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KGI: Apple to Discontinue iPhone X Rather Than Sell at Lower Price When Second-Generation Model Launches
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You don't need the home button to invoke multitaskinig or going home on iPad Pro. iPhone X gestures actions are not new, I think people find difficult that gestures are not consistent with other Apple devices .Apple had to implemented like that on iPhone X because form over function.
I'm actually glad to hear this because I strongly prefer a suped up iPhone 8s or 9 as the "mid range" option than last year's X.
Nothing about the X line inspires me to shell out >$1000. I actually want nothing to do with this model.
Nothing about the X line inspires me to shell out >$1000. I actually want nothing to do with this model.
I’d venture to guess this has as much or more to do with OLED supply levels when you factor in a Plus Xs or X.1 model. Having three OLED iPhones with a lower price point on one at that would probably be tough for the supply chain to keep up with.
Until cameras, sensors and speakers can be buried under a usable screen, the notch is a physical necessity. Would you rather lose the screen real estate and have bezel all the way across the top? I wouldn’t.
I think people are making way too big a deal about it the notch. Why? Who knows. But I’m guessing there is a lot of cross-over between “notchers” and the people who wanna de-canonize The Last Jedi.
EOL after 3/4 year? IMO this makes no sense because investments into production were huge.
My assumption:
- IPhone X stays as it is with additional colors like gold
- IPhone 9 with Face ID and LCD display
- IPhone X Plus with new SOC and this will be the focus on the new product line
My assumption:
- IPhone X stays as it is with additional colors like gold
- IPhone 9 with Face ID and LCD display
- IPhone X Plus with new SOC and this will be the focus on the new product line
Is there an honest reason why iPhone X hardware is not good enought after just one year? I feel that every new iOS version is not planned to make better a product that was already good, instead they make it in a way that only works ok if you buy the latest device.
Being overly literal and counting the side buttons just so you could toss out some pointless wordplay, rather than embracing the meaning of what’s actually being discussed (large physical home buttons on the front or back vs. no physical home button) is why it will be impossible to have a reasonable discussion with you.
I had a ten for a few days and then went back to my 7plus just because of:
I love to have a home button, will never buy an Iphone anymore when they will remove it from all new ones.
I love to have a fingerprint sensor instead of the smiley cheese camera tiny tool
I love to have a large screen to watch movies
I hate the notch
Specially I hate it since watching movies is just not nice and when you scale down, the screen is muzch smaller
I hate the round corners from the X (why did they not just let a small border with integrated notch???)
I was mentioning in another thread earlier, it's those on a tech forum that are complaining about the notch. I can tell you for those do I know that have the iPhone X, Have never even commented or hinted towards the Notch being an intrusion at all. You just have those with extreme disapproval for the notch on a tech forum because it doesn't fit their narrative of what Apple should design for them. The Notch is a non issue, I have no issue with it and most of us are not engineers that understands the design concept behind a notch anyways. That's why Apple has some of the best engineers in the world designing the iPhone, not random complainers on a tech forum.
You just made assumptions. Did you even ask me why I don’t like the iPhone X? Why did you waste my time reading nonsense.
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It seems all your responses to my posts are assumptions. Please don’t reply unless you know not think. Thank you.
#1 reason why I didn't buy iPhone X. Feel like there's a large cohort of customers who would appreciate smaller devices with great specs but Apple doesn't seem to agree. Instead we got the X that is heavier, thicker, and larger than the 7 was. My sweet spot right now is the 7, which is lighter and thinner than the 8 but still has 256GB that the SE does not have. Hoping this year they satisfy people like myself with a device that isn't bigger than the 7 but has great tech
I think Apple should sell the X at a lower price come September. Still could have good sales. Anyways, if the item is discontinued, there could be private sellers listing them on eBay brand new for like $600-$700, who knows? I see eBay people sell in bulk with brand new warranties from time to time. I saw the 8+ on sale for like $749 or so at one point, which is better than buying SIM free from Apple directly because no tax and a discounted price.
If Apple discontinues the X, then they better have something available as an entry level flagship model or some people are calling it a 'mid-ranger' by Apple standards. The X's form factor is a must with this new LCD model KGI is discussing.
If Apple discontinues the X, then they better have something available as an entry level flagship model or some people are calling it a 'mid-ranger' by Apple standards. The X's form factor is a must with this new LCD model KGI is discussing.
But that's not how it works at Apple is it?.... If it was then they wouldn't still be selling the iPhone SE which was a 2016 model... or the iPhone 6S which was a 2015 model or the iPhone 7 also a 2016 model. So your example is not really a valid one.
Hmm well this basically means 1000 set price for the standard iPhone, the model that will have the same features as the a galaxy series which will cost half the price! And then we’ll have the X Plus no doubt starting from 1200 or 1300..
I’ll just get an X on sale when the retailers are clearing out stock. If Apple ditch it.
Apple under Cook and co sure have become incredibly greedy..
I’ll just get an X on sale when the retailers are clearing out stock. If Apple ditch it.
Apple under Cook and co sure have become incredibly greedy..
Yes, you do need the home button to go home on the iPad Pro. And to open the device or verify purchases. Which is clumsy and feels old.
You also need to use the home button to invoke multi/tasking on iPhone 8’s and all older models, which now feels clunky to me and millions of others who bought iPhone X’s and embraced the new interface, rather than resisting it.
The fact that you can now invoke multi-tasking on an iPad in iOS 11 using a swipe up gesture is evidence that Apple is moving all devices toward a home-button-free future, and further proves my point that home buttons are for suckers
Yes, the gestures are inconsistent with the old way of doing things. They are new. That’s the whole damn point. If all new things had to be consistent with old things, there would never be any new things.
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No, I was referring to people who genuinely hate apple, or are android fanboys. At least that was the feeling from the comments to the yahoo article.
Disgusting comment.
If one can afford a £700 phone but not £1000 phone? What a great logic. I am literally laughing out loud at your silly post. Stop making assumptions.
Actually that tech is somewhat available.
Not sure if you've seen the coverage, but Vivo released a phone with synaptics fingerprint scanner underneath the screen and I think Samsung have just got a patent for front facing camera/sensor underneath the screen.