Copycatting Pixel Pros hideous bump will be the death of Apple.
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Kuo: iPhone 17 Models Won't Have Smaller Dynamic Island
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Good for you. I’ve got lots of mates so the selfie camera is my most used.
I can’t fathom it actually happening. There’s just no way. I’ve been humbled by Apple’s negligence before though so who knows.
Yeah, I'm awaiting the inevitable "no significant design changes expected" headline.
The horizontal camera bar may not be much, but if it prevents the phone from wobbling on a desk, it could be a nice improvement. I also just think it looks good, and I hope the rumors end up being true.
Apple is finally admitting that with the camera bar pill redesign that Google's approach to camera lense design was right all along. It has multiple benefits, one main one being that it's a uniform/symmetrical solution that works great when the phone is laying flat on its back and there is no wobble. That aside, visually it's also a much cleaner look than having 3 individual lenses poking out of the back in some random collected area. But Google's placement of the bar is way better than this proposed Apple design.
🤣🤣 The notch was technically a peninsula wasn’t it?
I had a friend with that phone and it really did look that good in-person. A 2019 phone.
Five years ago.
Hello, Apple?
Concrete evidence that climate change is effecting the iPhone, from peninsula to island to pinhole. Mother Nature is disappointed in Tim Apple 😭
Still Dynamic Island? No thanks. I'll keep my 13 Pro Max, or I will look for a 16 Pro Max with a discount.
Sucks for me! A smaller Dynamic Island in the form of circular cutout is literally my number 1, perhaps at this point even my only, feature request for an upcoming iPhone. (Disregard the perennial wish for improved battery life)
It's not too late to start on iphone 19 rumors. It's gonna have no dynamic island, 48 gigs of ram, 1TB minimum storage, touchID and faceID with the ability to use both, no camera bump at all despite have 4 upgraded cameras that blend in with the finish on the back, and safari will be the snappiest. We think you're gonna love it.
This is literally exactly what happened. Tim Cook really needs to go.
Something must be saved for iPhone 18, that’s iPhone 17 design + smaller Dynamic Island. There you go!
What’s a better solution? Worse cameras, thicker, much heavier phone with better battery life that everyone would complain about if they bought it at all. Thicker phone with just air inside, or maybe thicker with the best speakers ever seen on a phone? Those are about your only options.
Quality is the best in the industry bar none. I think the word you’re looking for is innovation.
A better solution is the render in this article. I would also take worse cameras and/or a thicker phone.
The problem with the render in the article is it isn’t bound by engineering or physics. The camera still protrudes, though to much less an extent. Which means the cameras are worse. Which I’m ok with too. Now the design of the render 🤮.
Personally speaking my ideal phone would be perfectly flush with the back. I hate the bump too. So whatever the difference is. Looks like about 3mm. So I’d make the phone 1.5mm thicker. Tell the engineers to put whatever camera fits in it and dedicate the extra space to more battery, speakers and an SD card slot. But then sales would fall off a cliff and I’d be looking for a new job.