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More Confirmation of 3G iPhone Case Design?
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Actually the new iPhone will be one helluva beast... can't wait !!! It's a beauty too !! Oh, be careful not to poke anyone in the eye with that antenna...
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I agree. There's no reason a light sensor should be that big. If you think about it logically, the light sensor should be placed closest to the earpiece and in the center for lefties or righties.
For the opening to be that wide, it has to accomodate something with a formidable height. Based on the size of the hole of the rear camera, it can likely be a front camera.
One thing that others might have forgotten to mention (but complained about in the current generation iPhone) is a possibility of an LED indicator for missed calls, awaiting messages, etc.
So, the camera can be on one side, and the light indicators are on the other side, and the case will be symmetrical for asthetic purposes.
WAIT. Now that I'm thinking about it....
What if the top area is for full-blown stereo speakers? People were complaining about the lack of volume on the original iPhones, and the single speaker on the bottom? What if Apple changed it around and placed the speaker on the front and the microphone at the bottom alone? That could answer some of the other "leaked" images that lacked a bottom opening...
I'd rather have the two cameras.
Touche! I was too quick to write off the Radio Shack T-Phone as pure rumor! I stand corrected... if the rumor pans out.
BTW, I also saw the picture of the battery belt Griffin is designing, but I noticed there was no hole for the vacuum tubes... Hmmm, wonder what that means??
Current iPhone cases generally have extra space around the ear-slot too, right? There's an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor IIRC.
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It's just that the new arrangement has sensors arranged all in one line. That doesn't necessarily mean MORE sensors--much as that would be cool. That slot in the case doesn't indicate anything about a camera to me.
It's just that the new arrangement has sensors arranged all in one line. That doesn't necessarily mean MORE sensors--much as that would be cool. That slot in the case doesn't indicate anything about a camera to me.
Touche! I was too quick to write off the Radio Shack T-Phone as pure rumor! I stand corrected... if the rumor pans out.
BTW, I also saw the picture of the battery belt Griffin is designing, but I noticed there was no hole for the vacuum tubes... Hmmm, wonder what that means??
Means back to the drawing board for Griffin. Thats why apple send the specs early! DUH.
Just found this out from a buddy of mine that works for the immigration office. Apparently Radio Shack has taken delivery of a mysterious container presumably filled with 10 millions sherpas that will carry the vacuum tubes.
The manifest was disguised as 9volt batteries but further research has revealed that although we might think Radio Shack is planning a fathers day Battery sale it is highly unlikely. Also we have calculated the average weight of a single use 9 volt battery and have found that the total weight of the container far excedes the 4oz weight of a Radio Shack Battery. Taking into consideration that an average sherpas weighs 50lb, we have reason to believe that the container does infact contain sherpas. Radio Shack is planning to be ready for a launch before June 9th.
One More Thing
My insider has just told me Radio Shack plans to make a formal announcement in Cuba sometime in the next couple weeks to celebrate "cell phones for everyone day" in Cuba. I have attached a photo to prove they are already standing in line for this very exciting day.
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Scottcop, u are not obliged to say that it is boring too.
You would have to be insane not to agree that this place is being over run by iphone 3g stories, well I say stories?
Thank heavens that 10.5.3 has been released!
(although I'm sure that half of the macrumors staff are picking that to death to see if there are any clues pointing to the iphone 3g!!!)
Can you imagine what would happen if the next iphone somehow doesn't have 3G, or worse, they don't even annouce it at the WWDC. I think the world would self destruct.
It will be announce on 9th, but ships only after WWDC it will be suck if it wont have a GPS and other toys...
Don't laugh, I have seen such threads before.
This is the forum where 300+ people will comment on a thread of pictures of an empty Apple store that is about to open in some backwater town somewhere. So pictures of empty shelves is a definite possibility.
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hey! UFO's are real buddy!
Well they aren't doing so well actually.
In the past, you would know basically nothing about an Apple product until the Steve pulled it out of his pocket. With the 3G iPhone we already know all the major hardware features, half of the new software features, we know what the dimensions are, what the case will look like, what colours it will come in and even details like what kind of phono jack it has. This is unprecedented "leakage" in fact.
Kind of sad, as excited as I am about it, it would have been better to be surprised.
Keep reading.. way more content and much better content than "Should I get Mac Pro?" "What features do you think should be offered in the next iPhone?"
"Will it be called MacBook Air or MacBook Touch?"
I'm working on getting a picture of the resin used on the circuit boards of the new 3G iphones. Once I get a picture, I'll start a new thread!
ah, funny. sorry, you'll never get one. it's the red-headed step child that steve can't get rid of, but won't treat as good as everyone else (no offense to the redheads out there).
agreed. i want to take my new iphone geocaching and i'd like to take pictures of my geocaches to text to my friends that i'm [video] ichatting with about a document that i currently have saved in disc mode that i can pull up to edit and save with all my free time (that i've calculated on the scientific calculator) i now have from being able to sync with my microsoft exchange account from work and delete/mark-read new messages all at once.
Current iPhone cases generally have extra space around the ear-slot too, right? There's an ambient light sensor and a proximity sensor IIRC.
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It's just that the new arrangement has sensors arranged all in one line. That doesn't necessarily mean MORE sensors--much as that would be cool. That slot in the case doesn't indicate anything about a camera to me.
There was a rumor that specifically informed accessory makers to add space for a NEW sensor on the front by the ear piece. If the new iPhone does NOT have video chat/conferencing it will be only the second 3G phone EVER to NOT have video chatting/conferencing, the first being the new BlackBerry Bold lol (POS). So if it does not, Apple would be IMMENSELY dropping the ball!
Ask anyone on this site that lives outside the US if they have ever seen a 3G phone without video chatting/conferencing in the last 3 years even, they will tell you NO.
Hmmm....
Well, I found the unedited pictures, opened them in PS, resized and unsharp masked them. I turned on the grid to measure the relative size of the rear camera (bezel size and lens glass size) and the opening in the front of the skin. It appears to me after looking at the relative sizes next to each other in the grid, if they used the same camera as they did in the back of the phone, it would not fit.
Could be no camera; could me a smaller (VGA?) camera for conferencing only (with the higher megapixel camera in the rear); could be the perspective of the photos distorting the true size; or I could be completely wrong.
Well, I found the unedited pictures, opened them in PS, resized and unsharp masked them. I turned on the grid to measure the relative size of the rear camera (bezel size and lens glass size) and the opening in the front of the skin. It appears to me after looking at the relative sizes next to each other in the grid, if they used the same camera as they did in the back of the phone, it would not fit.
Could be no camera; could me a smaller (VGA?) camera for conferencing only (with the higher megapixel camera in the rear); could be the perspective of the photos distorting the true size; or I could be completely wrong.