Here's what the real iphone 8 looks like!
Simply not true, see here:![]()
What am I seeing? You understand those are mock ups right? That right mockup has a printed piece of paper taped to it.Simply not true, see here:![]()
Back when steve came out and everyones lives stopped for 2 hours. People just stared with amazement. Steves gone, and the Apple decline has been in action for several years now.Every time one of these "dummy" phones come out before the launch... Tim Cook walks out expecting to surprise us with nothing more than exactly what we have already seen for months. I can't wait for it to happen yet again. There is literally zero surprise and delight anymore.
What am I seeing? You understand those are mock ups right? That right mockup has a printed piece of paper taped to it.
The only thing you need to know is that the display and cutout will be indistinguishable most of the time.You do realize how ridiculous that sounds, right? I get that they will try to match it (obviously they're not going to put glossy bezel in there), but they can't change the way the display reflects light vs. plastic. They're different materials, and will reflect differently in different environments. If they attempt to tailor it to match perfectly for indoor use, then it will not match perfectly for direct sunlight in outdoor environments, and vice versa. You're just completely making crap up.
I agree. They seem upset that they have no concept how the device will actually look when it's on.They have to act intentionally obtuse since they have no way to justify their silly trolling with actual facts and logic.
Here, this is what I believe the device will actually functional like:Simply not true, see here:![]()
I don't get it. What possibly is the wow factor (looks-wise) that the S8 has that the iPhone doesn't? More bezel?
Probably the bezel-less sides that the iPhone 8 won't have. When you said more bezel, you forgot to clarify only more bezel on the top and bottom. But the iPhone 8 leaks show it will have more bezel on the sides than the S8, 4mm more to be exact. Comes down to personal taste. Does one prefer more bezel on the top and bottom but bezel-less sides? Or 4mm of bezel around the phone?
They have to act intentionally obtuse since they have no way to justify their silly trolling with actual facts and logic.
These videos really offer no insight.....
I sorta figured they meant the no-bezel sides, although with the light refraction you'd think that may be a draw as opposed to a distinct advantage. But perhaps not.
However, in looking at the mockup iPhone 8 vs. the S8, while it has a little more bezel on the sides, overall it seems to feature less bezel than the S8.
Not trolling at all, just stating the facts. If we are to go by the leaks the front of the iPhone won’t be symmetrical anymore, and that is very odd given the fact that apple will place fake screws on their computers just so that everything is symmetrical.
Here I illustrated it for you to help visualize. See how the top has the camera and additional sensors cutting into the display, there is no chin at the bottom to offset the top cutout.
Because certainly nobody here has ever said "make it slightly thicker so we get better battery life!!! OMGFML"Looks great! It does look kind of chunky though.
Especially with iPhone 6 being 6.9mm, and 6S being 7.1mm. This one being 7.5mm...
Innovative!
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!
Jonny Ive really killed it on this design!
And I bet you more than a donut that this is exactly what it will look like. But what do I know, I haven't been keeping track of all this **** for a while now...A dollar to a donut says that's not what it will look like.
One piece of advice, if you want the surprise of new Apple devices on the day they are released? Stop hanging out on websites called things, like, macrumors.com. And btw, as someone who's had this account on this site for 15 years and was actually on it and following Apple rumors years before that, and having been an Apple user since I was 5 years old in kindergarten in like 1982 -- none of this is new. In fact there used to be more leaks on this site a decade-plus ago. So stop acting like you know everything about everything, and whining on internet message boards about stuff you have the ability to control in your life, but choose not to, because honestly, you do want to see the leak pics, which is why you frequent websites (and associated message boards) that have URLs like macrumors.com.Every time one of these "dummy" phones come out before the launch... Tim Cook walks out expecting to surprise us with nothing more than exactly what we have already seen for months. I can't wait for it to happen yet again. There is literally zero surprise and delight anymore.
I can't quite tell if you're being facetious, but if you think about it, the smartphone/mini-tablet form factor is more or less perfected at this point. If this thing has an under-screen fingerprint scanner, "lasers" that do 3D environmental mapping, wireless induction charging, better battery life, onboard AI processor, etc., well cripes, those are things I care about more than perfecting a form-factor that is, again, already basically perfected. But if I can do way more cool stuff WITH it? Count me in.So you are telling me that radical physical design change is considered pushing the ball forward? lol
If the rumors are even remotely true, this is going to be a f***ing gigantic upgrade.
say what you want about iphones circa 2008-2011 'lagging' in specs, features etc relative to their android counterparts... those phones had sex appeal to them.
this just looks and feels like a nerd's toy. 'edge to edge display'. big deal.
They are HANDHELD SCREENS! WHat the heck is a "wow-factor" at this point? I think the first mass-produced phone with an under-screen thumbprint scanner is pretty "wow."Am I the only on who isn't impressed with the design? It lacks a wow factor. The Galaxy S8 has a significant wow factor and it's starting to look like iPhone won't be the best looking phone on the market soon...
I know! If only, like, you could click your mouse around on the video timeline and skip around, and hit a button to mute the music!After 30 seconds, I couldn't take anymore, especially with the obnoxious music.
Don't you maybe think they would do that, if they could shrink the sensor packages at the top of the front of the phone down small enough to do that? You know Apple has like patents and **** on how to embed the camera into the screen itself, like the fingerprint scanner? They are working up to it, but basic engineering limitations don't just let them make an arbitrary decision like that. I mean the perfect execution of any smartphone would be an edge-to-edge display, or close to, that has no visible sensors anywhere. But it's the same reason there's a bulge on the back -- it's an exceptionally sophisticated sensor package they have to cram into there, with its own engineering limitations for how deep it needs to be, and that's just how it is. They could either reduce the bulge by increasing the entire depth of the device (giving us better battery life), or have a bulge but thinner phone, with not as good battery life. Apple has consistently chosen the latter for a long time now, so why would you be surprised at this point? I just hope that hump contains a 3D environmental scanning system.I mean, if this is the final design, I don't HATE it. I'm relatively lukewarm to this design and I'll probably warmup to it a lot once I see the real thing.
I wonder why they didn't (or couldn't) just push the screen to the actual edge where it lips down instead of having that thin strip of bezel surrounding the screen. Keep the same glass as the 7, just push the display to the actual edge like the concept on the right (ignore the OS):
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It's not a full curve, but a 2.5d edge-to-edge looks better than the actual deep curve on the S8 imo.
I like you, newbie.Your overly negative comment doesn't make sense using your own established logic.
You say you prioritize "sexiness" of a device (over features and performance, I guess?), saying the 2008-2011 "sex appeal" iPhones are better than this concept/leaked phone. In other words, you literally just said the comparatively fat, also rounded iPhone 3G and 3GS with PLASTIC backs are the anti-"nerd's toy" compared to an all-black iPhone 8 made entirely of glass and presumably DLC-coated stainless steel. Further, even as you apparently laud form over function, you completely dismiss an edge-to-edge screen (something that represents both form and function, for the record) in favor of two phone models that featured huge, albeit symmetrical, bezels.
Don't get me wrong. I don't at all think the phones you referenced ware ugly and I enjoy their aesthetic, too, but your complaints here don't really make any sense. You're either a parody poster or you have no idea what you want. You also say iPads suck but are completely incapable of giving a reason as to why. "Sure, they have all this great stuff, but big deal! They suck!"
Color me confused.
but the 8 is on the S-cycle.I want one. But, maybe wait for the 8s. Like being on S-cycle
If the 7s and 8 come out at the same time, and Apple sticks to a now long-established pattern (and they might not), doesn't it seem like the 8s could maybe be a thing someday?but the 8 is on the S-cycle.
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7s & 8 at same time (if there is a 7s)
If the 7s and 8 come out at the same time, and Apple sticks to a now long-established pattern (and they might not), doesn't it seem like the 8s could maybe be a thing someday?
I actually think the 8 will ship 3-6 months later than the 7s.
I can't quite tell if you're being facetious, but if you think about it, the smartphone/mini-tablet form factor is more or less perfected at this point. If this thing has an under-screen fingerprint scanner, "lasers" that do 3D environmental mapping, wireless induction charging, better battery life, onboard AI processor, etc., well cripes, those are things I care about more than perfecting a form-factor that is, again, already basically perfected. But if I can do way more cool stuff WITH it? Count me in.
These videos really offer no insight.....