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iPhone 6 May Lose Sapphire Display Cover, Gain 128 GB Storage Option
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Its not happening. Apple will make 1 or 2 dollars more per iPhone by keeping the $199 at 16 GB. They will do that for the tens of millions of people who buy whatever the cheapest is, regardless of storage capacity.
People like you (and me) who want more than 16 GB of storage will continue to have to pay for it (naturally). But at least this year, our money will go a lot further with a cheaper 64 GB and a new 128 GB option.
That's a possibility too, but announcing iPad together with iPhone means low hype for the iPad, since the majority of people want the new Phone.
iPhone is their best selling device, and deserves an exclusive event. If iWatch has some features in common with iPhone (I think so) it makes sense to introduce it during the same event, that's why I think we'll see "only" the new iPhone and the iWatch
5 more days and we'll find out
hard to drop a saphire display when it never technically had one to begin with... it was all just rumors 
Pretty hilarious. This analyst might as well just admit the entire sapphire screen thing was an idiotic made-up rumor to begin with. But rather than admit that, he instead now claims that it's being dropped in order to make room for the much more likely to begin with 128 GB storage. It's rather brilliant, really. If the thing everyone was expecting anyway comes true, he can still claim he was right about the sapphire screen being a thing, even though it was never actually a thing and he made it up.
The sapphire was for iWatch faces, from the very beginning. Anything larger than a watch is going to be prohibitively expensive and have such low yields as to be impossible to meet demand for such a popular product. Growing huge flawless crystals is just not that easy.
The sapphire was for iWatch faces, from the very beginning. Anything larger than a watch is going to be prohibitively expensive and have such low yields as to be impossible to meet demand for such a popular product. Growing huge flawless crystals is just not that easy.
This actually is not unprecedented. The redesigned imac saw the larger model release later, iPad mini was released weeks after the air. Probably are others that I am forgetting, but a stagnated release would certainly not be the end of the world
The latter is very unlikely.
Non-engineers have read the info about the barometric pressure chip being useful in a spirometry device, and innocently took it as if that possibility meant every device could do it.
No. Spirometry devices usually use TWO such sensors and a special tubing setup to sense how much air is going past.
In a phone, a barometric sensor likely serves three main purposes: 1) indoor locating, 2) exercise monitor to see if you're going up/down stairs/hills, and 3) weather related stuff.
Is he? The article only mentions LENS cover.
Only the title of this article mentions DISPLAY cover.
Which one is Kuo talking about?
I believe you have it backwards my friend, he specifically used the term "cover lens". When was the last time somebody used that term when talking about the front screen
Apple knows they can get away with murder this year just because they will finally release bigger iPhones (and you and your wallet know it's true), hence;
Protruding camera,
1GB Ram,
Antenna Bands,
Huge Bezel,
Dual Core CPU,
No Saphire,
No 4K Camera,
No Waterproofing,
Etc...
Protruding camera,
1GB Ram,
Antenna Bands,
Huge Bezel,
Dual Core CPU,
No Saphire,
No 4K Camera,
No Waterproofing,
Etc...
How can they possibly "drop" the sapphire lens if they never had it in the first place? And $2 plastic laminates work just fine for preventing scratches. Much ado about nothing.
iPhone 3GS, for Something;
iPhone 4S, for Steve, who passed away the following day
iPhone 5S, for Sensor, where Touch ID was introduced
iPhone 6S, for Sapphire... Why not?
I thought the S in 3GS stood for Speed, but I could be wrong. All the others stood for "Sincewediditoncewebetterdoitagain"
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I don't want a bigger phone
Same boat. But given the options to either suck it up and not buy the new phone and live without the enhancements, or take the smallest currently available model and be on the cutting edge again, I think I'll go with the latter. I'd complain more about the lack of speed and features than I would about the large screen size, I think.
I would hate for the 5.5 inch to come out at a later time because that's the one I want but I would get the 4.7 inch first.
The delayed release of the 5.5 is the most interesting/curious rumor.
These are basically competing devices and in the current market of wanting/needing to brag about first weekend, week, month sales, theres no doubt sales of the 4.7 would take a hit.
It would be slightly mitigated by a price difference, i.e., some people are not going to spend another $100 (subed) or more for 0.8 of an inch (whether is does/doesnt have some other additional features like OIS). However, I think theres a notable percentage of folks that really do want to compare the two in person/in hand, that will hold off till that can happen.
These are basically competing devices and in the current market of wanting/needing to brag about first weekend, week, month sales, theres no doubt sales of the 4.7 would take a hit.
It would be slightly mitigated by a price difference, i.e., some people are not going to spend another $100 (subed) or more for 0.8 of an inch (whether is does/doesnt have some other additional features like OIS). However, I think theres a notable percentage of folks that really do want to compare the two in person/in hand, that will hold off till that can happen.
I really think it will be 16GB, 64GB, 128GB. Apple wants to entice you to jump to the second tier. At 32GB, your average person has no reason to jump to the second tier. At 16GB, we are now at the point where it's just too small for a lot of people.
So you pay $199 and get 16GB of storage, or you pay $299 (and it costs Apple $3 more or something) and you get 64GB of storage. While this is still not a value for the customer, it makes Apple a ton of money, and your average customer no longer has to worry about storage size on their iPhone. Also, they feel like they're getting a "deal" because 64GB previously cost $399 in every other generation.
So picture Tim Cook standing there with a slide that has the price for 64GB slashed out and a hundred dollars less than previous generations. They are truly the masters of marketing.
iPhone memory is where Apple makes their profit. We are sure to see at least a $100 extra charge for 128 over the 5S's 64. They may eliminate the 16, thereby eliminating that price slot, but I doubt it. Apple can't keep up their margins if they provide more for less, and I want my stock value to keep rising. I want to afford retirement some day.
yeh Engrish mistake, shame on macrumors for not correcting the article when they corrected the title.