iPhone 5 Screen Protectors Show Elongated Home Button Area

Samuriajackon said:

I'm with this above statement, the opening on my cover for my camera is freaking huge compared to the small dot that is really the Camera lens...

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The opening on your camera could be larger than others. If you go to the developers site for apple you can obtain documentation should you want to create covers for the iPhone4. In there it explains about the amount of relief you must have around the camera aperture to prevent distortion of the image being taken.

Larger lens could possibly = optical zoom of 2x? maybe??
-Or possibly an extra LED for macro photos???

*just saying those could be some neat little features, we will just have to wait and see

KnightWRX said:

And another contradictory rumor to throw unto the pile. No seriously at this point it's just ridiculous. There isn't even a shred of logic anymore, it's just a bunch of guesses.

I think we should just chill on all these leaks, all it does is build hype and eventually will generate disappointment.

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You really shouldn't read a 'rumour' site if you have that attitude...

Meh... Many people, including this cover manufacturer, are basing a lot of assumptions on a design document for a purported phone which has so far not been substantiated by any other evidence - at least, as far as I know..!

As much as I would like to see a very different iPhone 5, all the more solid evidence so far (actual parts etc.) would seem to indicate that the iPhone 5 is more likely to be a "4S" - No major cosmetic changes, but simply a spec bump.

I'll be happy to be proven wrong though!

Regarding the home button being capacitive or not: that would likely require more technical information than the producer of this had.

To make a cover all you need are measurements. I'm guessing that they've played it safe not knowing the nature of the enlarged home button and left it uncovered.

that is for the samsung galaxy

...as for the button in this design being capacitive - I think that's a fair guess, otherwise why would it need to be so big?

However, I think it is also a standard push button, as this functionality my be required for things like resetting the phone - also, simply to differentiate between a "tap" and a "click", like with the MagicMouse/Magic Trackpad. (e.g. accidentally going back to the home screen by accidentally tapping/touching the home button would be a annoying - therefore a more positive push/click action would be needed).

Jibbajabba said:

wow - I am so over the iPhone 5 rumours now ...

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And ready for the actual iPhone 5.

Will the real iPhone 5 please stand up?

room237 said:

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I don't see a hole for the front-facing camera, so I'm highly skeptical.

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The screen protector is clear - so why would you need a hole for a front facing camera?

Frosticus said:

...as for the button in this design being capacitive - I think that's a fair guess, otherwise why would it need to be so big?
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if it isn't captive, it doesn't need to be that big and it might well be a decoy from Apple (purposely leaked document...) or just another phone. Say a Samsung Gallaxy as previously suggested.

For the love of all that is holy....

"Announce this Apple and put us all out of our misery".....



Apple CEO office

Staffer - "excuse me Mr. Cook, another contradictory report has made its way onto the internet as scheduled. All is going to plan"

Tim Cook [solemn expressison] "and are people getting frustrated by our lack of official information?"

Staffer - "Yes Mr. Cook, it's starting to verge on a mixture of pandemonium, confusion, mistrust, hope, fear, and a lot of male testosterone"...

Tim Cook - "Male testosterone you say" [rub's hands in a Montgommery Burns fashion] "Excellent....."

Jibbajabba said:

wow - I am so over the iPhone 5 rumours now ...

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And yet you read it, clicked on the comments link, clicked through and typed out a post.

It's MacRUMORS for a reason. And don't say, "well yeah, MACrumors" because that doesn't apply anymore, especially when almost half of Apple's revenue comes from iOS products.

Fingers crossed for media invite today!

I've lost track already. Any theory about the "next iPhone" (can't risk a name) has just about the same chances at this stage... and boy have we heard enough of them.

Kudos to Apple for the secrecy control. At this point last time (that is, "one month prior to release", NOT "september 2010"), we already knew almost everything about the iPhone 4. Not this year. Either they kept everything super tight that third parties are guessing/flooding us with rumors, or it's Apple itself spreading contradictory info.

Maybe this cover manufacturer made the hole bigger and elongated "just to be on the safe side" (= it WILL work too with the current round button )


One thing is for sure: At least, one month from now it will all be over... or will it?

kenkamm said:

The screen protector is clear - so why would you need a hole for a front facing camera?

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They aren't clear enough for the camera to see though, if nothing else, the screen protector would wash out the image with the LED flash.

The hole is there anyway, see arn's post.

Maybe it will allow you to do some gestures on it like on the HTC Diamond. Why you wouldnt do them on the screen though....

With all of Apples recent touting of touch interface: I.E. Lion, iPad, iPhone, trackpad etc; why would they go to a bigger button on a touch screen driven device?

Kinda strange.

I am freezing myself, someone unfreeze me when iPhone 5 is released.

Oktnxbye

i bet the elongated home button is going to be a sliding motion, or back and forth motion to execute

MIDI_EVIL said:

You really shouldn't read a 'rumour' site if you have that attitude...

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No, I'm all for rumors. Rumors based on leaks, anonymous tips, sources of some kind no matter how weak or improbable. This is just a guessing game at this point with everyone just throwing out whatever is passing through their head. We're getting something like 5 stories a day about the iPhone 5 all saying things that are contradictory and can't all possibility come true.

It's just too much. Hype is building, people are already getting disappointed over the more conservative rumros, it's just utter madness. I've not seen something this bad before over a rumored Apple product.

This is why we had page 2 before, for this kind of crap. In fact, I dare say that this is the first time we've had a major product launch come up without page 2 being there. Maybe this is a direct result of Arn removing page 2 ? Maybe these would be better off in the iOS blog section rather than the Front page ?

is there any idea yet

When they will actually announce? Is there a regular event at this time of year? I have been holding off upgrading all 3 iphones on my plan (1 4, a 3gs and a 3) in hopes of this thing coming out soon. If its a 5 with a different form factor, I am laying out some cash, if its a 4s I dont think I will do the 4.

applesith said:

Fingers crossed for media invite today!

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Last week of September.

I'll take one. Please and thank you....

I wish the home button would have biometrics to unlock the phone. I refuse to use that awkward 4 digit code thing.

There will be no elongated home button. This case manufacturer (and indeed all of them) have NO inside info on the next iPhone. Anyone who thinks so is kidding themself. They are all simply speculating on the same rumours we are in a hope to get a jump on the competition. Just think, with Apple keeping this design so heavily under wraps why would they then just hand out copies of the design to Chinese case manufacturers? Even carriers and Apple stores don't know anything! Dumb.

Let's see. Lots of possibilities (some tongue in cheek)

• Apple switches to Menu / Home / Back buttons so the phone can dual boot iOS and Android, thus stealing the entire market in a ju-jitsu type move.
  
  
• Clickable gesture area, similar to some laptop touchpads.
  
  
• Customizable buttons for launching favorite apps like the Camera.
  
  
• Gaming controls!