This is the iPhone 8, or iPhone X, or other name, anyway, this is what the next generation iPhone looks like.
According to the above silhouette and the corresponding size map, we can render the imaginary map and even make a paper mold.
So many pictures are intended to illustrate: the front of the iPhone 8 has no openings other than the earpiece opening. The front camera is not visible and the light sensor is not visible. But in fact, there is another mystery around the earpiece.
The top structural component of the one-piece stainless steel mid-frame extends into a highly integrated top-embedded space, and the apple has six holes (or more) in it. These openings are for laying down the embedded set cooperative processing sensor and camera, from left to right: 1, dual camera module integrated 3D facial mapping scanner; 2, screen dimming color compensator; 3, earpiece; Infrared emission receiving detector; 5, 3D laser dimming range finder.
On the left side of the handset, Apple also used a 3D dual camera in the front, which is not enough. There is a screen dimming color compensator in between the two cameras. On the right side of the handset is a 3D laser dimming rangefinder and an infrared transmit receiver.
In 2013, Apple acquired the Israeli technology company PrimeSense, the first generation of Microsoft's famous Kinect used their 3D imaging technology. Now four years have passed, 3D front dual camera (3D face mapping scanner) is also a time to use, similar to the on-screen fingerprint technology, Apple's new features have always seemed to be a god of the pen, but in fact it is a long time.
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In 2015, Apple acquired another camera technology company, LinX, which not only provides enhanced image quality technology, but also partial 3D modeling and depth of field mapping based on a single photo. At the beginning of this year, Apple acquired RealFace, a facial recognition technology company. In short, all of this is related to the face and related to 3D.
In addition to the 3D dual camera, the 3D laser dimming rangefinder analyzes the surrounding light environment and maps the scanning distance through changes in face shadows. It works with 3D dual cameras.
Also working together is the infrared emission receiving detector, which is used to sense the living body. When these components work together, even if there is no bright screen, the iPhone 8 already knows that you are watching it and can be in front of the bright screen. Complete 3D scan rendering.
Maybe you have to ask, where is the light sensor going? If you remember the color change feature of the True Tone screen of the iPad Pro released before the iPhone 7, you may know the four-channel ambient light sensor behind it. It is this four-channel ambient light sensor that allows the iPad Pro to know the changes in ambient light and adjust the screen to the color that is suitable for reading under ambient light. Unfortunately, iPhone 7 does not use this technology, but it will not be late on the iPhone 8. Inside the upper opening of the earpiece, there is actually an opening that is identical in shape to the earpiece, but slightly larger. Here, a light sensor, a four-channel ambient light sensor and a light compensation corrector are integrated.
On the Apple Watch, Apple has implemented sensors hidden under the OLED screen.
The metal frame of the iPhone 8 has a part that extends downward at the top, fixing the sensor cameras carried by these openings, etc. How high is the integration of this part? The area occupied by so many components is about half that of the current iPhone 7 handset. Be aware that Intel's RealSense dual camera has been around for so many years.
Why is Apple able to integrate so many things in such a small space, and advance the existing technology to a big step, to achieve integration, miniaturization, synergy, embedding, hidden invisible, which may be Apple's leading industry Another myth of 5 years.
In order to achieve a full-screen effect, in addition to the front earpiece opening, the other openings are internal, but the user does not actually see it. The screen dimming color compensator mentioned above is to eliminate the influence of the screen on the camera and the sensor, which is one of the keys to achieving comprehensiveness. Therefore, in the end, the effect we see with the naked eye will be the same as the rendering of the image below. The operator and battery information are displayed on the left and right sides of the handset.
As the only opening in the front panel, the earpiece part naturally cannot display images, but the earpiece is actually less than 1 mm from the top of the screen, and this opening needs to be cut out in the OLED screen with a very fine laser process.
The fine structure of the Apple iPhone is often a whole body. When the embedded collection co-processing sensor and the front dual-shot take up a certain thickness and width, it is connected with the original iPhone 7 Plus. The plan conflicted, so Apple had to turn the original camera horizontally into a vertical row, avoiding the sensor on the right side of the fuselage.
The flash is placed in the middle of the two cameras because this time both cameras have optical image stabilization and need to leave more space for each other. Regrettably, this time Apple still did not wipe the camera flat, the bump will become the new normal of Apple's back. Of course, the high level of integration is also Apple's mastery, flash and noise reduction microphones are also integrated in the sapphire glass.
It should be noted that on the back of the iPhone 8 there is only a double-camera opening, and there are no other metal contacts or smart connectors.
In order to support the world's most network frequency band, Apple has opened eight signal breakpoints on the stainless steel metal frame, and the signal breakpoint cuts will also extend to the glass panel. However, in order to successfully use wireless charging, the iPhone 8 finally adopts a double-sided glass design similar to the iPhone 4. The difference is that the iPhone 4 style is tough, while the iPhone 8 is more rounded and the glass is more connected. For smoothing.
Apple's conservative approach to charging has been squandered for a long time, but as Apple and wireless charging startup Energous collaborate, people begin to look forward to when Apple will use wireless charging. More convincing evidence is that after Apple's cooperation with Energous, according to the information displayed by LinkedIn, many Apple employees, especially battery R&D engineers, have entered Energous. Energous' WattUp technology was previously considered to be the only long-range wireless charging technology that is expected to be available in the near future. Last year, their wireless charging efficiency reached 70%.
It's unclear whether the iPhone 8 uses long-range or short-range wireless charging, and at least Apple's two options are in beta. The obstacles placed in front of Apple may not only be the process of technology research and development, it is said that FCC has not yet issued the certification for long-distance wireless charging.
In the space where the iPhone 8 is 137.54mm wide and 67.54mm wide, Apple does not waste even a square millimeter of space, and nothing that exists is redundant. Remember the words Apple introduced about AirPods:
I feel like I have been in the world.
If AirPods is put into the world, then the high integration of the iPhone 8 this time can be said to put down the galaxy.
In fact, the development direction of Apple's new products, as well as the design concept, can be found in the words of Apple executives on different occasions. The concept of integration, wireless, and no opening is like a main line of thinking about Apple products.
On the other hand, Apple also pursues a strong sense of symmetry and a perfect sense of order. It is also deeply rooted in the DNA of Apple, from Steve Jobs to Jonathan Ivey.
Many people will say that if the above are true, the iPhone 8 technology is not radical like Apple, but think about the original iPhone, think about the iPhone 4, which mobile phone is not the most radical and incredible at that time?
Jobs is no longer, but Jobs is everywhere in Apple. The highest point of Apple's new headquarters in Apple Park, which will be launched this year, is Steve Jobs Theater named after Steve Jobs. Maybe Apple will introduce iPhone 8 to the world here.
The red line has a 5.768-inch screen, and the upper, lower, left and right borders are 2.577mm.
It should be explained that the size of the iPhone 8 is mostly concentrated in the sizes of 4.7, 5.0, 5.5 and 5..8. In fact, the last time that Love Fan received the bullet was pointing to 5.0 inches. Guessing may be the information on the smoke bombs that the whistleblower created to protect his identity.
The 5.5 inches (140mm) and 5.8 inches (147mm) here are likely to refer to the same size, because for the aesthetics of the full screen, Apple cut the OLED screen to make the corners of the screen rounded. If the diagonal is calculated as a rounded vertex, the size is 5.5 inches, and if it is calculated as an uncut normal rectangle, the screen size is 5.8 inches.
As shown in the above figure, the screen area of ​​the iPhone 8, the glass cover area, and the metal middle frame area extend outward in turn. The distance between the three boundaries is continuous and completely consistent, including the R corner bend, and the width of the 2.5D arc surface is the same. .
Similar to the iPhone 7's Home button, the iPhone 8's side buttons are also “fakeâ€, providing vibration feedback through a linear motor, which is virtually incapable of pressing, but Apple still makes it convex. And the power button on the right side has also become longer, providing two metal contacts up and down, but the specific role is unknown.
About the iPhone 8, the most widely transmitted, nothing more than the on-screen fingerprint recognition technology. Before talking about this black technology, it is a good idea to return to 2013. Apple pioneered the use of fingerprint recognition technology on the iPhone 5s. This is not the first time humans have used fingerprint recognition on mobile phones, but the fingerprint era of smart phones has It was opened by this, and since then, the design of the smartphone has been unable to follow the fingerprints.
In July 2012, Apple acquired AuthenTec, which enabled the implementation of leading fingerprint recognition on the iPhone 5s. LuxVue, another technology company acquired by Apple in 2014, is setting the stage for a new era of fingerprint recognition.
The key to this foreshadowing is TDDI (Touch and Display Driver Integration). In the past, the touch and display driver chips of the screen were separated. TDDI was to merge the two chips. This improvement can make the screen more sensitive and accurate.
Apple's acquisition of LuxVue received a patent called "interactive display panel with integrated infrared diodes", a TDDI technology. Apple's TDDI technology on this basis includes more than just touch and display driver integration, as well as fingerprint recognition integration, so that fingerprint recognition can be integrated with the screen.
In addition to TDDI technology, LuxVue has applied for a patent for micro-device stabilization technology in November 2015. The patented technology includes a stabilizaTIon layer that stabilizes the array of micro-devices on the substrate, such as miniaturized LED devices, microchips, etc. . Behind this is actually Micro LED technology, just as LuxVue has a lot of technical reserves in this area.
According to Apple's new technology, the new technology will certainly be far ahead of the old technology, and it is expected that the new fingerprint recognition will be faster and more accurate than the current iPhone 7. This is not an unwarranted speculation. It has been three years since Apple acquired LuxVue. In the past three years, Apple has been developing on-screen fingerprint technology. Since the iPhone 5s, Apple’s fingerprint recognition pattern has not changed much. In fact, Apple is brewing fingerprints. Identifying another revolution. Even Apple, this technological change is not achieved overnight. At the time of the September 10th conference, the global audience exclaimed, behind Apple's three years of hard work.
Of course, Apple’s efforts for three years are enough to make the technology that people think is impossible now.
With the iOS 10 coming up, the screen-up function is also paving the way for the fingerprint inside the screen: after the phone is bright, there will be a fingerprint identification mark at the bottom of the screen, and there will be feedback when the finger is placed, and the user will immediately enter the main page.
Screen fingerprints solve the biggest problem of the full screen, but if Apple wants to achieve a full screen, it also needs to consider the front opening problem of the front camera, light sensor, and earpiece. When Apple used three years to make the fingerprints on the screen impossible, the real problem appeared: how to make the top opening of the phone "disappear"?
Speaking of the top opening, you have to mention this negative example that is often used to spit:
The Moto X Style's top-of-the-line, unobtrusive opening is a problem. It's extremely difficult for the top sensor and camera to be integrated, miniaturized, coordinated, embedded, and hidden. After all, Moto is not a fascinating company. Moto X Style is like this, because the design succumbs to functional needs.
Then think about it, the reason why Apple is excellent is that it can try to make the design not succumb to functional needs. This time, the iPhone 8 is able to achieve a comprehensive screen and reflect the ability to unify design and functionality, not in the fingerprints, but in places where most Android vendors such as Moto are not able to do well.
Because, visually, the iPhone 8 looks like this: there is no visible opening on the front except the earpiece section. Don't worry, Apple won't cut off the front camera and let the girls who love self-portraits disappoint. Not only will it not be castrated, this time Apple will also greatly enhance the front camera and add other leading new features.
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