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I'm not liking these rumors at all. If it becomes reality, I will upgrade my 6s Plus to an 8 Plus in September when all new phones are revealed. Hopefully the 8 Plus will still be available for purchase.
 
The 5.8” iPhone X is already pretty heavy. Imagine how heavy a 6.5” stainless steel “iPhone X Plus” (or whatever it will be called) will be.

Say what you want about android, but Samsung is killing it right now in terms of hardware design.
 
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Not a fan of that line-up. If you don't want a Plus-Size device you'll need to part with some serious cash. There is no true iPhone 8 successor.
 
I would like a phone more closely to the iPhone SE overall size with all screen front. Yesterday I looked at an actual iPhone X for the first time and I know this is too big for me to carry around.

Right for many, wrong for me. Also - I am not paying more than $500 for a smartphone no matter what.
 
The LCD phone is too big and arbitrarily deleting a feature that Apple has touted as a key function of iOS is crazy.

Unless the iPhone XI or whatever it will be called makes a lot of UI/UX improvements, I will either keep my 7 next fall or buy an 8.
 
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think it's unlikely 3D Touch goes anywhere but I can see them shipping a lot if it's replacing both the 8 and 8 plus price wise.
 
You can't do everything with long press. In my opinion, the greatest feature of 3D touch is the ability to control a precise text cursor by 3D touching the okeyboard. Setting the text cursor to a preferred position in a text field was a pain for me pre-3D touch

Cursor positioning via a long-press on the keyboard (or another gesture) could easily be implemented by Apple if they chose to do so. It's not something that's uniquely intuitive to 3D Touch.
 
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I know many people take issue with the notch but personally the bezels on the "old school" iPhones just look so dated. Even my beloved iPad mini -- I look at it and think it's 1/3 bezel. It's the CRT monitor of the 21st Century. So I hope this rumor is true and "classic" iPhone face design is sent to the Smithsonian or MoMA. That's where it should be viewed in 2019 and beyond.
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Glass back is cool and also needed for induction charge.

Is it? I have a years old Sonicare toothbrush that charges via induction. Thank the Lord it has no glass parts because I can't count how many times it's slipped out of my hands.

My X is shrouded in a plastic case which I never remove. It charges just fine though that case.

I'm no engineer, but I believe inductive charging won't work through metal like the aluminum on some previous iPhones, but glass is not a requirement. It's just the material Apple decided to use because glass seems classier and more expensive than plastic. Personally, I never see the back of a phone except when I unpack it or repack it. I'd prefer a very light weight plastic over the heavier glass. My BMW is loaded up with plastic as are other mid-luxury cars. If it's good enough for them it should be good enough for Apple.
 
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