Artist Rendition of Next Gen iPhone with Leaked Black Bezel

[MacRumors]

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One MacRumors reader Carniphage posted (http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p=7681337&postcount=97) a photoshop rendition of what the next generation iPhone might look like using the leaked (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/27/next-generation-iphone-bezel-revealed/) bezel image.

The bezel appeared at parts supplier ChinaOnTrade (http://www.chinaontrade.com/iphone-4g-spare-parts-c-69.html) and shows the speaker for the iPhone at a much higher position than the current iPhone. It also shifts the color of the surrounding border from silver to black.

Article Link: Artist Rendition of Next Gen iPhone with Leaked Black Bezel (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/28/artist-rendition-of-next-gen-iphone-with-leaked-black-bezel/)

[Perrumpo]

Not Bad

[Unspoken Demise]

Very very nice rendition. If I didnt know better I would say...

OMGZ! TEH NEW IPHONE IZ DA SEXXXXXX!!!111111ELEVEN11!!!!!!!

But really, Its a fantastic rendition. If the new iPhone looks similiar to this, Apple has a real winner on their hands this summer.

[spikedscott]

i'd be happy with that :D

[jav6454]

Good shoop. Like the form factor, now to wish for video conference.

[Tones2]

Boy oh boy this pre-new-iPhone release info gets crazier and crazier. Why is this news?

Tony

[enkadrummer88]

seriously, if this is just an artist rendition.... I can't wait to see what the real phone will look like... great shoop job

[TheSlush]

OMGZ! TEH NEW IPHONE IZ DA SEXXXXXX!!!111111ELEVEN11!!!!!!!

What he said.

[somberlaine]

i can't wait to upgrade my gen 1 iphone

[Eriden]

It would rock to have an iSight just below the earpiece. With A2DP, Copy+Paste, Video Recording and iChat AV Mobile, it would be a damn near perfect phone.

[Vashthewicked]

That, ladies and gentlemen, is sexy. Looks like you'd have to hold your iPhone lower on your face though, if true. Love the camera too, if true.

And thanks to whoever did the 'shop. (can you do a dark red one ;))

[MacDaddy901]

Ehhh.... I still like the chrome bezel. This looks too plain. And the chrome, although scratchy, made it stand out.

[AgingGeek]

Because I like, could never have just pictured it in my imagination.... :rolleyes:

[JRomero]

That's a pretty damn good Photoshop job, if I do say so myself!

I'm not sure about the speaker, but the metallic black bezel really makes it look sleek. I like it. :cool:

[Mykbibby]

Why is the speaker so high? Because the front side camera is right below it.

[iGeRmAn]

Speculating that chinese site is legit and these are official parts and the screen of a next generation is about the same size, resolution, specs, etc. ,

how do they justify that you have to flip the double amount of money out of your wallet ?

http://www.chinaontrade.com/shopping_cart.php?sort=2a

Any suggestions ?

[talkingfuture]

Looks ok - not great. I think it will look better when we see the real thing.

[slffl]

All black = boring and cheap looking IMO.

I hope it comes in different colors.

[ubestbsteppin]

Boy oh boy this pre-new-iPhone release info gets crazier and crazier. Why is this news?

Tony

It's not "news" really. Just a rumor. Hence MacRUMORS.com.

[PinkyMacGodess]

Then why not do away with the button too then? Apple could improve reliability and hardiness by killing the button. I've got dust around mine. How much stuff gets into the iPhone from that gap I wonder.

Also having the speaker slit that close to the edge isn't likely to be very stable from a mechanical standpoint. It weakens that whole edge, unless the new iphone is going unibody too...

[Perrumpo]

(can you do a dark red one ;))

Like... burgundy? lol

Sorry, "dark red" just sounds funny to me. I could see bright red for the phone, but not dark... unless you mean one of those translucent colors that's bright red and black where you can still see the red pop through.

[zub3qin]

What a revolutionary design change!
Apple has done it again!

I can't believe the new form factor, the new lines, the new fit and finish!

It is so different than the previous iPhone!
Apple sure isn't resting on their laurels!

And the iPhone's user interface! It was so modern in 2006 when it was developed! Who cares if it is now 2009?

[Coroe]

Crappy photoshop based on a misperception. It's an inner bezel. Jeez.

[peterdevries]

I hope it won't look like this, because I think this looks seriously ugly.

Great photoshop job though!

[EdwinRojas]

With the speaker moving up, does anyone think the screen size might just be a little bit bigger, and thus the design change?

[edesignuk]

oh look...

It looks just like an iPhone!

[CromulentChriss]

One of the things I've always hated about the iphone (and the 2. gen touch) is the silver trimming - and I'm glad it looks like it will be gone cause I'm expecting to buy my first iphone when the new one is available...I actually don't care for the look of the iphone at all when I think about it, but some small changes might do the trick for me

[iSee]

Crappy photoshop based on a misperception. It's an inner bezel. Jeez.

Oh, right, thanks for setting us straight. :rolleyes: "inner bezel" LOL.

[kloppenator]

I'd SO tap that.

Twice!

[iTomm]

Crappy photoshop based on a misperception. It's an inner bezel. Jeez.

Haha, inner bezel.

[JuBe]

You know what would be interesting for them to do in later designs would be to put the button on the back (i.e. where the black rubber-ish part is on the first generation iPhones) and then leave the entire front (they would somehow have to cover the speaker, but no worries about the ability to do that) as a screen. Of course, they'd probably have to put a bezel in order for fingers that would be holding the device to not interfere with normal functions, but it'd be a cool step forward.

[digitdean]

What a revolutionary design change!
Apple has done it again!

I can't believe the new form factor, the new lines, the new fit and finish!

It is so different than the previous iPhone!
Apple sure isn't resting on their laurels!

And the iPhone's user interface! It was so modern in 2006 when it was developed! Who cares if it is now 2009?

I bet you begrudge architects for still using floors, walls, windows and doors.

[JuBe]

Haha, inner bezel.


I agree... wouldn't it no longer be a bezel once inside the phone?

[Stewie86]

If this is how it's gonna look, then there is NO doubt in my mind that I will get it. I mean, on my wishlist, everything I have is coming true with the exception of video chat and flash for websites, now this very slim design rendition? Please let this be true, Jebus, please!

[Elzlaik]

When I saw that the bezel isn't continuous like the chrome one, I hoped that the bottom front of the phone (where the Home button is) might be aluminum - making it look like a little iMac.

[DELLsFan]

Ah chrome bezel, how we loved thee ... :rolleyes:

[Carniphage]

With the speaker moving up, does anyone think the screen size might just be a little bit bigger, and thus the design change?

With the speaker moving up, I think it is more likely that the screen will stay the same, and the whole device might get a bit shorter.

Still not convinced this part is real. It's not like Apple to put a seam in the outside edge like that.

Oh and the stupid artist put the camera-shutter button on the wrong side.

Oh, that'd be me.

C.

[Andrew K.]

Crappy photoshop based on a misperception. It's an inner bezel. Jeez.

how would an inner bezel fit? I really can't picture it.

[Warbrain]

Well...that's ugly as ****.

[ipoppy]

It would rock to have an iSight just below the earpiece. With A2DP, Copy+Paste, Video Recording and iChat AV Mobile, it would be a damn near perfect phone.

Exactly my thoughts !!!!:)

[nagromme]

I like my chrome edge! But this isn't bad either. Especially if it makes room for video calls!

Nice Photoshop work too :) I had not understood what iLounge meant about the earpiece before.

(EDIT: I'm sure there's another thread on this very question, but I've only read this one... how would the volume/mute controls fit into that bezel? It looks (in the original pic) like there's no room for them. And the round hole is odd. Some random iPhone knock-off instead?)

[nfl46]

LOL the things we do to see how the new iPhone looks...

I'm ready for my iPhone NOW!

[Arkanok]

Boy oh boy this pre-new-iPhone release info gets crazier and crazier. Why is this news?

Tony

Why not post it? On an otherwise slow day in Apple news, I welcome anything interesting, real or not.

[Donz0r]

Then why not do away with the button too then? Apple could improve reliability and hardiness by killing the button. I've got dust around mine. How much stuff gets into the iPhone from that gap I wonder.

Also having the speaker slit that close to the edge isn't likely to be very stable from a mechanical standpoint. It weakens that whole edge, unless the new iphone is going unibody too...

There is so much wrong with what you just said...

Remove WHAT button? There's only 2 buttons on the damn thing already! how could we do with any less?!

And the iPhone ALREADY IS UNIBODY geez people! It's machined out of a single piece of plastic. (if you meant 'aluminum' then clarify)

And the device is not 'mechanical' at all, there's no moving parts. Perhaps from a 'structural' standpoint but it's a phone, why would that matter at all!

[savoirfaire]

What a shame... you can never have too much chrome.

[fastbite]

I hope not.

[2Shae]

All black = boring and cheap looking IMO.

I hope it comes in different colors.

Agreed!

And loosing the chrome border makes it even worse

[Alchematron]

I never did like the chrome tacky bling bezel :mad:

All black = minimalist = cool :cool:

[NightFox]

FAKE!

Oh, sorry...

[EXITspeed152]

Personally i prefer the Chrome ring, but I'm loving the moved speaker, it should be much more comfortable and better sound because it's wider, I know from about an hour on the phone with my boyfriend, it has to be placed in the perfect spot to hear anything. And I'm not getting my hopes up, but.. a front isight cam would be AWESOME!:apple::apple::apple:

[Unspoken Demise]

FAKE!

Oh, sorry...

WAIT!
ITS A FAKE?
TAKE IT OFF MACRUMORS!!!!
We dont take kindly to mock ups, leaked shots, and originality in these here parts.

SOLID FACTS ONLY!

[coolant113]

It looks really nicee.... I think that the unibody design as one user mentioned might be a very accurate speculation.. I wouldn't be surprised if they did do something like that. There goes the hope of some people of there eventually being a removable battery tho. The speaker moved up a little bit, i am not really feeling that at all.. You gotta hold it lower, it also makes it look cheaply designed i think.. But i would take it if there was a camera which moved the speaker up.. As far as the colors the only other color besides black and white that i could see coming is silver and hats if they go with a different body to the iphone which is seaming more and more unlikely. :apple::apple:

[Tsurisuto]

I was hoping for more of a change. Maybe:

a. Thinner borders around the side (left, right, and top).
b. A wider (taller) 16:9 screen.

But the good news is that now Apple have a plastic bezel, we might see a complete white version of the iPhone.

[Donz0r]

It looks really nicee.... I think that the unibody design as one user mentioned might be a very accurate speculation.. I wouldn't be surprised if they did do something like that. There goes the hope of some people of there eventually being a removable battery tho. The speaker moved up a little bit, i am not really feeling that at all.. You gotta hold it up higher, it also makes it look cheaply designed i think.. But i would take it if there was a camera which moved the speaker up.. As far as the colors the only other color besides black and white that i could see coming is silver and hats if they go with a different body to the iphone which is seaming more and more unlikely. :apple::apple:

1) The iPhone already is unibody!! if you mean Aluminum the say aluminum but aluminum =/= unibody
2) Apple never has and never will put a removable battery into its portable devices. The iPod has been around for like 8 years now, they're not gonna start with the removable battery now...

[jayman99]

this artist rendition looks so cheazy... why is this on page 1?

[billystlyes]

I'm not impressed. Still going with the Pre after my contract ends in Sept...

[mikecap]

With the speaker at the top, it looks like there'd be room at the top of the phone for a front facing camera lens - video chat??

[ozzyman500]

Looks great. I for one hope they stop using the chrome. 3rd Generation now, needs change.

[iGeRmAn]

The speaker moved up a little bit, i am not really feeling that at all.. You gotta hold it up higher

Are you sure about that ? Think twice.

[casik]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter what Apple does to it, we will all want the new one. Thats just the way we all are.

[Pomares]

I just don't think that Apple would call that an upgrade in looks. I understand about the compromise with plastic for signal strength, but I so hope that the new iPhone would look better than the current one. This looks like a downgrade to me.

I would like to see what an artist could do in terms of bringing the design of the new iPhone in line with the new unibody laptop line.

[madmaxmedia]

With the speaker moving up, I think it is more likely that the screen will stay the same, and the whole device might get a bit shorter.

I was just wondering the same thing- maybe they were able to make the unit shorter (but with same screen size.) So they move the speaker up a bit to also preserve the original distance between speaker and microphone at the bottom.


I don't recall any prior details about the piece, so don't know if that's possible or not.

[patrickdunn]

Nice Photoshop effort. I really hope we get a bit of a desgin change, it really looks slick. However, I will still be in line for the 32gb (if released).

[johnthevulcan]

the idea of a bezel and 'unibody' plastic back is silly.... its not one piece... the 2econd gen ipod touch could be considered unibody since the bezel and rear cover are the same piece.... now we also know if this is real that the new device is not unibody as we are discussing a single part that is not a unibody back cover/bezel part... thank you and have a nice day.:apple:

[mattster16]

This is what happens when a technical (somewhat) term is marketed. I'm talking about 'unibody' here. People who have no concept of what it actually means start throwing it around: "Maybe they will make the new iPhone a unibody!"

It is unibody already! How else would they make it? The new macbook still has a separate piece to cover the bottom face. It's not just a hollow block of aluminum. How would they get all the components inside? Unibody just means there isn't a separate structural frame being utilized.

[Xibalba]

It's not "news" really. Just a rumor. Hence MacRUMORS.com.

my thoughts exactly...

anyways, i will be ready to upgrade yet again my iphone to the newest and greatest whenever it will be released...hmmm...this just reminded me that i never sold my first-gen iphone...

[mattster16]

the idea of a bezel and 'unibody' plastic back is silly.... its not one piece... the 2econd gen ipod touch could be considered unibody since the bezel and rear cover are the same piece.... now we also know if this is real that the new device is not unibody as we are discussing a single part that is not a unibody back cover/bezel part... thank you and have a nice day.:apple:

Unibody means the frame is integrated into the body, not that the body consists of only one piece.

Think of an automobile there are two types: unibody and body-on-frame. A unibody vehicle still consists of multiple parts.

[Tones2]

It's not "news" really. Just a rumor. Hence MacRUMORS.com.

Well, my point is that a "rumor" is something that someone heard from some source that may or may not be true, but it is a representation of a fact that has some source. This is just a photoshop picture created by some guy based on no facts really that basically shows an iPhone 3G is a very minor case change. What's the point? Are we THAT desparate for anything related to the new iPhone?

Maybe I'll draw a stick figure of Steve Jobs holding a pencil drawing of what I think the new iPhone will look like complete with video cam, game controller, 10" screen, and 128 GB capacity. Then we can display THAT here.:)

Tony

[madmaxmedia]

Are we THAT desparate for anything related to the new iPhone?

Yes we are! Yes we are!

[chipmonkey]

Too too too too much time on my hands...

"Shoop" has got to be the lamest word in the urban dictionary. Seriously, when you're using slang for Photoshop, it's just sad. :p

[InkMaster]

What a shame... you can never have too much chrome.

Just somehow they need to get the iPhone to spin and they're set.

Well...that's ugly as ****.

You'll laugh, but I think you'll be the first in line once in comes out... :rolleyes:

Same thing every time... first they whine, then they drool.

[ifonline]

This isn't going to be enough of a change. I am floored at how so many people here (but not all) drool over the most idiotic crap... Apple removes (possibly, still just a rumor, don't forget) the chrome bezel and moves the speaker closer to the top edge of the case, and these people fall all over themselves with glee:

That's freakin' amazing! Look what they did there... they moved a hole on the front of the device and changed the colored plastic a bit! Apple is staffed with magicians I tell you! Magicians! Or maybe Apple is staffed with God himself, for us mere mortals couldn't come up with something so insanely original!

Really? Are these people that enamored with Apple that they can keep on pushing the same tired design year after year, and these people will lap it up like dogs? Oh, yeah, wait... the first year the case was half aluminum and "thick," and the second year the case was plastic, came in white, and was "thin." Got it... huge freakin' change in design there. And the rumors now indicate that in this third year, the design will be the same (minus the chrome bezel and speaker placement)? Really? This is the best that the design team can come up with... the same crap?

Where's the slider? Where's the flip? Where's the actual freakin' keyboard? Bigger screen? Wider screen? Smaller phone (the Nano Phone or what-the-hell-ever)? Where's the choice (even by Apple's standards)? Imagine what it would be like for those of us that like Apple products if Apple made one desktop and/or one laptop? That's it! That's all you get!

Hogwash.

RIM continuously pushes out new phones with different designs... the Pearl, the Pearl Flip, the Bold, the Curve, the Storm... a selection. It's fine if you don't like RIM or want a BlackBerry, because the point I am making is that there is a selection available from RIM.

Palm is introducing the Pre. I have considered the Pre not much to write home about for so long, but as the Pre's release gets closer and closer, I am noticing more and more that the Pre is a heck of a device with some truly forward-thinking engineering. And guess what... Palm already has another device in the wings with a different design. Imagine that... again, you don't have to like Palm or want a Palm device, but they too support the argument that choice is good.

Heck, even the arch-enemy Microsoft supports numerous devices with many different design options with their mobile OS...

So what about Apple?

[twoodcc]

nice job :)

i would buy one

[mattster16]

Too too too too much time on my hands...

"Shoop" has got to be the lamest word in the urban dictionary. Seriously, when you're using slang for Photoshop, it's just sad. :p

What does shoop even mean? I've never heard it before.. except in that Salt N Pepa song.

[coolant113]

Are you sure about that ? Think twice.

haha i caught my mistake.. wasnt thinking..:apple::apple:

[dan5.5]

looks good!!!

[harodude]

Nice, simple rendition...
But I really don't think that resting my ear right on the edge like that would Be very comfortable. As it is now, you really couldn't pick a better spot.
Nice mockup though!

[chipmonkey]

seriously, if this is just an artist rendition.... I can't wait to see what the real phone will look like... great shoop job

Here's some more for you then. I've been shooping these all morning. All shooped out, really. #2 is my mockup of a hip Apple Phanboy.

http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_30713_mobile_phone_1980s_story_150x180_122_1042lo.jpg&loc=loc1042#

http://img133.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=30712_yuppie580s_122_1034lo.jpg

http://img258.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_30710_mobilephone1_122_442lo.jpg

[The General]

If the headset speaker is on the edge like that, I'm going to pass on this phone. The edge will dig into your ear. It's not even a natural position to have the edge of the phone at the hole in your ear.

This is going to suck ass if true.

[XciteMe]

Nice! That actually looks really sexy.

[wizard]

A really nice photoshop effort!!!

As to going all black this is very imporatant as it should be far less reflective. Especially if rubberized. This would make it harder for irrate boyfriends or husbands to keep a bead on you.

As to the speaker location hopefully that is to address over all sound quality especially for people with big heads. On top of that I hope it is a lot louder.

Ultimately though I hope that the real reason for the new speaker placement is to make room for a larger screen. It doesn't have to be a lot to make the iPhone more usefull. Give me 10 in height and 80 in width and you will see a far more useful landscape mode. Or more pixels, the point is it would take much to improve the utility of the iPhone or the on screen keypad specifically. Just adding on pixel between each "key" ought to make for better keyboarding. An extra line of text in horizontal mode would hurt either though that could addressed in some apps by hiding the status line at the top.

One thing that is needed is a mechanical switch for the camera.



Dave

[CANOLArabbit]

probably a black bezel for vid conferencing, as to not be distracting or reflect light.

[merrymoon]

This looks ... almost identical to the iPhone 3g.

I mean, it's still an excellent design, but this tiny quasi-revision has garnered an overwhelmingly positive response in this thread, and I'm not quite sure why. :confused::)

[alphatectz]

With the speaker moving up, does anyone think the screen size might just be a little bit bigger, and thus the design change?

It looks like the iPhone is wider, it might just be the angle.

[Donz0r]

the idea of a bezel and 'unibody' plastic back is silly.... its not one piece... the 2econd gen ipod touch could be considered unibody since the bezel and rear cover are the same piece.... now we also know if this is real that the new device is not unibody as we are discussing a single part that is not a unibody back cover/bezel part... thank you and have a nice day.:apple:

:rolleyes: Do a little bit of research first please...

Unibody =/= one piece

Unibody = case and frame are machined from the same piece.

The unibody macbooks have a top (keyboard) part and a bottom (base) part, they're not made out of one piece.

[Chase R]

As long as rates come down this summer, I'll buy one. I'm just a broke-ass college student.

[Stang07]

That's a nice rendition... I am going to get one irrespective of the looks. But I liked the chrome bezel more than this black one.

[chazwatson]

When I talk on my iPhone (it is a phone, after all) the glass face gets all smudged. The glass would have to constantly be cleaned if there was a camera behind there.

BTW, how come nobody has mentioned that the two camera resolutions Apple ordered a while back could be differentiating hardware factors for iPhone models, without significantly changing the manufacturing process (read distinct parts involved)? I know Apple isn't just stocking up on 5MP cameras without reason.

[Donz0r]

It looks like the iPhone is wider, it might just be the angle.

the pic is just the new bezel photoshopped onto an iPhone 3G, so yes, it is the angle

[Donz0r]

When I talk on my iPhone (it is a phone, after all) the glass face gets all smudged. The glass would have to constantly be cleaned if there was a camera behind there.

BTW, how come nobody has mentioned that the two camera resolutions Apple ordered a while back could be differentiating hardware factors for iPhone models, without significantly changing the manufacturing process (read distinct parts involved)? I know Apple isn't just stocking up on 5MP cameras without reason.

Well the camera would have a focal point much further away than the glass immediately in front of the camera. Fingerprints on the lenses of cameras don't affect the picture (assuming you're not a prof. photographer)

[chazwatson]

Well the camera would have a focal point much further away than the glass immediately in front of the camera. Fingerprints on the lenses of cameras don't affect the picture (assuming you're not a prof. photographer)

I'm by no means a greasy freak, but after I talk on my phone for a while the face of it gets seriously nasty. Though, I guess you could consider this a big usability issue for the screen too. I don't take pictures with my phone often, but when I do I have to the give the lens a quick wipe if I expect to not get a blurry shot.

[Clive Barnes]

Looking close at the Leaked Black Bezel Pics. (If real) I think Apple have removed the home buttom!! There only seems to be enought space for the glass to lay on top let alone a push-in button?

Might it have been replaced with a lighting-up electro static button? It would then match the top now the ear speaker is on the top edge. Giving a overall clean surface front.

[JonHimself]

I've got to side with whoever suggested the iPhone might be shorter. I can't think of a good reason to just move the ear-piece up 1cm (approx) and am thinking that as someone else said, they just moved the top edge down to be in line with the current ear-piece (that way the distance between the two is unchanged)... good call to whoever said that, interesting thought if nothing else.

[thogs_cave]

Boy oh boy this pre-new-iPhone release info gets crazier and crazier. Why is this news?

Ya got me there, as I have the same question. I like iPhones, have owned two so far, and think they are really, really great. But, a black bezel is about as big a deal as Paris Hilton's toenail colors this week.

Where are the fun rumors, like: "The next iPhone will have 128G of storage, be usable as a disk, have USB 3.0, real printing capabilities, and complete voice control. Oh, and it will sport a quad-core G5 CPU. All due next Tuesday."

Now, that's a rumor. :D

[kayno]

With the speaker moving up, does anyone think the screen size might just be a little bit bigger, and thus the design change?

Dude.. I was just wondering the samething.. I was like why would they assume that the screen size would stay the same if the earpiece move up.. Im thinking we should expect a bigger screen as well..

[The Admiral]

Where's the slider? Where's the flip? Where's the actual freakin' keyboard?

those are moving parts.
moving parts are design flaws.

[nagromme]

Nice, simple rendition...
But I really don't think that resting my ear right on the edge like that would Be very comfortable. As it is now, you really couldn't pick a better spot.
Nice mockup though!

If the headset speaker is on the edge like that, I'm going to pass on this phone. The edge will dig into your ear. It's not even a natural position to have the edge of the phone at the hole in your ear.

This is going to suck ass if true.

The edge is on your ear already--just a centimeter away from where it would be if this new bezel is real. (And how the edge actually lands varies a lot with how you hold it at the moment.)

The only way to stop your ear from resting on the edge of the current phone would be to hold the phone so high you couldn't hear it :p Try it :)

[SFStateStudent]

I think I STILL see silver with a black Incipio (Black Matte) case.....:eek:

[Ferris23]

Wow, this was front page worthy? Slow day?

Regardless, this looks like a 3G with a case on it. In other words, this looks ugly as sh**.

[trekkie604]

that is ugly. do not want.

[iSimx]

that is really ugly! it just looks like any other boring mobile phone :eek:. The silver made it stand out. Still, I'll still buy it when it comes out :p But, generally apple :apple: fail to unimpress, so I'm glad this is only a photoshop image

[Donz0r]

Really? Are these people that enamored with Apple that they can keep on pushing the same tired design year after year, and these people will lap it up like dogs? Oh, yeah, wait... the first year the case was half aluminum and "thick," and the second year the case was plastic, came in white, and was "thin." Got it... huge freakin' change in design there. And the rumors now indicate that in this third year, the design will be the same (minus the chrome bezel and speaker placement)? Really? This is the best that the design team can come up with... the same crap?

Where's the slider? Where's the flip? Where's the actual freakin' keyboard? Bigger screen? Wider screen? Smaller phone (the Nano Phone or what-the-hell-ever)? Where's the choice (even by Apple's standards)? Imagine what it would be like for those of us that like Apple products if Apple made one desktop and/or one laptop? That's it! That's all you get!

Hogwash.

RIM continuously pushes out new phones with different designs... the Pearl, the Pearl Flip, the Bold, the Curve, the Storm... a selection. It's fine if you don't like RIM or want a BlackBerry, because the point I am making is that there is a selection available from RIM.

Palm is introducing the Pre. I have considered the Pre not much to write home about for so long, but as the Pre's release gets closer and closer, I am noticing more and more that the Pre is a heck of a device with some truly forward-thinking engineering. And guess what... Palm already has another device in the wings with a different design. Imagine that... again, you don't have to like Palm or want a Palm device, but they too support the argument that choice is good.

Heck, even the arch-enemy Microsoft supports numerous devices with many different design options with their mobile OS...

So what about Apple?


Are you serious? A flip iPhone? Oh yeah, that would be awesome...:rolleyes:
This is the way that apple does things, if you don't like the iPhone then don't buy it. There's only one macbook design, but you can get dozens of varieties of dells and HPs. Does that make Dell or HP better than apple?

The iPhone packs as much as possible into a sleek package. A slider or keyboard would bulk up the phone, if you want a real keyboard then get a different phone.

Apple tries to do one thing and do it right. And whether they accomplish that is up to you. I actually don't know why I'm typing such a long response to you, given the ridiculous nature of your post, work must really be boring me...

[JCastro]

I kind of like the all black. the photoshop looks pretty good too. I can't wait to see what really comes out!

[el3ktro]

Are you serious? A flip iPhone? Oh yeah, that would be awesome...:rolleyes:
This is the way that apple does things, if you don't like the iPhone then don't buy it. There's only one macbook design, but you can get dozens of varieties of dells and HPs. Does that make Dell or HP better than apple?

The iPhone packs as much as possible into a sleek package. A slider or keyboard would bulk up the phone, if you want a real keyboard then get a different phone.

Apple tries to do one thing and do it right. And whether they accomplish that is up to you. I actually don't know why I'm typing such a long response to you, given the ridiculous nature of your post, work must really be boring me...

I totally agree. Apple doesn't have to come up with a revolutionary new design every year, they slowly evolve it. The iPhone has a design that has proven it works. People are used to it, it just looks like an iPhone. So there's no need to come up with a radical new design now. It's ok to adjust the design here and there but keep the basic formfactor and looks how it is - because it works. Apple might come up with a very different iPhone design at some time, just as the iMac got a radical new design from time to time, but please not every single year.

[dacreativeguy]

I don't think this is right. See how the metal is solid at the bottom of the first pic of the bare bezel? There is no room for the home button assembly in this area. And see how the bezel jogs to a lower level around that solid area? This indicates that a separate piece (plastic?) would be laid here.

I actually think that the pic of the bare bezel is upside down. The 'loop' that the photoshopper thinks is the earpiece may actually be the frame around the dock connector.

[Mjmar]

A bezel like the iPod Touch 1st gen's would work well with this design...

[hkip37]

I don't think this is right. See how the metal is solid at the bottom of the first pic of the bare bezel? There is no room for the home button assembly in this area. And see how the bezel jogs to a lower level around that solid area? This indicates that a separate piece (plastic?) would be laid here.

I actually think that the pic of the bare bezel is upside down. The 'loop' that the photoshopper thinks is the earpiece may actually be the frame around the dock connector.



http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3912.jpg
http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3909.jpg

[Eric8199]

There has to be a reason the speaker was moved. Plain and simple, they wouldn't do it for nothing. I could care less if there was a camera on there...if there is, there better still be one on the back too. But they must have moved it for some reason. Maybe bigger batter? To fit the extra memory in it?

[papiti]

Well, my 2 cents, if they put the ear piece that high, I would assume one of two things:

First they put the earpiece that high because they are going to make the touch screen a little bigger. This maybe also because of a higher resolution camera thus a higher resolution touchscreen.

or

Second, they are going to put a camera on front, iSight, which would be awesome.

Either of the two, for me would be awesome. But, we'll see in about a week and a half!!!:D

[bedifferent]

The new iPhone will have a glossy screen (ducks to avoid being hit) :p

[surefire09]

Phil will give the presentation and steve jobs will be video conference at his home looking very well.:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Skika]

I don't like it.

[pik.]

ok....after the orendus black besel on the Macbooks...now that...

well...if they do so I ll stick with a white 3G ...

AND PLEASE bring the matte screen on the MBP 15.

sorry the off topic.

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

I think this is gonna look nice.

I'm hoping this means bigger screen or front facing camera, or better yet, both! :D

[hirshnoc]

It would rock to have an iSight just below the earpiece. With A2DP, Copy+Paste, Video Recording and iChat AV Mobile, it would be a damn near perfect phone.

Heck yes. Then just Flash, Java and internet sound and we're good to go! Oh....so hard to get those last three....

[Superdrive]

So much for pressing this to my ear with my shoulder...

[randomusername]

If the speaker is moved up so much, I think the device will be shorter. It just looks weird with it up so high. But kudos to the artist who said this was just photoshopped and didn't call it a leak to get people excited.

[Andronicus]

i can't wait to upgrade my gen 1 iphone

What he said.

Nice shop btw.

[gibbz]

I don't think this is right. See how the metal is solid at the bottom of the first pic of the bare bezel? There is no room for the home button assembly in this area. And see how the bezel jogs to a lower level around that solid area? This indicates that a separate piece (plastic?) would be laid here.

I actually think that the pic of the bare bezel is upside down. The 'loop' that the photoshopper thinks is the earpiece may actually be the frame around the dock connector.

I agree with you. Look at the second pic. See the curved out spot on the lower right? Would this not simply be the spot for the on/off rocker? Also, on the "bottom", it looks like a couple of spots for sensors. I don't know, I think this might have been misinterpreted.

[Lostanddamned]

I agree with you. Look at the second pic. See the curved out spot on the lower right? Would this not simply be the spot for the on/off rocker? Also, on the "bottom", it looks like a couple of spots for sensors. I don't know, I think this might have been misinterpreted.

After having this pointed out to me, I'm inclined to agree with this too, it seems that the interpretation is upside down...

I'm not a fan of the lack of chrome, which I feel is a defining feature in the iPhone as it currently stands, and would be really missing if removed from the iPhone, leaving it looking a little too plain.

As my birthday is in late June, combined with working over the summer, I'm currently negotiating with my Dad to get a loan from him to buy a new iPhone at release...

[DanFreebairn]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

[Soreo]

It's not "news" really. Just a rumor. Hence MacRUMORS.com.

And that is what I like to call a win, my friend.

[rodkill]

Can you make an artist rendition of my giving a crap? How about and artist's rendition of news worthy rumor? Thank god this guys doesn't work for Apple. By the way last time I checked any news from China is suspect. This is probably a bezel from one of the million iClones running around Hong Kong.

[Donz0r]

I agree with you. Look at the second pic. See the curved out spot on the lower right? Would this not simply be the spot for the on/off rocker? Also, on the "bottom", it looks like a couple of spots for sensors. I don't know, I think this might have been misinterpreted.

After having this pointed out to me, I'm inclined to agree with this too, it seems that the interpretation is upside down...

I'm not a fan of the lack of chrome, which I feel is a defining feature in the iPhone as it currently stands, and would be really missing if removed from the iPhone, leaving it looking a little too plain.

As my birthday is in late June, combined with working over the summer, I'm currently negotiating with my Dad to get a loan from him to buy a new iPhone at release...

really?
I dont think that speaker grill could be mistook for a dock connector, the dock connector needs to be on the bottom of the phone, not the front!

[Vazzyb]

WOW THIS IS AMAZING :/ - who cares man - wait until it really comes out, there are too many fanboys on this forum

[AdiFish]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

1st gen iPhone user, bought on the first day here in the UK and if the new iPhone is like this picture I'm all over it!

I will be a very happy camper! :)

[fredsarran]

Honestly, it looks terrible. I love Apple but this rendition, if true, is going more towards PC style.

[vandozza]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

I like this mock-up!

However I doubt that Apple will change the vertical length of the screen, without also changing the horizontal length. Too many apps have been developed at a specific size to now change things and potentially upset developers (?)

[afallendevil]

I like the idea of a touch sensitive home button as I think it would be great to have everything on the front touch sensitive - with the only physical buttons being on the sides / top.

Perhaps the iPhone will be shorter or have a bigger screen - if all current apps are developed for the current ratio of 320x480, perhaps they would have a black border around them on a bigger screen? Therefore developers who have made their apps for the old screen size won't lose out and new apps can be developed for the new screen size. Just a thought...

[vvebsta]

I like this mock-up!

However I doubt that Apple will change the vertical length of the screen, without also changing the horizontal length. Too many apps have been developed at a specific size to now change things and potentially upset developers (?)

That is unless Apple is going to use the extra space for a notifier of some kind like the palm pre maybe?!?

[Randykn.]

i doubt that screen size will change, not just because of developers using the same resolution... basically the firmware is based on that resolution..
the speakers are kinda high up dont you think? when i first saw the leaked bezel i thought that was for the dock connector. it does look like one

if there is a camera located there.. do u thiink the light censor and accelerometer are shifted as well?

[vvebsta]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

This picture is too good, I just love the sexiness of it too much that I don't believe it to happen like this. *sigh*

[GutBomb]

really?
I dont think that speaker grill could be mistook for a dock connector, the dock connector needs to be on the bottom of the phone, not the front!

If you were to turn the thing around it IS at the bottom of the phone. This much ado about nothing.

[iPaf]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

Good job, but I wouldn't want the phone to have a visible front facing camera... make it like on the uniboby Macbooks!

[pauld]

Having the speaker so high actually seems to make holding the phone to your ear more comfortable, with the lip of the phone resting before the fold of your ear, rather than on top of it.

[Donz0r]

If you were to turn the thing around it IS at the bottom of the phone. This much ado about nothing.


AT the bottom but not ON the bottom. The dock needs to be ON the bottom side of the device obviously:rolleyes:

[Full of Win]

Crappy photoshop based on a misperception. It's an inner bezel. Jeez.


And you can do better? Looks pretty good to me for limited material to work with.

[iceman1234]

I hope it won't look like this, because I think this looks seriously ugly.

Great photoshop job though!

It is uber sexto!!! I want the new iTouch to look like this!:D

[GutBomb]

AT the bottom but not ON the bottom. The dock needs to be ON the bottom side of the device obviously:rolleyes:

The dock connector is pretty deep dude. you're seeing the inside of it. the angle is deceiving.

[Smacky]

It has no distinctive style
And that front camera is plain ugly

[alex2016g]

someone on the site mentioned that it could be just a smaller phone, I think apple even mentioned an iphone 2,2 somewhere in there beta software, wasnt it like 3 different models, one 3g one 3g extended, and 3g for china (or japan, cant remember) with no wifi???

...well anyway i have changed the pic to look like the short i phone.


http://i43.tinypic.com/2qa5lwp.jpg

[segfaultdotorg]

Where are the red arrows? I for one was very excited that the new iPhone was going to feature three red arrows on its bezel.

[designgeek]

I totally believe this, and I'm serious this time.

"Here is a blank check put any number on this and I will pay it." -Peter Griffin regarding pajamas with feet. I thought it appropriately described my feelings about this.

[Smacky]

I would have thought they would have made it an all brushed aluminium casing to match the rest of their products
THey dropped the blackbook, why not a unibody iphone then

[MacsomJRR]

Nice job with the photoshop mock-up. The speaker in a higher position makes sense to me seen as that is pretty much where my ear usually sits when I chat on my iPhone currently.

[bedifferent]

I would have thought they would have made it an all brushed aluminium casing to match the rest of their products
THey dropped the blackbook, why not a unibody iphone then

An aluminum case would interfere with the radio frequencies of the device, hence why Apple adopted a plastic shell.

[Donz0r]

The dock connector is pretty deep dude. you're seeing the inside of it. the angle is deceiving.


No man. Look really closely at it. The grill is in no way connected to the edge of the bezel. It's on the front part. Look closely at it. If you don't see it well just have to agree to disagree

[markredf150]

I'm posting about that first picture in the thread...That speaker is moved up to make room for the indicator light (a MUST to help with push notifications) and hopefully a front-facing video camera for those videoconferences. awesome!

[stezza333]

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

Was about to post my idea of the side camera button but you beat me to it! :p

If you look at the bezel it has a cut out which is perect placement for a button to take photos. Check it out for yourself and hold up your iphone.

In this pic the bezel is mirrored so the button would be on the opposite side.

http://i42.tinypic.com/2z6562v.jpg

[MacFly123]

It better not look like that!!! That earpiece is the ugliest crap I have ever seen. :( (The rendering in the article)

http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/3571/iphone3rdgen2009.jpg

There is absolutely no point in having a camera button if you have a camera on the front and back! :rolleyes:

I would MUCH rather have something beautiful like this!

[Carniphage]

Was about to post my idea of the side camera button but you beat me to it! :p

If you look at the bezel it has a cut out which is perect placement for a button to take photos. Check it out for yourself and hold up your iphone.

In this pic the bezel is mirrored so the button would be on the opposite side.


Yep!. I flopped the bezel image to map it onto a regular iPhone image.

And that caused me to paint a button on the wrong side. I did point this out when I posted it.

Personally, I am still not convinced that Apple would release anything that looks like this.

C.

[stezza333]

My Rendition of Next Gen iPhone.

How the new iPhone would look like according to some rumors.

http://i41.tinypic.com/kq6o7.jpghttp://i44.tinypic.com/2nulnqs.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/11ait1l.jpg

[PinkyMacGodess]

There is so much wrong with what you just said...

Remove WHAT button? There's only 2 buttons on the damn thing already! how could we do with any less?!

And the iPhone ALREADY IS UNIBODY geez people! It's machined out of a single piece of plastic. (if you meant 'aluminum' then clarify)

And the device is not 'mechanical' at all, there's no moving parts. Perhaps from a 'structural' standpoint but it's a phone, why would that matter at all!

The 'home' button.

Yes, I meant aluminum. The new MB and MBP aren't unibody plastic are they? Is it 'machined' out of plastic or just molded and then outfitted with a chrome ring?

The button IS mechanical. You push the button and it activates a contact switch. If they replaced the 'mechanical' bits with something on the multitouch interface it would improve reliability, would it not?

Come on dude. How much better could I have said it to avoid you slamming my post? I did post in english, right?

[PinkyMacGodess]

Why waste battery power to have the Apple icon on the back glow? Is there such a surplus of battery life that they can blow some on such frivolity?

I'd think it rather pointless to incorporate that into a new phone, especially when it looks like the new Zune HD could really be successful in taking customers away. I'm sure that a glowing Apple on the back is going to keep defectors...

Not that I'm a fan of Microsoft but they do eventually get it and come up with a good product. Eventually. Well, then they blow it like they did with Vista. Gartner told people that haven't got Vista to ignore it... OUCH! That's got to hurt... :D:D:D:apple:!

[iPaf]

[B]http://i41.tinypic.com/kq6o7.jpghttp://i44.tinypic.com/2nulnqs.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/11ait1l.jpg

This is the SEXIEST rendition ever made! This is my new lover... :o

[stezza333]

This is the SEXIEST rendition ever made! This is my new lover... :o

Thanks mate. Glad you like it.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=708322

[QuickDraw]

nice mockups... I would like to point out though that the current bezel part is black as well. So concluding that the visible outer silver bezel will be black is somewhat random.

What people don't seem to realize is that this bezel part is not visible, since it is enclosed by the back shell of the iphone.

[Jjaro]

With the speaker moving up, does anyone think the screen size might just be a little bit bigger, and thus the design change?

Good point, and something I have been hoping for all along. Hopefully the screen will be larger, run the entire face of the device, and the 'Home' button problem (problem being that something still needs to act as one) being a 'clickable' bottom half of the screen just like the trackpad on the unibody Macbooks and Macbook Pros. And man, I am relatively sure it will be, but I too am hoping for an OLED screen and a significant bump up in the resolution. Especially after Microsoft's Zune HD announcement, too. And while I am dreaming here, I might as well point out that I sent Apple a request for them to put an Infrared port on the top of the new iPhone, so then someone (like Logitech) can make a true 'remote control' App, but I doubt this will be applied. It would be pretty awesome, though, huh?

[Carniphage]

What people don't seem to realize is that this bezel part is not visible, since it is enclosed by the back shell of the iphone.

Hi Quickdraw,
I looked at teardown of a 3G phone - and there is an inner-bezel - but it does not have curved sides like this supposed leaked component.

That said, there's a few things about the "leaked image" that don't make sense.

But to make you happy here's a render of a "Shortphone" with a silver bezel.

http://i41.tinypic.com/2qwo9wl.jpg

C.

[lhymes]

I posted this on the bezel discussion, too, however, I think it's fair to give people the opportunity to catch it here, in case they aren't following that thread.

I find it odd that the new bezel assumptions don't add up with the icons that were found the other day. In those icons, the earpiece is in the standard location of the current model phone. Now, I don't think this is inconsistency on Apple's part. I'd expect that the notch at the top isn't replacing the earpiece, but instead is a repositioning of the loudspeaker for speakerphone and watching videos. The downward-facing speaker kinda sucks, especially in areas with an above-average ambient noise level. Opinions?

Oh, and they could technically keep the downward facing speaker, also, and use the two speakers to broadcast stereo sound when the phone is in a horizontal orientation.

[Randykn.]

http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3912.jpg
http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3909.jpg

why is the bezel at the bottom incomplete? so if we are to complete it, there would be another smaller bezel to attach with it? or will the case originally bas the bottom part so that we can detach or reattach?

heres to compare

http://www.iphone-ticker.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rahmenorg.jpg

[nicadmous]

Originally Posted by coolant113
The speaker moved up a little bit, i am not really feeling that at all.. You gotta hold it up higher

Are you sure about that ? Think twice.

hahaha! I can literally imagine a person mimicking the movements of holding the iphone higher hahahaha!:p

[nicadmous]

I'm not impressed. Still going with the Pre after my contract ends in Sept...

good luck with that...so long as you don't use iTunes you should be just fine :cool:

[nicadmous]

Are we THAT desparate for anything related to the new iPhone? Tony

Yes...especially for those who haven't bought an iPhone yet and is waiting for specific features to be true!!!!

[GutBomb]

http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3912.jpg
http://www.chinaontrade.com/images/IMG_3909.jpg

why is the bezel at the bottom incomplete? so if we are to complete it, there would be another smaller bezel to attach with it? or will the case originally bas the bottom part so that we can detach or reattach?

heres to compare

http://www.iphone-ticker.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rahmenorg.jpg

after seeing the high res pictures I take it back, that's clearly not the dock connector. in the low res photos it looked like it could have been the dock connector housing.

[UMHurricanes34]

From looking at the leaked bezel, I've wondered why exactly it seems to "end" towards the bottom. It's extremely unlikely that Apple would have a seam in their bezel so it leads me to believe they've got something else planned. Going on Stezza's mockup (I love the Apple used as the flash), I just colored in the bottom part in about 30 seconds to show my idea.

http://sixpop.com/files/219/kq6o7.jpg

I'm thinking an iMac-like look. And I apologize for the absolutely atrocious image, I just wanted the idea out there, I'll let someone else take care of the clean up. I still think this is possible, and I posted a mockup a long time ago that incorporated the unibody look.

http://sixpop.com/files/219/iPhone%20copy.jpg

[freejack]

From looking at the leaked bezel, I've wondered why exactly it seems to "end" towards the bottom. It's extremely unlikely that Apple would have a seam in their bezel so it leads me to believe they've got something else planned. Going on Stezza's mockup (I love the Apple used as the flash), I just colored in the bottom part in about 30 seconds to show my idea.

http://sixpop.com/files/219/kq6o7.jpg

I'm thinking an iMac-like look. And I apologize for the absolutely atrocious image, I just wanted the idea out there, I'll let someone else take care of the clean up. I still think this is possible, and I posted a mockup a long time ago that incorporated the unibody look.

http://sixpop.com/files/219/iPhone%20copy.jpg

now that's hot.

[nicadmous]

I don't like it.

I like it :p

[Jjaro]

Are you serious? A flip iPhone? Oh yeah, that would be awesome...:rolleyes:
............
Apple tries to do one thing and do it right. And whether they accomplish that is up to you. I actually don't know why I'm typing such a long response to you, given the ridiculous nature of your post, work must really be boring me...

Your at work, and checking out Macrumors. Ah, gotta love work, huh?

[Unspoken Demise]

Your at work, and checking out Macrumors. Ah, gotta love work, huh?

Heh, so am I. This site keeps me goin' through the day. :)

[Jjaro]

Heh, so am I. This site keeps me goin' through the day. :)

I just want you to know, I am not knocking you at all. I check out web sites sometimes while I am at work too, lol!

[Unspoken Demise]

I just want you to know, I am not knocking you at all. I check out web sites sometimes while I am at work too, lol!

I have A LOT of down time at work. I tend to get things done earlier, so I have some spare time to check on the :apple:. I would be pretty bored without this site. And no, I didn't think your post was an insult.

[moshind]

Very very nice rendition. If I didnt know better I would say...

OMGZ! TEH NEW IPHONE IZ DA SEXXXXXX!!!111111ELEVEN11!!!!!!!

But really, Its a fantastic rendition. If the new iPhone looks similiar to this, Apple has a real winner on their hands this summer.

You are insane.

[Ewingeric]

F.a.k.e

[Mal]

why is the bezel at the bottom incomplete? so if we are to complete it, there would be another smaller bezel to attach with it? or will the case originally bas the bottom part so that we can detach or reattach?

heres to compare

http://www.iphone-ticker.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/rahmenorg.jpg

OK, so maybe I'm just not seeing it, but where is it incomplete? I see a continuous ring of chrome just like is on the iPhone. There's some glare, but even so I have a hard time understanding why people think it ends anywhere?

jW

[Jjaro]

I have A LOT of down time at work. I tend to get things done earlier, so I have some spare time to check on the :apple:. I would be pretty bored without this site. And no, I didn't think your post was an insult.

Word.

[appleguy123]

Word.

More than two year old thread say what?