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iPhone 7s May Sport Curved Glass and AMOLED Display (bgr.com)
anderzole quotes a report from BGR: With calls for Apple's upcoming iPhone models to be "spectacular," it appears that pundits and those who have been quick to proclaim that we've reached "peak iPhone" have nothing to worry about. While we'll know what type of wild new features the iPhone 7 will incorporate in just about three months, a new report from reputed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo provides us with some interesting insight as to what Apple has planned for 2017 when it releases what will presumably be called the iPhone 7s. According to a research note Kuo provided to investors, Apple is busy working on an iPhone model with curved pieces of glass and an AMOLED display. What's more, the report relays that Apple also has plans to shake up its iPhone lineup with a model sporting a 5.8-inch display. Further, Kuo believes that the bezels on the iPhone 7s will be smaller than they are on Apple's current iPhone lineup.
Iphone 7 may have a Pez dispenser
what is the point of "may" stories
Are curved phone displays really needed or useful? I don't see any benefit. Maybe a phone that fits better in your rear pants pocket, but that's about it.
The iPhone 7 is so curved -
* It doubles as a VR headset with optional strap
* You can place it directly on your tire to measure tread wear
* Place it facing the sun and you can cook bacon from the concentrated solar rays in the center
* Buy two, put them together and you have an awesome 70's style chunky bracelet.
* Floats on curved surface, feel free to use as bathtime play toy!
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The biggest features are something that other phones have had for years?
Rome taught me patience and assiduous application to detail. Virtues which temper the boldness of great, general views.
Also, don't forget: nobody would ever want a 5"+ phone or a pen with their tablet; what a silly idea!
Which orientation does it optimize, portrait or landscape? One or the other will suffer with a curved display.
i my iphone was curved before it was cool. ;)
Anons need not reply. Questions end with a question mark.
BGR is ALWAYS filled with sensationalist Apple click bait. I don't know anything about appleinsider.com though and the reported analyst. Are they trustworthy?
Making a Samsung S7 clone is not spectacular, they need to come up with something new.
Can I suggest a tiny phone? Go small, real small, can you make a phone the size of an iPod touch still usable?? Because I'd buy that.
Are they still going to have the interface that looks like my Grandpa's Windows 95 desktop? I can't help but giggle every time I see somebody using one of those things.
I don't respond to AC's.
Just obeying the command from Cupertino - standard pre-hype: throwing curve balls (no pun intended), hoping that some of them will hit.
It does not matter. What matters is drumming up free publicity.
I've seen numerous curved screens with cracks on the edges. Makes me wonder why I would want one which has a "glass edge" to fall on, which seems a natural failure point.
How exciting...
for for Iphone/Apple hypers/addicts..
at least some substance to life obtainable here.
Since Apple sued Samsung for using curved edges.
If Samsung releases another phone where 20+ physical features are duplicated from an iPhone, then history will ineeded repeat itself.
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... Makes me wonder why I would want one which has a "glass edge" to fall on, which seems a natural failure point....
You want one because Apple sez it's The Next Big Thing.
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(even though others have had it for a while)
If the removal of the audio jack rumor is true, I may be picking up a shiny new iPhone 6s soon to hold me for a few years. 'Not just because removing that feature is stupid, and I use it a lot, but because the reason to remove it is they want to make it even thinner. At that point, this thing will be way too delicate unless backed by adamantium.
According to Wikipedia,
That might match the 20+ UI features that Apple duplicated from Android.
I'd better start saving; I most certainly couldn't live without owning a phone with an essential feature like that, which will alter my experience in as yet unfathomable but predictably wonderful ways.
your dropping it wrong.....says apple when "screen-gate" happens
FYI Apple: Copying other existing products on the market is not new and innovative...
New and innovative is:
-Incorporating a 3D camera (stereoscopic imaging)
- How about an IR camera? That would be interesting.
- Tricorder functionality
- Texture/deformable changing screen for tactile feedback
Badly needed features are: waterproof, wireless charging, universal TV remote...
However, with Steve Jobs gone, the clueless MBA types now running Apple wouldn't know innovation if Steve Jobs zombie corpse came up and slapped them across the face...
My current phone has a micro sd slot as did the one before that and the one before that and the one before that....
Which iPhone model has a micro sd slot?
Minimum threshold fixed. Thanks!
Actually, Sony created the phone form-factor we all see today on iOS and Android devices. Apple dumped their awful phone design as soon as they got hold of Sony's blue prints. These documents can be found in Samsung's defense, but the pro-Apple judge ruled they weren't admitted soon enough, and therefore, despite proving Apple did not create the format, the judge altered reality and told the court to continue as if Sony's designs did not exist and Apple did not have them - despite coming from their own offices in discover. She should have been struck-off on that decision alone. The law should never alter facts, regardless of when they are discovered.
But Apple zealots and their paid sycophants will never acknowledge the truth surrounding this company.
Posted to the wrong story, BUT, very helpful information for anyone that has been mislead by "juice drinks" of one kind or another.
You should even avoid pure juice to some extent, as the sugar levels are very high, and the nutritional value is negligible. Rather than drinking the "juice from ten apples" you are better off actually eating 1-3 apples, as you then receive a good dose of vitamins and minerals, a modest (but present) amount of sugar, and most importantly, all of the fibre from the fruit, which the juice simply does not have.
I thought they'd already introduced the bendy feature with the iPhone 6? :P
A 256GB (or higher) option would be nice, or god forbid a memory card slot.
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Yes, it's useful: this phone comes pre-bent #bendgate
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In the last "new" release Apple succumbed to the pressure brought on it by Donald Trump to make it small enough to fit in his hand. Will they stick to the slightly smaller than large size going forward? Or are they going to make the phone bigger?
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Phone have more than topped out in high end hardware needs and have way surpased developers ability to keep apps updated with Google constant core OS changes. Cheap devices are the future.. just like we saw in desktops and laptops which are now basically disposable.. but this market is much higher volume and faster moving. High end phone makers are all going to eat it and be forced to bring costs down because giant phones are stupid..curved phones are stupid.. phones that can plan Crysis are stupid.. especially when they still mostly suck as phones or PDAs... phones are vastly better at gaming and watching movies than anything else. That is because that makes more money.. which is all the mobile market places are all about.
Looking forward to seeing the iPhone 7 with this new "AMOLED" display they are talking about.
It might prompt me to update my Samsung Galaxy S4, which must have an inferior screen given its such an old phone.
In post Patriot Act America, the library books scan you.
or is it not the time yet for wireless charging? Because with my phone it has been that time for ~3 years. And I'm not going back...
AMOLED displays recently became less expensive than LCD displays: http://www.androidauthority.co... Given that, and especially given the fact that they are lighter and thinner (always priorities at Apple), a switch seems inevitable. One difference we are likely to see from the competition is that Apple's displays will be tuned for color accuracy rather than impact; they will probably look less vibrant than the displays on Samsung phones but will display colors more faithfully.
yeah exept curved screens and amoled is nothing new ....... exept for apple , trailling behind , adopting the revolutionary things other companies have develloped and customer tested , usual apple