Rumored 6.7-Inch iPhone Said to Be Thinner, Have Larger Rear Camera Sensors, and More

aero7 said:
I'm staggered that there are people who have no issues with how heavy and thick (i)phones have become in the last couple years. Please open your junk drawer, dig up your old iPhone 6, or ask a friend to do so. That was an awesome phone.
iPhone 11 (aka XR) - and even the Pro - are absurdly thick. And heavy. If you use a case, it's getting unusable. I do not carry a man purse, ffs, I'd like to put my phone in the pocket of my jeans.
I can't believe that at this point people still are shouting "make it thicker". Pathetic.
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You were bellyaching and moaning when the 6 came out about how we don't need phones this thin too. Guaranteed.
 
So this fall’s line up may look like this:

iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14

For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
 
deconstruct60 said:
Thinner is likely more problematic in there being a "bendable" issue than a loss in battery lifetime issue. That may be OK with there being more smaller options now so more folks have pants pocket options and folks who toke the phone in a purse , briefcase , or some other larger "pocket" option can haul this larger phone (phablet ... somewhat past the reasonable phone size IMHO. ).
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Bending was the first thing I thought of too. And yea, I like bigger phones but think Pro Max is good enough. Which jeans have the biggest pockets if I do go for the 6.7?
 
currentinterest said:
So this fall’s line up may look like this:

iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14

For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
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I currently have a X and 11(non pro) work phone.
I think I'm done spending $1000+ for a phone. I'm not a VLogger and son graduates this year so I won't be at the games or event filming him so the cameras mean little to me now. Still probably have another year or so before 5G is in my area.
I'll probably wind up with the 5.4, wish it was 5.8. If your price is about right, maybe go to walmart and get the $799 model because they normally do $50 off Apple price on phones and $100 on Samsung on day 1.
At least the one here has in the past
 
currentinterest said:
So this fall’s line up may look like this:

iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14

For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
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Don't think XR will make that list! They will drop it from the store
 
farewelwilliams said:
Economies of scale play a huge role in the cost of the device, not just features. <...> Okay fine, I'll just pay more for the maximum 512GB version on top of the already inflated price due to lower economies of scale, right?
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Not so much at iPhone volumes. "Economies of scale" are subject to diminishing returns. So when you are talking about each variation selling in the millions, plus a great deal of commonality among the models, it's likely that the price "inflation" is pretty small.
 
deconstruct60 said:
The 5.4" model most likely will be the "mainstream" model.

Line up will look something like

iPhone 9 ( 4.7" Touch ID at a $399 ( maybe $359 ) price point. )
iPhone 12 ( 5.4" about the same size as above but with FaceID to 'grow' screen and newer internals)
iPhone 12 Plus ( 6.1 " )
iPhone 12 Pro ( 6.1" more tech (mmWave) and better cameras )
iPhone 12 Pro Max ( 6.7" more cameras and just plain big. Even taller than current 11 Pro Max ).
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This feels right to me. On a recent thread discussing the rumors of the SE2/9 there are a lot of people that want something the size of the SE (I'm one of them, for the most part). I wondered if the phone rumors represented in this item superseded that or not. Would they do a 9 if they were doing a 5.4" phone that was smaller than the 9 (assuming the 9 would essentially be the 8 refreshed)?

But this lineup as described above makes sense to me.

So I am one of those that would miss the one-handedness of the SE, though really I almost always use two hands anyway, come to think of it. I think I would prefer something the rumored size of this 5.4" phone but with a feature set more like what is rumored for the 9...assuming that meant a corresponding lower price (which it wouldn't necessarily).
 
reallynotnick said:
Why would you use an LCD bezel measurement for an OLED phone? It should be pretty similar to the 12 Pro I'd imagine.

Sure it'll still lean towards the iPhone 8 size, but it will be smaller and even less wide.
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The bezel difference is 1.1, or 2.2mm less in total for OLED. That would make it roughly the same. Without knowing the "exact" Screen Diagonal.

I classify something like 3mm difference in Width and Height as practically the same as iPhone 8. Not something in between iPhone SE. Which would implied closer to the median of the two.
 
Winni said:
In my world you are. The last time I've met someone being excited about a new phone - regardless of the brand - was like a decade ago. For the last six years or so it's all just more of the same.
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It appears that I omitted a couple words in my original post which severely changed the context of the comment.
I meant to say... "I can't be the only one tired of spending crazy amounts of money on phones, right?"
 
Grey Area said:
That may be true, but without a cost breakdown provided by Apple, we have no way of telling. And more units is not always better, there is such a thing as diseconomies of scale. Apple is now selling around 200 million iPhones annually, 80 million more than 2012, the last year of one iPhone type only. It might actually be harder/more expensive/downright impossible to source for example 200 million screens of exactly the same type, compared to the current situation of, say, 50 million of this type, 50 million of that and so on.
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There's a much higher capex for introducing 10 different colors across 3 new devices. Also, Samsung produces the majority of all OLED-based smartphones since they have a near monopoly on the OLED manufacturing equipment. The only valid point is when you factor in LCD production. Otherwise, most of the other parts are the same.
 
Unity451 said:
It appears that I omitted a couple words in my original post which severely changed the context of the comment.
I meant to say... "I can't be the only one tired of spending crazy amounts of money on phones, right?"
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Instead of spending $700 every year or two people are spending $1,000-1,100 every three or four years.
 
Gasu E. said:
Not so much at iPhone volumes. "Economies of scale" are subject to diminishing returns. So when you are talking about each variation selling in the millions, plus a great deal of commonality among the models, it's likely that the price "inflation" is pretty small.
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guaranteed, if they introduced only one color, they can reach far better economies of scale than six colors. it's not like they're out of "space gray" dye. this helps especially with capex and inventory.
 
Rocko99991 said:
WTH is asking for thinner phone? It's already awkward to hold without a case. Make it more durable, not thinner.
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I'm still using the thinnest iPhone ever and is still working pretty fine after 5 years and a half. Thinner does not mean that is not durable. And by the way, I've never used a case! I definitely want something thin, even if that affects battery.
 
Elshad said:
They should make a 5.4 inch version with "Pro" features. Some of us like smaller phones like the SE for their size, and not necessarily for their lower cost.
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iPhone 9 4.7 IPS screen , A13 , iPhone XR camera , touch ID , no 5G ( $299-399 price zone)

iPhone 12 5.4 OLED screen , A14 , iPhone "12" twin camerass , FaceID , 5G (sub 6Hz probably skip mmWave). ( $599-699 price zone). and maybe even wireless charging.

Uptick on screen , processor , camera (in number and quantity) , biometric sensor , and cellular connectivity. What didn't they hit? (even more so if wireless charging is present ).


The "pro" class would be a few more tech differences but there would be a very substantive gap between the iPhone 9 and the iPhone 12 even if they have approximately the same LxWxD dimensions. (wireless charging may mean there is a depth difference. or that 5.2 gets by with a smaller battery than the older processor and IPS screen variant because components consume less power. )


One would be the affordable "Small iPhone" and the other would be the upscale "Small iPhone".

They'd only miss out the the maximum tech in the smallest possible package. That probably is a much smaller market than these two "small iPhones" put together. a sizable number of Folks who put a very high premium on the three (or more) cameras would make the trade off for the 6.1". Broad, deep market for a $999+ phone in the "small phone" space.... probably not (at least relative to the combo of the other two).

P.S. that iphone 12 spec list above is better in most respects than the iPhone 11 Pro. It is smaller ( and if that is a priority better). Better processor , Possibly better FaceID , better Cellular radio . There would be a narrow subset of camera performance gap but it would be a high end camera system relative to the overall cell phone market. Apple may not slap a "Pro" adjective on it, but the price is quite high ( if "Pro" means high price) and performance is there. In terms of computational performance it would faster and $300 cheaper than the iPhone 11 Pro. Lots of people are going to walk away from that?
 
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So new rumors about dropping ports altogether. I was hoping for Type-C but dropping all together would have to cause a riot. I just finally got a car with Carplay at the end of last year!
 
currentinterest said:
So this fall’s line up may look like this:

iPhone Classic $399 LCD LTE A13 Touch ID
iPhone XR $499 LCD LTE A12 Face ID
iPhone 11 $599 LCD LTE A13
iPhone 12 5.4 inch $699 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 6.1 inch $799 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.1 inch $999 OLED 5G A14
iPhone 12 Pro 6.7 inch $1099 OLED 5G A14

For the record, I prefer thinner and lighter.
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I wish they would go back to the Days of Just 1 Phone the iPhone you either have it or you don’t. Heck maybe 2 a 6.1” and a 6.7” Pro and that’s it. 7 options Is too much.
 
TheRealAlex said:
I wish they would go back to the Days of Just 1 Phone the iPhone you either have it or you don’t. Heck maybe 2 a 6.1” and a 6.7” Pro and that’s it. 7 options Is too much.
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I think the days of one iPhone model are way gone. People want choice and if Apple wants to compete with Samsung and the other android manufacturers this is what they have to do.
 
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