Nikkei Now Agrees 'iPhone 8' Will Have Larger 5.8-Inch OLED Display

[Playamonte]

I have it on good authority that its going to be called ................
The iPhone Caro. 😉, and there is no doubt that it will be a real neat piece of kit. (as you know of course)

 

[DanielDD]

Well, wait a bit what Samsung S8 has to offer. I'm sure Apple will be using the same screens and surely not better. Samsung is providing the screens to Apple.

Apple will switch if:
1) Downsides of OLED displays related to subpixel arrangements (such as issues with color reproduction) are fixed.
2) There is enough economies of scale to produce OLEDs for all iPhones

the second point might explain why Apple seems to release OLEDs in a higher-tier model instead of all

 

[macsrcool1234]

The amount of needless fragmentation is mind blowing

 

[The Game 161]

Well the rumours are it will have the screen size, but that a chunk of it will be used for buttons, so... I guess it all depends on weather those buttons disappear or not like in Android for you?
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I thin you may find that will be killed if this year anyway, no one will buy an iPad Mini when they can buy a cheaper 9.7" iPad, as the rumours are suggesting..

Yep that's the big thing

It's wether the function area goes away when viewing videos/apps/pages etc of if it really is just 5.1 inch screen

Be too tough for me to go from the bigger screen. The S8 plus would be very appealing instead

 

[Tycho24]

You have made a perfect example of people jumping in and commenting without comprehending the conversation thread.. let alone you TOTALLY contradictory post I've quoted above. Straw man? Who ever said we want more durable phones over pretty ones? Then that's EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAY? Your posts are rather confusing to follow, you say who said this then you say it? Erm.... ok.... you don't need to show me as being wrong because you've proved I'm not, all in one post, yeap your comment is truly confusing?

Anyway this was the post I was referring to, I guess you missed it in your steaming angry reply?..



And then you post this..



So I could PM you but frankly I have better things to do.. I fear my mind will explode with the utterly confusing response contradictory reply I'll no doubt receive from you!... 😱

Oh, Jesus Christ! Lol.
You can feign misunderstanding all you want... my point is clear & simple.
Here it is as bluntly as I can state it... w/ a few examples!

There is almost always a balance between two things you want.
For example: privacy & safety, or beauty & durability.
Now, if I wasn't willing to give up 100% of my privacy to be "perfectly" safe you couldn't say "oh, so you hate safety, huh?!", because that is creating a straw man. It is NOT what I said. I clearly would like both; but wouldn't give up privacy completely for safety.
Similarly, we would ALL like phones that are both beautiful and durable. Sadly, due to the physical properties of the materials involved, we couldn't have a "perfectly" durable phone without giving up a HUGE amount of the aesthetics. I posit (with cited reasons, explanations, and examples!) in my previous posts that most people indeed realize this and are willing to forego some level of durability to have a device that looks marvelous, versus one that is ugly & clunky.
To say that everyone that feels this way "wants a flimsy & breakable device!" is as silly as the privacy/security claim stated above.

This all seems quite straightforward to me. If you need further clarification, please PM me.

 

[A MacBook lover]

"Pro" in Apples world just means "the expensive one"

Or your getting a substantially better device

 

[WatchFromAfar]

Or your getting a substantially better device

Depends if a lesser device meets your needs. Is a Macbook Pro "substantially better" than a Macbook to you if all you do is web browsing? (I know that's an over-simplification of the issue but you get my drift)

 

[dilbert99]

The much-rumored 5.8-inch iPhone, which has also been coined the "iPhone Pro" or "iPhone X" in honor of the smartphone's tenth anniversary this year, could cost upwards of $1,000 in the United States.

I always though that companies when doing anniversary editions (thinking cars etc), usually gave the item at the same or special price but added a bucket load of cost options for free.

 

[pocketdoc]

If the screen wraps around the sides, and there is little to no bezel, then the phone will be smaller than the Plus.

I would call it iPhone X (10 year anniversary)

 

[chukronos]

If the actual viewing screen size is as big (or slightly bigger) as the 7, then I am in.

 

[ValO]

Yes I do think that's why I posted "will this years 8 be updated to a 8s? or will it not be updated at all to bring this years design and next years 8+ technically in line." I thought that was clear, I was literally saying the 2018 will be on par with this years iPhone.

Yes, but if there would be an 8+ or 8s+, what screen size would it have according to you? If the regular 8 is 5.8 inches? Wouldn' t it be logical that the 8+/iphone 2018 plus would be something like 6.6 inches?

You stated earlier it wouldn' t be that big because of canabalizing the ipad mini.

 

[IG88]

The OLED will start at $1,000 USD.

If it does, count me out.

 

[JonneyGee]

My hands need to grow before this next iPhone comes out, and my wallet

Yep. I'm really hoping these rumors are false, as it will indicate that Apple has gone all in on Android's bogus "YUGE screen is the best" mantra.

I definitely don't want to go any bigger than the iPhone 7. Is it too much to ask to get a full-featured phone in that size?

 

[apolloa]

Oh, Jesus Christ! Lol.
You can feign misunderstanding all you want... my point is clear & simple.
Here it is as bluntly as I can state it... w/ a few examples!

There is almost always a balance between two things you want.
For example: privacy & safety, or beauty & durability.
Now, if I wasn't willing to give up 100% of my privacy to be "perfectly" safe you couldn't say "oh, so you hate safety, huh?!", because that is creating a straw man. It is NOT what I said. I clearly would like both; but wouldn't give up privacy completely for safety.
Similarly, we would ALL like phones that are both beautiful and durable. Sadly, due to the physical properties of the materials involved, we couldn't have a "perfectly" durable phone without giving up a HUGE amount of the aesthetics. I posit (with cited reasons, explanations, and examples!) in my previous posts that most people indeed realize this and are willing to forego some level of durability to have a device that looks marvelous, versus one that is ugly & clunky.
To say that everyone that feels this way "wants a flimsy & breakable device!" is as silly as the privacy/security claim stated above.

This all seems quite straightforward to me. If you need further clarification, please PM me.

Now you've confused me even more with linking privacy and personal safety to a phones durability? I'll just ignore you as I have no idea what your going on about?
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Yep that's the big thing

It's wether the function area goes away when viewing videos/apps/pages etc of if it really is just 5.1 inch screen

Be too tough for me to go from the bigger screen. The S8 plus would be very appealing instead

It'll be interesting if they do make just s 5.1" screen due to permanent buttons. Also be a daft decision in my mind.

 

[abluewhale]

ugh, the only thing I REALLY want to hear as a rumor at this point is that it'll come in bright colors like the 5c or w/e it was. Give me a high quality phone that comes in nice colors apple, pls.

 

[ikjadoon]

It's still 80.7% as per LGs own website, and as you keep going on about the Mi Mix 2, perhaps you'd care to place its measurements on your post to compare it to the iPhone 7?

Perhaps you care to admit your miscalculations.

I'll let you re-read my old posts to help you understand the math much better...and maybe comprehend the writing more easily.

And, please: quoting manufacturer's claims on their ratios? They lie. Repeatedly. Don't be so trusting; see the Xiaomi Mi Mix links. Come on; we're smarter than this, aren't we?

Good luck with the rest of your claims. I'll be giggling at your first post for weeks to come: how could you be so sure of something so easily disproven? Is this what we've come to?

 

[alpha076]

I am looking at 6s and 7. Side bezels are very thin compared to top and bottom bezel. If Apple use 4.7 exterior dimentions, eliminate size bezels and reduce top and bottom bezels drastically, wont it affect the length:width ratio of the device?

 

[AFDoc]

Remember the days when Jobs said no one would buy a big phone?

At that time I agreed with him. THEN my feelings started to change and when the 6+ came out I was in love! Now picking up any other iPhone makes my eyes hurt...... I'll be a bit irked if it's a 5.1" display for practical use....UNLESS of course because of the screen one can't really tell the dif.

 

[Tycho24]

Now you've confused me even more with linking privacy and personal safety to a phones durability? I'll just ignore you as I have no idea what your going in about?

Super duper idea!!! =)

However, if you seriously can't correlate my examples... please be careful ignoring ppl that confuse you; you'll likely soon only be talking to yourself. ;0)

Note:
Lol, in case my example was simply too random & somehow befuddled you; here's another, more direct comparison- Look, in products... trade-offs must be made. For example; the better fidelity sound is built into a pair of headphones, the steeper the price. Thus, one must choose between price & sound quality... just as one must prioritize having a slim/fashionable mobile device, or an incredibly sturdy & rugged one.
Just as there are not extremely high-fidelity headphones that are dirt cheap (because it is not currently possible to manufacture such), there are not extremely durable smartphones that are also slim/fashionable (because it isn't currently possible to manufacture such).
This does NOT mean that someone wouldn't love to have both!!!!! (were it feasible)
That seems to be where you're losing it... you say silly & absurd things like that people that want a gorgeous stainless steel/glass iPhone, with materials allowing for current to pass through & enable wireless charging, etc. "must want their phones to be fragile".
What????! Of course we don't want a "fragile" phone- we just realize that a Kevlar coated bulletproof phone would weigh nine pounds & be ugly as sin. We PRIORITIZE a certain level of beauty, and a certain level of ruggedness. Most recently, Apple has granted us a dust/water resistant phone- in a slim & gorgeous frame.
I expect the 2017 top-tier iPhone to be as rugged as the materials possibly allow, in the dimensions it is being manufactured. I accept this! I don't want it to be an inch thick & coated with nerf. Get it??
But please STOP with the ridiculous "you must love broken phones" rhetoric.... to use my earlier analogy, it's like accusing me of "hating music" if I can't afford a $1,000 pair of headphones, & opted for a $100 pair.
No. I simply chose the metric that was most important to me (price) & got the best balance of the other (sound quality) that I could from there.

Did that one make sense to you? Are you understanding at all that if people really wanted an INCREDIBLY tough phone, at the expense of beauty & features that they'd get an old Nokia, NOT a new iPhone??

 

[gavroche]

can't we just stop all these BS "reports" from non-sources and actually WAIT until the event?

What would be the point of a rumor site if you can't discuss until facts are announced? I sincerely suggest you spend your time elsewhere.

 

[alpha076]

I hope Ivy understands that touch bar concept is ok with Macbook because display is not touch screen where as entire dispaly on iphone is touch, so adding special touch bar is just foolish!

 

[AFDoc]

everyone talks about this Gorilla or Sapphire glass as if its a god send...it still shatters in to a million pieces when dropped. All i remember from the iPhone 4/4s days is seeing the publics completely smashed devices. Aesthetically brilliant, functionally awful.

Did you hang out with a bunch of kids with i4's or a bunch of irresponsible people? My family had 4 versions of either model and only one screen ever broke (includes front and back).... and my kids were 7 and 11 at the time.

 

[manhattanboy]

Is anyone comfortable regarding upcoming mass poverty?

Probably those with a lot of wealth and whom also happen to own their own island. I hear that is the new "thing" in Silicon Valley.

 

[tambur123]

It looks like samsung s7/s8

 

[Carlanga]

In all honesty people are still shocked Apple still use LCD displays in 2017 however it appears Apple is getting the best out of this older technology as it's "customised" to their requirements.

best bang for their buck is what they are getting.