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Potential 'iPhone 8' Render Shows Vertical Camera and Rear Touch ID, But Likely One of Several Designs

Fozziebear71 said:
If they put the Touch ID on the back of the phone like Google and Samsung I will pass on this version of iPhone and keep on with my 7 Plus.
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If they do forever Touch ID at back, congratulate you can save your money and forever use 7 Plus. :p
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DakotaGuy said:
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If this is real Apple has really lost their touch. From the front it looks like an LG G6 and the back is a mess compared to the G6. The G6 has flush cameras and a fingerprint sensor in the right location. The one on the iPhone is too low IMHO to be easy to use.
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Actually Apple logo is the correct place to put touch ID. Why don't they just use the Apple Logo as Touch ID if they die die cannot move the location of Apple logo.

Agree the location of Touch ID in the CAD art is way too low and the overall back design look too stupid and ugly.
 
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Daum said:
again, who else is buying the s8? lol!!

i've been an iphone user since the beginning but after tje huge disappointment of the iphone 7, i lost faith in apple. the s8 is the phone that is breaking my 10yr relationship with iphone and my first android phone! would have been the note 7 but we know what happened there...
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I hate to say it, but I have a midnight black s8+ pre-ordered as well:) I'm excited for it and it will be my new phone starting next week. I'm happy to switch back in 6 months if Apple knock it out of the park but I don't have high hopes.
 
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I do not believe too much these pictures. counterfeit mockup is indeed within the reach of most people. In this case, a printer and a pair of scissors would be enough to produce similar models.
 
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The ugliest thing on modern iPhone design is the protrusion of the lens camera. I'd bet 99% of customers would prefer the phone to be thick enough so that you won't notice it. Then again, since most use a case, this might be why they make it protrude.
 
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yesjam said:
I recall in the Walter Isaacson biography that Apple were working on iPhones that were, at the time, about 3 iterations beyond what was publicly available. Perhaps input from Steve would have been preliminary but if Isaacson is correct then he did in fact work on the iPhone 6 in some capacity (and thus his design input has likely been carried forward through the iPhone 7, which as we all know is similar to the iPhone 6.)
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I think you're being a little too high on Steve. He's a mortal man just like everyone else. It's not like he laid out 5 years of product/design plans and then Apple followed that to a T. Any amount of input Steve gave to a product design 3 years in advance was likely changed so significantly that it would have been mostly unrecognizable to Steve's input. Remember at the time of the 4S release (Steve's death) not only had Steve been spending less and less time at Apple for the prior 2 years, but also they were working full steam ahead on a 4" iphone. 4.7" and 5.5" iPhones were almost certainly not the primary path for the iPhone 6 (I'm sure they had all sizes of prototypes, but I'm saying that was not the likely direction they were foreseeing).

Also, Jony Ive is the design guru. Steve is known for (at times) being good at holding off his blessing if he thinks it's crap, but he wasn't actually doing much of the designing, especially when he was ever weakening.
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Appleaker said:
No, that 1.5mm is the camera bump.
8.6mm includes the camera bump, while 7.1mm doesn't.
They should just make the whole thing 8.6mm.
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You might be right, but how do you know? The article indicates the 8.6mm is actual in increase in thickness vs the 6/7. I wouldn't be opposed to increasing the whole thing to 8.6mm as long as whatever material is grippy enough (at least jet black grippiness) that I wouldn't need to use a case. That's the only reason I use one now. and the camera bump is eliminated with any case anyway...
 
apolloa said:
No, you are no attempting to defend your ridiculous logic. AirPods ARE a failed launch because you claim, a device is a failed launch if they are not able to make enough. It's a ridiculous argument to make and it was an obvious poor attempt to have a dig at Google and Android and it failed miserably. Their are no 'well known facts' about it, you've made them up, that's the only fact with this topic.

End of discussion I think now on that one, especially considering I wasn't the one who brought up Google.
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AirPods is a new sector for Apple and most likely sold way more than Google's phone.

Many dig at Apple for not making enough iPhones, when Google has failed to launch every Nexus/Pixel properly even at low volumes.

The point is, it's difficult to implement cutting edge technology at small volumes let alone at very large volumes, which is what Apple requires.

Get it?
 
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I'll pass on Touch ID being on the back of the device. Talk about form over function. Tim Cook needs to stop letting Johnny Ive and his team go ape s**t during the design process. He's already ruined the Pro line of desktops and laptops and now their going to let him repeat that process with the product that is the life blood of their company? Good luck with that....
 
apolloa said:
No, you are no attempting to defend your ridiculous logic. AirPods ARE a failed launch because you claim, a device is a failed launch if they are not able to make enough. It's a ridiculous argument to make and it was an obvious poor attempt to have a dig at Google and Android and it failed miserably. Their are no 'well known facts' about it, you've made them up, that's the only fact with this topic.

End of discussion I think now on that one, especially considering I wasn't the one who brought up Google.

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On topic, if this is a real design schematic, the most worrying part is that they even actually considered putting the finger print sensor smack bang in the middle of the back! It needs to be high up so it falls in line with where you finger actually rests. If this is what they are thinking of doing.
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I would seriously struggle to believe that Apple will believe they'll sell 70 million Apple Watches, they would be announcing its sales from the rooftops if that was the case! Not hiding it's numbers from everyone.
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Where has anyone mentioned that all these screens are the same size, spec or shape? They plan in advance - just because we don't see their design roadmap doesn't mean it doesn't exist. They may be stockpiling for future Apple Watch iterations; in fact, I'll place a cash bet with anyone that there's NO WAY this years iPhone will use AMOLED.
 
Looks the same with the camera turned sideways. Oh yeah we get a smaller bezel... woop de do.

For me personally my iPhone 7 Plus is plenty fast and the camera takes great photos. How many more tweaks and upgrades do we need to endure before they come up with a new design that excites people?

Move the buttons around and turn the camera and that's called innovation?

If this is it I'll pass.
 
6foot5foot said:
Where has anyone mentioned that all these screens are the same size, spec or shape? They plan in advance - just because we don't see their design roadmap doesn't mean it doesn't exist. They may be stockpiling for future Apple Watch iterations; in fact, I'll place a cash bet with anyone that there's NO WAY this years iPhone will use AMOLED.
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You will easily lose your bet then, I guarantee it!
 
apolloa said:
You will easily lose your bet then, I guarantee it!
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If I lose I lose, and how do you propose this "guarantee"?
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Suckfest 9001 said:
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Plus it being a bar of soap. Plus protruding camera.

Yeah, no.
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Like, and wholeheartedly agree with your sig spoiler - it's a sad sign of the desperate "LOOK AT MEEE!" generation.
 
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Decimotox said:
Everyone saying it's ugly and they won't buy it will definitely be buying it no matter what it looks like and what gets moved where. Admit it.
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Yep, we know that, people on Macrumors just like melodrama - you just have to starve them of the attention they crave, it drives them crazy! :D

You want people to admit their actions are different to their words? That requires honesty, and swallowing of pride - not many will have the backbone and strength of character to do so - it's all to do with the lack of integrity inherent in todays society... sad, eh?
 
Decimotox said:
Everyone saying it's ugly and they won't buy it will definitely be buying it no matter what it looks like and what gets moved where. Admit it.
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Definitely not. My 6S is the last iPhone (and quite possibly Apple product) I currently intend on buying. Apple's basically been surpassed in every category of product, yet they still charge top dollar for their stuff. iPhone 6/6S/7 is the most boring, ugliest design for an iPhone since the original, and looks archaic compared to the Galaxy S8 (or basically any Android phone that has been released in the past 2 years). iOS 10 is the buggiest iOS yet, and is still a locked down POS with no filesystem access or even a way to change default apps. Siri is very dumb compared to Google Assistant. Apple Maps is very dumb compared to Google Maps. iCloud is very slow and lacks features compared to Dropbox. iCloud Mail is terrible at sync compared to Microsoft's Exchange with Outlook. macOS Sierra is getting its ass kicked by Windows 10. Apple Music is a bad joke compared to Spotify/Google Play Music. MacBook Pro is a port-less, completely non-pro, overpriced piece of outdated hardware.

Practically the only thing they do better than anybody else at this point is Apple TV and Apple Watch. Their CPU division is killing it too, but unfortunately all that power is wasted on a walled garden. What a shame.
 
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People cant stop saying this iphone is ugly and how the iphone 4 has the best design .
these are from the first real leaks of the iphone 4 from 7 years ago :

It looks like a Chinese fake.
All I can say is ew.
That thing is so ugly. Apple wouldn't come out with a phone that looked like a block.
of course not. that thing looks like a peasant phone. what warbrain said.
Folks, this looks to be the real deal. Steve Jobs must be very unhappy right about nowSeams are pretty hideous. Apple made a big point of removing any seams that it could between the 2G and the 3G. This is a major step backwards if it has seams.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/possible-iphone-4g-images-surface.899393/

after reading these comments i thought i was ready the comments about iphone 8 but that is the iphone 4
 
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Try this version! #iPhone8

jonnyb said:
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9to5mac's renders of this design look pretty good to me. There's probably a very good reason for a vertical camera arrangement. Why is the camera orientation on the 7Plus not considered weird? I take most of my photos in landscape which would be the 'correct' configuration fro this design.
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I can't believe the negativity. It looks exactly as we thought it would and exactly as it should. The iPhone 5 is the gold standard in phone design?! I give up! This is the most anticipated iPhone in a very long time for me.
 
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What do you think of this #iPhone8?
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Suckfest 9001 said:
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Plus it being a bar of soap. Plus protruding camera.

Yeah, no.
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[doublepost=1492213571][/doublepost]What do you think of the iPhone8 using a curved OLED like this?
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