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Rumor: Apple Has Prototyped a 6.7-Inch iPhone Without a Notch, Face ID Housed in Upper Bezel Instead
- Thread starter Strakt
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Because people are inherently thrown off by asymmetry, and if you turn it sideways it's like looking at a picture on a wall at a 5 degree angle.
A SE2 with no notch would be glorious. That's what I want.
Same here, but with a 7 plus. The X design just hasn't done it for me (I hate the notch) and have been waiting for them to move on from it before upgrading.
would love to go from my 7+ to this but gosh, that means finding out how to Not Be Poor within a year.
The Pro has a much larger bezel to house the FaceID hardware. They're going to have to shrink it considerably for this to work in a phone form factor.
This needs to happen. If we get another phone next year that's basically the 11 and more bullshit about "Well NEXT YEAR will be the big upgrade" I'm going to be pissed and tweet a lot about how pissed I am to my 20 followers.
6.7" is hilariously big. Hopefully this trickles down into something a bit more reasonable.
Still keeping my fingers crossed for something that matches the size of the iPhone SE.
Still keeping my fingers crossed for something that matches the size of the iPhone SE.
Me.
Using a View 20 (From an S8) and already used to its size. Each time I upgrade my screens get bigger and each time they become completely "normal" to me within weeks.
That may be enough to tempt me into iOS.
Man I love the butterfly keyboard but I will def rage it when it breaks lol
Yeah, it would be like you got an SE and removed the bezel. The physical device would be the same size (as long as it used the 4:3 aspect ratio).
I might of got one if it looked like that.
I do want to note that I am personally annoyed with the bevel screens. Lots of games don't support it and it leads to something like Baldurs Gate / Icewind Dale missing parts of the UI / Screen space because it isn't rectangular.
I do want to note that I am personally annoyed with the bevel screens. Lots of games don't support it and it leads to something like Baldurs Gate / Icewind Dale missing parts of the UI / Screen space because it isn't rectangular.
The larger display will surely be like the current phones where a 6.5" device is physically smaller than an older 5.5" device because the display fills more of the body, rather than the phone itself being larger.
As someone with a 7 Plus (same size as all the other Plus models) I'd consider the 5.8" model (probably 6") if I were getting a new phone now that there are no downsides to it.
I really hope that the next iPhone design includes a high refresh rate display. 60Hz looks so bad these days. Bring it up to 120Hz to match the iPads.
I'd be surprised if that happens, unless these new fingerprint sensors are significantly more accurate than what is used in Touch ID.
Apple's claims are that Face ID is significantly more secure than Touch ID.
If one is significantly more secure than the other, why would they include both?
The larger display will surely be like the current phones where a 6.5" device is physically smaller than an older 5.5" device because the display fills more of the body, rather than the phone itself being larger.
As someone with a 7 Plus (same size as all the other Plus models) I'd consider the 5.8" model (probably 6") if I were getting a new phone now that there are no downsides to it.
I really hope that the next iPhone design includes a high refresh rate display. 60Hz looks so bad these days. Bring it up to 120Hz to match the iPads.
I'd be surprised if that happens, unless these new fingerprint sensors are significantly more accurate than what is used in Touch ID.
Apple's claims are that Face ID is significantly more secure than Touch ID.
If one is significantly more secure than the other, why would they include both?
convenience.
That's what I figured..but seems weird to have that on the top. Guess I'd get used to it
Options when it comes to phones in general and iPhones on particular (where Apple is always going to have a smaller variety) are pretty limited if you want a small phone that isn't some budget model, though.
This. If it means a bigger bezel, I'd rather just have the notch (as small as they can get it, sure) and no bezels everywhere else. Don't take away my screen real estate for purely cosmetic purposes just because some people got all up in their feelings about it.
Multiple biometric factors would be an order of magnitude more secure than any one factor could be while having minimal to zero impact on convenience. Probably a lot of stuff would just require one of them to authenticate, but some other stuff could seamlessly require both.
That's true, but I doubt anyone asking for fingerprint sensors is looking for multi-factor authentication.
If it let you choose between one or the other, they have to both offer equal levels of protection or else you are just compromising device security.
The great thing about Apple is that they have introduced these features as a convenience without compromising security, unlike Android devices that include "face unlock" features which are completely insecure (but no notch!).
If you live somewhere that it gets cold enough to wear gloves a significant portion of the year, Face ID is considerably more convenient.
They essentially have slim bezels, which is what people were saying for them to do in the first place, before they went on the notch path.
I'm not sure what I want to do now. I'm in need of a new phone badly, and the only phone I want to get as of now is the OnePlus 7 Pro. I'd rather not wait another year.
I'm not sure what I want to do now. I'm in need of a new phone badly, and the only phone I want to get as of now is the OnePlus 7 Pro. I'd rather not wait another year.
I like FaceID, but sometimes I don't want to have to stare down my phone or tablet to unlock it, such as when it's laying on a flat surface.
