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9to5 Mac

Yesterday one of the first screen protectors allegedly for iPhone 8 leaked claiming to show the device’s expected design and other features. It was made by case manufacturer Olixar, and today the company is one of the first to reveal an entire line of cases for the upcoming iPhones. It’s also started accepting preorders for the cases that it says depicts both the front and back of the iPhone’s new design accurately.

We’re told by the company selling the cases, MobileFun, that Olixar has created them using “information and schematics they’ve acquired through their factories and contacts in the far east.”

 

[Two Words]

Looks like an iPhone.

 

[Futureman]

why are we giving this random case company free press? This "exact design" has been shown and rumored for months.

also just saw this...

"Apple's 'Stopping Leakers - Keeping Confidential' Employee Seminar Leaks Online"

pretty funny!

 

[borghe]

they're getting free press because this is their official PR/release. The items are available for pre-order.

Not sure where this falls under leaking.. Manufacturers for YEARS now have released iphone (and ipod before that) gear before the new model was released.

Looks like an iPhone.

assuming sarcasm. Considering no bezels and no home button.

 

[RootCause]

Looks amazing. is Touch ID embedded into the screen? 😮

 

[Guevara]

So you buy a phone with no bezels, then you buy a case that adds a a few millimeters of material around the screen.

Do you still have a phone with minimal bezels?

 

[enzo_gt]

First look at the glass back, and it looks dope. Definitely pulling from the best iPhone design (4/4S).

 

[borghe]

So you buy a phone with no bezels, then you buy a case that adds a a few millimeters of material around the screen.

Do you still have a phone with minimal bezels?

no! case free or die!

Looks amazing. is Touch ID embedded into the screen? ��

well based on patents and the leaks and this release, it's either in the screen or on the lock button.

 

[T.O.P]

Looks really good, but i jumped ship to an S8 when it launched and i won't be back that easily

 

[Caelus]

So you buy a phone with no bezels, then you buy a case that adds a a few millimeters of material around the screen.

Do you still have a phone with minimal bezels?

Sure, when comparing this with a phone that has both a bezel and a case.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Screen is sex. I approve of the bezeless frontier.

 

[corn_fest]

I gotta laugh at these cases that specifically include a hole just to show off that Apple logo bling. So douchey.

 

[Meatfist]

Look slick. I wonder where the rest of the top bar icons are going to go (bluetooth, orientation lock, vpn, clock, etc)

 

[VAD]

I gotta laugh at these cases that specifically include a hole just to show off that Apple logo bling. So douchey.

Not if they include the Touch ID sensor in the logo.

 

[RoKKeR]

That screen is incredible. Still shaky on returning to iOS, will probably hold out for the S9 in hopes of embedded FP sensor.

 

[Krakatoa]

Not if they include the Touch ID sensor in the logo.

Then why is it only cut out on one of the cases?

 

[Truckondo2.0]

Then why is it only cut out on one of the cases?

A lot of case manufacturers have been doing this for years. A big turn off for me personally.

 

[DECK'ARD]

The cut-out being on only one of the cases suggests the fingerprint reader on the back rumour is dead.

Please be true.

 

[hanspampel]

so i won't buy an iPhone again
the dream of a new great design is dead

 

[Skellig Gra]

So you buy a phone with no bezels, then you buy a case that adds a a few millimeters of material around the screen.

Do you still have a phone with minimal bezels?

Touché

 

[BUNTING1243]

that looks like a realyl cool iphone

 

[Northeastmonk]

I feel like I'd break that phone with that type of case. I dropped the iPhone 6 in my lap when I first took it out of the box.

 

[DECK'ARD]

so i won't buy an iPhone again
the dream of a new great design is dead

Looks pretty great to me, considering it's boxed into cases.

Certainly the best since the 4 providing there's no nasty compromise with TouchID, which the cases suggest there isn't.

 

[The Elite]

At what point does Apple share design specs for their new phone with 3rd parties for cases and such?

 

[Your Entertainer]

Looks better than the S8 and no lame ass curved edges

 

[jwk94]

A lot of case manufacturers have been doing this for years. A big turn off for me personally.

It defeats the purpose of a case. One of my friends dropped his otterbox and a rock got in that hole and shattered the back of his phone.

 

[dallow_bg]

I'd be happy with that design. Very sleek.

 

[Servbot24]

That looks so goofy. I don't get how a screen with curved edges is practical at all. Will videos be floating in the middle of the screen, or will the corners be lopped off?

 

[Vyrance]

I still don't like how they do the top of the front screen. Just looks weird to me.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Looks nice, but I don't like the cut out up top.

 

[robotrock]

That looks so goofy. I don't get how a screen with curved edges is practical at all. Will videos be floating in the middle of the screen, or will the corners be lopped off?

The OLED screen should prevent the videos from looking like they are floating in the middle

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

I think the apple logo should be the fingerprint scanner.

 

[dallow_bg]

I think the apple logo should be the fingerprint scanner.

God I hope not.
Seems like a terrible position.

Front glass or bust.

 

[muteki]

So you buy a phone with no bezels, then you buy a case that adds a a few millimeters of material around the screen.

Do you still have a phone with minimal bezels?

The idea is you have a phone with minimal cracks.

 

[VeeP]

I think the apple logo should be the fingerprint scanner.

No. I want the fingerprint scanner on the front, not the back.

It's annoying when you want to unlock your phone without picking it up.

 

[Zen Aku]

Looks better than the S8 and no lame ass curved edges

Unpopular opinion

 

[Dierce]

I highly doubt they embedded the fingerprint scanner in the screen. If they did I would be highly surprised by their R&D which is probably one of the worst of all the tech companies.

 

[Gemüsepizza]

I hope it will look more like this:

I mean they are already using AMOLED technology, makes more sense this way.

I highly doubt they embedded the fingerprint scanner in the screen. If they did I would be highly surprised by their R&D which is probably one of the worst of all the tech companies.

I expect that they will integrate the fingerprint scanner into the power button.

 

[Enzom21]

Looks like an iPhone.

Aside from the apple logo and "iPhone," how does it look like any current or past iPhones?

I think the apple logo should be the fingerprint scanner.

Why?

 

[mrklaw]

I hope it will look more like this:

I mean they are already using AMOLED technology, makes more sense this way.



I expect that they will integrate the fingerprint scanner into the power button.

Same. Although they want to emphasis no bezels, that makes more sense.
Maybe it'll be black across the top in apps and maybe home screen, with lock screen being 'full screen'?

 

[Your Entertainer]

Unpopular opinion

This is going to sell like gangbusters

 

[dallow_bg]

I highly doubt they embedded the fingerprint scanner in the screen. If they did I would be highly surprised by their R&D which is probably one of the worst of all the tech companies.

Loving the edge.