iPhone 8 to Feature 5.8-Inch OLED Display With 5.15-Inch Main Screen and Virtual Buttons Below

[jdclifford]

Wait so the screen won't really be 5.8 Inch?

Why would you want such a large device to get a 5.1" screen?

 

[apolloa]

Cool, sounds good for the home screen and rubbish for everything else, but I guess it'll just be like Androids virtual buttons anyway. Will be interesting to see what phones we get this year, the new LG G6 looks interesting. I still don't buy that these bezeless huge screen phones will be as small as a 4.7" iPhone.

 

[nutriousmitten]

Be interested to see how they release it.

My guess is bezelless ipad and iphone get released together and take up 3/4 of they keynote. 7s get a couple slides about the small upgrades. But maybe the bezel less devices get a early keynote in late summer, with a couple months wait until delivery, and the 7s is in the usually timed keynote.

Apple can't get enough supply to make Oled the only option this year, and, need a cheaper alternative anyways, so 7s it is.

2018 I'm guessing is all Oled for new releases, including a larger model, while still selling the 7s.

 

[44267547]

True but Apple has yet again neglected another product, the SE has been out how long and they still haven't upgraded the screen contrast that is basically all the SE needs. I love the form factor and the square edges, its a classic look and feel I still love. The contrast and clarity of that screen is very very poor especially when you also have the iPhone 6s like I do. Side by side you can clearly see the SE has a very poor screen contrast and it lacks vibrance.

Apple hasn't neglected the SE at all. It's not even been available for a year yet. March is its one year anniversary. The SE isn't going to be a device that will see an annual update like the 6s or 7 does.

That said, you mentioned the screen clarity. I agree it's one of the drawbacks with the SE. But you have to remember the SE is a budget phone at $400.00. It's not going to incorporate the latest display the 6s/7 or have 3D Touch. If it did have a better, more vibrant display, then it would have been priced higher.

The most beneficial thing the SE has is the price point and size factor, and Apple delivered that. The SE will likely see a refresh in 2018, if Apple chooses to refesh it.

 

[Col4bin]

Hi

I doubt this is going to happen because Apple spent so much time and resources on litigation to defend the big bezels with tiny display trade dress that they wouldn't give it up to look like a Samsung Galaxy. That's the reason the last three generations of iPhones haven't changed and the next generation iPhone will likely look the same.

Not sure I agree with this. Take a look at Google Pixel and Pixel XL; looks exactly like the iPhone, huge top/bottom bezels and all.

 

[fatboyslick]

Happy to be proven wrong, but eliminating the ability to open your phone with your hand (i.e. touch ID) feels like a backwards step. Touch Id is perfect on the current iPhone - very fast - meaning it's opened the phone before ive even brought it up to my eyes to look at the screen. Having Iris or facial recognition means bringing it up squarely to your face - it's genuinely not natural.

 

[9646829]

Eh.. I'm trying not to comment until either genuine part leaks or the actual release but so far I am not that excited.

 

[Col4bin]

So if I go with the bigger device that will be the Plus equivalent, I'm going to have LESS screen real estate than I currently have now? Am I missing something here?

IMO losing the enormous top and bottom bezels is a good thing, allowing for a smaller overall device footprint. For those of us who Iike the Plus size iPhone, I'm guessing that OLED screens at 100 million units are going to be hard enough to manufacture this year alone at one size only. So maybe larger OLED screens could be an option in year 2? Would also assume Apple would eventually want OLED for the iPad lineup at some point, too. So no doubt suppliers are ramping up production to support moving forward.
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You missed my point. Buying an S7 Edge (with an expensive curve OLED display) outright in Canada is $900. Buying a iPhone 7 plus with a cheaper, less premium LCD cost $1075. And now, once Apple has that oh so premium OLED, they are gonna tell their flock, we want a helluvalot more money. Because the OLED version is the "higher end", "premium" version. Riiiiiight.

Haven't you heard, OLED is brand new cutting edge technology that Apple just invented! Need to charge a premium for it. (Typing this on my 2014 Nexus 6 with 5.9-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen. )

 

[elmaco]

"Phone will feature a 5.8-inch display with 5.15 inches of usable screen space"

That is not taking up the entire front panel

First, no true wireless charging (only pad charging) and now the display will not take up the whole front. And then we have the switch to OLED. iPhone 8 sounds more like a Samsung Galaxy 6, but without the home button.

You have so much money Apple, how about investing some of it to stay ahead. An anniversary phone should be revolutionary,

If this is the specs, I am not upgrading.

 

[TimothyBe]

So iPhone 8 with touch bar.
This makes much more sense on a phone then on a laptop.
I like.

 

[smacrumon]

Three things;
- hate how the display isn't centred, not zen, not balanced, has no symmetry, reminds me of iPod nano,
- hate the idea of a seperate function area — the whole damn screen should be function area,
- hate the pricing, the top of the line all-new iPhone 1,3,4,5 all had reasonable pricing, this top of the line all-new device has insanity written all over the price tag, if this isn't a grab for cash, I don't know what is. It should fail on launch just for that aspect.
Steve Jobs' simplicity is completely down the drain. Too many executives flushed it away years ago.

Side note — NO ONE WANTS IPHONE 6SSSS (ie NO FOURTH GENERATION OF IPHONE 6!)

Sometimes I feel Apple absolutely has a dead heart for its loyal customers as well as its workforce. They just do not let up on pulling customer cash out of the pockets of hardworking people. Pure unethical business model they've got going on.

 

[Col4bin]

Three things;
- hate how the display isn't centred, not zen, not balanced, has no symmetry, reminds me of iPod nano,
- hate the idea of a seperate function area — the whole damn screen should be function area,
- hate the pricing, the top of the line all-new iPhone 1,3,4,5 all had reasonable pricing, this top of the line all-new device has insanity written all over the price tag, if this isn't a grab for cash, I don't know what is. It should fail on launch just for that aspect.
Steve Jobs' simplicity is completely down the drain. Too many executives flushed it away years ago.

Side note — NO ONE WANTS IPHONE 6SSSS (ie NO FOURTH GENERATION OF IPHONE 6!)

Sometimes I feel Apple absolutely has a dead heart for its loyal customers as well as its workforce. They just do not let up on pulling customer cash out of the pockets of hardworking people. Pure unethical business model they've got going on.

Yup and regardless of cost, the premium model will still sell well over 1mm units in year one, further justifying Apple's moves.

 

[Zirel]

I don't know about you guys, but I have fairly large hands and I don't feel the current 4.7" phone is a comfortable one-handed experience, especially not with the butter smooth, rounded edges. Bring back the sharp, squareness of the iPhone 4!

LOL, it's exactly the same edge on all Apple products!

 

[smacrumon]

Yup and regardless of cost, the premium model will still sell well over 1mm units in year one, further justifying Apple's moves.

And if it was less, it might sell 3 or 4mm instead and not justifying Apple's ridiculous pricing decision.

Apple is artificially capping its own market and it's a complete disgrace. Their sales trend has plateaued and they'll never dominate Android because of stupid executive decisions. When iPhone first launch, it changed everything, and over the past five years Apple has allowed competitors to not only catch up, overtake and price them out of future competiveness.

Absolute disgrace. Get rid of the board including the Google trolls.

 

[TheHammer]

I think Apple is behind a lot of these leaks, saturation the media so much it's able to retain the level of surprise it likes to give.

 

[smacrumon]

LOL, it's exactly the same edge on all Apple products!

4" phone size for the win!

 

[typographer]

Interesting. Curvy glasses with a touch bar area, which looks like Android phone, will be called "iPhone X" or iPhone whatever. Wait, are you telling me that a touch bar on a touch screen? Lol Riding a bicycle on a train, it needs courage!

 

[cocoua]

that would be great, but Wow! an iPhone which resemble 4 years old Android devices!

hope it won't come with Lollipop

Can't wait for the Android community making fun of the new Samsung with iOS from Apple.

Jobs must be turning in his grave

 

[The Game 161]

Why would you want such a large device to get a 5.1" screen?

You wouldn't

I will be angry if the oled model is a phone with a small screen. 5.1 is far too small now

 

[ovo6]

The iPhone don't need a touch bar I have a god damn touch screen this not a mac

 

[Speedy2]

Alongside the 5.8-inch OLED iPhone, Kuo continues to believe Apple will also offer standard 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch LCD iPhones, but it is not yet clear what features those devices will adopt. In previous research notes, Kuo has said they will include glass bodies and wireless charging, but he has not gone into detail on other potential features. He does, however, say that the OLED iPhone will be "the only bright spot" in the 2017 iPhone lineup, suggesting only minor improvements for the other two rumored devices.

So basically he has completely changed his story for the "old-school" LCD models. No surprise since his old story was nothing but an unrealistic wet dream.

Does anyone still care what this guy says?
He does it every year the same way: he keeps throwing around wild predictions, changing them around as the year goes on, and in the end he says the exact same thing everyone else says.

And please don't tell me that he's merely reporting changing plans at Apple. If they really didn't know whether they redesign their product or keep it roughly the same 6 months before full scale mass production starts, then they would've gone out of business long time ago.

 

[jpn]

I feel like I'm writing this on every iPhone 8 rumour post but...

These rumours are so confusing but they're being reported by a number of sources, so there must be some truth to them (unless they're all jumping on the bandwagon).

I just can't see a scenario where one of three(?) new iPhones is truly new and the others are like a 7s. That would be a hugely confusing and fragmented product launch and product line

a truely advanced, real next generation phone should/must have trade-offs.
or else it won't be next generational.
sorry folks but probably the model named 8 will have something about it that in fact will make some people opt instead for the next iteration model 7S instead.
not just price.
but functionally it is likely that the 8 might have no SIM card slot, for example, or can only be both charged and synced over the air with NO ports, not even a Lightning port.
in the same way that the latest MacBook had only 1 USB-C port which made droves still wanting to buy the MacBook air or wait for the MacBook pro.

 

[MrGimper]

Another round of "be an analyst and throw out every possible permutation, and one is bound to stick and then everyone can hail me as the voice of authority"

 

[smacrumon]

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[Mactendo]

Virtual buttons sounds like an Android and a bad design. Meh.
But under Tim's leadership it could become a reality...

Where will facetime camera and phone speaker go?

They'll move to a dongle.