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Nikkei Now Agrees 'iPhone 8' Will Have Larger 5.8-Inch OLED Display
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How about an iPad 10.5in with a voice cellular chip in it?
My problems would be solved with a 10.5in phone.
And no, I don't hold it up to my head. I haven't done that in 5 years since I got Bluetooth headsets.
My problems would be solved with a 10.5in phone.
And no, I don't hold it up to my head. I haven't done that in 5 years since I got Bluetooth headsets.
No, this is good for us with less big hands. The screen size will grow but the physical dimensions will remain approx the same. The screen size will occupy the space where the bezels and home button are on the 4.7" model.
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Sure, but Jobs was against everything until he was for it. But when he did come around the product was pretty great, not just a "me too." Jobs was not so stubborn to not recognize markets change with time as does technology.
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I want it. Don't be so sure that there are not a lot of 4.7" owners that want a bigger screen but not a bigger phone. This solves that problem.
OLED / AMOLED are the ones with burn-in concerns. It's the blue subpixel that loses brightness quicker than the green/red ones.
Right; there are software changes that can make different screen ratios work with the current app sizes.
5.8" still allows for 5mm total of bezel on the top/bottom, for what it's worth.
If you ever thought a 5.8" screen couldn't physically fit inside an iPhone 7 body...you made a basic math mistake. Anybody with a ruler and an iPhone 7 can see that.
The LG G6 is excellent, but not world-class, in terms of bezels. It has a 79% screen-to-body ratio. The LG G2, released in 2013, has a whopping 76% screen-to-body ratio. Apple should be targeting the Xiaomi Mi Mix with a 84% screen-to-body ratio to fit that 5.8" screen in the current 4.7" body, if the rumors are true. The upcoming Mi Mix 2 rumors claim it'll go up to 86% this year. If bezel-less is a key point for Apple's iPhone 8, after having ~60% screen to body ratios for a decade, let's hope they took the time to "get it right". Maybe not 84% or 86%, but, IMO, it should be closer to that than 79%.
Yes. They can simply not offer the software-button space to apps, recreating a typical iPhone screen ratio. The resolution will be for both the app-usable space and the software-button space, I would expect.
I have no argument; I just wanted to fix up the math.
Or, sure, right. Maybe it'll be just like the S8. Unsure how much bezel they are really saving with a curved screen; it's the top/bottom bezels that are the real issue.
My love for Apple is dwindling... a $300 narcissistic book, MBP that can't handle Pro software, $15,000 watch that is a duplicate of the $350 phone which with less than 1 ounce of gold added.
Apple became pretentious when Tim took over. The stock is awesome because iOS is still great, but that won't last forever, and then everyone will jump ship as fast as what happened to Nokia phones, who dominated the market 7 years ago, and now most people don't even know who they were.
Not to jump in here where I don't belong....
It seems that you've highlighted the fact that a forum member 'jumped in' to your "reply to someone else" because it bothers you somehow (if you don't have an issue with it, it's unclear what the motivation for drawing attention to it would be in the first place).
If this is a sound reading, my question to you is: what's your issue with that? Forgive me for stating the obvious, but we're commenting in a messsage thread in a member forum - a place where any member is permitted to reply to whomever they wish to.
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What if it's the same size as the 4.7" phone?
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Come September that's exactly what you'll want.
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It won't be useless with the $99 Apple leather case specially designed for the curved screen.
It really doesn' t matter. The front of the iphone 6/6s/7 and the bezels are the same glass as the display part.
The only difference is that people will really have to replace the screen when cracked in a corner. Now there are all kind of people that have fractures in the corner but don' t have it repaired.
haha...let's see how that apple case protects the edges once you drop it from 3 feet...
I thought he was perfect?
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Not the great jobs
It probably will ship with only a USB C port and you will have to use dongles for headphones and for lightening connections.
apple can't get Samsung to make enough oled screens for them. Im sure Samsung would love their money, but it is not physically possible at this time. That is why they haven't switched yet.
Does anyone make a rugged case for the Galaxy Edge? I never looked into it. I would imagine that if indeeed Apple goes curved, there will be cases for it.
The fact that you still mentioned Nokia gives Apple hope that people will still mention them.
The reason Apple is becoming pretentious is that society is slowly separating into an upper ruling class and serfs. Apple is just aiming to be the phone of the upper ruling class, and your expressed hate of their shifts is really a reflection on your uncomfortableness of upcoming mass poverty.
Actually the G6 has a 80.7% screen to body ratio, and my comments are based on the facts that all the rumours have claimed Apple will use a curved screen so your maths are wrong due to that as Apple would need to have literally 100% screen to body ratio for them to fit it in, and I don't believe they will be able to do that. Samsung are supposed to be supplying the screens and they haven't made a phone with the screen edges curves on all sides, that's why I think it'll just copy the S8 design.
Not to jump in here where I don't belong....
It seems that you've highlighted the fact that a forum member 'jumped in' to your "reply to someone else" because it bothers you somehow (if you don't have an issue with it, it's unclear what the motivation for drawing attention to it would be in the first place).
If this is a sound reading, my question to you is: what's your issue with that? Forgive me for stating the obvious, but we're commenting in a messsage thread in a member forum - a place where any member is permitted to reply to whomever they wish to.
I have issues because generally the person jumping in makes little sense or gets things all wrong as they have not read the entire context of the discussion, it's a pointless comment that you have to correct them in.
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Being thin takes courage
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I am under the impression that it will have the exact same screen as the s8. Is this possible?
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That's what happens when you LOVE a for profit business.
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I have never used a case
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I just buy AppleCare plus and if it breaks I take it to apple and they fix it for a small fee.