iPhone 7 Release

[warren]

"You will never see lines around the country 500-1000 people deep, awake at 2am to place an order, awaiting their new.... whatever."
Always a risk to make such a definitive statement. The difference in the top smart phones is pretty much always generational. It's the same with Canon and Nikon. Always a lot of "one upmanship" in anything electronic these days.
Nate: "The conversation becomes circular and predictable from all sides." That statement could have safely been very definitive. Very true on this board when discussing certain pipes, electronics, etc. Pretty much any large brand has a dedicated and adoring following. And, each has a dedicated group which delights in disparaging such. Peterson, Apple, certain retailers, blends, lighters, etc. all come to mind. A lot of members with agendas make for an entertaining forum.
I still miss the halcyon days when Haja was was here in the role of "clay target." And, lets never forget the venerated "Cat."

 

[jackswilling]

"Always a risk to make such a definitive statement."
I was waiting for that boomerang to strike. The Galaxy 8 will be off the charts. Samsung has had water resistant phones for 18 months with a 3.5mm mini-jacks. But the i7 will rightly be a big hit. The Galaxy 8 will blow the doors off it next year and Apple will once again playing catch-up. Samsung has been filing patents like crazy.

 

[jvnshr]

The truth is that there's nothing exciting about Android. It illicits no passion. You will never see lines around the country 500-1000 people deep, awake at 2am to place an order, awaiting their new.... whatever.

I wanted to edit my recent post and say:
"World doesn't consist of USA only"
but I was late to do so. Good that Yaddy came up with facts.

 

[iamn8]

From Popular Science.... What comes after the iPhone 7 next year...

"Supposedly, the next iPhone will have an “edge-to-edge” screen, one that doesn’t have bezels — the flat strips on the top and bottom of the screen, where the earpiece and home button are found now. Instead, these and other components would presumably be built into the screen itself, making the device appear to be “all screen,” when viewed from the top down, giving it the effect of being a kind of infinity pool of your apps and information.
According to reports, this new iPhone will also be even thinner than the already ultra-thin (0.28 inch/7.1 mm) iPhone 7.

How much thinner Apple can make it with current or near-future technology is an open question. But with rare exceptions, Apple’s been on a quest to make all of its mobile devices thinner with every successive generation.

And presumably, the goal is to make a phone so thin and light that dropping it would be, in the words of one Apple fan, like dropping a credit card. In effect, if Apple can make a phone so light and thin it floats to the ground rather than crashes, it will also make the phone more durable. It’s unclear if the company will get there with the next iPhone after the 7, but it’s obviously getting closer with each release.
But even if the thinness and edge-to-edge screen design are the only big physical changes, I expect Apple’s next iPhone will look and feel distinctly different from all previous iPhone models — and all other smartphones to date.

The public pressure is further on Apple to do something spectacular with the iPhone next year, as 2017 marks the 10 year anniversary of the device’s introduction (January 2007). It would be uncharacteristically reserved of a company that routinely deals in superlatives to let that milestone go unacknowledged in a big way."