I’m just presenting an interesting side of choice. Actually, here’s a quote from my post: “I don’t know if four iPhone models crosses that threshold.” I guess you read too little.U really think 3-4 choices is too much? You read too much.
I’m just presenting an interesting side of choice. Actually, here’s a quote from my post: “I don’t know if four iPhone models crosses that threshold.” I guess you read too little.U really think 3-4 choices is too much? You read too much.
The battery improvements could be big. Not only are they planning on putting in an 8% larger battery, but the new CPU and iOS power management improvements could increase the battery life significanty (10%+?).
Who is the product lineup confusing for? People somehow managed to navigate the “complexity” of buying a car.Lol they’re literally creating a “knockoff” of their own phone. Oh you want the X but can’t afford it? Here’s a gimped crappy version of it! Get the look without the price! Their product line grow more confusing by the minute. SAD.
The 6.1 inch will be quite a bit smaller than the iphone 8 plus, but a little larger than the current iphone x, so....I'm a little confused...
So they are replacing the plus series phones with a bigger physical phone? I thought the point of the edge to edge display was to give us a bigger screen on the same footprint.
Why is haptic feedback needed when it would be obvious that the long-press was registered by the fact the context-sensitive menu popped up in response to it?
Lol they’re literally creating a “knockoff” of their own phone. Oh you want the X but can’t afford it? Here’s a gimped crappy version of it! Get the look without the price! Their product line grow more confusing by the minute. SAD.
I’ve still got a 2011 MacBook Pro.I know people who still use 10 year old PCs or Macs. At some point if they push too far people will stop buying. I would be careful if I were them.
Lol they’re literally creating a “knockoff” of their own phone. Oh you want the X but can’t afford it? Here’s a gimped crappy version of it! Get the look without the price! Their product line grow more confusing by the minute. SAD.
They are trying to keep the LCD model at a more affordable price point. Lack of 3D Touch makes sense.
Lack of 3D Touch? These "analysts" are taking a shot in the dark. There is no way Apple does this.
FaceID isn’t and will not be only a biometric authentication feature. It is much more versatile. Wasn’t a one for one swap. TouchID has limitations too and was very single task oriented.
Why are you struggling with this?
The 6.1” LCD (iPhone 9?) wouldn’t have specs lower than the 8. The 8 is 4.7” with a huge bezel, the 6.1” would have small bezels like the X, and FaceID/TrueDepth camera like the X. It would also have an A12 processor vs the A11 of the 8. The only way it’s worse than the 8 is the lack of 3D Touch.
I think the 6.1” phone will be about $750-800, the 2018 X drops to $900 (as OLED and TrueDepth/FaceID move down market) and the X Plus will be $1,000.
The 8 series drops $100 like usual one year price cuts, so 8 @ $600, 8 Plus @ $700.
I could see the 7 @ $450 and 7 Plus @ $550–if the 6S series goes away.
If the 6S stays, it could be priced at $400 for the 6S, $500 for 6S Plus, then the 7 might be $500 and the 7 Plus $600.
I think those of us frustrated at Apples direction feel they could satisfy more people rather than hold back features, that was my point. If they are leaving 3D Touch off the 6.1” iPhone because they don’t want it to be good enough to pull people away from the X then it is a compromise to those who use it and have been used to having it since the 6S. It’s far from budget if the rumoured price point is correct as it’s very close to the price of the iPhone 8, a device that appears to have 3D Touch. For me that’s a deal breaker and an instant turn off. I’ve used 3D Touch twice while writing this post and losing it would feel like I’m downgrading at this point.Changes either Are accepted or denied by those who don't approve everything a company does. It's how it is. I'm reiterating, but Apple is not a company that is in a position to meet the needs and expectations of every consumer. It's just not possible. As you can see, others have no issue with the changes they have made over the years and other such as yourself, are growing weary in your support for Apple. Sometimes I think it's best if you try a competitor smart phone and move away from Apple to see the view point from the other side. It may or may not make appreciate what you previously had that you do know longer had with a competitor platform.
I dont see them completely ditching the home button on main phones after just one year. The iPhone 8 will probably be somewhere in the mix.No.
Next gen iPhone X Plus
Next gen iPhone X
6.1" iPhone replacing iPhone 8
Next gen iPhone SE
What's so difficult about this late 2018 lineup? It makes absolute sense.
Apple clearly will do whatever they want to complicate the lineup...just look at 2017 iPhones. And until 2017 , the iPad lineup was a complete mess.Are we really to expect Apple to launch its 2018 iPhone, with lower specs than this years 8, but then charge the same price for it? That’s a PR disaster waiting to happen and Apple could certainly do with avoiding anymore negative iPhone press!
This would only work with price drops across the board. The new X and X Plus sliding down into the 8 and 8 Plus price points and this new “budget” phone picking up the price point currently occupied by the 7.
Combine it with the 7 and 6s dissapearing and an updated SE, it would make a pretty decent, tidier line up that still has room to evolve.
Unless Apple is deliberately trying to shrink their iPhone business, then this rumour is likely true.
I really wonder how you survived of introduction of tabs in (originally browser) windows, or their physical version on index cards or folder dividers, since the iPhone X notch has pretty much the shape of an (if you want, inverted) tab. Your head must have exploded when you first saw these.
No.
Next gen iPhone X Plus
Next gen iPhone X
6.1" iPhone replacing iPhone 8
Next gen iPhone SE
What's so difficult about this late 2018 lineup? It makes absolute sense.
Ok, so what is it: (a) annoying or (b) ugly? And if (b), why are all the other tabs in your life not ugly?Umm, the shape isn't the problem. The problem is that there's a big hole in the screen that literally cuts out portions of videos when you're watching them. It is extremely annoying.
Just wanted to point out, the SEP hardware wasn't hacked, its firmware decryption key was dumped. This means that the firmware code is available for 3rd parties to read, and they could potentially find a hack to the OS running in the SEP. However, any iOS update can patch the SEP firmware to close a vulnerability.
I'd be surprised to find out that they have hardware patches in the HomePod. First, the vulnerabilities aren't as big a concern for hardware which doesn't run third party code. Second, they have mitigations in software.
But more importantly, we would be talking about five months to decide to correct the processor scheduler logic, lay out new silicon, do validation, a test run, and a production run before validating the chip as part of the design and spinning up HomePod production. It would be unprecedentedly aggressive and likely cost 10s of millions of dollars in excess of a traditional run. And they would lose the ability to reuse processors from other devices (or binned processors where one of the cores failed validation) in the HomePod, increasing the per-device cost.
I say five months since the device was supposed to be released last year, which I suppose means missing that deadline without saying why might be construed as them wanting to get a new CPU rev in and still being under NDA, perhaps. Personally, I think the likely culprit is whatever else has been impacting software development speed and quality at Apple the last 9 months or so
The problem is that there's a big hole in the screen that literally cuts out portions of videos when you're watching them. It is extremely annoying.