That makes sense.
When I buy, I always go with iPhone Latest, and the number is just a marker to differentiate them.
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'iPhone 9' Rumored to Come in 5.28-Inch and 6.46-Inch Display Sizes in 2018
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When I buy, I always go with iPhone Latest, and the number is just a marker to differentiate them.
Yep, a bezel free 4.7 would actually by amazing.
Enjoy the fleeting feeling of supercilious superiority, it's a cheap thrill, but if that's all you have, enjoy it.
So now there's a 9?? If this doesn't convince you iPhone 8 speculation is fantasy, I don't know what will. Every year rumours of incredible new iPhones circulate and fanatics are equally incredibly disappointed. And iPhone 9 is just testing how much fiction the market can bear.
Seriously, it's iPhone 7s this year and iPhone 8 next year.
It's the second "ultimate refinement" of the 6 design this year. Apple's designers have been busy designing door knobs for their sensual pleasure instead of updating iPhone's design (again). They sure haven't been pushing products out the door. They can't walk and chew gum at the moment (update the MacBook Pro AND iPad Pro in the same year), so don't get excited about anything new for iPhone, as clearly telegraphed by trotting out the 6 design last year and calling it a 7, even though the only difference was dual lenses on one model!! (you got a cpu upgrade? that's called an s-year)
We've HAD the super cycle, as witnessed by the biggest selling, least interesting iPhone 7. THAT'S the wave of 6 buyers upgrading on their 2 year cycle. Cook wouldn't admit the 6 bump was extraordinary, not at the time and not since. With as much hubris as he could muster, he proclaimed the 6 sales were just how popular iPhone is 'now'. Mumbled into his hand when the 6s dropped back to normal sales levels and proclaimed the 7 was just an indicator of how popular iPhone is (again), despite the sudden sales drop in the new year.
There's a lot of analysts talking up iPhone this year, to artificially boost the stock price, based (incredibly) solely on lack of delivery last year. And somehow the 'market' laps this up, because they can make money whether the stock price goes up or down, as long as there's movement.
For actual customers, 2017 may yet be the year of mediocrity - a mid-sized iPad Pro and possibly a mid-sized iPhone - welcome to iPod territory, iPhone. Cook has lost interest in his bread-and-butter seller and wants to push HIS legacy, the watch. Looking forward to more watch bands fanbois?
Seriously, it's iPhone 7s this year and iPhone 8 next year.
It's the second "ultimate refinement" of the 6 design this year. Apple's designers have been busy designing door knobs for their sensual pleasure instead of updating iPhone's design (again). They sure haven't been pushing products out the door. They can't walk and chew gum at the moment (update the MacBook Pro AND iPad Pro in the same year), so don't get excited about anything new for iPhone, as clearly telegraphed by trotting out the 6 design last year and calling it a 7, even though the only difference was dual lenses on one model!! (you got a cpu upgrade? that's called an s-year)
We've HAD the super cycle, as witnessed by the biggest selling, least interesting iPhone 7. THAT'S the wave of 6 buyers upgrading on their 2 year cycle. Cook wouldn't admit the 6 bump was extraordinary, not at the time and not since. With as much hubris as he could muster, he proclaimed the 6 sales were just how popular iPhone is 'now'. Mumbled into his hand when the 6s dropped back to normal sales levels and proclaimed the 7 was just an indicator of how popular iPhone is (again), despite the sudden sales drop in the new year.
There's a lot of analysts talking up iPhone this year, to artificially boost the stock price, based (incredibly) solely on lack of delivery last year. And somehow the 'market' laps this up, because they can make money whether the stock price goes up or down, as long as there's movement.
For actual customers, 2017 may yet be the year of mediocrity - a mid-sized iPad Pro and possibly a mid-sized iPhone - welcome to iPod territory, iPhone. Cook has lost interest in his bread-and-butter seller and wants to push HIS legacy, the watch. Looking forward to more watch bands fanbois?
Maybe the thought is to also sell some sort of hand attachment so we can actually hold these phablets. Would be an additional revenue stream, so win-win and they already have experience with accessories.
I don't see the point of changing the aspect ratio either but all rumors point to the iPhone 8 being VERY similar to the Galaxy S8. Heck I bet the S8 has a 5.8" screen to prepare to meet the demand Apple will have since Samsung is making the displays.
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As stories surrounding the 2017 launch of the "iPhone 8" continue to heat up, a report from The Bell this morning has already begun rumors for next year's so-called "iPhone 9." According to the report, which centers on Apple's and Samsung's supply chain deal for the 2018 iPhone, the iPhone 9 will launch in two OLED screen sizes: 5.28-inch and 6.46-inch (via The Investor).
Apple currently sells a 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch display in its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphone devices, respectively. Later this year, the company is expected to launch new iPhones in three sizes: two "iPhone 7s" models will keep the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch display sizes, while the major new "iPhone 8" will include a 5.8-inch OLED screen.
A rendering of the iPhone 8
The new rumor for the 2018 iPhone devices suggests a screen that would be slightly smaller than the current display of the iPhone Plus models, and then a larger option that would represent Apple's biggest smartphone display to date. Although the report doesn't confirm the full sizes of the iPhone 9 models, the screen dimensions suggest Apple could return to a pair of device sizes similar to current generation iPhones but with full-front displays and greatly reduced bezels.
The Bell's report today doesn't mention any other rumors related to the iPhone 9, except that Samsung will be the supplier for the OLED displays and will manufacture more than 180 million units for Apple. The report did state that details such as "screen design and functions" might be adjusted down the line, considering how far away the iPhone 9 is from a launch date.
Article Link: 'iPhone 9' Rumored to Come in 5.28-Inch and 6.46-Inch Display Sizes in 2018
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Is anyone else a bit weirded out with the top part of the screen having to be moulded around the camera and speaker parts? I know it has to happen, but it doesn't excuse the fact it still looks odd. Making it rectangular with curved edges and slightly below the camera parts would be better - perhaps.
Not following a site dedicated to rumors would be the first step, I think.
You nailed it. The base iPhone (non-SE) is as large as I want to carry. It fits perfectly in my front left pocket with my wallet. Any larger and I wouldn't be able to fit it comfortably in my pocket which is a non-starter. If they are going to increase the size of the base model and leave the SE as is then I'm done with iPhones. If Apple increases the display size on their base model they have to bring the SE up to date and make it as close to the base models as possible given the size constraints.
If they do this exactly as seems to be being stated I would be very, very sad.
The anniversary iPhone seems to be shaping up to be an existing 4.7" sized phone with a 5.8" screen, albeit getting there with an elongated aspect ratio. If next year really is going to be 5.28" and 6.46" then my wild guess would be that is an approximately SE-sized phone with edge-to-edge screen and a current plus-sized phone or thereabouts with edge-to-edge screen. Where would that leave users who find the current 4.7" chassis to be just about the perfect size and jumped on the anniversary edition to get a bigger screen in the same sized chassis? They either have to go down to the 5.28" model and end up with a smaller screen than they had with their anniversary edition phone which doesn't feel like progress or, at least for people like me, step way outside their comfort factor as far as overall size is concerned and go with the 6.46" if they don't want to have to adjust to going backwards (i.e. smaller) on screen size.
My guess is that, if this rumour has any credence, it is slightly wrong in that yes there will be 5.28" and 6.46" OLED models next year, but the rumoured 5.8" (or whatever it is) anniversary phone this year will also be updated as well to give 3 different OLED phones in the lineup next year, all with edge-to-edge screens, and in overall size corresponding approximately to the existing SE, the non-plus (4.7") and the plus models. People who love the SE form factor get to keep it but get a bigger screen, people who find the existing 4.7" size perfect can stay on that as-big-a-screen-as-we-can-fit track that Apple is rumoured to be introducing this year, and people who are OK with the plus size, like the SE people, get to keep that size but with even more screen space. Everyone wins, including Apple.
The anniversary iPhone seems to be shaping up to be an existing 4.7" sized phone with a 5.8" screen, albeit getting there with an elongated aspect ratio. If next year really is going to be 5.28" and 6.46" then my wild guess would be that is an approximately SE-sized phone with edge-to-edge screen and a current plus-sized phone or thereabouts with edge-to-edge screen. Where would that leave users who find the current 4.7" chassis to be just about the perfect size and jumped on the anniversary edition to get a bigger screen in the same sized chassis? They either have to go down to the 5.28" model and end up with a smaller screen than they had with their anniversary edition phone which doesn't feel like progress or, at least for people like me, step way outside their comfort factor as far as overall size is concerned and go with the 6.46" if they don't want to have to adjust to going backwards (i.e. smaller) on screen size.
My guess is that, if this rumour has any credence, it is slightly wrong in that yes there will be 5.28" and 6.46" OLED models next year, but the rumoured 5.8" (or whatever it is) anniversary phone this year will also be updated as well to give 3 different OLED phones in the lineup next year, all with edge-to-edge screens, and in overall size corresponding approximately to the existing SE, the non-plus (4.7") and the plus models. People who love the SE form factor get to keep it but get a bigger screen, people who find the existing 4.7" size perfect can stay on that as-big-a-screen-as-we-can-fit track that Apple is rumoured to be introducing this year, and people who are OK with the plus size, like the SE people, get to keep that size but with even more screen space. Everyone wins, including Apple.
haha..... gotta make it last...
everything becomes "too big" when you cross the 7-inch mark for a phone.. But i wonder how big an iPhone can get which still being "portable"
As long as it doesn't get to 9-inches, I still need to see a difference between a phone and a tablet
everything becomes "too big" when you cross the 7-inch mark for a phone.. But i wonder how big an iPhone can get which still being "portable"
As long as it doesn't get to 9-inches, I still need to see a difference between a phone and a tablet
As stories surrounding the 2017 launch of the "iPhone 8" continue to heat up, a report from The Bell this morning has already begun rumors for next year's so-called "iPhone 9." According to the report, which centers on Apple's and Samsung's supply chain deal for the 2018 iPhone, the iPhone 9 will launch in two OLED screen sizes: 5.28-inch and 6.46-inch (via The Investor).
Apple currently sells a 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch display in its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus smartphone devices, respectively. Later this year, the company is expected to launch new iPhones in three sizes: two "iPhone 7s" models will keep the 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch display sizes, while the major new "iPhone 8" will include a 5.8-inch OLED screen.
A rendering of the iPhone 8
The new rumor for the 2018 iPhone devices suggests a screen that would be slightly smaller than the current display of the iPhone Plus models, and then a larger option that would represent Apple's biggest smartphone display to date. Although the report doesn't confirm the full sizes of the iPhone 9 models, the screen dimensions suggest Apple could return to a pair of device sizes similar to current generation iPhones but with full-front displays and greatly reduced bezels.
The Bell's report today doesn't mention any other rumors related to the iPhone 9, except that Samsung will be the supplier for the OLED displays and will manufacture more than 180 million units for Apple. The report did state that details such as "screen design and functions" might be adjusted down the line, considering how far away the iPhone 9 is from a launch date.
Article Link: 'iPhone 9' Rumored to Come in 5.28-Inch and 6.46-Inch Display Sizes in 2018