I'm you on the 5.4 design. Not with you on the 1500 price that you are OK with. That's the price of a nice MacBook Pro with Touch Bar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Increasing the base price will kill the already dying market share in EU once and for all. Most younger people, especially students are already out marketed in the EU. Apple fanatics will still buy it though...
but did you read about how the testing was incorrectly conducted? That’s the specific reason the original video was untrue (you can ignore the Rene Ritchie part if you’re not enamoured).
and, anecdotally, my iPhone X has multiple micro scratches on the display & back glass, yet the lens covers remained totally unscathed.
Is it only me who is waiting Apple investments into liquid metal will materialize somehow?
I predict it will have an updated processor.
I'm sure he will predict several other versions of design, then claim to be right when one comes off, memory holing all the failed predictions.
This is false. Source: I am an engineer who has personally done chemical analysis of an iPhone 6S lens. It is sapphire.
I agree with this comment. The 4 and 4s are still the most beautiful iPhones ever designed.
So why does it scratch exactly the same as glass, and exactly different from watch sapphire?
Answer: Apple uses impure sapphire
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I think that design has had its time. The current one with rounded edges is so much more appealing. Just reduce the notch or remove it altogether when the technology for under-screen camera and sensors is ready! OK???????
Was skipping this iPhone since I’m loving my XS Max, however, this solidified it for me. Glad I’m waiting.
AND for those of you that just bought the new iPhone. Enjoy a great new device!
AND for those of you that just bought the new iPhone. Enjoy a great new device!
Only so much can be done design wise. I think a iPad Pro type iPhone with a thin profile, reduced notch, true 5G, fingerprint under the screen and an update iOS is going to be a much better upgrade than this year.
Agreed, the size of the X/Xs/11 is one of the reasons I skipped my biennial phone upgrade I've done since the 3Gs. A 5.4" screen is still a little big IMO, but I'll take what I can get I suppose.
Did you read the article? It explains it.
The iPhone 5 was my favorite design because flat sides are a lot better feeling in the hand than rounded ones. I feel like all the phones since the 6 have felt really slippery in the hand. Even with a case on, the rounded sides feel awkward. Flat is best.
Given that the past 6 iPhone launches have been in 3 year cycles with 2 'S' style updates (6, 6s, 7 and X, Xs, 11 Pro) it shouldn't be too surprising that next year will be a redesign. The naming has gotten a bit dumb though since they've gone into these 3 year design cycles.
Yeah, I feel like this is what might be happening. Similar physical size, but the bezels shrinking ever so slightly.
The real answer isn't that "it's not perfect test conditions so the results are invalid" it's that Apple is cheap and uses impure sapphire that is technically sapphire but without the scratch resistant qualities. Even the expensive Apple Watches are weak.
This video shows it all:
It does not scratch exactly the same as glass. These scratch “tests” online are poorly controlled and don’t take into account pressure, contact area, contact surface shape, etc. the entire assemblies are different, likely with different laminated layers of different thickness. That said, if the camera lens does scratch easily in your pocket then it doesn’t particularly matter if the lens is sapphire or not - the scratching is a problem. It might be an academic distinction, but the iPhone lenses are absolutely made of sapphire.
I loved my 4/4s I alos like my 11 pro but dont like buggy iOS13 so far. I'll wait till the second year to iorn out any faults with the new hardware, never buy revision one of a new design, and ive done well by that mantra. I don't want a slightly smaller phone myself but I can see its benefits, but i'll have to look and see when we get there. I just wish Apple and other companies would stop using glass both sides tbh.
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The 11s Pro Max just doesn’t roll off the tongue proper anyway
A lot of other smartphones have built-in fingerprint under the screen and it removes the need of notch screen that really works well for most of the user.
No way, the 5/5s was the worst design to date as it was too light and felt cheap in the hand. iPhones should feel solid, weighty and expensive feeling to touch and the 5/5s felt like is would bend and break given the slightest chance.
Apple’s iPhone 7 camera lens uses pure sapphire despite test claims
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Huh?