We are all expecting touch id to work under the glass/OLED panel (or somehow embedded into it?), but does anyone have any examples of this type of technology demonstrated anywhere?
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Potential 'iPhone 8' Render Shows Vertical Camera and Rear Touch ID, But Likely One of Several Designs
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Frees up room in the top part of the phone; would probably allow for a better camera (especially if it's being repositioned to right of center) and/or earpiece audio with a deeper chassis. The rear camera takes up virtually all of the depth in the upper-right corner of the phone, so it's hard to squeeze anything else above or behind it.
The 9.7" iPad Pro's flash is below the camera (with the home button on the bottom), so this isn't totally unprecedented.
Touch ID on the back sounds fine (just like many Android phones), until you put the phone in your car. Then it is a total hassle. Plus Apple has been training its users for the home button placement/usage for so long, it's foolish imo to do this now (unless Apple do it both ways, which is unlikely).
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.
Touch ID on the rear would be a disaster for usability.
Good idea, but I wont buy a phone with back finger print scanner any way.
This looks like something Tim Cook would approve. The iPhone 5 was the last iPhone design Steve was personally involved in. Even today it is the gold standard in smartphone design.
While that may have been true back then, it isn't so much now. Samsung's latest S8 certainly looks like the design to beat now.
On a different note, I'd be disappointed if these renders are true. Having the fingerprint reader located in the middle like that makes it really uncomfortable to unlock the phone. The best placement would be where the Apple logo is. Hell, they could have made the logo itself a fingerprint reader.
Can everyone take a deep breath and relax for two seconds lol
This is what I looked at right after looking at the schematics. Just looking at schematics every iPhone we've ever seen has been ugly. But looking at these renders, this looks pretty solid to me.
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.
This is what I looked at right after looking at the schematics. Just looking at schematics every iPhone we've ever seen has been ugly. But looking at these renders, this looks pretty solid to me.
i have to agree with u , my biggest problem with the iPhone 6,6s,7 its to wide and not easy to hold with one hand .
if this true it means the iphone 8 is taller and wider than the S8 which !!!
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.
Looks surprisingly great; however I do think the back looks a bit busy with the vertically-placed camera flash so close to the Apple logo and the TouchID ring. Just a tad too much going on within those few inches of space.
WTF Apple....lol
Samsung nailed it with the S8.
Apple failed it with 8
Samsung nailed it with the S8.
Apple failed it with 8
The current ipod Touch is what the iPhone 6-7 are modeled after. That was approved by Jobs.This looks like something Tim Cook would approve. The iPhone 5 was the last iPhone design Steve was personally involved in. Even today it is the gold standard in smartphone design.
Yes maybe..however...I doubt that Apple will place touch id on the back of the iPhone simply because it would only be a temporary solution until they get the yield rates higher for placing touch id underneath the front screen. I can not see them doing this huge u-turn.
It is so un heard of that they are u turning on the Mac pro .
So I fail to see it on the iPhone.
This simply could be a way to see who is leaking information. Give someone you suspect of not being able to keep sensitive info under wraps and make sure that they are the only person who knows.
Then make sure that information is something that is so unlikely to happen..so unique that if you see it appear in the press etc you know it could only have come from that person.
I don't understand when people say that.
Tim Cook is a supply chain and operations guy. He grew up streamlining manufacturing and operations. He's not a Jony Ive or a Steve Jobs. If this iPhone 8 design is going to make money and Apple can manufacture it efficiently, he's going to green light it.
If this is real - now cases will need a hole on the back for the touch id.
I can see the thread already my case let sand/dirt/etc scratch my NEW JB i8 on the back due to a poor design/flaw and now I want Apple to replace it free with a NEW model.
I dont like the it but I wont lie and say I wont buy it -----
I can see the thread already my case let sand/dirt/etc scratch my NEW JB i8 on the back due to a poor design/flaw and now I want Apple to replace it free with a NEW model.
I dont like the it but I wont lie and say I wont buy it -----
I'll wait until Apple can figure out how to keep the TouchID sensor on the front.
this...was going to say this design is ok but I will not use my phone without a case or a case with a hole - that's hideousIf this is real - now cases will need a hole on the back for the touch id.
I can see the thread already my case let sand/dirt/etc scratch my NEW JB i8 on the back due to a poor design/flaw and now I want Apple to replace it free with a NEW model.
I dont like the it but I wont lie and say I wont buy it -----
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I would rather them not put anything out than them putting this out. Hopefully this is just a rejected prototype. I cannot imagine that Phil Schiller would be "Excited to be the first to show off the new iPhone <insert suffix here" if it looked like that.