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Apple To Launch Three New iPhone Models Next Month, Report Says (bloomberg.com)
Next month, Apple plans to introduce three new phones in September -- an updated iPhone X, a bigger phone and a successor to the iPhone 8 with the iPhone X design, Bloomberg reports. The updated iPhone X could be considered as an "S upgrade" with a better system-on-a-chip and better cameras. The phone itself could look exactly the same as the iPhone X you can buy today. From the report: There'll be a new high-end iPhone, internally dubbed D33, with a display that measures about 6.5-inch diagonally, according to the people familiar with the matter. That would make it the largest iPhone by far and one of the biggest mainstream phones on the market. It will continue to have a glass back with stainless steel edges and dual cameras on the back. The big difference on the software side will be the ability to view content side-by-side in apps like Mail and Calendar. It will be Apple's second phone with a crisper organic light-emitting diode, or OLED, screen.
[...] Apple also plans an upgrade to the current iPhone X with a 5.8-inch OLED screen, which is internally dubbed D32, the people said. The main changes to the new OLED iPhones will be to processing speed and the camera, according to the people familiar with the devices. [...] Perhaps the most significant phone will be a new, cheaper device destined to replace the iPhone 8. Codenamed N84, it will look like the iPhone X, but include a larger near 6.1-inch screen, come in multiple colors, and sport aluminum edges instead of the iPhone X's stainless steel casing. It will also have a cheaper LCD screen instead of an OLED panel to keep costs down. The cheaper version's aluminum edges won't necessarily be the same color as the colored glass back, simplifying production, one person familiar with the matter said.
[...] Apple also plans an upgrade to the current iPhone X with a 5.8-inch OLED screen, which is internally dubbed D32, the people said. The main changes to the new OLED iPhones will be to processing speed and the camera, according to the people familiar with the devices. [...] Perhaps the most significant phone will be a new, cheaper device destined to replace the iPhone 8. Codenamed N84, it will look like the iPhone X, but include a larger near 6.1-inch screen, come in multiple colors, and sport aluminum edges instead of the iPhone X's stainless steel casing. It will also have a cheaper LCD screen instead of an OLED panel to keep costs down. The cheaper version's aluminum edges won't necessarily be the same color as the colored glass back, simplifying production, one person familiar with the matter said.
An iPhone XS... excess indeed.
Yawn. "Cheaper Aluminum Phones...with cheaper screens"
I heard in addition to no headphone jack and no home button they have removed the microphone and speaker as well. You just have to drive to a cell phone tower and yell at it...
If you wanna get rich, you know that payback is a bitch
who will flood us with comments saying they had never bought any iPhone and will never buy one, but they sure did take the effort to say the same thing every year when new iPhones came out.
It will finally be competitive with the low end Chinese phones.
I predict Android will be dead within a couple of years.
I just purchased a Thinkpad in favor of a mac laptop (I've been using the Apple brand exclusively for about a decade) because of their shitty keyboards, and I will be replacing my iPhone 7 plus with something non-Apple unless their new phones have much better battery life. I don't know what they are thinking, but a phone that lasts a solid day is more important than slightly faster graphics performance for the game you can play for an hour before your phone is dead.
I am not interested in articles about life extension advancements.
You assume there is something to be jealous at.
Battery life? My $300 Android runs for a week with modest usage. Most iPhones last 36 hours even when idling.
Price? If you don't care about the camera you can get a phone half the price with 95% feature parity. If you do, 75-80% of the iPhone price.
New features? Android had split screen since forever.
This year seems to be no different from last year, or the year before that. Nothing to be envious about, really.
More junk phones to flood the market.
It looks like to me.
Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
Let me know when they doing something innovative again
I can't wait to see the BRILLIANT INNOVATION Tim and his crack team of developers have Cooked up for this awesome, next-generation iPhone!
Maybe there's an additional LED for the camera Flash, or maybe they increased the camera resolution from 13MP to 13.1MP. No matter what, though, it's no doubt we'll barely be able to handle the incredible new innovations Cooked into the new iPhone!
Getting my tent ready!
And fuck their shitty overpriced products
When what we really want is an upgrade to the SE. Small, inexpensive, to handle the basics of smartphone life, and that's it.
Constitutionally Correct
You have to admit the prices are extremely high for a device and the premium android phones are just as high
Obviously I'm a grumpy old man (see my UID) but I don't see the point of having a phone that won't easily fit into your pocket and requires a fanny pack. Big screens are great ON TABLETS where I expect to carry them around like a notebook but not on a portable communications device! I like my iPhone6 size
Unless this is some nefarious scheme to get around the bendy iPhone issue. There, see?! It won't fit in your pocket now so you don't have to worry about bending it!
Can't wait to laugh at all the butthurt and jealous android users that can't afford a proper smartphone.
Seriously, it's just a phone, not a religion or way of life. I've never bought an iPhone for myself, but have for my teenager, twice now. I don't get why people get so worked up over this. But it is fun to say things that get people who are fanatical about any brand riled up on occasion.
It is kind of sad to see an announcement from Apple like this though. Even if Jobs did over hype things. Seeing Apple state that the next release will simply be a bigger screen and/or a faster processor is kind of depressing.I'm sure if Steve Jobs were still around he would have found a way to make even a mundane upgrade like this sound more exciting. I'm sure the faster processor would be running at synapse speed or some such, and the bigger screen would be the "Fovea Display" because it fills that area of the eye perfectly at the average distance people hold their phone.
Personally, I don't care anymore. I'm still running a Galaxy S5. It's a little bigger than I care for it to be, but does everything I need it for. I've been using smart phones since before they were called such and really hate switching phones anymore.
But .... they told me his meeting with Angela Merkel was a "meeting of the minds".
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You assume there is something to be jealous at.
Battery life? My $300 Android runs for a week with modest usage. Most iPhones last 36 hours even when idling.
Price? If you don't care about the camera you can get a phone half the price with 95% feature parity. If you do, 75-80% of the iPhone price.
New features? Android had split screen since forever.
This year seems to be no different from last year, or the year before that. Nothing to be envious about, really.
My iPhone 6 Plus (with its ORIGINAL, nearly 4 year old battery), still makes it nearly a week with moderate use, and would sit at idle for at least a week. So I'm not sure where you're getting your lies from; but they are just that. Lies.
iOS supports Split Screen on iPads just fine; but Apple (wisely) doesn't enable that for iPhones; because it is absolutely useless in a practical sense to split a screen that is only about 4.5 X 3 inches.
At least Samsung can release a 200 dollar phone alongside their 1000 dollar model.
What’s the over/under on how many of those minutes will be devoted to Animoji?
I pick 42 minutes.
#DeleteChrome
I've never bought any iPhone and will never buy one!
You know, you are still an iPhone user even if your mom bought you the phone. So sorry, you can't be on of the cool untrendy kids today.
My iPhone 6 Plus (with its ORIGINAL, nearly 4 year old battery), still makes it nearly a week with moderate use, .
Yeah, okay. Bullshit.
I just upgraded to the SE from the 6, I wanted to return to a more convenient size. I upgraded now in case the SE got dropped in the upcoming refresh.
Apple is selling jewelry, which only by pure accident contains electronics.
Frankly, there barely is a need for an actual screen. A few dazzling lights and a drool/sperm sensor should suffice.
When what we really want is an upgrade to the SE.
What YOU want is an upgrade to the SE. Personally I quite like the form factor and capabilities of the X and the SE screen is too small for my usage habits. The X is big enough without being too big. It's not perfect but it gets the big picture stuff mostly right by me. If you want something smaller and more basic I understand but please don't pretend what you or I want has any bearing on what other people want.
I'm not sure why we haven't seen a phone with no ports.
You will someday most likely. State of the art just hasn't gotten there yet. I'm pretty sure Apple is working towards zero ports and zero buttons as soon as they can manage it. I'm not convinced that's actually a good idea but it would be consistent with Apple's historical preferences.
There's way more people who us the headphone jack than those who use the USB/Lightning jack for actual computer connectivity.
Probably true. I haven't used my lighting cable to connect to a PC or Mac in years. Honestly I wish they'd just go USB-C since the lightning cable provides zero real benefit to me as a user other than being better than micro-USB (which sucks).
Just as soon as I feel like it.
My iPhone 8 works perfectly fine, with it's maxed out memory.
I'll buy the redo of the iPhone 5 that became the SE that will become the iPhone 12 SE, and only be advertised in Asia, but sold in the US if you order it.
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Bet the lines outside the apple stores have started. Overpriced, over hyped, over powered. Not just Apple, Samsung as well. Oh well, that's the nice thing about CHOICE. Not my money if you want to waste it on stuff like that. Man, can you image Steve Jobs looking at a SIX INCH iPhone and complaining? You don't need a screen THAT big he said years ago.
Battery life? My $300 Android runs for a week with modest usage. Most iPhones last 36 hours even when idling.
You're probably using the previous version of iOS. There's a really nasty bug in iOS 10 where some process goes rogue and runs down the battery very quickly (about 3 days for me even when I never use the phone). I believe it's related to the automatic update daemon because if I restart the phone, a full charge can last more than 7 days if the phone is idle. However, the instant I get the tiresome pop-up telling me that a software update is available, the battery life goes to pot until I restart the phone again.
I don't want to upgrade to iOS 11 because it seems to be bloated and some of the security issues that were found really make me question the quality of Apple's current software developers. Likewise, is it really worth reporting this issue to Apple? I very seriously doubt they would be interested in fixing a bug on an older version of iOS when iOS 12 is about due.
Oh I can't wait. I heard a rumor that because of the success of the X notch, this next version will have several more notches!
My iPhone 6 Plus (with its ORIGINAL, nearly 4 year old battery), still makes it nearly a week with moderate use, and would sit at idle for at least a week. So I'm not sure where you're getting your lies from; but they are just that. Lies.
A well know liar (you) tells others, that they are liars. That's precious.
I have that phone, and after 2 years the battery doesn't even last 8 hours. You are a fucking liar as usual.
Ya but you are an apple shill and a known LIAR. So bullshit.
Pronounced "eleven".
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I have that phone, and after 2 years the battery doesn't even last 8 hours. You are a fucking liar as usual.
Yeah, like I believe an Anonymous COWARD.
Log in and put your karma where your lyin' mouth is.
My iPhone 6 Plus (with its ORIGINAL, nearly 4 year old battery), still makes it nearly a week with moderate use, and would sit at idle for at least a week. So I'm not sure where you're getting your lies from; but they are just that. Lies.
A well know liar (you) tells others, that they are liars. That's precious.
Prove it.
Ya but you are an apple shill and a known LIAR. So bullshit.
Sorry, no. Even if I use my phone fairly heavily, I still get at least 3-4 days on it.
And after nearly 4 years, the battery still shows 93% capacity.
Heck, the battery in my ancient iPad 2 still shows 89% capacity, and I use the HELL out of it!
That's absolute bullshit. There is no major phone on the market that can do anything close to what you're describing. You're a piece of shit liar
It wasn't until fairly recently that USB-C supported alternate modes for audio and/or video.
USB-C is faster, delivers more power, is cheaper, and is more versatile than Lightning as things stand today. The historical reasons why Apple developed Lightning are irrelevant and the reasons they continue to use it have almost nothing to do with any technical advantages of Lightning (which are few) over USB-C.
Remembering this history explains why Apple adopted the Lightning port to begin with.
Apple introduced the Lightning port because A) micro-USB severely sucks as a physical connector, and B) Apple wants a proprietary connector that they can control and charge extra for and C) USB-C wasn't available at the time. Two of those reasons have disappeared since then so the only reason Apple is continuing with Lightning is because they control it and are making money from it. It provides essentially zero technical benefit to iPhone users and creates a lot of needless waste and an unnecessary extra cable type.
USB-C is great, and I like it a lot, but devices are already hitting limits on speed and power.
That has precisely nothing to do with Lightning which is slower and carries less power than USB-C. Of course device makers are using all of its speed and capabilities and if it had more no doubt they would use more. I'm sure the next generation of USB-C will do more than the current one. None of that is relevant to the discussion of why Apple should drop Lightning.
I'm thinking that maybe Apple should have put Lightning ports on the MacBooks to go with the USB-C so that they could share accessories with the iDevices.
That would be idiotic given that USB-C is already on the MacBooks. Just put USB-C on the iDevices. Lightning is no longer required and should go away.
My iPhone 6 Plus (with its ORIGINAL, nearly 4 year old battery), still makes it nearly a week with moderate use, and would sit at idle for at least a week. So I'm not sure where you're getting your lies from; but they are just that. Lies.
A well know liar (you) tells others, that they are liars. That's precious.
Prove it.
How? You have said something he can't possibly disprove, it's the religious argument that something must be true simply because it cannot be disproven. Can you explain how exactly you think somebody is supposed to prove that your phone does last as long on battery as you say it does?
The battery on my Galaxy S2 is still at 63% after 10 days of moderate use.
Seriously, it's just a phone, not a religion or way of life.
Haha, you've clearly never met an Apple fanboy! (checkout this guy) ...and when I say fanboy I mean that distinct from just a user of their products.
He is a fucking idiot.
Tons of proof of that around here.
Now that i believe because its not a piece of crap apple phone.