‘Honest’, premium OnePlus 6 design confirmed to use glass back providing ‘sense of value’

The OnePlus 6 will move away from the all-metal chassis of the 5T and the brand's sandstone roots, embracing a "premium" and "honest" glass design.

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All signs point to one 2018 iPhone version sticking to LCD screen, metal case also likely

It simply doesn't make business sense for Apple to prepare a 2018 iPhone lineup comprised of three OLED models, according to more and more reports.

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Zagg’s Invisible Shield Galaxy S8 glass protector is not worth its $50 price tag at all

It costs too much and doesn't provide a proper fit against the phone's glass, say many, many reviewers on Best Buy's and Zagg's site.

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In-depth: further details about KGI’s iPhone 8 trio include dual-OIS cameras for Plus

There is a loose coalescence of intel regarding what molds the iPhone 8 will take shape in come next year. More analysts and sources are pointing to two phones with larger screens but roughly in the same dimensions as the past three iterations of iPhone. But a third size, with screen size said to be between the existing 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch form factors, has been popping up in research notes recently, including one from yesterday written by KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo.

Further details from a KGI report today make expectations for Apple to make this the sole model to feature a wraparound OLED screen. The screen, provided exclusively by Samsung, will have a hypotenuse of 5.8 inches while its capacitive touch sensor will only span 5.2 inches. Bezels will be minimized to near zero while the Home Button will be integrated into the display.

KGI belives this special model will act as a technological showboat for Apple while the company continues to maintain the “bread-and-butter” models. The Plus is supposed to get optical image stabilization support for both of its wide angle and telephoto lenses. Both conventional iPhones will still feature LCD screens and an iterative design derived from the iPhone 7 series, but with glass as the main industrial material.

It was not likely from the outset that Apple would be able to obtain enough OLED panels from Samsung for full-slate iPhone production. The third iPhone 8 could enable Apple to offer it at an elevated price and/or depress its other models’ costs — however it wants to drive iPhone sales.

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Analysts think iPhone 8 may grow screens, stick with the same two physical sizes

The web of rumors about the next iPhone has been spun for long enough to give us a good establishing view of what it may look like from this far out. The thoughts so far have pointed to a bolder glass-led design with more screen than customers would know what to do with. And maybe, just maybe, we’d get three of them this time around — apparently, we were so close to getting a third iPhone last time around.

Add to the pile this from Barclays Research where maybe instead of dealing with 4.7-inch, 5-inch and 5.5-inch models we get 5-inch and 5.8-inch models. An iPhone 8 and an iPhone 8 Plus.

Blayne Curtis, Christopher Hemmelgarn, Thomas O’Malley and Jerry Zhang toured Apple’s manufacturing partners across Asia and learned a thing or two from sources.

“iPhone 8 design didn’t sound 100% locked down but we believe believe the move is to a bezel-less design with screen sizes getting larger and curved edges in the original envelope,” the note reads.

If we’re getting a new design in the same iPhone 7/6s/6 sizes we’re all used with no physical home button and new materials, — OLED screens will still be bound to the Plus model, the analysts claim — then perhaps we may be all set on what forms we may receive in September 2017.

Alright, getting our expectations cleared up and set in 2016 for a 2017 product. We’re sure nothing will change.

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Several reports of LG V20 camera glass cracking come awfully timed for industry

If you own an LG V20, here’s a frightful pattern you’ll want to watch for that dual-camera head unit. Perhaps you might even consider getting a case for it. Perhaps that’ll be a futile move.There have been multiple reports of the glass on the head unit either cracking or shattering and usually because of minuscule impact activities such as scratching the surface or even setting the phone down. A post on the LG V20 subreddit has logged seven incidents including an ...

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A not-so-much all-glass iPhone 8, as sold by KGI

Good news for Apple: everyone has gone bananas for the pricier, fancier Jet Black finish on that new iPhone 7. The bad news? It can’t make enough of those things to ship to everyone quick enough.So, if rumors of an all-glass iPhone next year come to bear, will Apple step ...

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