{"id":64317,"date":"2018-04-28T06:46:12","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T06:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64317"},"modified":"2018-04-28T06:46:12","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T06:46:12","slug":"apple-spent-5-years-developing-iphone-feature-may-soon-abandon-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/apple-spent-5-years-developing-iphone-feature-may-soon-abandon-forever.html","title":{"rendered":"Apple spent 5 years developing an iPhone feature it may soon abandon forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple spent 5 years developing an iPhone feature it may soon abandon forever<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

3D Touch is quite possibly the most underappreciated technologies Apple has developed in the past decade, and that\u2019s entirely Apple\u2019s fault. It\u2019s a very complex and compelling technology that uses special sensors integrated with the iPhone\u2019s display. These sensors are able to measure how much pressure is applied when a user touches the phone\u2019s display, and then Apple\u2019s iOS software can trigger different functions based on how much pressure is applied. For example, lightly tapping an app icon on an iPhone home screen will open the app, but pressing firmly on the icon will open a menu of shortcuts and widgets.<\/span><\/p>\n

When Apple develops nifty new technologies for its iPhones, the company\u2019s rivals typically trip over themselves racing to copy it. In the case of 3D Touch, no other company has managed to achieve what Apple did. In this case, however, it might not be that Apple\u2019s rivals were unable to copy 3D Touch, they simply may have realized that the technology isn\u2019t particularly useful. Now, a new report from the world\u2019s most reliable Apple insider suggests that Apple may have come to the same conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s 3D Touch technology is actually quite elegant, but it also has some serious problems. The first problem is the fact that Appel offers absolutely no indication of where 3D Touch works and where it does not. We\u2019ve discussed this at least a dozen times here on the site, usually while we remind users about some of the nifty 3D Touch features available on Apple\u2019s iPhones.<\/span><\/p>\n

The second big problem with 3D Touch is also a big one: it\u2019s sort of unnecessary. And by \u201csort of unnecessary,\u201d I mean it\u2019s almost entirely useless. Most 3D Touch features can easily be replaced with a simple tap-and-hold, or long-press as it\u2019s often called. There are definitely a few features that can\u2019t, such as turning the keyboard into a trackpad (since long-pressing on any letter already opens a shortcut) or opening the quick action menu on an app icon (since long-pressing on an icon lets you rearrange apps). Of course, it wouldn\u2019t take very long at all to figure out new gestures to perform those functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

That brings us to a new note sent to clients on Wednesday evening by KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo\u2019s track record obviously speaks for itself, and he claims that one of the three new iPhone models Apple plans to release this coming September will not support 3D Touch. Apple is expected to release a new 5.8-inch iPhone X successor and a larger 6.5-inch OLED iPhone later this year, and then a third new 6.1-inch iPhone model will feature a similar design with a much lower price point.<\/span><\/p>\n

To achieve that lower price point \u2014 which could start at just $550 \u2014 Apple will reportedly cut costs in several key areas. The 6.1-inch iPhone will supposedly have an LCD display instead of OLED, it\u2019ll have an aluminum midframe rather than stainless steel, Apple will use 3GB of RAM instead of 4GB, and the phone will not support 3D Touch.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s where things get interesting. As Apple news blog Cult of Mac picked up on, Kuo\u2019s note claims that the 6.1-inch iPhone is just the start. According to the analyst\u2019s note, none of the new iPhone models Apple releases in 2019 will support 3D Touch. The original coverage of Kuo\u2019s note is in Chinese so it\u2019s possible that something is getting lost in translation, but the machine translated version of the article appears to make it clear that all of the new iPhone models Apple is planning next year will abandon 3D Touch and move to the new thinner Cover Glass Sensor (CGS) technology debuting on the 6.1-inch iPhone this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most people likely don\u2019t remember this little tidbit, but here\u2019s the worst part: it took Apple five years to develop 3D Touch. If you go back to my iPhone 6s review from 2015, you\u2019ll see a link to a tweet from an Apple engineer revealing that the company\u2019s 3D Touch technology took five years to develop and release. Ironically, if Kuo\u2019s intel ends up being accurate, 3D Touch will end up having lasted only four years before being abandoned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-http:\/\/bgr.com\/2018\/04\/27\/iphone-x2-rumors-last-iphone-with-3d-touch\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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