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iPhone 7s May Sport Curved Glass and AMOLED Display (bgr.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the revolutionary dept.

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.

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  1. May? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Iphone 7 may have a Pez dispenser

    what is the point of "may" stories

  2. So basically... by OpenSourced · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The biggest features are something that other phones have had for years?

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    1. Re:So basically... by roc97007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Other phones don't exist. If the next iphone has curved glass and an amoled display, it's new and innovative. Get with the program. And get in line outside the store. It opens in four hours.

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  3. remember kids... by ooloorie · · Score: 5, Insightful
    When Samsung does something, it's a gimmick. When Apple does the same thing a couple of years later, it's a "wild new feature", "spectacular", and "highly innovative".

    Also, don't forget: nobody would ever want a 5"+ phone or a pen with their tablet; what a silly idea!

    1. Re:remember kids... by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Insightful

      If keyboards on phones were as important as some make them out to be, Blackberry would be selling millions of units a year.

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    2. Re:remember kids... by nine-times · · Score: 5, Insightful

      When Samsung does something, it's a gimmick. When Apple does the same thing a couple of years later, it's a "wild new feature", "spectacular", and "highly innovative".

      To be fair, the quality of the implementation is important. The same basic feature can be either gimmicky or useful depending on what it's used for and how it's implemented. Sometimes the innovation is in figuring out how to make the gimmick work.

  4. Re:Throwing a curve ball by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Are curved phone displays really needed or useful? I don't see any benefit....

    The sales of iPhones have plateaued, some even saying they are starting a decline. Apple has a market saturation problem and a product maturity problem.

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    Apple needs to do a flash in the pan type of thing in order to regenerate significant interest in the iPhone.