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What if the rumors fhat the Touch ID is on the back are true. And what if the Touch ID on the back ... is built into the back glass panel... the entire panel is a finger print reader since there will be no screen to interfere with the quality lol 

saltyzip said:

Rayz2016 said:

saltyzip said:

The issue long-term for Apple is will people pay a premium for a phone in years to come when a £200 phone will do everything they need and more?

IBM used to sell expensive PCs with massive cost to profit ratio, but once competition had caught up and started to out innovate them, their profits started to fall down a cliff. Blackberry suffered the same fate. What's different this time is Apple has monopoly on its app store, and this is why Apple will turn into a services company. However regulators may see this as anti competitive and allow likes of e.g Amazon to setup its own Apple app store. Wouldn't that be good for consumers!

Apple cannot have a monopoly on its own App Store, in much the same way that Toyota cannot have a monopoly for selling Toyota cars. 

The market is for app stores, not the App Store. Apple does not have the biggest app store, and even if it did, there is nothing illegal in having a monopoly, so regulators have no case. 

Hope that makes things a little clearer for you. 

Now if Walmart forced the consumer to only buy Cheerios from its stores, it has a Monopoly on that product.

Monopoly means: "the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service"

Apple has sole control over everything it sells to Apple devices. That can be seen as anti competitive when a company has too much power, like Apple, bad for consumers, and for companies like Spotify etc.

No streaming service can compete with Apples, because Apple can price theirs better than everyone else who sells competing products, plus they take a cut of competing products revenue too as it has to be sold through app store, not fair.

Hope that educates you.

According to you, every retail store and website is a monopoly. 

Apple has sole control over its App Store. It could be considered a monopoly IF Apple didn't allow other people to sell in there store.  Amazon sells google sells Microsoft sells in Apple's App Store.  

Accoding to your example. Walmart should be labeled a monopoly because it has sole control over who can sell in its stores and website and it gets a cut or profit from every sale. Or the same with Amazon. 

The Apple  app store is not a monopoly because it allows other people to sell products in it. And it would be considered a store.  Now, monopolistic practice are different.  

First of all this is probably fake.

but if it wasn't...

maestro64 said:

Personally I do not think it makes sense to make the back of the phone glass, it will just add to the overall thickness of the phone. The Battery and electronics dictate the internal thickness, and the outside if the metal shell and the display. You have to ask yourself why would apple make the battery thinner which mean less battery life just to add the thickness of the glass on the outside. We already know the camera is bigger than what battery and electronic.

The only way this makes sense is if the new phone has an overall thickness greater than the current 6 and 7 models. Not to say this is bad and could be what Apple is doing. Making it a little thicker is not a bigger issue except for those who keep count and only buy things if they are faster, more or and in a smaller package.

We will all have to wait and see what it finally looks like and what all they crammed into the device. Then it is up to all those willing to pony up the money to buy it.

You forgot to consider that Apple is rumored to include wireless charging. If this is true they would probably need glass backs.

I also don't see Apple redesigning one phone and not the others.  

This would make sense why Apple allegedly thinned its battery. So it can add wireless charging with a glass back. 

Hasn't it occurred to anyone.  Apple doesn't necisarilly rush products to market. 

Apple is 5 years out. They still live by the motto the people don't know what they want til yiu hand it to them.  

The main difference now, is Tim Cook drops teasers and hints about what that may be to keep the world looking forward to it. 

Apple will release a major update for the iPhone.  If you pay attention to the rumor mill. This update for iPhone 8 started churning since even before iPhone 7 hit. 
This update everyone is associating with iPhone anniversary probably has nothing to do with that 

Be intelligent. Use your head.  APPLE will never leave Touch ID out of there device.
apple pay is a key selling point. Why would Apple leave it out of there most premium device. 

I suspect this is why we have rumors of 5'8" phones with 5.1" usable screen. Apple had these issues so they created a work around....