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4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell with Embedded Apple Logo Shown in New Photos
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I can't stand the bands. They stick out too much. It looks cheap and makes it seem as though the phone was falling apart so someone haphazardly taped it up with the thickest tape possible.
For the love of god, this is MacRumors, not 'peoplewhodontknowanythingaboutappledesign.com', right? This is not a final design. Use your brains, they are most likely support/holders for the manufacturing process, these shells are thinner and more fragile than the 5/5S rear shells. Come on, that's not even a design it's just a thick white band across the back.
Also, this is my first post here, long time MR reader, first time user.
Also, this is my first post here, long time MR reader, first time user.
I don't know about you guys, but I think the case showing in those pictures looks kinda cheap and not of a typical apple quality, in comparison to iPhone 4s and iPhone 5 final finish quality. It look like one of those replacement case you buy on ebay to fix your iPhone with.
I really hope its not the real deal, other wise its definitely a deal breaker.
I really hope its not the real deal, other wise its definitely a deal breaker.
I cannot believe I never noticed that detail on the iPhone 4 camera lens. So that's why my 5s looks awkward next to my old 4
(that, and the fact that it feels like a tv remote control)
Forget the BANDS...why would APPLE take away the better FLASH?
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I just don't get all these either fake real backs I have seen or is APPLE ditching the better flash??
I just don't get all these either fake real backs I have seen or is APPLE ditching the better flash??
This is one of the best posts ever.
And for the record, the band lines don't look too too bad in black!
Thank you and I don't think it will look bad at all when released.
Yeah, but at least the 4/4S antena breaks on the sides of that phone are FAR more subtle than the glaring thick bands on the new 6 mockup.
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I doubt they'd ditch the new 5S flash. It's just been redesigned to a circle shape.
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iPhone 6G (glow)
I think if you want the small logo to light up buy a MBP. The power to light it up has to come from somewhere and that usually would be the battery. I would rather have my battery last than an Apple logo on iPhone light up.
I guess it's all about milking the market these days, but I agree with you 100%. If the iPhone 6 mock-ups are true, all Apple would have done is round the sides, add those thick and hideous antenna bands, and up-scaling the boring design of the 5/5S. The worst part is that the phone still has those ugly and uncessarily large top and bottom bezels filled with wasted space.
Even so, Apple will sell millions of these and will make a lot of money in the process.
Mmm. Well, people were freaking out about the antenna bands on the iPhone 4 leaks thinking they were temporary and that no way would Apple release it like that. The rest is history. I'd get used to those bands at this point.
How do you know the new flash is worse than the old? Because of the cut-out shape? You are genius.
I sincerely hope the iPhone size/design specs that leaked last March, that EVERY iPhone 6 mockup has been based on since, will not be the final design. I know it's very unlikely at this point, but somewhere deep down inside, I hope Tim has doubled down on security as promised so that we can really be surprised during the keynote's "real" iPhone 6 unveiling. That would be amazing.
I know, I know, wishful thinking…
You automatically assume that a dual flash is not possible in a circular setup. Apple has very powerful manufacturing contacts and could potentially develop a bespoke circular design. No need to panic as yet.
The too tall and disproportionate iPhone 5/5S design is hideous, and the reason that I did NOT buy it when my 4S was due for upgrading.
I hope the 6 delivers.
I guess it's all about milking the market these days, but I agree with you 100%. If the iPhone 6 mock-ups are true, all Apple would have done is round the sides, add those thick and hideous antenna bands, and up-scaling the boring design of the 5/5S. The worst part is that the phone still has those ugly and uncessarily large top and bottom bezels filled with wasted space.
Even so, Apple will sell millions of these and will make a lot of money in the process.
The bottom bezel is at its minimum because of the Touch ID. The top has to be proportional per Apple design written in their patent. Otherwise, it'll look like HTC One...(small head, big butt bezels). These large Antenna bands are nothing more than just stick-on protective bands which should be peeled off later. Apple must be crazy to make the antenna bands protrude that way. You want a nice small top/bottom bezels, go with those android phones. iPhone is not only for the look, but performance.
Understood, but IMO, the home button and Touch ID is overrated and could have been re-designed to minimize those hulking ugly top and bottom bezels. The iPhone's footprint could have been made a little smaller in the process, lending space to a bigger screen, but smaller overall size. THAT would have been ideal and would have helped the "look" of the phone.
No functional purpose could justify that fugly white ducktape lines on any design, let alone Apple. I hate it even if it's for teleportation.