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iPhone 8 to Feature 5.8-Inch OLED Display With 5.15-Inch Main Screen and Virtual Buttons Below
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If you look at the drawing, the 5.15" display area sits a bit lower than the 4.7" iPhone outline, meaning there would be a small space there.
While I would prefer the entire bottom bezel to be the button, this is the best implementation of a virtual home button (now presumably with other buttons). The appearance of this might be a bit strange but I suppose it depends on the look of the rest of the device.
What if the fingerprint sensor area is much larger so just being near the center of the active area is enough to unlock it? Or to "click" it?
What happen to the iPhone SE? I wonder if Apple will ever update the screen on that one, seems it's been neglected.
But now we see some actual geometry put on the rumours of screen size diagonal. I see this as progress.
Can you see a scenario where Apple is releasing a new 4" iPhone in 2016 that has a completely different industrial design than the iPhone 6 and 6s released in 2014 and 2015?
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And as with the iPad which was rumoured to cost $1000, Apple creates positive vibes by releasing the iPhone 8 at $800.
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Ie, something like an indentation?
5.5-inch in a 4.7-inch package...... now that's the good stuff.. A bezel-less phone, and i suppose that means the front facing camera will be behind the screen then as well. I see no hole for the camera lens... How will people know what to look for.?
I can't image Apple loosing the front facing camera.... They'd be a breakdown from people unable to take selfies. (literally)
I can't image Apple loosing the front facing camera.... They'd be a breakdown from people unable to take selfies. (literally)
It won't be hard to transition to the larger area coming from a 4.7" iPhone.
Instead of getting a smaller phone with the same useable area, you are getting the same-sized phone with a larger useable area (which next year will be extended to the larger model). Ie, the line-up will be 5.15" useable area (in the 4.7" physical size) and about 6" useable area (in the 5.5" physical size). Yep, that sucks for somebody who would have preferred something between 5.15 and 6" (or somebody who would have preferred a physical size between the current 4.7" and 5.5" models). But in the end, the only way to make everybody happy would have been for Apple to make a 5.15", a 5.5" and 6" useable area phone. Unfortunately, Apple decided to only offer two phone size (excluding the 4" SE, and the legacy 4.7" and 5.5" sizes).
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I wonder if they could a groove or notch at the bottom of the screen, helping you to centre your thumb.
What is truly shocking to me is that people will believe Apple should be charging a ridiculous price for this "new hardware." It was different back when Apple had the cutting edge hardware. There was a reason for that premium price. But today? Lol, yeah sure. 
Then you need the 5.5 which will still be available according to the rumour.
I'm not convinced because it ruins the symmetry of the device; it would be weird to use it in landscape mode where your main screen is off to one side. This was also why the much-rumoured tear-drop design was a non-starter.
I also find it hard to believe the the alternative biometric options will work better than the finger sensor. Currently you can authenticate pretty much by just picking up the phone.
I'm not sure I buy this. If the OLED iPhone (8 or Pro or whatever) will be the only available in the smaller physical size, that seems lame. I got the iPhone 7plus this year and I really like the larger size of the device. I have big hands and it's great. I don't really want to go back to a smaller sized phone, even if the screen is bigger within that size. Also, didn't Apple sell an unexpectedly large number of 7plus's this year? I can't see them not making the big phone with the high-end specs. But I could be wrong.
Also, I LIKE the physical button. Easy to find and press without looking at the phone as I pull it from my pocket.
Also also, where will the front facing camera go and the hole for the ear speaker if there are no bezels?
Also, I LIKE the physical button. Easy to find and press without looking at the phone as I pull it from my pocket.
Also also, where will the front facing camera go and the hole for the ear speaker if there are no bezels?
Until recently, the smaller physical size represented about 85% of all (non-SE) iPhones. The iPhone 7 shifted that a bit, with the larger size making up maybe up to 25%. So, introducing it at that size makes some commercial sense.
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How would other people feel about having the home button/Touch ID incorporated into the Apple logo on the back of iPhone?
I know other manufacturers have their fingerprint sensors built into the back and Apple would be accused of copying the competition but at least it'd be reliable.
I have a lazy right eye so Iris recognition would be useless to me.
I know other manufacturers have their fingerprint sensors built into the back and Apple would be accused of copying the competition but at least it'd be reliable.
I have a lazy right eye so Iris recognition would be useless to me.
The S7 edge was also more expensive than the plain S7.What is truly shocking to me is that people will believe Apple should be charging a ridiculous price for this "new hardware." It was different back when Apple had the cutting edge hardware. There was a reason for that premium price. But today? Lol, yeah sure.
I'd say it will certainly get the 3x resolution of the current Plus models (whether it gets exactly the same dpi is another questions).
iPhone 8
Starting at $999 (32gb)
Meh I'll still buy it. My 6 is starting to get long in the tooth.
Starting at $999 (32gb)
Meh I'll still buy it. My 6 is starting to get long in the tooth.
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