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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.
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...
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and then anti trust laws will force apple to open to 3rd party app stores and apk like side loading
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.
It looks like to me.
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When what we really want is an upgrade to the SE. Small, inexpensive, to handle the basics of smartphone life, and that's it.
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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.
I've never bought any iPhone and will never buy one!
But .... they told me his meeting with Angela Merkel was a "meeting of the minds".
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Let me know when they doing something innovative again
They never stopped.
What’s the over/under on how many of those minutes will be devoted to Animoji?
I pick 42 minutes.
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Not really. Google will be offering phones based on their Fuchsia operating system project by then. ;-)
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.
They may have "Xs" trademarked but not "iPhone Xs"...two totally separate trademarks.
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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.
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).
It wasn't until fairly recently that USB-C supported alternate modes for audio and/or video. Until that was added to the spec such devices would need an external USB adapter, which added cost and complexity. Apple brought out Lightning in 2012, 2 years before USB-C was introduced, and it supported audio and video modes from the start. Remembering this history explains why Apple adopted the Lightning port to begin with. Keeping the port allows Apple to differentiate their devices from others, such as avoiding fried phones from out of spec cables in the early days of USB-C (and still lingers on for those that buy cheap).
I expect Apple to stick with Lightning until they come up with something that's beyond USB-C. USB-C is great, and I like it a lot, but devices are already hitting limits on speed and power. Apple is no doubt working on a new Thunderbolt update that will require a connector other than USB-C to bring faster speeds and more power. I'm guessing Apple will introduce this new Thunderbolt connector and have it as a common port on phones, tablets, and laptops. Desktops will no doubt adopt it as well but also have some "legacy" USB-C and other ports to go with.
I don't much care if Apple stays with Lightning or adopts USB-C, it's all the same to me. 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. Then again this might be coming with whatever Thunderbolt 4 works out to be.
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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!
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.