Yeah, they really didn't grok that that model flew off the shelves in part because of its size, not just the low price.
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KGI: Apple to Launch 6.5-Inch 'iPhone X Plus' and Lower-Priced 6.1-Inch Full-Screen LCD Model Next Year
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Yeah, they really didn't grok that that model flew off the shelves in part because of its size, not just the low price.
You don’t think an iPhone SE update would involve suppliers, assembly, testing, or integration in China?
Mediocre in the sense he predicted iPhone X to launch in three colors, when only two showed up? When it comes to the big things, he gets them all correct.
My hands are not small, but I just want something that fits in my pocket. I miss the days of super thin flip phones, but texting is almost impossible on those.
User experience..... user experience.... apple was great at this
It's going to suck if they release a 6.5 inch version because A) it will be way too big to use with one hand, especially with a case, which you will need because B) it will be way too expensive, and the final reason it's going to suck is because the screen is going to be great for web browsing and video watching so I will be tempted to pay way more than I should and deal with an unwieldy phone just for that huge screen.
My predictions
iPhone 11/X1 Plus or Pro - $1100+
iPhone 11/X1 - $900+
iPhone 9 - $700+
4.7" models gone for good. The iPhone 8 will be the last of its kind in that form factor. Apple will compromise the smaller X again or just offer the best stuff on the Plus. Wish they could learn from Google.
Gawd, Apple. Please don't call it Ten-Es. It's fine if Apple wanted to call the X the Ten this year to honor the original iPhone. But they have the choice to eliminate that stupid "s" naming next year and either name it numerically like iPhone 11, 12, 13, or create an X-brand with the X1.
When the HTC One was released in 2013, we didn't call it M7 yet. It wasn't until the M8 was released was when we refer to it as the M7. And there were previous Ones before the M7 like One X and One S. It's like the first iPhone. We refer to it as 2G or OG.
It's like World War I. There was no World War II yet, so people during the time WW1 happened just called it The Great War.
iPhone 11/X1 Plus or Pro - $1100+
iPhone 11/X1 - $900+
iPhone 9 - $700+
4.7" models gone for good. The iPhone 8 will be the last of its kind in that form factor. Apple will compromise the smaller X again or just offer the best stuff on the Plus. Wish they could learn from Google.
Gawd, Apple. Please don't call it Ten-Es. It's fine if Apple wanted to call the X the Ten this year to honor the original iPhone. But they have the choice to eliminate that stupid "s" naming next year and either name it numerically like iPhone 11, 12, 13, or create an X-brand with the X1.
When the HTC One was released in 2013, we didn't call it M7 yet. It wasn't until the M8 was released was when we refer to it as the M7. And there were previous Ones before the M7 like One X and One S. It's like the first iPhone. We refer to it as 2G or OG.
It's like World War I. There was no World War II yet, so people during the time WW1 happened just called it The Great War.
Not sure why Apple is causing confusion to the iPhone line for consumers and developers. Keep it simple, use the present physical size of the SE, 8 and Plus and just increase the display size with notch. I am not certain there is anything to gain by increasing the resolution other than hamper battery life.
I find the X a tad tall, or have a UX option to access notifications and command centre from the bottom. The hardware lineup and UX is becoming a mess. I though Apple championed the human design interface for simplicity, it seems recently their are following in competitors footsteps and just throwing anything at the market to see what sticks, shameful.
I find the X a tad tall, or have a UX option to access notifications and command centre from the bottom. The hardware lineup and UX is becoming a mess. I though Apple championed the human design interface for simplicity, it seems recently their are following in competitors footsteps and just throwing anything at the market to see what sticks, shameful.
Mass production began in June 2017. Everyone is under NDA.
But I’m sure JDI is producing thin bezel displays so they can dump them in the landfill. Because no one announced a phone yet.
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WTF?!? Bigger?! A smaller model is what we need!
I would quite happily go back to LCD (I honestly don’t see much difference in resolution or contrast going from my 7 to X, while I see significant colour change when viewing at an angle such as having the phone on the desk), especially if the price drops, but not if it makes the damn thing bigger!
I would quite happily go back to LCD (I honestly don’t see much difference in resolution or contrast going from my 7 to X, while I see significant colour change when viewing at an angle such as having the phone on the desk), especially if the price drops, but not if it makes the damn thing bigger!
I'd rather have a plus size and shaped screen with smaller bezels resulting in a shorter phone, than a taller plus screen in the same size phone.
It really upsets me that the 6.1” model will be a lower tier. After using my X it’s clear that the best size for this phone is somewhere between the normal a Plus sized iPhones. This would be awesome news, though, if the only difference between the models was the LCD or OLED display.
I actually wonder if the price of the OLED display played a role in the sizing of this model. A larger OLED display would be more expensive, so that might be why they went with 5.8” and no Plus model this year. Regardless, I want a full featured 6.1” iPhone X.
I actually wonder if the price of the OLED display played a role in the sizing of this model. A larger OLED display would be more expensive, so that might be why they went with 5.8” and no Plus model this year. Regardless, I want a full featured 6.1” iPhone X.
Imagine how hard it is for a "normal" person to buy a TV or a washing machine, or a car. Why can't they just have one car, with the same features, for everyone?
Not worth reading your comment, since you’ve provided zero evidence how KGI was wrong about X predictions.
It'll be fine, as long as they drop the SE. They've basically dropped the Mac Mini, and that really helps make the desktop line less convoluted.
Oh, I don't know about that. Apple seemed to be surprised at the demand/market for the SE sized phone. I would guess the SE has another refresh in the same form factor and then in, say, three years Apple puts the OLED etc. into that same size. Now that is a phone I would buy. I hope my 6s lasts that long.
Something like the notch wouldn't be possible with current LCD tech.
The corners on the other hand would be.
Taking away from the outer end is fine, taking away pixels from the inside would kill off the rest of the pixels in the same line.
Thanks for asking. I don't claim to have the answers, but I have these suggestions.
Ultra low profile symmetrical top and bottom chins to house the sensors.
No asymmetry on the display, ever.
Keep the curved corners if necessary.
Alternatively, a complete break from the past would be to go extremely sharp edges front on with square corners, with curves that contain the sensors which fold over and under the top and bottom.
All I know is a notch does not work for iOS11, it doesn't work for developers, and most of all it doesn't work for customers. It's too much of a compromise. The notch design is effectively a bunch of dead pixels at the top of the screen. The status bar is effectively pointless, completely useless and really not intuitive.
On a related note, parts of these lines has me thinking.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/31458797/SVPER-phone-ID-UI-Smartphone-Concept
Very much looking forward to a bigger phone. Love the plus form factor. Makes typing much easier, allows tabs and split views in landscape, and allows bigger fonts for those of us with old eyes.
Apple wants a LG-made OLED panel as much as Samsung wants a phone engineered by the Note 7 team.
I don’t need to, it’s all on this website if you search.
KGI are not he God almighty of prediction experts people make out. And don’t forget they ‘advise’ on things with a view to making money on that ‘advice’.
LCD yuck for the poor people haha thanks to everyone who made 1000 dollar the new starting point