Next Generation iPhone Approaching Production? Case + LCD Parts Circulating

looks just like the prototype...

What is with those random seams in the case? Please tell me they just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.....

quagmire said:

What is with those random seams in the case? Please tell me they just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.....

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Not to worry. They just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.

*drools uncontrollably*

I bet that's just a chinese production part.

Counting down to your door being kicked down in 3...2...1...

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Bonch said:

quagmire said:

What is with those random seams in the case? Please tell me they just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.....

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Not to worry. They just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.

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For some reason that made me chuckle (which woke the wife).

random seams??

quagmire said:

What is with those random seams in the case? Please tell me they just got a hold of another prototype case, and not the production case.....

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What do you mean by "random seams"?? Do you mean the cooling slats in the inside plate?

My take:

This is almost certainly a prototype of the real thing, or [more likely] a genuine early production part. If you notice at 0:16 the two sound button holes we saw in the Gizmodo purchase, are visible on the left edge - from inside.

This case has been machined from a solid piece of aluminium plate, not pressed from aluminium sheet, or fabricated from an extrusion. The technology and set-up costs are on a totally different level. All are complicated in terms of tooling, but the former two are easily within the reach of all OEM manufacturers. The latter is currently only used in this way and to this extent for computers and portable devices, by Apple.

Whilst it is possible to make a one-off of such a part, even that would involve hours and hours of CAD work. So, for that reason alone, it's also unlikely to be a spoof.

There's also no way any Chinese rip-off company is going to invest in that level of aluminium machining technology to make a cheap copy either.

So, imo, what we're looking at is the case of the iPhone 4G. I could be wrong, but I'm familiar with the techniques used here and they are entirely consistent with those currently used by Apple in their iMacs, UniBody MacBooks and the iPad.

greenrider said:

Counting down to your door being kicked down in 3...2...1...

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Not this time, unibody door frame.

droooooool

With such a cool looking iphone coming, I can't seem to figure out why no camera on the ipad. If we are going to be able to ichat on the iphone via wifi can't see 3G been able to handle that much bandwidth, why not bring out the ultimate ipad with a camera.

I know next one will have it, oh well will just upgrade when that one comes.

Would it seriously kill Apple to add an LED or something to the front of the device so that you know you received a new message, etc. without having to turn the screen on, unlock the device and look at your applications?

I can't see Apple letting the deatails out on the new phone. They never have security breaches.

For some reason, I just don't like the sandwich design.
Just wish the final design could look more like this

Apple designs are becoming more and more generic, first the MBP began looking like PCs and now this iPhone which looks a lot like the tons of other smartphones out there now.

WickedRabbit said:

Would it seriously kill Apple to add an LED or something to the front of the device so that you know you received a new message, etc. without having to turn the screen on, unlock the device and look at your applications?

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Yes.

It's funny how some people can't accept that this is the next iPhone and continue to brush it off as a prototype and not a production unit.

People, this is the final design.

WickedRabbit said:

Would it seriously kill Apple to add an LED or something to the front of the device so that you know you received a new message, etc. without having to turn the screen on, unlock the device and look at your applications?

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I smell you I smell you.

Anything, even the home button pulsing.

TuffLuffJimmy said:

It's funny how some people can't accept that this is the next iPhone and continue to brush it off as a prototype and not a production unit.

People, this is the final design.

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I am sure it will look quite a bit cooler when you have it in your hands. Steve Jobs very much liked the new Star Trek movie. I am quite sure that is where the inspiration came from.

I'm eligible for a upgrade in December. Gigitty!

TuffLuffJimmy said:

People, this is the final design.

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i agree - but like previous posters have stated, i just don't get the seams.

the iPad does not have any seams like this, neither do previous iPhones or iPods.

Hmm, for some reason it looks like a fragile mint tin in the video. I'm really digging the new design though.

WickedRabbit said:

Would it seriously kill Apple to add an LED or something to the front of the device so that you know you received a new message, etc. without having to turn the screen on, unlock the device and look at your applications?

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You only have to turn the screen on. Missed calls and messages show up in a little window and you can tap to view them. That's it. One of the things great about the iPhone (and Macs for that matter), is that Apple don't just "add an LED or something" willy-nilly.

iEdd said:

Hmm, for some reason it looks like a fragile mint tin in the video. I'm really digging the new design though.



You only have to turn the screen on. Missed calls and messages show up in a little window and you can tap to view them. That's it. One of the things great about the iPhone (and Macs for that matter), is that Apple don't just "add an LED or something" willy-nilly.

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What if it's another notification? Push or mail or otherwise?

iEdd said:

Hmm, for some reason it looks like a fragile mint tin in the video. I'm really digging the new design though.



You only have to turn the screen on. Missed calls and messages show up in a little window and you can tap to view them. That's it. One of the things great about the iPhone (and Macs for that matter), is that Apple don't just "add an LED or something" willy-nilly.

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Yeah, random blinking LEDs can be annoying anyway, and then you're sitting there trying to count them like "was that 3 and a new text, or 4 and a new email?"

7even said:

Yeah, random blinking LEDs can be annoying anyway, and then you're sitting there trying to count them like "was that 3 and a new text, or 4 and a new email?"

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Never had to count LEDs on my blackberry. Had to count the vibrations, but that was simple too. Short, medium, long. So simple and painless.