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Design the next iPhone

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Re: Design the next iPhone

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The European Union will force Apple to ship iPhones with USB-C from 2024. https://you.com/search?q=eu+usb+c+law My guess is that they will remove all ports by then and completely switch to MagSafe

They may also find another loophole: like make iPhone thinner than USB C, or certify it as a health tracker, or increase charging rate to 101 W. That technically moves iPhone into the laptop territory, and different regulations apply. "Included devices: a larger range of small and medium-sized devices with power delivery up to 100 watts would be included under the scope of the directive, including e-readers, low-powe…

There is no way Lightning can deliver 101W, so for that one they would need to change the port anyway.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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post #103

At first I thought this was kind of "meh" but then I clicked over on the "components" list at the bottom. Dear god, I just spent the last 5 minutes giggling and adding absurd things to the phone. I absolutely love this.

I mustered the courage to add two headphone jacks ($200 a pop).

O boy, so, no space left for a battery with all those jacks. That must be the brand new iPhone(TETHERED)

Re: Design the next iPhone

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One thing I'm missing that I'm still amazed the iPhone lacks: an under-screen fingerprint scanner. Behind-the-screen cameras are not ready for prime time, but surely Apple can please the fingerprint fans quite easily? They can even pretend they invented it by placing it on a weird position and saying it's revolutionary because no iPhone user has probably ever seen it before.

My Moto Z4 has an under-screen fingerprint scanner, and I absolutely positively refuse to ever have a smartphone without such scanner. It is the best possible placement.

It's okay, but on the back in an indent is better.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Even in our imagination our iPhones don't have USB-C!

There is one part that does exist on real iPhones but isn't in the parts palette: a speaker grille. Even with Pro Wheels and a Pro Handle, your breakthrough iPhone will be silent! (Unless you send audio out one of the broad selection of ports available.)

Speakers ? That’s what HomePod minis are for !

Re: Design the next iPhone

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I did not say this. I am not here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYnF17oKutQ Tim Apple in the Eye Phone 9000

You are a sad, strange little man and you have my pity...

I appropriate the complimentary commentary.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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post #54

I clicked present without adding anything, my design uses a telepathic interface, you simply think about it. If you see something, the image is transferred to the memory and uploaded to the cloud by simply desiring that occur. No microphone or earphones are needed, no Bluetooth. I call it the tiPhone it will be out in 2031, place your pre-orders now.

Why do you even need the brick? My design directly link your neurons to the cloud. Upload 3D vision, done. Connect to google maps, done. Call your mom, having a conversation without speaking aloud, done. iBrain. Think different. Directly download to your brain, from a brain near you. Soon.

Please don’t watch your baby in its bath, everything you see is matched against a database (rest assured for your privacy, everything is done locally in your brain - except if we need to human check - so you may experience slower thinking at times)

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Fantastic! But it's missing the most important thing: USB-C

The European Union will force Apple to ship iPhones with USB-C from 2024. https://you.com/search?q=eu+usb+c+law My guess is that they will remove all ports by then and completely switch to MagSafe

That would be hilarious.
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