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Re:iPhone X by twblalock on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @04:50PM (#15232504)
I think phones are "done" in the same way laptops are "done" -- the form factor is established, and now it's about incremental improvements like better screens, better cameras, faster processors, AR, etc.

Unless someone invents a phone screen that can roll up like a piece of paper, I think phones are going to look the same for a long time.

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Re:iPhone X by tannhaeuser on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @06:49PM (#15233710)
Yet Apple has, for the first time in years IMHO, just delivered something worth discussing and mildly tempting.
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Re:iPhone X by pas on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:58AM (#15238878)
What do you consider new, novel or innovative?

Face ID has been done, no home button has been done, big screen to the edges has been done. That notch thing is new, but ... doesn't seem interesting (it just obscures part of the screen).

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Re:iPhone X by tannhaeuser on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @12:02PM (#15239580)
It's certainly a leap for the iPhone for having amoled alone (having it on my old Samsung for years now but still). The notch thingy is important as a design element, showing us Apple's main product's full redesign with their new signature solution to the design trade-offs for an all-screen phone with front-facing camera, finger/bio scanner, etc.

> I sense something. A presence I've not felt since...

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