they're shoving everywhere these days.
...I never use my index finger for TouchID. I use my thumb. What's that do for ya?
Oh gosh I hope not. I hate, hate, hate the facial recognition crap they're shoving everywhere these days.
New leak shows glass front and back with metal frame no Touch ID on the back
Source:
https://twitter.com/venyageskin1/status/856088562520948736
Source:
https://twitter.com/venyageskin1/status/856088562520948736
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Come on, this design is obviously a fake, based on the iPhone 5.
It was probably Apple themselves who "leaked" it, to throw you fanboys off the scent.
It was probably Apple themselves who "leaked" it, to throw you fanboys off the scent.
If you're talking about the one with the mystery hole, maybe, just maybe it was used to throw Samsung off the scent and we're only seeing it now having previously been doing the rounds.
Its very clear the stories of testing multiple designs is also probably true to a point but also serves to keep industrial espionage guessing.
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That looks a lot like what I've seen. Interesting. Multi surface TID front and back is how I experienced it.
No need to get excited over a prototype.
It might be real, just like iPhone 6 leaks, but remember that Apple makes a lot of prototypes, just like iPhone 6S/7 with smart connector and without home button way before release.
It might be real, just like iPhone 6 leaks, but remember that Apple makes a lot of prototypes, just like iPhone 6S/7 with smart connector and without home button way before release.
You are definitely holding your phone wrong if you think people's index fingers rest in the middle (or below the Apple logo).
There's a lot of good
make the logo glow and I forget about the fingerprint
Slightly confused. Why would there be a hole at the logo? What function does it provide?
Loads of cases have holes for the logo, its just to show it off.