Hello everybody Apple’s new 4.7 and 5.1-inch iPhone 8, to be released in September or October of this year, will feature a new glass body, front-facing camera, no Home button, USB connector (replaces the Lightning port, which Apple is phasing out), wireless charging and new A11 processor for faster responsiveness.
With Edge-to-edge display, fingerprint sensor and varying capacities, Apple is now following Samsung, it would seem. As I understand it, they are also trying to make the iPhone thinner and lighter. That’s why they are ditching the Aluminium case. |The home button, again, as with Samsung’s new S8 Galaxy, has been dumped. I also understand that, as with the iPhone 7S and 7S+, there will be no dedicated audio connector. Clearly, the battle of the smart phones is now hotting up. Seems to be that Samsung has the edge, if you’ll pardon the pun, from where I’m standing. It will be interesting to see what’s coming in iOS 11, scheduled for release around the same time as the iPhone8. Definitely time to dump my old iPhone 5S I think, and super-definitely time to dump my old third generation iPad. I actually have a first generation iPad sitting in a drawer, but it doesn’t work any longer. I just haven’t had the heart to dump it, as it was the second device on which I learned to use iOS. Ah well, let battle commence! ======================================== My complements and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <gor...@mac-access.net> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. Contact: • UK Geographic – +44(0) 1642 688095 • UKFree Phone – 0800 8620538 • UK Mobile – +44 (0) 7907 823971 • Australia Geographic – +61 38 82059300 • US Geographic – +1 646 9151493Mobile/S ----------------------------------------
