Higher resolution displays to view the full 4K video it can record.I'm wondering where Apple has left to go at this point.
We'd been waiting for a bigger screen for a long time. We'd been waiting for NFC for a long time. We waited for Force Touch.
I guess they can do that edge-to-edge screen with no home button that we've been waiting for, but that seems like a gimick, not an actually useful feature.
I guess Apple could make it so that you can actually feel stuff on the screen. Like, Haptic feedback as opposed to Taptic feedback. Or some actual 3D features. Do we think Apple is going to have features like that ready for mass production within a year?
I'm wondering where Apple has left to go at this point.
We'd been waiting for a bigger screen for a long time. We'd been waiting for NFC for a long time. We waited for Force Touch.
I guess they can do that edge-to-edge screen with no home button that we've been waiting for, but that seems like a gimick, not an actually useful feature.
I guess Apple could make it so that you can actually feel stuff on the screen. Like, Haptic feedback as opposed to Taptic feedback. Or some actual 3D features. Do we think Apple is going to have features like that ready for mass production within a year?
No bezels
Notification light
4 gigs ram
Terabyte of that new storage that never wears out
Waterproof
Wireless charging
USB C
Entirely of sapphire
Built in LED projector
One week battery life like Sony phones
I already know the iPhone 7 will be amazing. A10 chip, an amazing fresh design that will carry out into the 10th anniversary of the 1st iPhone
I'm wondering where Apple has left to go at this point.
We'd been waiting for a bigger screen for a long time. We'd been waiting for NFC for a long time. We waited for Force Touch.
I guess they can do that edge-to-edge screen with no home button that we've been waiting for, but that seems like a gimick, not an actually useful feature.
I guess Apple could make it so that you can actually feel stuff on the screen. Like, Haptic feedback as opposed to Taptic feedback. Or some actual 3D features. Do we think Apple is going to have features like that ready for mass production within a year?
No bezels
Notification light
4 gigs ram
Terabyte of that new storage that never wears out
Waterproof
Wireless charging
USB C
Entirely of sapphire
Built in LED projector
One week battery life like Sony phones
No bezels is a gimmick.
Not quite sure what you mean by a notification light... if you just mean an LED that flashes when you have a notification, that's already available in the Accessibility settings. It flashes your camera flash when you have a notification. So that can't be it.
Apple hasn't ever touted RAM before and I don't think they're about to start.
Nobody needs a terabyte of storage on their phone, and nobody ever will. The MacBook and MacBook Air cap out at 512 GB. The MacBook Pro, MacMini, and Mac Pro can be configured up to 1 TB. The Retina iMac is the only computer that Apple will ship beyond 1 TB - you can configure it to 3 TB. I wish I had a chart that plotted storage that Apple has offered over the years. I'm pretty certain you would see that it was just going up and up and up for several years, then it started falling when they hit 1 TB and now it has settled out where it is. Consumers no longer need as much local storage as they used to because most things are stored remotely. For the professionals who need insane amounts of storage, I'm pretty sure they primarily use external storage. Anyways, this won't be it, either.
Waterproof? Neat, but not a killer feature.
Wireless charging is a gimmick, but they might do it to be waterproof.
USB C? Gimmick. I am confused why Apple is pursuing Thunderbolt, USB C, and Lightning all at the same time, though.
Sapphire? Not a killer feature.
Built in LED projector? Definitely a gimmick.
One week of battery? I think if Apple were to make a battery for longer than 24 hours, they would aim for making it never need to be charged again. IE, solar powered.
So, no. None of these will be the defining feature of the iPhone 7.
No bezels is a gimmick.
Not quite sure what you mean by a notification light... if you just mean an LED that flashes when you have a notification, that's already available in the Accessibility settings. It flashes your camera flash when you have a notification. So that can't be it.
Wireless charging is a gimmick, but they might do it to be waterproof.
USB C? Gimmick. I am confused why Apple is pursuing Thunderbolt, USB C, and Lightning all at the same time, though.
Sapphire? Not a killer feature.
Built in LED projector? Definitely a gimmick.
So, no. None of these will be the defining feature of the iPhone 7.
We didn't really 'wait' for ForceTouch. That was brand new with the AppleWatch, and only released in a final state in what? March?
Edge to edge LCD brings durability problems. I honestly don't bet on this one.
Waterproof or water resistant with sealed electronic modules like the AppleWatch. This likely involves ditching the mechanical home button for a capacitive button.
Some of these thing could come around next year with the new industrial design.
Embedding TouchID in the LCD. They have a patent on this, remains to be seen if it's practical. I have my doubts. Seems a little too science fiction.
An overhaul of iOS at version 10... iOSX? lol. For a more black based UI, and switching to AMOLED displays like on the AppleWatch for more energy efficiency.
iPhone 7 likely started development 2 years ago. iPhones probably have a 3 year development cycle. They are highly technologically advanced. They more than likely have engineering teams leap frogging each other. So it's not a matter of can they do x in the next year. They've likely been working on whatever they want in it, for the last year... or 2!
That would be a terrible move the fact that there still selling those models lets the public know Apple is still supporting them and there not obsolete.
Wireless charging is anything, but gimmick. I use it everyday without bothering to connect the cable and it also gives you a second way to charge if you brake the port. Just be real. How can it be a gimmick if it makes charging as tranparent as it can be right now. I get back home, i put my phone on the table and thats that. Its awesome.
This is the phone I'm waiting for!
Can't wait for the A10 to blow them all away!Can't wait for some tests of the A9 vs the A8. The A9 is also supposedly on a 16nm node. Mobile chips are getting so powerful it's a little bit insane.
There's no need to remove it; just bump the specs. The cost of solid state storage continues to drop. But the time the iPhone 7 is out, Apple should be able to offer at least 32/64/128 for the same price without impacting their bottom line too seriously. That's the least they could do since they're touting the phone's 4K video recording.if by removing the 16GB model they remove that lower price point (so the 64GB is the entry-level model but remains as costly as it is).
Sapphire is unquestionably a killer feature and would absolutely be THE defining feature of iPhone 7.
USB C in general is not a gimmick. You're one of those people who thought original USB was a gimmick and that we should all still be using PS/2 and serial ports.
So the iPhone 7 could be released summer 2016 instead of the fall?
like what? the 6S is the fixed version. iphone 7 will bring new problems they can fix with the 7S![]()