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Ming-Chi Kuo Says iPhone X Supercycle Won't Really Happen Until 2018

Exactly what I thought would happen. The "S" model equivalent will be out next year 2018 correcting all of the annoying issues this model has like the screen bulge dipping into the display, Maybe a virtual home button, maybe put back the earphone jack. The future isn't adding dongles, So all of the cords are hanging out connected to it.

Always a few steps backwards with this new Apple.
 
Labeno said:
When I order at 12:01am on pre-order day, I hope that doesn't mean I get delivery 6 months later.
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IMO, if you get you order in within the first 3 min you’ll have a shot at November. If not, 6m easy.:apple:
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Alx9876 said:
Exactly what I thought would happen. The "S" model equivalent will be out next year 2018 correcting all of the annoying issues this model has like the screen bulge dipping into the display, Maybe a virtual home button, maybe put back the earphone jack. The future isn't adding dongles, So all of the cords are hanging out connected to it.

Always a few steps backwards with this new Apple.
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Also a Plus Model :apple:
 
Coming from a 7/128, I decided to upgrade to the 8+ 256. I got the 8+ delivered on release day, and kept it for 10 days and decided to return it. It's a great phone, but the glass back is just WAY to slippery. The phone slipped off everything, flat books (that apparently wasn't completely flat, but to my eyes they were), off the bed, off chairs, everything. The 8+ is to big to put covers on, as it just becomes too big. I also didn't like the weight increase of it, it's significantly heavier than the 6+ I had some years ago. I loved the battery time on it though!

I've gone back to my 7/128, and waiting... I'm considering pre-ordering an X, but, I would rather wait for the rumored X Plus or whatever it's gonna be called. The X will only make the length of the screen bigger, but the overall experience will be more or less the same.

If the general availability of the X is pushed back into 2018, especially towards march/2018, then i'm afraid a lot of people will skip it and rather wait for the fall 2018 refresh - me included.
 
dominiongamma said:
Guess I’m skipping the 10 waiting for the 11. Since in a couples months later in 2018 a newer iPhone will be out.
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That’s probably wise. I went with the 8+ because the X is looking like it’s going to have some classic “Apple 1.0” features. I don’t want to be a guinea pig right now.. even though it’s clear Apple is going very quickly which a whole different way of using your iPhone.

It’s ridiculously complex to get 10-15 MILLION of these things off the ground for the first time. Apple will shortly be in the “refining” stage for “iPhone 11” where they take all the manufacturing issues from 1.0 and furiously work on making all the difficult things better. Unless you HAVE to have the latest, it’s probably best to hold off.
 
HJM.NL said:
Exactly. Over here even the iPhone 7 (not talking about the 7 plus) is more expensive than an Galaxy S8. You can argue that iOS 11 is better than Android but there are more who disagree and don’t like iOS. For me Apple lost the phone race already and Apple priced itself out of the market. Not to mention Siri, the lack of Apple Pay, the lack of services specific for Apple. Too expensive not competitive and too late!
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Alx9876 said:
Exactly what I thought would happen. The "S" model equivalent will be out next year 2018 correcting all of the annoying issues this model has like the screen bulge dipping into the display, Maybe a virtual home button, maybe put back the earphone jack. The future isn't adding dongles, So all of the cords are hanging out connected to it.

Always a few steps backwards with this new Apple.
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keep dreaming. when has Apple ever put back a feature once they removed it? The headphone jack and fingerprint censors are gone. give up the ghost
 
EvilEvil said:
I'm glad I upgraded to the iPhone 8+. I will not be buying another iPhone until they remove the notch.
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The iPhone 8+ is nearly identical to the 7 and basically a waste of money at the price point it is given that the iPhone X exists. No reason to pay top dollar for an outdated 4 year old design and a LCD screen.
 
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MrGimper said:
Glad I decided to wait until 2018 for the XI, and upgraded to the 8 Plus... I can enjoy all the A11 Bionic loveliness now.
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Actually you won't enjoy all of the A11 bionic loveliness because you don't have the facial recognition on the 8 plus. You do realize this right? Do you also realize next year upgrade to the X will only be a spec bump? You should have just gotten the X now.

This is exactly what you'll get: faster processor, better speakers, better wireless, marginally better cameras, new iOS. Have fun waiting a year.
[doublepost=1507340257][/doublepost]All the people here talking about they hate the notch, they'll never buy a phone with a notch, they will wait for next year iPhone etc. What exactly do you think you're getting next year? Apple is not going to redesign their flagship phone a year later and remove the notch by adding back a thicker bezel going across the top. Apple know people will not like the notch which is the reason they made the iPhone 8. Next year will be the same strategy, flagship iPhone with notch, and lesser iPhone without the notch. Eventually people will want the 1 or 2 extra features the iPhone with the notch has and they will switch over, by the 3rd year most people who upgrade will upgrade to the iPhone with the notch.
 
WatchFromAfar said:
Only Apple could put the tenth anniversary model in the public's hands in the eleventh year of release.
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If there had been a first anniversary edition iPhone, it wouldn't have been the first one, it would've been launched in the second year. You're confusing a tenth year with a tenth anniversary year.
 
How do you people who reach for the + phone carry it around? Purse / murse / cargo pants, back pocket where it sticks out half way. Quite curious.
 
AgentAnonymous said:
The iPhone 8+ is nearly identical to the 7 and basically a waste of money at the price point it is given that the iPhone X exists. No reason to pay top dollar for an outdated 4 year old design and a LCD screen.
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Not really. It has a new chip and improved camera. I upgraded from a 6+. I upgrade every 2 or 3 generations. It may be a waste of money for people who upgrade every year. You're paying $300+ extra for a notch and software facial recognition. No thanks.
 
dampfnudel said:
I doubt that notch will go away. Apple will try to use that design for at least one more year, if not longer. If they did remove it, it would be an indirect acknowledgment that it was a bad looking design.
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It’s a bad looking design. They should acknowledge it, as denial won’t make it look any better.

During the unveiling, I wasn’t thrilled with the notch. Then I watched that Apple video explaining how developers should account for the notch, and the article explaining the same of web designers, and it made me realize how bad not just the notch is, but the rounded corners as well. It’s especially bad in landscape mode, and it was entirely avoidable.

You may be right: Apple may keep the notch to avoid admitting they made a mistake. That’s how once high flying companies lose their way. As a shareholder and a life long Apple user (starting with an Apple II+), I hope Apple won’t be so stubborn.
 
WT...X

so apple tricking every body
they say avail Nov 3rd but ctually no one will get it delivery or pickup till fall 2018,
 
Blackstick said:
You might be waiting, awhile. I'm with Marco on this one, that controversial yet tech-packed notch is going to make the iPhone look iconic and unmistakably an iPhone from 30 feet away, instead of an anonymous Android.

https://marco.org/2017/09/18/courage
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Good link, that was exactly what I thought when I bought the iPhone 8 Plus when it came out (which I returned the next), I really hated the notch until that day, I started looking at pictures of the iPhone X and compare it to the 8+ and I was like, 8+ looks old, and for the X I was like why didn't Apple just had some bezel on top, but then it would needed on the bottom for symmetry and somehow the notch started to make sense, other wise it would look so generic.

So, the next day I returned the iPhone 8+ and started to love the X design and can't wait to get one ASAP.
 
Applebot1 said:
The ‘notch’ all for fancy emoji and face I.D.
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No, there would still be the speaker, camera and proximity sensor and I think there’s a microphone up there too, iirc.

It wouldn’t be as wide, but there would still be a notch. There’s a reason every iPhone has had a top bezel.
 
titrau said:
WT...X

so apple tricking every body
they say avail Nov 3rd but ctually no one will get it delivery or pickup till fall 2018,
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Apple wouldn’t say 3rd November if this wasn’t going to be a high chance of happening.
 
I’ll be getting the X to replace my 7+.... In two more years when I can actually get it at a decent price. My iTunes content is the only thing keeping me on iPhone. The prices have just gotten too expensive. I have better things to spend my money on every two years than 2400 in phones for my wife and I. I’ll go be poor somewhere else.
 
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Apple event Sept12 = iphone 8/10
look like they do 2 event iphone at same time which is for =2017-2018 not for 1 event

and next fall event is for 2019

that mess :)
 
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