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Kuo: iPhone 16 Models to Lack Significant Design Changes Beyond Larger Displays and Capture Button
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They don’t do what Samsung and google phones do.
I will be severely disappointed if they don’t add the AI functions to photos.
This would be a large miss by Apple.
"We think you're really gonna love it"
/cook
Considering how horrible Siri is, I am not surprised. I don't expect any AI efforts from Apple to top Google in this regard. Siri on my iPhone is inferior to even Bixby on my Samsung and that's saying something.
And it will be. Same as every other year.
Yes, but that courageous keyboard replacement physical was 17 years ago.
I don’t think anyone is suggesting to get rid of the iPhone as it is now, but adding to the existing line up.
Foldable, flexible displays are here. Throw us a bone. New form factors and thinking outside the box, and pair it with a reimagined iOS beyond a grid of icons.
Instead, Apple spent a better part of a decade and placed their bets on the VisionPro.
If that’s Tim’s vision of the future, it will certainly be part of his legacy win or lose.
Ah yes,
Ah yes, Tim Crook saving money (and not passing those savings on to the customer by lowering prices) to increase profits by reusing the same design from the iPhone 11/12/13/14/15. The iPhone 16 should be named iPhone 11sssss.
Yay now we get the iPhone 13SSS!
Some people aren't upgrading their phones because they don't have a new design, and think they are buying the exact same phone.
Whatever happened to these that would actually MAKE Gen-Z upgrade:
Some people aren't upgrading their phones because they don't have a new design, and think they are buying the exact same phone.
Whatever happened to these that would actually MAKE Gen-Z upgrade:
Now if Apple would find a way to remove these freaking lense flares (green dots) on every other low light shot using AI? that would be super
sounds like another year with the trusty 13 Pro.
I just don’t understand what else people want.
Phones are rectangle….what do you want them to do???
Phones are rectangle….what do you want them to do???
I wonder if the Vision Pro launch had anything to do with it.
That’s fine, though. What I wouldn’t want from Apple is that they focus so much on the iPhone (because it’s basically funding the entire company) that they don’t give their full attention to other products. Imagine if they didn’t give the iPod their full attention because Macs were too important to their bottom line! Apple has always been about chasing the next big thing.
I think the iPhone is still far enough ahead of the competition that it’ll still be the best smartphone even with a relatively minor update this year.
Also, I definitely don’t think they need to chase the foldable trend.
That’s fine, though. What I wouldn’t want from Apple is that they focus so much on the iPhone (because it’s basically funding the entire company) that they don’t give their full attention to other products. Imagine if they didn’t give the iPod their full attention because Macs were too important to their bottom line! Apple has always been about chasing the next big thing.
I think the iPhone is still far enough ahead of the competition that it’ll still be the best smartphone even with a relatively minor update this year.
Also, I definitely don’t think they need to chase the foldable trend.
I mean the slab form factor has peaked. There's no major design changes left to be made when the device is essentially entirely screen on the front sandwiched in a metal/glass chassis with cameras on the back... It's all minor, iterative improvements from here on out.
I think the new Samsung Ultra is physically hideous, like worst design I've seen in a while...I absolutely hate the super-square corners. The Pixel 8 looks pretty good, though; wife has one and loves it.
The "but iOS" argument is beginning to lose with me, too.
Whatever he designed at least looked good. The only negative thing was lack of ports. For my use case I didn't miss them, but I can empathize with those that need them. Other than that I don't see how he ruined anything.
Guess I'll be keeping my 13 PM for the IP 17 or 18 model then. A battery replacement is more than sufficient and less costly and the device will last another few years.
1. The new phones are still 7-8 months away. There's always a series of click-baitey rumor articles that come out all year that get people fired up but may or may not be actually grounded in reality, and sometimes contradict other click-baitey rumor articles.
2. Smartphones are now mature technology and like with every mature technology the pace of innovation plateaus. Changes are going to be iterative/incremental unless they are just changes for the sake of making changes, which would be complained about just as bitterly.
3. Its actually not a bad thing at all if you can keep your less than 5 year old phone another year because the new phone isn't that different from it.
2. Smartphones are now mature technology and like with every mature technology the pace of innovation plateaus. Changes are going to be iterative/incremental unless they are just changes for the sake of making changes, which would be complained about just as bitterly.
3. Its actually not a bad thing at all if you can keep your less than 5 year old phone another year because the new phone isn't that different from it.
At this stage, is the camera or a major processor improvement, that makes my iPhone obsolete.
Although I fell victim of the Dynamic Island gimmick to jump from the 12 Pro Max to the 14 Pro Max.
I guess, for the first time, I'll keep my iPhone for 3 years.
Although I fell victim of the Dynamic Island gimmick to jump from the 12 Pro Max to the 14 Pro Max.
I guess, for the first time, I'll keep my iPhone for 3 years.
