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Leaked iPhone 8 Screen Protector Includes Reduced Bezels and Front-Facing Camera Cutout
New images and a video of a screen protector for the upcoming "iPhone 8" have been posted to the Chinese social network site Weibo and shared recently by leaker Benjamin Geskin and leak aggregation site SlashLeaks. The tempered glass screen protector is said to be made for Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 with a 5.8-inch display, and represents a design that falls in line with current rumors for the unreleased iPhone.
The screen protector's bezels are noticeably thin and are the same thickness all the way around, with the exception of the front-facing cutout for the device's camera and various sensors. Although reports have failed to largely agree upon how Apple will incorporate the iPhone 8's front camera into a device with dramatically thinner bezels, recent renders have suggested a minor cutout for the camera, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and potentially a 3D sensing module.
To make the cutout less noticeable, iOS could then use deep black technology provided by the new OLED screen to make the area atop the screen appear like one uninterrupted dark strip. As Geskin tweeted out over the weekend, the new tempered glass screen protector aligns nicely with his previous iPhone 8 renderings.
In a separate image posted on SlashLeaks today, another screen protector manufacturer has leaked a picture of an iPhone 8 accessory, claiming the 5.8-inch iPhone will be dubbed the "Decade Edition." This name has never been mentioned in previous reports on potential name schemes for the iPhone 8, so it's best to remain skeptical about its veracity.
Following a report last year that Apple employees were referring to the 2017 iPhone as the "iPhone 8," that nomenclature has largely become the go-to title for the 5.8-inch device. More recently, Japanese site Mac Otakara has suggested that the device could be called the "iPhone Edition," marking the new iPhone as a higher-end device similar to the Apple Watch Edition. The "Edition" name would furthermore differentiate it from the iterative iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus updates also expected to launch this fall.
The screen protector's bezels are noticeably thin and are the same thickness all the way around, with the exception of the front-facing cutout for the device's camera and various sensors. Although reports have failed to largely agree upon how Apple will incorporate the iPhone 8's front camera into a device with dramatically thinner bezels, recent renders have suggested a minor cutout for the camera, ambient light sensor, proximity sensor, and potentially a 3D sensing module.
To make the cutout less noticeable, iOS could then use deep black technology provided by the new OLED screen to make the area atop the screen appear like one uninterrupted dark strip. As Geskin tweeted out over the weekend, the new tempered glass screen protector aligns nicely with his previous iPhone 8 renderings.
#iPhone8 Render aligned with tempered glass. pic.twitter.com/OwJ2R3VxBb
— Benjamin Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) June 17, 2017
In a separate image posted on SlashLeaks today, another screen protector manufacturer has leaked a picture of an iPhone 8 accessory, claiming the 5.8-inch iPhone will be dubbed the "Decade Edition." This name has never been mentioned in previous reports on potential name schemes for the iPhone 8, so it's best to remain skeptical about its veracity.
Following a report last year that Apple employees were referring to the 2017 iPhone as the "iPhone 8," that nomenclature has largely become the go-to title for the 5.8-inch device. More recently, Japanese site Mac Otakara has suggested that the device could be called the "iPhone Edition," marking the new iPhone as a higher-end device similar to the Apple Watch Edition. The "Edition" name would furthermore differentiate it from the iterative iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus updates also expected to launch this fall.
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30 months ago
Much nicer looking than the Samsung, but apple should make upper portion like this.
Black camera and speaker grill cutout on top of the screen protector looks awful.it should be transparent like all other screen protectors.
Black camera and speaker grill cutout on top of the screen protector looks awful.it should be transparent like all other screen protectors.
30 months ago
Why would a screen protector have the black section at the top, and not just cutouts in the transparent plastic/glass like all other screen protectors.
30 months ago
If they use the deep black of OLED to produce a strip across the top, then there’s not gonna be any white iPhone 8 then.... so I call BS.
Hi there.
30 months ago
Which ones in particular?
Ha, you found the caps lock button. Please don't touch it again.
30 months ago
Those camera cut outs are just so ugly. Where is the sense of design? either have a small band on the top and bottom or don't have anything. This just looks weird
I think it's actually a good design. It allows Apple to use the left side to output signal/wifi info and output Battery/Bluetooth, portrait mode lock/GPS info to the right side.
Having a black strip would create another line to display that info. I think this is good use of area.
30 months ago
oh my god, with everybody talking about the "shoulders" or cutouts of the screen image area at the top. Sites like BGR even use it as click bait: "ugliest design evarrr" they scream. Apple will almost surely make the pixels dark left to right with the usual signal strength and battery life and then some smarmy editor will pat him/herself on the back for "giving Apple the idea." ...no.
30 months ago
No, no, no... Apple please don't release this!
I'd rather have very small top and bottom bezels like the Galaxy S8 over a random black bar at the top. What happened to uniformity?
I'd rather have very small top and bottom bezels like the Galaxy S8 over a random black bar at the top. What happened to uniformity?
30 months ago
Those camera cut outs are just so ugly. Where is the sense of design? either have a small band on the top and bottom or don't have anything. This just looks weird
30 months ago
But How will touch id work[recognize finger]under the glass screen protector? if it's embedded in the display.
i think there should be a separate cutout for the touch id like this :-
i think there should be a separate cutout for the touch id like this :-
30 months ago
UGLY CUT OUTS, UGLY PROTRUDING CAMERAS.
FAIL ON ALL MEASURES.
APPLE DESIGN SUCKS READ BAD IN 2017.
STEVE JOBS WOULD HAVE KILLED THIS DESIGN FROM THE OUTSET.
APPLE CAN'T DESIGN CLEAN PRODUCTS ANYMORE. YEAR AFTER YEAR SINCE IPHONE 6 RUBBISH DESIGN COMPROMIZES JUST FOR PROFITS.
IF APPLE CANT DO IT, THEN ENTER NEW COMPETITORS PLEASE.
IT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE THIS:
FAIL ON ALL MEASURES.
APPLE DESIGN SUCKS READ BAD IN 2017.
STEVE JOBS WOULD HAVE KILLED THIS DESIGN FROM THE OUTSET.
APPLE CAN'T DESIGN CLEAN PRODUCTS ANYMORE. YEAR AFTER YEAR SINCE IPHONE 6 RUBBISH DESIGN COMPROMIZES JUST FOR PROFITS.
IF APPLE CANT DO IT, THEN ENTER NEW COMPETITORS PLEASE.
IT SHOULD BE MORE LIKE THIS:
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