Wow, I've always looked at my iPhone and thought "I wish the screen would wrap around the edges". It's mindblowing that Apple are literally just coping a feature first seen on Samsung devices a few years ago. It's pointless.
I think they're going to make the edges wrap around to get rid of all the buttons and instead make them all touch based. They will also get rid of the mute switch like they did on the iPad. Unlike the S7 edge's which is purely for aesthetics, Apple will bring some functionality with their implementation. If they want a true touch screen phone with no buttons then they might as well go all out.
I imagine there will be a huge uproar with this (along with the removal of the home button), similar to the removal of the headphone jack this year.
Umm.. Actually Samsung has been developing edge features long before the S7 and S6. It started with the Galaxy Note Edge and they have tons of features for the edge display.
Clearly you havent used one, but yeah. Everyone except Apple is not innovative and once Apple copies something it's automatically better. Like the Live photo feature copied from the Nokia Lumias , right?
Sometimes you have to give credit to people that are innovative.
There are tons of other examples. Like Xiaomi already having an ultrasonic fingerprint reader under the glass. Or take a look at the Mi Max. It's basically just Display without an earpiece. The loudspeaker is a piezzo loudspeaker , it vibrates through the glass.
Now THAT is innovation and also courage (removing the earpiece and replacing it with an alternative) unlike what Apple does nowadays.
I used a curved Galaxy phone for a few weeks while I was traveling. I hated the curved screen, as it added little functionality and I would accidentally touch the screen just by holding the phone in my hand.
Who in their right mind thinks that curved screen is half way decent?
There's a point where PPI and screen size in its physical form intermix and that's appropriate. The idea of carrying around a phone with 6" or 6+" of screen is ridiculous. I've got large hands but even my S7 can be a chore sometimes. Nevermind mind the 6S+ we've got.I personally find the concept of the curved wrap around screen pointless... And I'm not slagging Samsung or anything...
I've seen enough of the Samsung Edge phones and just find it stupid looking, with app content or video going over the edges...
Few were going to move from a Note to an iphone. They will just get the free S7 replacement and wait. Apple has nothing like a Samsung Note.
Also, the idea that people who had no issue with their galaxy S6 (or s7) were going to abandon Samsung because of a problem on a phone they didnt own is wishful thinking.
....Are you incapable of realizing that a curved display doesn't mean "half assed folded over the edges" design?I swear if I can't get a OLED iPhone that has a flat screen I will never buy another iPhone again. I can't believe Apple would want to copy the POS curved screen that Samsung has, they truly will jump the shark if that happens. Who in their right mind thinks that curved screen is half way decent? All it does is distort your screen and make it horrible for watching video's on or reading web pages, WTF Apple!!!
Bezel-less and wrapped screens make it hard to use a case for the Otterbox crowd.
I think they're going to make the edges wrap around to get rid of all the buttons and instead make them all touch based. They will also get rid of the mute switch like they did on the iPad. Unlike the S7 edge's which is purely for aesthetics, Apple will bring some functionality with their implementation. If they want a true touch screen phone with no buttons then they might as well go all out.
I imagine there will be a huge uproar with this (along with the removal of the home button), similar to the removal of the headphone jack this year.
"Guys - you know that iPhone, the one that's so wide you have to operate it with two hands?"
.... said no one other than someone with child-sized hands.
"Guys - you know that iPhone, the one that's so wide you have to operate it with two hands?"
"Yeah?"
"Let's make it even wider!"
The phone won't be any larger.... it's a wrap around screen in the mock up, and that's what's rumored. Did you read the article?iPhone is starting to look more like micro iPad mini than a phone..
You will need two hands to hold this one and cargo pockets..
thinner AND wider! lol
"Guys - you know that iPhone, the one that's so wide you have to operate it with two hands?"
"Yeah?"
"Let's make it even wider!"
The nest iPhone will come in 5" and 5.8" displays, will be bezel-less, no wrap around displays or anything like that, and only the larger model (7s Plus) will be OLED, remember this comment!