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[Breakage]

The notch looks like something you should peel off.

 

[nomis]

white front bezel has ALWAYS looked atrocious, the notch just exacerbates what should have never been there on non space gray phones to begin with

 

[kingocfs]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

 

[kraspkibble]

i can't get used to that rear camera. what are apple thinking? it's ugly as hell. the rest of the phone looks great but that camera...

 

[Spiritwalker]

That color reminds me of my grandma's purse lol.

 

[Servbot24]

That color reminds me of my grandma's purse lol.

Yeah it immediately makes me think of make-up.

 

[Benjamin1981]

That's ugly as hell...front looks so bad

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

That looks like the touch sensor is close to the camera sensor (the phone is upside down). That would be unusable.

 

[Dwight Schrute]

Ewwwww

 

[Aurongel]

Looks like a makeup bag, not a fan. Also that bezel looks way bigger than I was expecting.

 

[KillLaCam]

Yeah any color other than black removes the illusion of no bezel

 

[Zombie James]

Tacky as hell.

 

[ZOONAMI]

If real it looks like they are going the moto route of extremely thin which results in camera bump and a small battery.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

Do they have enough cameras? Jesus.

 

[Betta Lines]

That looks like the touch sensor is close to the camera sensor (the phone is upside down). That would be unusable.

It looks like it is just below the Apple logo, in a similar position to most rear fingerprint readers.

 

[glaurung]

Looks dangerously like vomit.

Spoiler

Can't wait to buy six. Also, stealth new avatar test post.

 

[Lights and Waves]

It's really pretty! I hope they make a navy blue one.

 

[Dorsal Axe]

Wow, this is way uglier than I expected. It makes the fan-made renders actually look good.

I still don't "get" what Apple were trying to achieve with this phone. Just seems to be compromise all round.

 

[Betta Lines]

Wow, this is way uglier than I expected. It makes the fan-made renders actually look good.

I still don't "get" what Apple were trying to achieve with this phone. Just seems to be compromise all round.

In what ways is it a compromise?

 

[ZOONAMI]

In what ways is it a compromise?

Well, a lot of apple fans like fp sensor on front, looks like it's on back, strange bezel design, camera bump, and I still think people don't like no headphone jack.

 

[clip]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

Black Mesa?

 

[Sir Doom]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

If that is the anniversary with rear Touch ID I'm just going 😂

 

[Oxn]

Well, a lot of apple fans like fp sensor on front, looks like it's on back, strange bezel design, camera bump, and I still think people don't like no headphone jack.

And we get the priviledge of paying over a grand for it, plus tax.

 

[KingV]

The back has to be glass for wireless charging. This phone just seems so boring to me.

Does it really? Is it because of too much attenuation through metal?

Doesn't NFC also work through induction? Apple Pay works through the back of my phone.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Doesn't look great in white, those bezels are ugly. I imagine it looks a lot more slick in black

 

[jts]

Does it really? Is it because of too much attenuation through metal?

Doesn't NFC also work through induction? Apple Pay works through the back of my phone.

It has plastic bands to let the signal go through.

 

[Betta Lines]

Well, a lot of apple fans like fp sensor on front, looks like it's on back, strange bezel design, camera bump, and I still think people don't like no headphone jack.

Camera bump and omission of headphone jack aren't unique to this design. The sensor on back and top bezel indent is a result of attempting to remove as much bezel as possible, which is the way all these things are going. The effect of an 'all screen' smartphone is dramatic, looks super cool, and it's what people expect from a 'next gen' device. Would those who consider the bezel indent and rear sensor as 'compromises' really prefer Apple to make yet another generation of forehead and chin-heavy phones? Who knows how long we'd have to wait before they can figure out how to hide all front-facing sensors and cameras underneath the display. If they hadn't done something significantly different for this generation, they'd be accused of being lazy. And if they'd reduced the forehead and chin as much as possible while retaining space for the sensors, they'd have been accused of copying the S8.

 

[LordOfChaos]

I wish the back part was more...Copper.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

Miles better than not having a fingerprint scanner at all.

 

[Erebus]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

Wasn't that confirmed to be fake a long time ago?

The latest leaks talk about complete absence of Touch ID sensor.

 

[TrutaS]

If we have a touchid on the back, I hope it's in the apple logo like that video shows. That's actually very smart.

 

[Betta Lines]

If we have a touchid on the back, I hope it's in the apple logo like that video shows. That's actually very smart.

The video appears to show it being below the logo.

 

[terrdactycalsrock]

I wish the back part was more...Copper.

Yes! I think the only way to get me away from the black or space grey version is to offer a good copper option. This will probably be marketed as "soft rose" or "soft gold" but it just looks bad

 

[ThanksVision]

this phone in their glossy black color is gonna look soooo good.

anything else? not so much

 

[_h8bit]

if they do away with the matte black I'll probably just get another iPhone 7 when it's upgrade time lol

 

[Phobophile]

If this were more of a bronze color, I might dig it

 

[Zeyphersan]

Testing a rear Touch ID?

I don’t believe it. It’s got a vertical camera like the rumors but that’s clearly a Plus sized phone

 

[Blackhead]

https://youtu.be/e9Vrx1_At4I?t=3m23s

 

[Pachimari]

It looks like a Nokia 5800. Hideous ugh.

 

[Übermatik]

Why didn't they make the Touch ID the Apple logo? Also don't mind that bronze colour at... it's not fantastic, but not as gross as some are making out. I'd prefer a tone that was a little more 'terracotta' or 'clay', though. I like warm hues in technology.

 

[Dreadnought]

Why didn't they make the Touch ID the Apple logo?.

Because that's where the wireless charging components are

 

[NYR]

There is no Touch ID on the back, calm down everybody, that video was confirmed as fake.

 

[Ambient80]

Looks like MacRumors are saying the iPhone 8 will have 64gb minimum storage, with upgrades to 256 and 512. Crazy!

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/23/iphone-8-64-256-and-512gb-storage/

Lol forgot link

 

[Byakuya769]

There is no Touch ID on the back, calm down everybody, that video was confirmed as fake.

This doesn't calm me down, it pisses me off.

 

[BeforeU]

Looks like MacRumors are saying the iPhone 8 will have 64gb minimum storage, with upgrades to 256 and 512. Crazy!

https://www.macrumors.com/2017/08/23/iphone-8-64-256-and-512gb-storage/

Lol forgot link

How is that crazy for a device thats rumoured to cost upward of $1k

128 should be minimum like the Essential phone

 

[Red]

I wonder if video recording will be a special focus, to sell that storage capacity. How else do you fill that much space on a phone?

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

I wonder if video recording will be a special focus, to sell that storage capacity. How else do you fill that much space on a phone?

Probably, assuming the rumors are correct that it will record 4k at 60fps and 240fps slow motion in 1080p

 

[Vuze]

How is that crazy for a device thats rumoured to cost upward of $1k

128 should be minimum like the Essential phone

Yeah, I totally agree. 64GB on such an expensive device with such a capable camera is/would be a joke.

 

[ronaldthump]

never saw the front til now but that is fug if its a white frame.

 

[Red]

Probably, assuming the rumors are correct that it will record 4k at 60fps and 240fps slow motion in 1080p

240fps slow mo would be nice. I hope it's encoded at a higher bitrate. Slow mo right now looks fairly pitiful. I suspect AR video might also be featured. 60fps 4K would be a terror on low storage devices.