They're ugly as crap. I got a case and never have to look at those things again. Jobs would never have allowed that. Just make them the same color Apple.
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Are The Thick Antenna Bands Still Horrible?
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They bothered me before I received the 6plus but in person it doesn't look bad to me and the gold is so beautiful that I don't notice the lines anymore. also it's not often that I'm looking at the back of my phone so idc
When I first saw the antenna lines I actaully thought it looked pretty good. IRL, I think they actaully compliment the phone better then the glass on the Space Gray and Silver. However for the gold the pure white antenna lines (versus gray and a darker gray on the Silver and Space Gray models) looks tacky IMO. I had the gold 5s and I thought it was the best looking color of the 3 5ses.
I wanted Space Gray but I got Silver. Still an amazing looking phone, plus I have had the white bezels on iPads and iPhones for years so I'm use to it.
Now, if Apple has made a black and red iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, oh I would have gotten that absolutely, 100% no question about it.
I wanted Space Gray but I got Silver. Still an amazing looking phone, plus I have had the white bezels on iPads and iPhones for years so I'm use to it.
Now, if Apple has made a black and red iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, oh I would have gotten that absolutely, 100% no question about it.
Ok. First i hated the band when it leaked. Now it looks a little bit better in person after i got my 6. It's still bad, but not as bad as before i saw it in person.
Like jony ive said, design is not something it looks, but how it functions well means good design too.
Usually when im on my garden, i lost my wifi signal, now it has 1-2 bars so i can use internet when i sit in my garden. So thats not bad. Couple of days using the phone, i realized all i see is the front panel anyway
Like jony ive said, design is not something it looks, but how it functions well means good design too.
Usually when im on my garden, i lost my wifi signal, now it has 1-2 bars so i can use internet when i sit in my garden. So thats not bad. Couple of days using the phone, i realized all i see is the front panel anyway
What?
Function and design historically are not directly related, sometimes they do overlap like for example the protruding camera lens. But in terms of the bands, if other phone manufacturers are not showing it in such a thick way then Apple has lost out. And on top, Apple's design is based on minimalism and simplicity where as these bands are visually loud and distracting. My point is no other Apple product has thick bands, the opposite in fact most Apple products have nothing.
Design is often seen as a completely different to the functional side of things. Car manufacturers spend literally millions on designing the car, bmw for example have had similar engines in a lot of their cars for a few years but recently the exteriors of all their models are going through extreme changes.
Car designers are paid so much money to come up with designs which maybe could show certain characteristics like elegance or aggression. You may think design is a simple thing which does not take time, but believe me in all industries.
Which comes to even more of a shock as Apple are a heavily design influenced company. My primary reason for iphone is iOS but many, maybe less technology informed consumers, purchase iphone for the looks first.
The argument that it is needed for the function is not valid because the competitor devices do not have the lines, and the ones that do like the htc m8 do it in a sleeker manner, thinner black lines as opposed to the thick large bands on iphone.
Other than the bands, and perhaps now in 2014 the thick bezels are slowly becoming a bigger issue as competitor devices again do not have them, apart from them 2, the iphone 6 like other iphones have excellent build quality, are sleek, continue the successful Apple philosophy of thin is better - and I like that. The product otherwise is sleek and as I would have desired, apart from the bands.
Well. I agreed. Thick bands in htc one m8 is sleeker. I got one myself. Only hate it being too tall for a phone.
I don't find them unattractive at all. They mirror the design of the front of the phone in a satisfying way.
They're distracting for sure. Yes, I wish they made them thinner and not include the "U" bands at the top and bottom, but Apple obviously didn't want another Antennagate.
I think they look great on the space grey and silver ones. Looks OKAY on the gold one. I haven't received mine yet so I'm just judging by the pictures. I think i will like then even more when i receive my phone
It doesn't bother me one bit because I had the HTC One m8 and the m7 before it. Totally used to those antenna bands. Each his own.
Many here say the same thing about not looking at the back of their phones, so how come Samsung are so derided for having polycarbonate rear casings? Nobody seemed to mind the 3GS having a plastic back...
I think what also helps the HTC look better is the fact there is only single band running across the phone whereas the iPhone runs a complete circle on both the top and bottom. But it that helps the phone reception I'm all for it.
Actually, a number of us coming from the original iPhone complained that it felt lightweightly cheap and plasticky, along with poor fit and finish. Those who got the 3G/3GS as their first iPhone (especially in droves once subsidized) had nothing to compare it to.
Agree. Had an iPhone 1. Hated the 3G because of the cheap plastic back.
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I think Jony Ives may disagree
Would he? Ive isn't a fashion designer.
Lol at the poll results. Just as I expected everyone loves the bands now that it isn't a rumor anymore.
99% of people hated them just a few weeks ago. I was trying to explain that everyone always overreacts until Apple announces it but no one listened.
99% of people hated them just a few weeks ago. I was trying to explain that everyone always overreacts until Apple announces it but no one listened.