iPhone 8 Shell Render Features Vertical Dual-Lens Camera, iPhone 5-Style Body

[The Game 161]

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 would get used to it, in the end this will be the future and touch ID will be gone most likely.

 

[ElQben]

The fingerprint reader on the S8 is clearly an afterthought. I believe Samsung wanted the fingerprint reader under the glass as well...but at the last minute realized it would cause too many delays. This is why they are so confident Apple will not manage the feat this time around either...except, maybe Apple will postpone the iPhone Edition long enough to make it work...and jack up the price so that not too many orders flood in. I'll probably wait to see if the Note 8 or S9 have the cool scanner (probably will) before deciding to jump ship.
[doublepost=1492979887][/doublepost]This render is most likely the 7S / 7S Plus design, the iPhone that people on the iPhone Upgade program will receive. I believe that Apple wants only the all-glass "iPhone Edition" to have the touch-ID in the glass, at least for this cycle.

 

[bigpoppamac31]

If they're gonna put the finger print sensor on the back why not make the Apple logo the sensor? At least with my hand it's in the perfect spot on the 6S and 7.

 

[Gilligan's last elephant]

Loads of cases have holes for the logo, its just to show it off.

How sad!

 

[jmhumr]

So you're discrediting one rumor with a next rumor? Ahm...

When 9/10 sources say one thing, and a 10th source comes up with a lazy mod of an older model of the phone. Not a hard call.

 

[RuffyYoshi]

Why not use the logo as the touch ID place? It would make it very stylish.

 

[tipoo]

That seems like the worst possible place to put the fingerprint sensor, just tried on my phone and it's in no way comfortable. And it would be there why, just to keep the Apple logo in the upper center? Thats where it should be, if it needs to be on the back.

 

[Gudi]

Sure. People used to say that about bigger than 3.5".

And then Apple admitted the sustained demand for a smaller iPhone by releasing the SE. If this is your comparison, then we can expect the fingerprint sensor to return to the front side in a couple of years.

 

[Txguy82]

That seems like the worst possible place to put the fingerprint sensor, just tried on my phone and it's in no way comfortable. And it would be there why, just to keep the Apple logo in the upper center? Thats where it should be, if it needs to be on the back.

How would it not be comfortable? I don't see a big issue with the location

 

[jbrandonpowell]

If they are going to put anything on the back they should have utilized the apple logo cutout. How cool would that be if the apple was a charger/touchid? Almost as cool as if it lit up 😉

This! If you have to put TouchID on the back why not hide it in the Apple logo? its in the center and easy for your index finger to reach. It seams so simple!

 

[wingsabre]

WTF, didn't Apple make fun of Samsung for having a rear finger sensor several years back?!

It looks like a rear touchID sensor. I hope it's an inductive charger. I've already sat out upgrading to the iPhone6ss (calling it iPhone7 is being generous).

 

[44267547]

WTF, didn't Apple make fun of Samsung for having a rear finger sensor several years back?!

It looks like a rear touchID sensor. I hope it's an inductive charger. I've already sat out upgrading to the iPhone6ss (calling it iPhone7 is being generous).

Can you provide a source where you believe Apple made fun of Samsung years ago about the touch sensor on the back?

Also, if the render was accurate, I guarantee you that's the touch ID sensor on the back and not for an inductive charger.

 

[ghanwani]

I hope this is the one. The iPhone 5 design is the best.

 

[Jaekae]

I stay on iphone 7 forever if it has those sharp edges again and touch id on back....

 

[marvz]

You are definitely holding your phone wrong if you think people's index fingers rest in the middle (or below the Apple logo).

If you grab your phone with one hand and use your thumb for TouchID - yes, then your index finger is right there under the Apple logo.

 

[tridley68]

It would be more cool if they used it as a notification light that changes different colours depending on the notification. Given Apples dislike for having flashy, blinking lights on their products it's highly unlikely though.

different colors for notification I like that good idea.

 

[sundog925]

different colors for notification I like that good idea.

GOD i wish there was a status light.

 

[amegicfox]

that nasty camera bump is here again

 

[ikjadoon]

GOD i wish there was a status light.

With OLED, they can replicate a proper notification status light (blue for Instagram, green for iMessage, etc.) with the rest of the screen being black (and not consuming power). And with the large screen, you can "tuck" the status light anywhere along that top near the speaker.

If Apple doesn't implement this, I'm almost positive the jailbreak community will try.

Moto, Samsung, even Google all have something similar for OLED displays.

 

[Freddyb123]

The rear finger print sensor has already been done, just as the finger print scanner had already been done before by Motorola before it was featured on the iPhone. I don't think Apple has done anything innovative in years.

 

[blue22]

You always hold your phone exactly the same way when you use it? Never once left it sitting on a desk or a table while you unlocked to see a message?

A rear-facing fingerprint sensor is a garbage design solution, and the fact that people are on here defending it is ridiculous fanboyism -- especially considering how routinely crapped-upon the idea has been for other handset manufacturers on here and elsewhere .

Whoooa, cool your jets there bud!

First off I'm not a fanboy, so chill with the gross generalizations on your part.

Secondly, are you sure that you comprehended what I actually wrote at the time?!! Nowhere was I endorsing the speculative placement of the TouchID sensor into the back of the phone (in fact I don't believe that's an ideal solution either), however I was only offering an opinion that it may not be such a horrible placement overall if that was the direction Apple decided to take with it. But even if I did happen to like the idea, SO WHAT?!? You're free to disagree with my opinion of course, but certainly you can do it with a lot less sass, assumptions, and obnoxiousness.

Also, lastly, recall what I first said, which was actually the main point: if that "hole" is legit in the rumored back of that iPhone mockup, my bet was on it being, in all probability, a wireless charging port... assuming that's a feature Apple is going to introduce with the new iPhone at all. Is that clearer for you now?

Sheesh.

 

[Sill]

The rear finger print sensor has already been done, just as the finger print scanner had already been done before by Motorola before it was featured on the iPhone. I don't think Apple has done anything innovative in years.

Oddly, Apple did not invent the computer, the portable music player, wireless networking, the cell phone, nonlinear video editing, web browsing, or integrated circuits, but they've done very well for us with those things.

Despite the general griping around here, I doubt many people wish they'd never bothered buying Apple products. I've owned close to twenty of their computers going back to the Carter administration. Most of them still work, and I find them all enjoyable in one way or another. I've also had three or four Newtons (wish I still had the 2100), half a dozen iPhones (all of them still work), and more accessories than I can remember. Out of all that I've had a tiny list of failures: the print head broke off my Silentype, my 3rd gen iPod died, and my very first Apple II (power supply, hard drive motor controller, and one ROM). Everything else still works.

In your statement I quoted above, it really looks like what you're saying is "Apple can't be right unless they're first and everyone else follows suit", maybe with a little "Not created here" attitude to salt that dish. I had that attitude. I used to look at everything Apple created as the only possible path. If Apple had stuck to that, we'd be blazing along on Geoport modems that finally achieved 128kbps via a firmware update that was 18 years overdue, on machines running a 7th gen PPC using ADB keyboards and mice, browsing with the 95th version of Cyberdog. Eventually I realized that Apple can't invent everything.

So, I really don't care if Apple "innovates" anymore. (That word reminds me of 1990's-era Microsoft begging the feds to leave them alone otherwise they wouldn't be able to "innovate", which according to the MS dictionary means "ruin other companies if you can't buy them or get away with copying their products".) What I need - and I'm guessing every other customer out there needs - is for Apple to get it right. Do what people want, better than any other company. Give us the tools to communicate and create, and make them easy to use and beautiful to look at.

 

[dmdev]

You could keep it unlocked during app development

True. If it is necessary to buy the iPhone 8 (with Touch ID on the back), I'll have to do something like this 🙁