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Rumor: Apple to take 3 years between full iPhone model changes
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WordAssassin
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But yeah, if true, anyone that had a 6 and wanted to get one this fall...
I have a 6 and I'm still going to be able to get a new iPhone this fall. You might want to read it a little more carefully? It's body redesigns that are moving to every 3 years, not new phones period. There will still be a new iPhone model every year.
so many people are misunderstanding this rumor
Wowfunhappy
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Like, a long, long, looooooong way off.
Projectors are big. Even Pico projectors are generally the size of a phone by themselves.
WordAssassin
Member
Seriously! Wow.
PEOPLE
Here's how it currently is and has been:
New body
Internal upgrade
New body
Internal upgrade
New body
Internal upgrade
Here is what the rumor is saying it will be:
New body
Internal upgrade
Internal upgrade
New body
Internal upgrade
Internal upgrade
New body
Internal upgrade
Internal upgrade
Get it?
Now that I'm on the AT&T Next plan and I paid full fucking unsubsidized price for this iPhone 6 Plus... you damn well better believe I'm going to hang on to this thing longer than 18 months - 2 years.
Not convinced.
rokkerkory
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The innovation we needed?
Technosteve
Banned
I am switching to Windows phone over this news
I don't believe you
I am ok with this. My 6 can definitely do another year and with the extra time in between they can finally bring back that "wow" factor they have been missing for a while.
There have already been phones with projectors built into them.
There have already been phones with projectors built into them.
And this is apparently in pre-production page according to Gizmodo.
WordAssassin
Member
"Nothing a case can't solve" classic self-centered thinking, "this doesn't specifically affect me so nobody needs it"
Here's an idea, what if you didn't need to spend additional money on a case because the phone itself was more sturdy? I sure as hell don't like cases, both because it's an additional, many times expensive fee on top of an already expensive product, and 9 out of 10 times winds up making my equipment look like shit.
"This feature already works fine for me so there's no reason to improve it."
Don't see how the bezels could get smaller? I don't personally have a problem with them but maybe look at like, any other phone in the world, edge-to-edge screens are a thing and have been for a while with rumors saying Apple themselves are finally looking into reducing/removing them entirely next year. We even have phones where the screen extends beyond the bezel of the phone and wraps around the side.
Doominated
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So basically apples telling me to go fuck myself for jumping on the IUP thing
Cool
Cool
there will still be a new iPhone every year. you're mis-reading the rumor
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
6SS incoming?
HUELEN10
Member
I read the news entirely. Of course there's gonna be a brand new iPhone every year.
WordAssassin
Member
Then maybe reword your post because it sounds like you're saying the people that bought the iPhone 6/6+ and were looking forward to getting a new iPhone this fall will not be getting a new iPhone this fall. They will be. It just won't have a redesigned body.
Edit: I just re-read your post to see if I misunderstood it and honestly the GIF coupled with what you wrote is just confusing me now. Your text reads like they'll be left wanting but your GIF indicates "suckers just got a phone well line back up to get another one" ? Help ):
Yeah the entire point is that now you lease the phone for a monthly fee and you can trade it in for a new phone every year, instead of paying an up-front fee and then more than the actual cost of the phone over a 2-year period.
I thought that the AT&T Next plan was specifically for people that wanted to get a new phone every 12-24 months? Why join that if you plan on keeping the phone longer.
Zeyphersan
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I should have known the thread was going to take this turn
Khalifa Jayy
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On a semi-related note, is it safe to buy an iPad Air 2 (with LTE) for my wife? I have an Air 2 myself, and she's been wanting one as well. I'm assuming the next Air won't come out for a while, and probably won't be a huge upgrade?
Technosteve
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Are you some kind of sadist?
HawksWinStanley
Member
This.
I won't upgrade my 6 til the thing dies or it is too old for software updates. I love this thing.
SCULLIBUNDO
Banned
It's called the iPad Pro 9.7". It's the Air 2 replacement.
Mind you I would wait for whatever the next 9.7" iteration is that ups the ram.
Diprosalic
Banned
so it's safe to assume there will be no 7S?
or is the next one just 6SE?
or is the next one just 6SE?
You actually do slightly better selling it every 12 months. You can recoup more of the cost and it ends up costing you approximately $200 to have the newest phone every year.
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
lol its not down. 0.5% down is very normal.
Barkley's Justice
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IPhoneSSSSSS
GameAddict411
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It's less work for Apple. I guess they will get criticised even more for not innovating, but Apple will always remain Apple. They don't give a fuck. They know people will buy their products blindly. They managed to sell a repackaged iPhone 5s for the price of an Android flagship.
all of the internals of the iPhone SE are new, it's literally not a repackaged 5S
brickarts295
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What is this? First AC takes a break and now possibly Apple. Bizarro world I tell ya.
GameAddict411
Member
The chip costs much less than you expect. It's the processor + new back camera. I would hardly call that a redesign.
it's basically 6S guts inside a 5S shell. are you basically mad because it looks the same?
GameAddict411
Member
Again, that not true. It has some chips from the iPhone 6s, but not all parts. The battery is smaller and some components like the display, front camera, outer shell, and the fingerprint scanner are all from the old iPhone 5s. I think that really lazy considering how much they are charging for it.
GameAddict411
Member
The new headphone adaptor looks tight though.
I wonder how much they will charge for it. Something that should have been inside the phone to begin with.
Zeyphersan
Banned
The new headphone adaptor looks tight though.
Isn't that from a Chinese third party, not Apple?
-Pyromaniac-
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meh I personally think they aren't doing any cycle anymore at all. They're simply going to the "whatever is ready at the time". If a feature they want isn't ready but it is ready on what would normally be an 's' year then they'll do it. No more tick tock no 3 year cycle bullshit. Just whenever what they want to do is ready they'll do it. Maybe its 1 year maybe it's 2 maybe it's 3.
The new headphone adaptor looks tight though.
Never thought an adapter for anything would be described as "tight"
Jill Sandwich
the turds of Optimus Prime
Kind of expected this when all the rumours are saying the goodies are coming for the 2017 phone, and the case leaks for this year's looked like a refined 6. Add to that next year is the Xth anniversary of the iPhone.
God that thing's gonna break after a few bends/disconnects.The new headphone adaptor looks tight though.
The Faceless Master
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i thought the latest models quick charged if you used an iPad charger...
Your Entertainer
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Or many cheap after market 2A chargers
People just don't mention it for some reason, probably because one doesn't come in the box (it should)
Still, it's pretty damn quick
Zeyphersan
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They'll "quick charge" up to 80% regardless of what charger they're on, and trick charge after that. But yes, since the iPhone 6/+ they'll use up to 2.4A which is the 12W charger that comes with the iPads. And now the big iPad Pro can use the 29W charger that comes with the rMB!
I usually get every iPhone iteration but am skipping this generation unless they really push the form factor/bezels.
And if they stick with removing the headphone port I'll probably go Android in a year; even if Android manufacturers follo suit at least it will be with USB-C and not lightning.
And if they stick with removing the headphone port I'll probably go Android in a year; even if Android manufacturers follo suit at least it will be with USB-C and not lightning.
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