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New iPhone 8 Glimpse Combines Leaked Parts to Show Off What Device Might Look Like at Launch

Relentless Power said:
Did your quote start as the first? (Sarcasm).

I think this is the first iPhone I might wait in line this year for the experience and I have never done that before. Mainly being the Changes have me excited after three years of the same design and this iPhone looks to be very promising.
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Haha, yeah I guess.

I waited in line for the original, 3g, 3gs (at the end of my honeymoon, my wife is amazing), and maybe iPhone 4 but I can't remember. Somewhere around that time they started allowing preorders so I stopped. All those times were outside of AT&T stores. The only time I waited outside an Apple Store was the original iPad because I happened to be in my home city that has a few Apple Stores. Then they started the iPhone Upgrade Program, which you have to do in person at the store. The first year for the 6s I had to wait in the pickup line in St. Louis which actually took a couple hours, but it was really nice to talk with other people who care so much about Apple and made some contacts in the local tech startup community. Then the next year I scheduled it so we'd be in KC visiting family and I picked it up from the store in the evening and it took maybe 10-15 minutes of waiting in line (and they told me I got the only Jet Black the store had received, lol).

I have a feeling this could be a big year for the iPhone, and possibly a lot of people lining up again. But I think a lot of it will come down to the price of this new device and how people react to that. I've been waiting to buy back in to AAPL, but have been waiting for a downswing and was hoping there would be one before this new iPhone comes out. I kind of wonder if they'll do like the iPad Pro pricing, with the high end model priced $100-150 more at $749-799 for 64GB. But I also wonder if they'll drop the price of the standard iPhone, even just a bit, to like $549-599 to differentiate them more and boost sales. The SE seemed to do pretty well at it's lower price point, so maybe Apple figures they can make up for it on volume in emerging markets, while still keeping the price point fairly high vs. the overall smartphone market, while also hedging with higher "Pro/Edition" iPhone prices. And with companies like Virgin Mobile going iPhone only as a pre-paid carrier, it makes me wonder if that will tie into iPhone models that are a little bit cheaper as pre-paid customers are more likely to be price sensitive.
 
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Interesting - let's say this is final design - where is Apple putting all these display icons

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Looks awesome, but it's gonna be a hard find if it's just a Premium device. Might as well wait next year for all of the phones to be like this.
 
Speechless said:
It's my decision.
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youre not going to do it.

You will see that doing so would be ludicrous. May i ask -have you been to nyc?

if not you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line. and if you had then you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line.
 
I want enough of a bezel to fit a bumper-case, as was possible with the 5S.

The designers might look for symmetry, and end with the rat-lip on the display, as seen in these mocks.
 
ILuvEggplant said:
youre not going to do it.

You will see that doing so would be ludicrous. May i ask -have you been to nyc?

if not you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line. and if you had then you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line.
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Yeah, it was my home for some years before I moved. Any excuse to go back I take, lol. Eh, maybe a line wait (Especially there) is a little too much - I'm just hella excited for this phone. Can't wait to upgrade this 6s :cool:
 
ILuvEggplant said:
youre not going to do it.

You will see that doing so would be ludicrous. May i ask -have you been to nyc?

if not you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line. and if you had then you know there are far more interesting things to do aside from waiting in line.
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Their life, their money, why does it matter if that's what they want to do? Tbh I want to wait in line with a friend and make a whole thing out of it. Just seems like some fun to get a product we both love.
 
Speechless said:
Yeah, it was my home for some years before I moved. Any excuse to go back I take, lol. Eh, maybe a line wait (Especially there) is a little too much - I'm just hella excited for this phone. Can't wait to upgrade this 6s :cool:
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dude im rocking the 6 plus lol

we're all excited for sure - good luck!
 
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Nice to have a video of a completely static screen. It would have been imagine the reflection of trees moving otherwise.
 
igneousc said:
The top will have a black bar. Its pretty obvious with the iOS11 changes, and there is no way apple will allow two strips of your background go up those two fangs of screen
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This. OLED black means the pixels are off, so it'll essentially blend into the bezel. Maybe not for the lock screen, but most certainly when using iOS. Otherwise, the 'fangs' would be awkward as you're scrolling, etc.
 
ILuvEggplant said:
this look like fun?
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Im just asking for some sensibility here is all.
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Haha yeah it does lol. If you're passionate about tech and design and with good company I don't see why it wouldn't be fun. (also keep in mind I've been living in NYC my whole life so I'm used to the crowds and everything that comes with.)
 
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