Incredible! It looks like a black rectangle with glass on one side! How on earth do they come up with this stuff?!?
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New iPhone 8 Glimpse Combines Leaked Parts to Show Off What Device Might Look Like at Launch
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I was skeptical about just how much impact the iPhone 8 was going to have, but after WWDC and looking at the redesign, it's looking more and more like this could be the mother of all upgrade cycles.
More important than the redesign... everyone was saying how Apple was behind in AR and AI, but based on what I've seen at WWDC with iOS 11 and what we know about the new iPhone, Apple looks poised to dominate the next wave of computing. No other company has all the pieces in place... devs, the most advanced AR SDK, hardware and volume of users.
Not to mention, the pent up demand in China for the next iPhone redesign is like a volcano waiting to erupt.
There is no iPhone 8, so hard to know how it will really be...
I personally hope for a non-curved screen and body, as 4-5-SE
It's beautiful, but I'll hold on to my iPhone 7, which I got as a gift and is the best iPhone I've ever used.
The article title states what the iPhone 8 might look like at launch, not what it will look like.
I think the little cutout at the top is actually awesome. It will be used for battery and signal strength which eliminates these two metrics taking any space from the "real" screen.
Isn't the actual visible area of a screen (the part of the screen with pixels on it) supposed to be a rectangle having four 90-degree edges? How is it possible that the visible area of a screen can have rounded edges and (even worse) a cutout?
That would be a nightmare for software developers, especially in order to have their software maintain compatibility with older iPhones capable of running iOS 11, all of which have rectangular screens with four 90-degree edges.
I would be unpleasantly surprised if the screen on the upcoming iPhone had rounded edges and a cutout. I know Tim Cook is clueless, but I would be surprised if he was that clueless.
That would be a nightmare for software developers, especially in order to have their software maintain compatibility with older iPhones capable of running iOS 11, all of which have rectangular screens with four 90-degree edges.
I would be unpleasantly surprised if the screen on the upcoming iPhone had rounded edges and a cutout. I know Tim Cook is clueless, but I would be surprised if he was that clueless.
From my perspective, you're the new one here. I've been following this before you knew what a computer was. Please, don't think this is any different from what we see, year after year. By the way, the launch is 3 months away, not 2.
Geskin isn't a "leaker" because he has no firsthand information to pass along, only secondhand information (maybe) and a bunch of surmises. What he is, really, is a guesser.
Someone who supplies actual firsthand inside knowledge about something is a leaker. The person to whom they pass it along is a reporter, possibly. Why MR can't get that distinction straight is a constant mystery.
Someone who supplies actual firsthand inside knowledge about something is a leaker. The person to whom they pass it along is a reporter, possibly. Why MR can't get that distinction straight is a constant mystery.
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If we're going to get technical about who did stuff first. This was Samsung right before Apple released the first iPhone:
Just saying.
that's not even touch screen, there were hundreds of phones like this floating around before the iphone... i.e. nokia, blackberry, etc...
That's exactly what I'm saying...
Year after year we got leaks and those leaks turn out to be the phone. We haven't had physical parts leak yet, but the info we've gotten and the CAD files / schematics as well as what certain analysts have said point to the same thing. The parts will eventually leak then we'll see.
ahhhh - the memories, my first 'work' phoneIf we're going to get technical about who did stuff first. This was Samsung right before Apple released the first iPhone:
Just saying.
A few points.
- There are too many quasi-identical leaks for the OLED iPhone to deviate fundamentally from this mockup. It will look close to this, only much better (more refined). All the new iPhone designs that leaked beforehand looked much better IRL.
- It will not be called iPhone 8, because it would be stupid to release 7S and 8 simultaneously. Probably an iPhone "Edition" of some sort.
- It's beautiful.
- I even like the cutout because it gives the "new iPhone" some character. It cannot be overstated how incredibly iconic the current (i.e. original iPhone through iPhone 7) iPhone front with symmetrical bezels on top and bottom with the single (home) button actually is. This is a watershed design change for the most successful consumer electronics product of all time and you can be sure that Jony Ive thought about this very long and very hard with many sleepless nights thrown in for good measure. This is not something Jony and his team will take/do lightly.
- I'm curious to find out how the top screen corners will be used, if there will indeed be the suggested "function area" on the bottom (which I doubt) and if the (app-usable) screen will actually have rounded corners.
- There is so much new tech inside the "Edition", supply will be limited and demand will be off the charts. Pre-order immediately/wait in line at an Apple Store or you will look at delivery in Q2 2018.
- To get supply and demand a liitle more in balance, the "Edition" will only be available with 128/256 GB (like the jet black 7) and will start at 949 USD. The gap between the 7S and the "Edition" needs to be wide enough so that enough people consider buying a 7S/7S plus.
- If Apple can supply, there will be record quarter(s).
- The keynote will be epic.
See, here's the thing. The images at the top of this thread are just something some goofball made up and posted online. Then everybody reacts to it like it's an actual thing coming from Apple. A little while back some other goofball "designed" an Apple car. It was hideous, but for a fair while, that image was repeatedly used for illustrative purposes every time there was an article or blog post published mentioning anything about Apple's self-driving car project. So don't believe everything you see, and don't blame Apple for every ridiculous idea that gets posted online about them.
About the curved screen corners. I can't believe that they would give developers cut-off corners to work with. This means those areas top and bottom must be reserved for the system only. This is clear on the top edge, those side parts must be for status icons. But the bottom, a strip at the bottom of the screen must be reserved for something aside from developer apps. This lends credence to the theory that there will be a function bar or something at screen bottom. A touch bar area, I's say, including a home button and fingerprint area.
But, landscape mode messes things up, if that thing with camera and sensors exists, and the fingerprint area is in a specific spot. A vertical status area and function bar?
But, landscape mode messes things up, if that thing with camera and sensors exists, and the fingerprint area is in a specific spot. A vertical status area and function bar?
