I don't think they'll wait until 2021. They basically did all this with the late 2018 iPad Pro, and they've surely been working on shrinking it and applying it to the iphone. And the return to flat sidewalls gives them a little extra room to make that feasible. 2020 launch is two years after we saw it first in the iPad.
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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 don't think they'll wait until 2021. They basically did all this with the late 2018 iPad Pro, and they've surely been working on shrinking it and applying it to the iphone. And the return to flat sidewalls gives them a little extra room to make that feasible. 2020 launch is two years after we saw it first in the iPad.
What an utterly innane comment. People like you will always find something to complain about. It's really a sad state of state in our society.
This is why I've avoided buying a notched iPhone. No way they planned on using that ugly design for more than a couple of years.
Either it comes in 2020 or not at all in either in 2020 or 2021.
It is unlikely they’d release a new screen design in 2020, then yet another new design in 2021.
I think it should be iPhone Ultimate Pro Max
Probably the iPhone 12 Ultiimate Air Pro Max Plus
Maybe if the glass doesn't curve at the edges to meet the current rounded frame, and was more right angle (ala iPhone 4), that would afford a few more mm of flat glass that could help achieve this in optically the same sized bezel. No clue.
While I'm not in the notch = bad = fire Tim camp, I do support efforts toward creating as clean a face as is possible.
Why do you care about “noise from whiners”? Do you have some kind of personal stake in the design that you would let other people’s opinions bother you? Were you on the design team?
I’d buy this in a heartbeat next year, if it also has USB-C. I hate the notch and I’m sick of Lightning.
2020 is looking like the year to upgrade.
The rumors are definitely pointing to an iPad Pro-like iPhone in 2020 with straight aluminum edges and no notch. I'd welcome a 6.7" OLED iPad Pro that can fit in my pocket (currently using an iPhone 6s Plus so I have no problem with the size). Apple Pencil support and a 120 Hz Promotion display would make this product even better.
So every case will literally need to be open on top otherwise you would be covering up the sensors, etc.
I'm imagining Apples current cases but open on top and bottom.
I'm imagining Apples current cases but open on top and bottom.
This, right here.
A lot of people don't realize that there is a good amount of unused space that comprises the bezel, including what is the "perceived" bezel i.e. the rounded edges around the phone. If Apple returned to a flat sidewall, and kept the phones the same size, that would give them more usable space inside the phone.
I was curious about the current inside layout, so I went and checked out some photos over at iFixit's teardown of the 11 Pro Max:
https://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/2OfqlKhyNnLuiJgR.huge
(it's a large photo, and is zoomable, hence the direct link rather than posting it here)
Even now, there is a lot of space between the notch components and the edge of the phone. I would say Apple wouldn't even have to shrink components at all if they went with flat sidewalls. You would have to redesign some to fit closer to the edge, but IMO nothing would have to be shrunk.
A prototype is a long, long way from working reality. Throwing the grain of salt back to the thread.
