“Apple Inc. is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass and enhanced sensors that can detect different levels of pressure, said a person familiar with the plans,” Tim Culpan and Adam Satariano report for Bloomberg News.
“Two models planned for release in the second half of next year would feature larger displays with glass that curves downward at the edges, said the person, declining to be identified because the details aren’t public. Sensors that can distinguish heavy or light touches on the screen may be incorporated into subsequent models, the person said,” Culpan and Satariano report. “With screens of 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, the two new models would be Apple’s largest iPhones, the person said.”
“The new Apple handsets are still in development and plans haven’t been completed, the person said, adding that the company probably would release them in the third quarter of next year,” Culpan and Satariano report. “Testing continues on the pressure-sensitive technology, which is unlikely to be ready for the next iPhone release and is instead planned for a later model, the person said.”
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If it is true , say bye bye to those copycats.
Unmitigated horseshit.
is there “mitigated horseshit?”
Indubitably!
We generally use the more common term ‘botvinnik’ for that.
ha ha. one reply in 10,000 that’s not lame. You’re improving, Grasshopper.
It comes from a constipated horse. Either that or a steed that has been fed less than full rations.
What’s so hard to believe. They felt it when everyone was underwhelmed with the latest phones. Especially wall street. It’s the obvious improvement along with storage size and battery life. 3years too late. And everyone on this page will buy one. Right after I do.
I’m not sure that selling a record-breaking 9 million iPhones on opening weekend (and selling out of the 5S) would equate to being underwhelmed…
True but why let reality interfere with delusion when you have perfected it I guess.
I pray this is true. I love my iPhone five, but a little more screen real estate would be awesome.
That’s all your life needs to be “awesome?” Will you shriek with passionate pleasure every time you answer your “awesome” iPhone. Will it be better than meeting God?
Possibly better. Certainly more likely.
‘Possibly better’ = ignorance
‘More likely’ = only if you’re proud
Nothing comes close to meeting God let alone a phone!
Hallelujah baby can’t wait to meet Zeus when the time comes.
Let’s see, we have to stop those iPhone sales before Christmas. What can we do to screw over Apple?
I’ve got it! We will release an absurd rumor about a too big for your pocket iPhone. Hell, let’s make it 2 absurd, giant iPhones.
We gotta kill those 5s and 5c sales somehow.
Correct. This article was not written with any intention of benefiting Apple or educating the populace. The same article appeared in venture beat under the headline “Apple continues to follow Samsung”. It’s obviously a plant to do harm to Apple’s current sales. You’re right on.
Not sure how this impacts on the current sales of the 5C/5S, seeing as how it’s talking about phones to be introduced in the second half of next year, which would be in line with the release of the iP6 in the fall.
Exactly.
My sentiments exactly. If you can’t imagine how to make it better, make it bigger. Not very imaginative.
If Apple jump on the band wagon of making silly sized phones I hope they still sell the current 4 inch.
As Ive said before, adding phone capabilities to the iPad Mini is the only smart thing to do. Universal apps take my preference every time but if the size of them starts to bloat so badly by having to support 8, 9 or 10 different screen sizes, universal apps may become a thing of the past
“People familiar with the matter…”
Who would that be? If Apple really is developing prototypes of new iPhone models in various sizes (and I’m sure they are for testing purposes), who would actually know? I bet it wouldn’t be more than a handful of top people: a few engineers, Jony Ive and a few assistants, a couple executives, maybe a few others who’ve signed extremely severe non-disclosure agreements. None of those people are likely to share this information with the media. Therefore this info comes from sketchy sources who have their own agenda for manipulating the press. Utter rubbish, until Apple actually tells us what they’re doing.
Yes. Bloomberg has a reputation for bad Apple “rumors”.
I think Althegeo hit the mark in his/her comment above.
There will be no proliferation of iPhone models.
The iWatch fantasy is getting old and tired. Let’s move on to next fanboi wet dream.
Get your attention elsewhere, we’re talking here.
Hardly anyone gives a shit about some fantasy iWatch. Except perhaps you, as you’re still whittering on about it.
My “wet dream” is to haul your pansy ass to Gitmo and give you a lesson in water boarding.
This piece reads like a joke:
“said a person familiar with the plans”
“said the person, declining to be identified because the details aren’t public” (???)
“the person said”
“the person said”
Familiar with the plans? Details aren’t public? What f***ing person? One person? And they print this rubbish?
Bloomberg should be ashamed of themselves for lowering themselves to the level of the Inquirer – where these two so-called reporters belong.
dmz
Lest you missed it, that ship has sailed some time since. In a world distorted by technology, there is no longer any intrinsic shame in assembling words for money to feed your family. Professional ethics are defined by their times.
A slightly curved display might have utility, but I cannot say without having had the opportunity to test one.
I curved display would be more likely to get scratched, so the new sapphire material would come in handy. However, it would be very difficult to create a curved screen from the sapphire boule using a diamond saw. These pieces just don’t fit together unless you could cut a flat piece and then let it sag over a curved mandrel under high heat.
I don’t buy this rumor.
Rather stupidly, T3 initially ran with this story saying that Apple has announced these curved displays. They’ve since tamed down the headline, but if you look at the header and the info in the link, you can still see what they originally claimed.
http://www.t3.com/news/apple-announces-new-iphone-designs-with-bigger-curved-screens
Anybody with any knowledge of Apple would instantly understand the absurdity of expecting people to believe that Apple would announce such a thing so far in advance – and on a Sunday too !
Freedom of the Press shouldn’t apply to this crap. Yeah. I know it really has to.
It just shouldn’t. 🙂
If this is true then BLN found his Right Nut and is now 100% an Apple Fanboy! 😉
I wonder if MDN will update it’s iPhone app by the time this is released…
People really don’t need stuff. Especially as the holiday season approaches, seeing all these commercials spring up for the new cell phones, I have some serious reservations. How much better are these devices compared to last year’s models? The features that most of the people use–texting, high-resolution photography, talking on the phone, sending pictures, using a few apps… these features were ALL available in 2012.
A few points make me think this article is bogus
1 – Apple rarely, if ever, releases new products to cannibalize its own product line within one year from release of the latest iPhone generation. It’s just a bad business decision.
2 – Don’t believe anything you read or hear until it’s official news from Apple Inc.
3 – Apple already has a successful product line in the iPhone, iPad mini, and iPad Air, to resort to even more choices.
4 – Just because something can be done, doesn’t mean it will or should be done.
5 – Apple does not have to try and please everybody by releasing yet another iteration of its product line. Trying to please everybody does not work.
Violating Apple’s non-disclosure agreement by disclosing future products to media is still lush and rampant in the world. Apple Inc. is no more tight-lipped about future products than any other publicly-listed company. It just doesn’t release information to anybody until there’s a formal announcement where everybody gets the information at the same time. Apple does have SEC rules to follow.
So Apple is now running where the puck was 3 years ago.
Got it!
Are you sure it’s not N56?
Reading the comment section certainly reveals the level of intelligence from iHaters. They actually respond as if this BS news is actually True and Factual. C’mon. Are you iHaters that stupid?