Claimed iPhone 5 SIM Card Tray Appears Identical to iPhone 4S

[Rogue.]

iPhone 4SII

Nope:

iPhone (6th Gen)

 

[nick_elt]

What's wrong with the current design? I think it's perfect the way it is.
Design change for the sake of design change is a waste of money.

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Really? You wouldn't buy a new and improved iPhone simply because it looks the same? I guess that's your choice to make. Personally, I buy for features, benefits, and value, not 'new looks'.

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Could you immagine the Ford Motor company coming out with a car called "Model-T 106"? At some time you just have to drop the generation numbers, or start looking stupid.

with your logic fords will still look like the model t.

 

[Slayter]

with your logic fords will still look like the model t.

Nice one!

 

[Daveoc64]

who gives a ***** about s sim card holder, guarantee this week will also be a dead week for mac news. getting really annoying

This is pretty major, as a change to the SIM card tray has the potential to dramatically change the entire mobile device landscape.

The current tray allows you to use any GSM/UMTS carrier's SIM in an iPhone.

A future design might not allow that.

Such a change would be significant for consumers and has the potential to limit consumer choice and freedom.

 

[pjen]

The New iPhone

The new ip (6th gen) will be called "The New iPhone"

duuh

Nope:

iPhone (6th Gen)

 

[GorgonPhone]

this is bad news.... yup apple need to make this damn phone as new looking as possible.... and so far im not feeling any newness... this is it folks prepare fro the decline of the iphone and apple.. if they botch this iphone5..

 

[Agent-P]

The Sim Trays in all of the iPads are flat though....

I always figured the top surface of the sim card tray would be a bit angled to match the sides of the iPad (I don't have an iPad with a sim card slot, so I can't check it for sure. I'll just have to trust you on this one).

 

[Slayter]

this is bad news.... yup apple need to make this damn phone as new looking as possible.... and so far im not feeling any newness... this is it folks prepare fro the decline of the iphone and apple.. if they botch this iphone5..

100% agree, if they dont deliver a new cool design my next phone wont be iphone....

 

[terraphantm]

I always figured the top surface of the sim card tray would be a bit angled to match the sides of the iPad (I don't have an iPad with a sim card slot, so I can't check it for sure. I'll just have to trust you on this one).

iPad 3 has an angled side. Can't speak for the others

 

[lifeguard90]

Sorry but.. If Apple wont show us a new complete redesign of an iphone I'm going to buy my next phone somewhere else, most likely some WP phone. If in 3 consecutive years Apple deliver still the same ( for me not that great ) design, I will see it as arrogance. Arrogance to customer. And please dont compare it to Mac, thats a different class. Cellphone needs to evolve each incarnation. Because iP4/4s is far from perfect. ( for example: ergonomicaly wrong- sharp edges, glass is fragile,slippery, and you get fingerprints all over the phone etc etc...)

I will not buy a basically almost identical phone over and over. And as I see I'm not only one. Last year my friends switched after 4S fiasco to SGs2.
They had enough of Apple ignorance already.

I handled many non apple cell phones, including the SG and other slim devices, many are way over sized, mini tablets. why do you want to carry something that big, let alone hold it in one hand efficiently. Apple iPhones are aesthetically appealing and don't feel flimsy like a crap piece of plastic from a Samsung Happy Meal for 5 year olds.

 

[bawbac]

The new iPhone. To be simply called the iPhone. And it looks the same as the last 2 old iPhones.

But it will be available in more colors.
Colorationary!

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The new ip (6th gen) will be called "The New iPhone"

duuh

No.
miPhone
This will help differentiate the obsolete iPhone from the better improved miPhone.

 

[newyorksole]

I always figured the top surface of the sim card tray would be a bit angled to match the sides of the iPad (I don't have an iPad with a sim card slot, so I can't check it for sure. I'll just have to trust you on this one).

yeah I'm positive it's not angled at all.

 

[Therbo]

Because two sims are tacky, and there is no need for it in the leading market (US). I know in Europe and other sides of the world people tend to get two phone numbers as calling the competing cell network is usually very expensive, so people opt for two phones or two simed phones to put cards from two networks.

Apple can barely fit one sim let alone two in the phone.

Where on earth did you get that idea from? In Europe calls to other networks are the same price as calls to the home network, although on some plans calls to home networks are free.

I pay £15 ($23) for my contract a month, I don't see that as expensive.

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This is pretty major, as a change to the SIM card tray has the potential to dramatically change the entire mobile device landscape.

The current tray allows you to use any GSM/UMTS carrier's SIM in an iPhone.

A future design might not allow that.

Such a change would be significant for consumers and has the potential to limit consumer choice and freedom.

Any change to the SIM-card that prevented it from working on Non-Apple networks would immediately be flagged in Europe and would be banned from sale unless changed were made. By law all phones have to work with all networks.

 

[SerrQ]

Aha.. this is actually different from mine on the iPhone 4.

 

[prowlmedia]

Because two sims are tacky, and there is no need for it in the leading market (US). I know in Europe and other sides of the world people tend to get two phone numbers as calling the competing cell network is usually very expensive, so people opt for two phones or two simed phones to put cards from two networks.

Apple can barely fit one sim let alone two in the phone.

Europe is very cheap compared to US - I pay about $22 a month on an unlocked owned 4s - with 600 free mins to any uk network or landline - unlimited text and Data ( most are fair use - but I've kept my original contract instead of getting a few pounds off and therefore keep unlimited data )

Think he means support 2 sims by swapping them over. actually pretty useful in lots of countries where networks signals vary massively from area to area

 

[Stuipdboy1000]

So, judging by this we won't be seeing a rounded edge, tapered design like what was talked about last year. Another flat edged design. Whether it's the same as the 4/4S is anyones guess.

Or of course this may be fake, or a ploy staged by Apple to weed out any leaks.

 

[Rogifan]

What does this picture of a sim card tray have to do with the next iphone design? Heck we don't even know the sim card tray in this picture has anything to do with the new iphone. Last time I checked rumors do not equal facts. I'm amazed at how quickly people can run with a RUMOR as if it's fact.

 

[x-evil-x]

This concept would work with this sim tray I think

http://www.iphoneincanada.ca/iphone-news/another-iphone-5-liquid-metal-concept/

I love it

 

[applebook]

The 4s is the 5th iPhone. Why do people continue to think the 6th iPhone is the iPhone 5?

Because they're probably North American and are terrible at math.

 

[Swordylove]

Great! Next up... the volume buttons! I'm DYING to see how they'll look like!

 

[faroZ06]

How about they just call it "iPhone." Complicated, isn't it? And considering Apple just did this for the iPad, I think people are silly to assume otherwise.

The 3rd gen iPad didn't market very well. People get excited by the higher number.

Also, look at the iPod touch. It seems like it's never updated because they keep the same name the whole time.

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Because they're probably North American and are terrible at math.

So people who aren't North American and are bad at math would not call it the iPhone 5?

 

[tigress666]

this is bad news.... yup apple need to make this damn phone as new looking as possible.... and so far im not feeling any newness... this is it folks prepare fro the decline of the iphone and apple.. if they botch this iphone5..

100% agree, if they dont deliver a new cool design my next phone wont be iphone....

And people with your mentality are the reason I have to hear Apple haters bitch that the only reason people buy Apple is to be trendy. You're their proof.

*sigh*.

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Because two sims are tacky, and there is no need for it in the leading market (US). I know in Europe and other sides of the world people tend to get two phone numbers as calling the competing cell network is usually very expensive, so people opt for two phones or two simed phones to put cards from two networks.

Apple can barely fit one sim let alone two in the phone.

How about the people who have to carry around two cellphones (one for work, one for personal)? Do you not think they'd like to be able to just use one phone that will answer to two different numbers?

 

[MRU]

Where on earth did you get that idea from? In Europe calls to other networks are the same price as calls to the home network, although on some plans calls to home networks are free.

I pay £15 ($23) for my contract a month, I don't see that as expensive.

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Any change to the SIM-card that prevented it from working on Non-Apple networks would immediately be flagged in Europe and would be banned from sale unless changed were made. By law all phones have to work with all networks.

Europe is very cheap compared to US - I pay about $22 a month on an unlocked owned 4s - with 600 free mins to any uk

Refine UK instead of Europe and both statements are accurate.

Most of Europe do not get the same offers / pricing as the UK for similar service.

Your £15 | $23 plan would actually set you back €60 for the equivalent plan in Ireland, and around €45-55 in Spain and France.

So don't assume because you get great plans in the UK you are speaking for Europe ad a whole, because you certainly are not.

 

[Tiger8]

Where on earth did you get that idea from? In Europe calls to other networks are the same price as calls to the home network, although on some plans calls to home networks are free.

I pay £15 ($23) for my contract a month, I don't see that as expensive.

I travel, and have friends and family all over the world, that's how I know that many people have dual numbers, for cost, for coverage, I don't know.

For the most part the US business model is different the Europe, it works for us, yours work for you. No need to argue which one is better, they both have pros and cons.

If it wasn't for the US 2-year locked contract model and AT&T, the Iphone would have never happened. As much as I hate AT&T, I give them credit for taking a leap of faith. Apple needed a partner, a fully subsidized contract, to get the then super-expensive iPhone out.

 

[Slayter]

I handled many non apple cell phones, including the SG and other slim devices, many are way over sized, mini tablets. why do you want to carry something that big, let alone hold it in one hand efficiently. Apple iPhones are aesthetically appealing and don't feel flimsy like a crap piece of plastic from a Samsung Happy Meal for 5 year olds.

Only those sharp edges does not fit into your palm that well, also glass is slipery, i have droped my iphone on concrete surface, because it slipped off my hand ;(
Never happended with previous iPhone 2g/3g/3gs...
When I saw iP4 for first time I was not happy with a design, I made a jokes about it saying it'S Sonnyerricsson design.