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Rumor: Apple Has Prototyped a 6.7-Inch iPhone Without a Notch, Face ID Housed in Upper Bezel Instead
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I came here to say the exact same thing. Not having as substantial a curvature (or none at all) on the front glass makes sense with the square edged frame design. The sensors can be mounted as close as possible to the frame inside surface as possible, allowing them to sit in the bezel rather than below it.
I hate to be the voice of cynicism, but you will not hear less noise from the whiners on these forums. Apple can do no right. They will complain that Apple should have done it from the beginning, that they will use this as an excuse to raise the price again or that Android has had something similar for years.
It's just a never-ending waterfall of complaints, negativity and despair from that crowd. I find it easier to just put them on Ignore and move on with my life. God knows the few times I have gone back to peruse I have found little of substance worth reading. I detest a broken record.
Free Your Mind!!!
Two situations for the next year
1) If they can place faceID in the current iphone 11 pro bezel than go for it
2) If they cant do 1) then at least we want slimmer bezels and smaller notch
I think people will love no matter if Apple goes for 1) or 2)
1) If they can place faceID in the current iphone 11 pro bezel than go for it
2) If they cant do 1) then at least we want slimmer bezels and smaller notch
I think people will love no matter if Apple goes for 1) or 2)
Seriously. Give me edge to edge on SE size. Not everyone has Fred Durst size jeans to shove a iPhone that mimics a mini iPad in their front pants.
The thing is, Apple already has a great design they can use: the iPad Pro.
Except for the button placement, this is exactly how I want the 5.4" and 6.7" iPhones in 2020 to look.
Except for the button placement, this is exactly how I want the 5.4" and 6.7" iPhones in 2020 to look.
This is nice, so long as they don't drop front camera quality in the process.
The main reason I'd want this is just so that apple properly brings back landscape mode to the Face ID phones. It is so stupid given how tall the display is to make mail take up the full screen width on the 11 Pro.
The main reason I'd want this is just so that apple properly brings back landscape mode to the Face ID phones. It is so stupid given how tall the display is to make mail take up the full screen width on the 11 Pro.
So in 2020 Apple might have a screen to body ratio almost as good as you can buy right now on Android.
Innovation.
Innovation.
Yes, please. We want:
- Long battery life
- Notch-less
- Size options, like SE and Max size, something for everyone.
- Better colors... Product(RED) and Midnight blue, for instance
- A more square-ish/industrial design like that of the iPhone 4/5... I am sick of rounded glass and corners.
- USB C!!! (Come on, Apple)
- 128 GB base storage...
What else?
This would be perfection. I have an old Nexus 7 tablet that I can comfortably hold with one hand and adding a case will make 6.7 close to that size.
That bezel is so small though it makes me wonder if the earpiece volume or other functional items on it will suffer.
That bezel is so small though it makes me wonder if the earpiece volume or other functional items on it will suffer.
Modern computers are mainly just powerful terminals. The "real" computing is being done at places like this:
6 GB RAM
...speaking of which... This leaker said the current iPhone 11 Pro series would have 6 GB RAM. Oops.
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Every phone manufacturer knows we are heading to this same design. It was inevitable. Who didn't see this coming?