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What progress are they making with stoping these leaks?

Stopping leaks is a very difficult thing to do, especially with the iPhone because of the amount of notoriety it has surrounding it. Some have speculated that leaks are intentionally created by Apple to allow the tension and hype to build pending the iPhone release in September. I personally feel that the iPhone will never be able to put an official cap on stopping leaks, because there will always be an insider that has access to iPhone components/parts, especially once production starts.

As Secretive as a company as Apple is, even they don't have the power to stop component leaks for their product line that launches in the future.
 
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No, this is exactly what Apple does, scan the QR code and it says "You wish"



No, it's running diagnostic OS made by Apple.



This is fake though, the cover with the Home button is a sloppy job, not Apple's.
Compare a previous qr with this one and you'll see what I'm saying.
 
Apple has already solidified the design. The design is set in stone, hardware development schedules would demand it. They are wrapping up final qualifications and regulatory testing. Prepping factory lines for machining and assembly.

What these Chinese samples are, is apple/their supplier is shedding year old prototypes that they experimented with. Sending them out to the dumpster cause they don't matter anymore.

A lot of what we'll see, didn't make the cut. It's rejects. Remember the months leading up to the iPhone 5 release, and then the iPhone 6 release? All kinds of crazy permutations surfaced.


lol...how would you know any of this....oh wait....you DONT!

find another hobby other than spreading BS.
 
Nah, not going to be disappointed as long as the display is OLED. Originally I was not planning on upgrading from my 7 Plus which is practically perfect as far as I'm concerned. Plus it's always scary getting the first generation of any new design of anything Apple. I was adamant I was going to sit this one out. Thank goodness I'm a woman and it's my prerogative to change my mind. :p

But running the Samsung Galaxy S8+ alongside my IPhone 7 Plus, I noticed the incredible battery life I am getting out of both phones, with the S8+ outstripping my IPhone 7 Plus due to OLED and dark mode and the current version of iOS draining battery fast (a temporary condition, I'm sure).

It could be even better for the S8+, except for Qualcomm and Android, if you know what I mean. If you don't know what I mean, Qualcomm can't even touch Exynos for battery efficiency, nevermind an Apple designed processor. And Android still lets some processes run amok at times. Though Android O might lay that to rest. We shall see. Meanwhile my iPhone 7 Plus does an impressive job keeping up with a smaller battery and an LCD display.

So anyway, I'm thinking an IPhone running on one of Apple's famously efficient processors, iOS, and an OLED display is going to be a battery beast. I want in on that. I'll be staying up button mashing for a preorder after all. If I fail, Christmas or Valentines Day, then. I'm a grownup. I can wait.

I don't care if it's pretty or not. I'm betting it will at least be cute. It can't be any funkier looking than my iPhone 7 Plus. And if it is, I'll get a nice looking case.
OLED will not be more efficient if iOS stays mostly "white". I don't know where this started but OLED is not always better for everything. Is great for TV... not absolutely great for mobile devices.
 
This is probably fake. The ugliest! apple is never going with this design
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Based on leaks and rumors This is what iPhone 8 might look like.

I was messing around with the image you posted and thought they could put a virtual home button in the centre of the dock. But then I thought, when you are already on the Home screen, what would the a virtual home button actual do. On current models, being physical, it is always there and so you can use it for the app switcher and for reachibility. Without an ever present home button you could get to the app switcher using the 3D Touch gesture (which is annoying missing in iOS 11 betas - I really hope it returns) As for reachability, I can’t even think how they would make that work. Maybe they’ll ditch it all together.

I think the the lock screen will be the only place we will see something that resembles the home button, but it will be exclusively a Touch ID icon over the imbedded sensor - from what I’ve read embedded finger scanning has quite a small target area, so maybe an icon will be used to indicate where to place your print.

I can’t think for the life of me how they will actually get you from an app to the home screen in a similarly succinct way to just pressing the button. We’ll see come September I guess.

I hope you were wearing reading glasses as reading this ESSAY may cause eye strain
 

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OLED will not be more efficient if iOS stays mostly "white". I don't know where this started but OLED is not always better for everything. Is great for TV... not absolutely great for mobile devices.
I didn't say it was always better for everything. I was thinking of how I've been using my phones.

I use my phone as a Kindle reader a lot. That's where the bulk of my battery usage has been during vacation. Vacation is when it's trickiest for me to charge up. In the Kindle app you can set it to light text on a dark background which is what I prefer on either of my phones. So OLED is better for my purposes, in general.

iOS may stay white but I think some third party apps will let us have options for a dark mode.

But I agree with what you're saying and have actually said the same many times on this forum that OLED isn't going to be all that everyone expects. Some people think going to OLED is going to solve the problem of uneven looking displays or weird tints, and in my experience with several Samsung flagship models, that has not been the case. The LCD on my iPhone 7 Plus is quite nice and easier on my eyes than the OLED on one of my Samsungs. So is the LCD display on my HTC 10--it's very nice.
 
I didn't say it was always better for everything. I was thinking of how I've been using my phones.

I use my phone as a Kindle reader a lot. That's where the bulk of my battery usage has been during vacation. Vacation is when it's trickiest for me to charge up. In the Kindle app you can set it to light text on a dark background which is what I prefer on either of my phones. So OLED is better for my purposes, in general.

iOS may stay white but I think some third party apps will let us have options for a dark mode.

But I agree with what you're saying and have actually said the same many times on this forum that OLED isn't going to be all that everyone expects. Some people think going to OLED is going to solve the problem of uneven looking displays or weird tints, and in my experience with several Samsung flagship models, that has not been the case. The LCD on my iPhone 7 Plus is quite nice and easier on my eyes than the OLED on one of my Samsungs. So is the LCD display on my HTC 10--it's very nice.
I really appreciate your rational reply. Agreed.
I remain concerned about OLED burn-in, added cost, and reduced lifespan.
It would be great if Apple would make iOS less blisteringly white. Yeah, looks "clean" and is more efficient for LCD, but it is harder on the eyes. Right now the only way to globally "dark mode" is to set display accommodations to invert colors.
 
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This is the final design and the screen does go to the edge. This prototype has a fake white bezel fused into the glass, in the final production model it won't have the fake white bezel baked in and the screen will be edge to edge display and glass. The black fake sticker bezel is just to disguise the built in Touch ID.
 



New photos of an alleged "iPhone 8" prototype have been shared on Twitter by Latvian student Benjamin Geskin, who allegedly obtains his information from Chinese sources in contact with him on WeChat and WhatsApp.

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The prototype, if it's even real in the first place, likely isn't Apple's finalized design for its widely rumored 5.8-inch iPhone with an OLED display. Geskin himself expressed skepticism about the photos in his tweet.

Multiple reports have claimed the high-end iPhone will have an edge-to-edge display like Samsung's Galaxy S8, but the prototype pictured still has left and right bezels. The top bezel also lacks the 3D sensors expected.

One design aspect that is likely accurate is the lack of a Home button, as Touch ID is reportedly expected to be embedded into the display, or placed on the rear of the smartphone in the absolute worst case scenario.

The prototype appears to be stored in Apple's supposed "stealth" case, photos of which Australian leaker Sonny Dickson shared with MacRumors in February. The prototype is concealed by the front cover of an iPhone with a Home button.

Reports suggest the "iPhone 8" has faced multiple delays due to manufacturing challenges, but as production ramps up over the summer, better evidence of Apple's next smartphone should begin to emerge from within the supply chain.

Article Link: Latest iPhone 8 Prototype Likely Isn't Apple's Final Design
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Apple has already solidified the design. The design is set in stone, hardware development schedules would demand it. They are wrapping up final qualifications and regulatory testing. Prepping factory lines for machining and assembly.

What these Chinese samples are, is apple/their supplier is shedding year old prototypes that they experimented with. Sending them out to the dumpster cause they don't matter anymore.

A lot of what we'll see, didn't make the cut. It's rejects. Remember the months leading up to the iPhone 5 release, and then the iPhone 6 release? All kinds of crazy permutations surfaced.
I think it's funny when people have this image of Apple's design, manufacturing, and engineering processes like the "garage days" of old, where some engineer comes in on September 13, one day before the show, and hands the prototype to Tim Cook, and tells him, "Go! - Here's the Presentation that you are going to deliver... They'll be ready next week, on Friday, and we're sending the designs to Foxconn as soon as you're done, so there's no leaks!"

You are absolutely right.

They are already specifying the iPhone 8S/9 at the moment. The iPhone 9S is probably in the block design phase now.
 
I believe this is real. People for months have been going on about "oh it's going to revolutionary because it's the tenth anniversary" etc (well that date came and went didn't it) and "wouldn't it wonderful with 3d facial recognition and no bezels" and "oh that mock-up looks amazing, come on Apple!". Yes all nice features but why expect them all at once?

People are going to be disappointed come September because they've created this fantasy in their mind that Apple never promised.

I agree this looks underwhelming enough to be real.

Every year people come up with crazy futuristic mock ups of what they want the iPhone to be but Apple's updates are nearly always incremental at best, particularly in recent years.

I also don't think Apple will have a design that radically complicates manufacture, like a non-rectangular screen. They simply like money far too much.

Remember the iWatch could've had a non-square screen, or even just rounded bezels, but they chose not to. Rectangular panels are easier to make and to program for.
 
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Multiple reports have claimed the high-end iPhone will have an edge-to-edge display like Samsung's Galaxy S8, but the prototype pictured still has left and right bezels

Now I'm really confused. You keep saying "edge-to-edge" but also mentioning it'll have "almost no bezels" (I seem to recall "4mm bezels on all sides" being mentioned) and I keep correcting you when you say edge-to-edge, since edge to edge means no bezels. Now, however, you're saying you don't expect any bezels on the long sides at all? Where's this coming from? The long bezels in this image look like what we've been led to expect, as far as I can tell, it's only the top and bottom ones that look wrong here.
 
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