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4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell with Embedded Apple Logo Shown in New Photos

I guess its safe to say that we know the design, but please don't have those thick bands! I'm putting a case on mines anyway, but goodness. If they have them, they better have some magic power, like always having full bars even in the middle of a country field.;)
 
rsocal said:
No ****ing way, those antenna bands give it away real bad!
Apple and Jon Ive would never even have a concept design that hideous!

If this turned out to be real I would have serious doubt about Apple!
I'm a long, long (even before iPhone) Apple hardcore fan, and this would make me wonder if Apple will ever be even close to what they were with Steve Jobs!

Steve Jobs would never let a design like that even be used as a decoy!
Jon Ive will come through with another knockout punch! Please Jon, don't let us down!!!:apple:
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it was said a million times that those bands are production bands only. they will NOT make into the final design. that's just one of the many ways to disguise some production "secrets" if, for whatever reason, the prototype gets public, which is pretty usual with this kind of products. those bands are just plastic fills.
 
1Zach1 said:
The thing about the antenna breaks is not so much their width, but that they seem to be raised compared to the rest of the shell. Not sure if that is an optical illusion, or that material has not been completed in these pictures but it just seems a bit odd.
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Yes, that is what struck me the most as well. I can see Apple pushing out a phone w/ the white bands, but I can't see them pushing out a phone with bands that are not flush with the case. Maybe it's an optical illusion as you suggest. Either way it's not true to realism.
 
ValSalva said:
Another 4.7" part leak. Any 5.5" part leaks yet?
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Don't worry, there's going to be story later on this week saying that its been delayed until 2015, then magically in two weeks, there will be another story saying it'll be released in 2014.
 
How about a TriTone round flash instead of the pill shaped TrueTone.
Three (RGB) LEDs could probably be integrated into one round flash.

Antenna breaks are going to stay, too much evidence to deny it.
 
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maflynn said:
guys, you all are getting worked up over the bands, its a pre-production unit. They're not going to be there for the final product.
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Seriously. Even if the bands were needed for the design there's no way they'd need to be that thick (see iPhone 4 & 5). These stick out like a sore thumb. That's not a hallmark of Apple hardware design.
 
achtung! said:
it was said a million times that those bands are production bands only. they will NOT make into the final design. that's just one of the many ways to disguise some production "secrets" if, for whatever reason, the prototype gets public, which is pretty usual with this kind of products. those bands are just plastic fills.
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How can you be so sure? I agree with others, those bands look fugly.
 
Here's Apple's reaction every time one of these leaks shows up on a rumor site:

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Jimrod said:
I think it's pretty safe to say this is the design now, I've been dubious about leaks before because "Apple wouldn't do that!" but they seem to make more and more odd design choices since Jony Ive has been given free reign, seems to me he's an "OK" designer but wasn't the real driving force behind the look and feel of the product...

I'm sure the bands will look better on the finished product but they're unnecessarily thick compared to similar on other phones.
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Because Apple's design was perfect before Ive had "free reign"? Please.

Jony Ive was a highly respected designer before he even graduated university, and was a significant driving force behind Apple's evolving design language over the past 20 years or so, even before he was an Apple employee.

Calling him an "'OK' designer" on the basis that you personally don't agree with some of the choices he and his team have made is ignoring the tremendous influence that he has had not just on Apple's product design, but on the design world as a whole.

Make no mistake about it, Ive is an exemplary designer that will go down in the history books for his influence on industrial design, especially in the realm of personal computing. But don't take my word for it, as Ive is highly regarded even among other great designers.

Personally, I'm not a fan of the antenna bands shown in these mockups and leaks, either, but I'm reserving judgment until I see the final design in person.
 
1080p said:
As with the iPhone 4 leak... people said "Look at those breaks in the steel on the side. That design is un-Apple."

Then Steve explained their existence at the keynote as being a part of the antenna system and blew us away.
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I have a feeling the iPhone 6 lines contribute to some functionality that we don't know about yet. Maybe wireless charging...
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The MacRumors groupthink was strong about the iPhone 4 being very unlike Apple. Are you suggesting forum members were jumping the gun by judging a product before even evaluating it personally? Many members concluded those lines in the steel band were ugly then and I'm sure after lining up and buying one on release day they still think they're ugly now.

Sure, it's possible those bands represent where the glass inlays will be inserted just like on the 5 and 5s (which were also castigated for creating an ugly two-tone look), but even if they're not cutouts, even those lines are the actual antenna structure, those lines are an eyesore. Many of us have expressed our wish that Apple would be guided by the principle of function over form but we have the right to judge a product based on form over function. That doesn't make us hypocritical.

Don't tell me that design is about trade offs. That's bull. With the 6 being so much thinner the design might have necessitated creating those thick lines. Well, again, that's bull. They should have figured it out. I would not be surprised if they made it ugly on purpose just so they have a reason to sell the 7: just like the 6—but without the ugly lines!

Look, none of us here have been privy to the design process behind the iPhone 6 which was prototyped and the aesthetics being finalized ages ago, but I've created dozens of flyers for garage sales so I pretty much have an eye for design and those thick lines are just too ugly.
 
Rogifan said:
I've said it before and will say it again, if those thick white bands are part of the final product for sale I will sell my Apple stock. But I'm not worried because I don't expect the final product to look like what we see here.
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That is quite a stretch..
 
I presumed those bands were stickers to protect the plastic, rather than the actual bands.

I really love the idea of the light up apple logo though, .

I would have presumed that logo would be centered though, that looks off to me.
 
I'm not one to complain much about Apple's designs, but this white banding is terrible! I hope the finished product looks better or has a great story to explain why these ugly bands exist.
 
I can't believe people think this is the real iphone. Don't you guys remember the Wico i6 video from last week? It shows that same raised embedded apple logo.
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smulji said:
How can you be so sure? I agree with others, those bands look fugly.
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of course they look fugly, badly integrated and cheap, and that's an usual practice of camouflage and people are clearly making a big deal about it, because they don't have a clue how production works.
please read this article that was posted by other user
http://www.wired.com/2010/03/pl_motor_prototypes/

"To distort anything that might let you deduce the shape of the car, he’ll use everything from body putty to bubble wrap to mask creases and flares, square off rounded edges, and elongate bumpers and trunks. Windows are outlined in tape to disguise the structure of support pillars; matte-black paint hides contour-revealing shadows. "

these kind of disguises are used all over the industry to avoid giving up some design/production details. in this case there might be something about the connection between the back of the phone and the "antennas". and because it's hidden (or replaced with these bands), competitors are unable to figure that out just by looking into pictures.

i hope that helps. :)
 
Agreed: Fugly Jockstrap bands

If these are truely production part leaks, Steve is turning over in his grave and saying Jonny should not be allowed to design while on some sort of bender.

As others have stated this is not the design aesthetic that is allowed out of Apple Design Labs. IMHO this is one of the Chinese knockoffs who don't have the technical and design expertise as Apple.
 
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