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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.
In a peak absurd moment, Trump couldn’t even colour in the US flag correctly.
Guess he was out of his depth with 5 year olds.
Crickey, you couldn’t make this hit up.
President USA show, reality TV at its worst.
I’m off to hospital now to see if they can stop me laughing, it’s just not funny anymore.
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.
Can't wait to laugh at all the butthurt and jealous android users that can't afford a proper smartphone. This should make the morning fly right by at work.
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
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!
Pronounced "eleven".
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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.