MacRumors Poll: Design of the Leaked Next-Generation iPhone

I say its ok, the two cameras are new and it also looks thin and more solid.
^.^ first!

buying as soon as it hits stores

I can see what people mean about the design, it dates the phone a little but the added features more than cancel that out

I don't hate it, I don't like it. It's simply nothing special...

I wouldn't be surprised if this is not the final design; it could even be radically different. The hardware is likely final, but the case? It's pretty bland. Anyone in love with it is just drunk on the koolaid.

Love it!

i actually can get used to it, really... im on verizon and i would not have a second thought if this was released today. diddnt apple go to a different manufacturer to make the verizon iPhone and couldn't that explain the new design?

Anyone know what kind of wireless cellphone technology was in it?

i liked it since the first post of this leak when everyone hated it and said FAKE!! i was right tho any way bravo

In the end is matters how it feels in your hands. The spec boost is nice. If it feels like the 1G iPod touch, which had sharper edges, then I might keep my 3GS. I like where this design is going, but I do like the smooth feel of the current iPhone design.

Get rid of the seams and bring the buttons up to par with iPad and you got a winner. Relocate the SIM slot to a cleverly hidden area such as inside the dock connector. The resulting clean lines around the aluminum sides will be more Apple like. The glass/ceramic back is great.

Nice. Slimmer is good - and the flat sides look better for grip. Much prefer it to the current design.

Hoping for a cheap upgrade from O2....

I rather think the new design looks better. I have the 2G iPhone and hope this is available in the US unlocked so I can pick one up at a reasonable price.

I guess this is a better place for a more formal critique. Here is my take on this as a designer:

I feel this iteration is a step backwards for a number of reasons. The design as a whole is much less familiar as an iPhone and an Apple product. The classic silver bezel is gone as are the simplistic lines that grace all of Apple's industrial designs. By removing the curved backing, Apple has taken away ergonomic considerations, something they were careful to champion when the first iPhone and even the iPad were released.

Taking this a step further, the transition between the glass front and the aluminum center housing is awkward. Evidence by the close up images provided by Gizmodo, the materials are not flush and come together more like tectonic plates than a finely tuned industrial design. There are also smaller design inconsistencies, including the volume buttons, which no longer have their contexts defined. What this means is that the previous volume rocker made it clear that the top was volume up and the bottom volume down. These new buttons, perhaps to Apple's benefit, are no longer as strictly defined.

Overall, the 3G/3GS seem much more well executed and resolved. I will be disappointed if this turns out to be the real deal, but I am extremely doubtful.

What about what IS NOT new here?

Clearly there won't be any Verizon available for this phone either way. Ugly or not, millions of people will not be getting it. You can put those Verizon rumors in the trash for this year.

Wait, what happened to all the haters?

MR readers are like leaves in the wind.....

First thing i thought when I saw it was "Looks liek a MacBook Pro"

I like it. However, I'm thinking that just a little bit of a radius on the back would be nice. I never really thought about how much more comfortable it makes the phone.

If you don't believe me, hold your phone backwards (with the screen towards your palm) and you'll notice. Seems like it helps grip the phone better (less drops). I have a EDGE iPhone and a 3G and my 3G always feels more "secure" in my hand. I never use a case. Critics WILL bash the phone due to it lacking a radius. They will call it a brick, they will call it ugly, they will say it is not comfortable.


I just wonder if Apple did this on purpose. It just seems like some of the leaks on their products (whether real or fake) have got to be controlled and initiated by Apple to stir up talk about their product before the official unveiling.

To me, I'm not sure if this would be the finally version if it is truly an Apple product. The silver bezel is missing, and that seems to be the one thing that makes the iPhone an iPhone. Honestly, when you see that phone do you think "iPhone" immediately?

All I know is that I'm due for a new phone, and I've been waiting since January for a new generation to hit the store.

ironically i just wrote my cancellation of my current iPhone plan which expires in june ... where can i get it i'm sold if it ends up looking like that

Things like the flash and front facing camera are nice. I hate how it has no curves. it looks like a brick. the border looks like plastic to me, but i hope its aluminum. I will only like those seems there if the battery is replaceable... otherwise, its fugly.

Design looks a few years old, which is pretty good for Apple. No doubt this will eventually be heralded as yet another genius design by Ives, even by the legion of macrumor members who were so happy to rip it to pieces when it was thought to be a fake (that was a brilliant thread ).

The first question I have is, why put your logo on an unreleased device?

Good design is not how it looks, it's how it works.

I was sceptical towards the design when the first pictures was posted but these high quality pics makes it look pretty good. It's a few things that needs to be tuned though like the seams.

i just don't like the join's in the bezel. Apple seems to avoid showing any kind of joins in their products. That join just implies to me that that part moves or unfolds in some way. And it's not going to be for a replaceable battery, there's no chance.

Looks like a freakin Zune