Haven't kept up with iPhone-8 rumors. Can someone tell me if the 8 will include a dual camera system similar to my iPhone 7 plus? I really dislike the size of my phone but absolutely can not go back to a single lens camera.
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Rumors Persist About Apple Placing Touch ID on Back of iPhone 8
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For an iPhone ? Yes it's important because the screen is full of bazels and it takes to much place on top of the screen , and no body wants bazels
Why does it need to change - just for the sake of changing, to entertain all the smartphone fanatics who say they're "bored"? If something works well, you refine and polish it, you don't just change it JUST for the sake of it - they leave idiotic nonsense like that to the other companies. If you're "bored" of iPhone design, I'd say it's more likely you are fed up with your life - seek fulfillment, and it AIN'T in an iPhone.
Tell you what, if you're "bored", go into Accessibility settings and invert the colours - that should keep you entertained for a while
As serious as those celebrities who said they'd leave America if Trump became president
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I've been waiting on the next design "after" the 6, 6+, 7 (which I don't like). I for one, would not want to wait ANOTHER year.
As soon as the camera bump came out on the 6, Apple has been comfortable with admission of failure.
Same goes with the headphone jack: they said it was to fit in "more" internals (e.g. Taptic). There's no Jobs screaming at engineers, "You're f***ing up my company!"
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Power button is already larger in schematics!
When I moved to a Pixel XL, I was worried about the fingerprint scanner on the back...after about a week of use, I can't imagine ever going back to it on the front. The rear is so much more natural, especially on the larger phones in 95% of situations.
I also drop my poor phone a lot less.
I also drop my poor phone a lot less.
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I say put 2 on the phone. One on the right and left side of the device so you could hold it in either hand and unlock the device with either thumb.
The back is a crazy place to put it. Apple has to know this.
The back is a crazy place to put it. Apple has to know this.
Apple's rumored "iPhone 8" with an OLED display and wireless charging will continue to have Touch ID, but there is a "high chance" it will be on the back of the smartphone, says Hong Kong-based equity research firm CLSA.
An excerpt from a research note distributed this week by CLSA analysts Sebastian Hou and Brian Chen:CLSA created a diagram showing Touch ID placed slightly below the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone.
Samsung included a fingerprint sensor on the back of the Galaxy S8, but some reviews found it to be awkwardly positioned next to the camera. Apple placing Touch ID lower down could make it easier to reach.
The diagram also shows a vertically-aligned dual-lens camera, a widely rumored iPhone 8 feature seen in previous renders. There also appear to be additional modules next to the front-facing camera, likely for rumored 3D sensing and facial recognition functionality. Other features shown are identical to the iPhone 7.
The diagram suggests the iPhone 8 will be 144mm tall and 71mm wide, making it slightly larger than an iPhone 7 but smaller than an iPhone 7 Plus as expected. With a depth of 7.69mm, the iPhone 8 would be just a hair thicker than the iPhone 5s, if the dimensions CLSA lists prove to be accurate.
Touch ID on the back of the iPhone 8 appears to be a fallback solution given Apple's struggles to integrate the fingerprint sensor underneath the smartphone's display effectively enough for mass production. Leaked renders suggest Apple has explored a rear Touch ID sensor on at least one iPhone 8 prototype.
Other manufacturing challenges may push iPhone 8 production behind schedule by at least one or two months, possibly delaying shipments until October or November. Nevertheless, most analysts still think Apple will announce the iPhone 8 in September alongside the so-called iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus.
While some Apple fans will quip that "this same rumor surfaces every year," oft-reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities implied this year's shortage could be much more "severe" than in previous years.
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PLEASE DON'T!!!!!! TOUCH ID ON THE BACK IS A HUGE NO NO NO NO.
I don't want to lift the phone every time just to unlock it on a flat table.
It's not just used for unlocking your phone - imagine how awkward it will be with Apple Pay, where the on-screen prompts happen on one side of the device and the fingerprint authorisation happens on the other side!
Apps also use TouchID for unlocking - for example my banking application does that. What are you supposed to do? Flip the phone over and expose what you're doing? or awkwardly struggle to reach the sensor without pressing anything on the bezel-less display?
It's a non-starter. Apple release new iPhones every year, but the pipeline is deeper than that. They will have been working on this sensor for years. Especially for this model - Apple will have known for years that they want to do something big with the 10th anniversary iPhone.
Apps also use TouchID for unlocking - for example my banking application does that. What are you supposed to do? Flip the phone over and expose what you're doing? or awkwardly struggle to reach the sensor without pressing anything on the bezel-less display?
It's a non-starter. Apple release new iPhones every year, but the pipeline is deeper than that. They will have been working on this sensor for years. Especially for this model - Apple will have known for years that they want to do something big with the 10th anniversary iPhone.
I currently have a Huawei P9 lite. A very nice phone for the money, but the fingerprint sensor on the back is a horrible placement. If Apple does this too I will not buy an iphone next.
I find this interesting. I prefer the Plus model on the iPhone and I have been testing it as if the Touch ID were to be placed on the back of the iPhone. I actually feel I would adjust quite well to this. If Apple does remapp the Touch ID on the back, it would At least reduce the bezels, providing more display. So there is a trade off in some respects.
I have raise to wake enabled and as I pull my phone out of my pocket it's already unlocked. It maybe a non-issue on the back. Won't know until the next phones are announced.
The Touch ID on the back could be intentional depending on how good the alleged Iris scanning and face recognition is, weaning customers off of it, and into the new paradigm. One could also argue that the inability to unlock the phone in the car while moving is a good thing. Indeed I find quirks with Touch ID have contributed more to distracting me while driving than simply entering my passcode. But others might simply think yptwice about interacting with their phones, or at least wait until they've come to a full and complete stop.
I have bought every iPhone since the original and if Apple puts the Touch ID sensor on the back I will not buy the "iPhone 8." I will stick with the iPhone 7s+. I mean what are the cases going to look like? A damn case with a hole in the back where the sensor is would look ridiculously stupid! Other people bring up valid other issues with the placing of the sensor on the back.
HUGE FAIL Apple if you do this!!!
HUGE FAIL Apple if you do this!!!
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We will know the answer to this in early September. Until then, it is fun to predict but who knows. 10 years ago, no one even came close to predicting what the iPhone would be. I would love a surprise like that this time around (but that probably won't happen).
That's why there's a passcode, alleged facial recognition and Iris scanning. Probably also Apple Watch related unlocking to come as well.