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Additional Photos of Purported Silver iPhone 6 Rear Shell Surface
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I can't wait for this phone to be out to end this idiotic speculation.
Why would they fill in the breaks with liquidmetal if the purpose of the breaks is to prevent metal contact?
The bands will be plastic. Deal with it. The breaks in the iPhone 4/4s/5/5s are all plastic too. The home buttons were plastic. iPhone 4 even has a plastic gasket around BOTH pieces of glass!
It doesn't even look too much different from that iPhone 5 you all love so much, which you hated when it leaked.
As with every iPhone that has a new design, you'll bitch about things that don't matter, and then when you buy the phone, you'll realize that it's less about how it looks, and more about how it feels in the hand.
Everyone cried about the glass back on the iPhone 4, and how the iPhone 5 still has glass inlays that crack. Guess what, bitches? This new iPhone has no glass on the back! Isn't that what you asked for?
Everyone cried about iOS 6 being ugly with its realistic textures. Then they give you iOS 7. No more textures! Isn't that what you asked for?
Apparently any time Apple gives users what they ask for, those users don't like it. And then they get it, and love it.
Why would they fill in the breaks with liquidmetal if the purpose of the breaks is to prevent metal contact?
The bands will be plastic. Deal with it. The breaks in the iPhone 4/4s/5/5s are all plastic too. The home buttons were plastic. iPhone 4 even has a plastic gasket around BOTH pieces of glass!
It doesn't even look too much different from that iPhone 5 you all love so much, which you hated when it leaked.
As with every iPhone that has a new design, you'll bitch about things that don't matter, and then when you buy the phone, you'll realize that it's less about how it looks, and more about how it feels in the hand.
Everyone cried about the glass back on the iPhone 4, and how the iPhone 5 still has glass inlays that crack. Guess what, bitches? This new iPhone has no glass on the back! Isn't that what you asked for?
Everyone cried about iOS 6 being ugly with its realistic textures. Then they give you iOS 7. No more textures! Isn't that what you asked for?
Apparently any time Apple gives users what they ask for, those users don't like it. And then they get it, and love it.
Fuss, fuss, fuss. Either people have short-term memories or haven't been around long enough to know this outcry of design complaints happens each time we get leaked photos of a new iPhone. It's the same sticking points over and over (un-Apple, ugly, cheap, Jobs would never, Jony should be...)
Also, nobody can doubt that we know the final design. Many leaked parts from multiple sources all indicate the same look. This is it, folks. Apple is running at full production to get these things shipped in a month, OF COURSE the design has been finalized. Don't be silly in thinking that these are fake, pre-production concepts, prototypes, whatever. Fact is that these parts are coming down the assembly lines as we speak, and again, we've known what the past 4 iPhones have looked like well in advance, this one is no different.
Also, nobody can doubt that we know the final design. Many leaked parts from multiple sources all indicate the same look. This is it, folks. Apple is running at full production to get these things shipped in a month, OF COURSE the design has been finalized. Don't be silly in thinking that these are fake, pre-production concepts, prototypes, whatever. Fact is that these parts are coming down the assembly lines as we speak, and again, we've known what the past 4 iPhones have looked like well in advance, this one is no different.
I vote number 2. We've never seen any iPhone prototype leaks that differed significantly from the finished product. Early prototypes are produced on a smaller scale where leaks are much easier to prevent.
And while the straight lines do not electrically separate the back casing (something we already could guess since April from the Ukrainianiphone CAD renders), the top curved line parts do isolate the top and bottom aluminum parts of the iPhone from the main casing, which in the current models are used for the switchable cell antennas.
I also had the theory that antennas could be inserted inside the plastic lines, but from this picture it doesn't seem to be the case as the plastic seems to be filled.
There are gaps on the side which correspond to the antenna part below. Maybe the middle straight line part that is not over the gaps is just for cosmetic and structural reasons, as only filling out the antenna gaps with plastic would've looked even weirder.
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No the purpose of the plastic is for signal to pass through, and they are separated in the same respect. You can't send radio signals through aluminum, hence the glass on the iPhone 5/5S. If they used Liquidmetal then they could make a MUCH MUCH smaller band with the only purpose of separating the antennas, probably so tiny you could barely see it. It would look far better than some of these purported leaks. Radio signals can pass through Liquidmetal and in fact Liquidmetal can act AS the antenna. The reason the Apple logo is going to be Liquidmetal on this iPhone is so signals can pass through it, and it is far better than plastic.
I don't understand this rant.You're calling people retards for believing this is how the final design will look?For the last two years we have had these leaks and the leaked parts always turn out to be the final design.So how do we not understand apple by thinking these are real?
Now Tim Cook and apple could really have doubled down but till it's proven I don't see how people are retarded for thinking these parts are legit.
Yes, and my first thought was how horrible it was. However, when I got it, I found it too thin and slippery to use comfortably, so I bought a Griffin Reveal case. The case makes it a pleasure to hold, and the camera is recessed when the Touch is in the case. I haven't thought about it since.
Maybe the entire top and bottom of the phone (the rounded top and bottom ends) which don't appear attached and seem separated by the plastic, will be Liquidmetal and act as the antenna (assuming they can make it look identical in color to the rest of the device). You can see in this picture, the entire top and bottom are shown in a different color to represent the different parts or possibly even different materials as well.
As you can see, and you guys are right that mentioned it, the antenna would have to be inside that plastic because the aluminum is still attached to the top part. The only part that seems like it isn't attached to the other metal is the very top part, which seems separated by the band. Unless (as you mention) the antenna doesn't need to go across the middle where it is connected, and simply stops on those groves, and they simply continue the plastic across for aesthetic reasons, as it would look even worse to stop the bands in those groves and have solid aluminum across.
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Since I like photography I'm actually exited to see what lens attachments they can come up with. High quality I hope
That's a patent, and most of their patents don't ever become reality.
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Yes that's exactly why I'm calling them retards, well done. We both know there have been significantly less leaks, this isn't two years ago where I myself could probably walk into the assembly line area and take a picture.
I should have specified, I believe the overall shape will be similar, of course, I'm not even sure to say if there will even be a bigger phone at all.
All I do know is those god ugly band things on the rear will not be there or look anything like that. I also doubt a protruding camera.
I can't find any statement confirming that Liquidmetal is radio transparent. The only signal that passes through the glass of the iPhone 5/5s is WiFi, and the cell signals pass through the upper and lower portions of the metal housing, bordering the glass. Between these antennas and the main body is pieces of plastic.
Cellular iPads use plastic for radio transparency, and have a dedicated area for it at the top of the device, even when the Apple logo was plastic on them.
There is probably much less signal reach from the Apple logo area.
This iPhone 6 part has the same upper and lower segments that the 5 and 5s have, but no glass. That is why there's a thick plastic band, so that the radio antennas don't touch the housing and the metal inlays. With this iPhone 6 housing, the inlays and the top/bottom segments can be antennas for WiFi or Bluetooth. They wouldn't waste any space inside the device for antennas.
They've been engineering antennas to be part of the housing for 5 years.
To me, it looks like the top and bottom bits will have glass over them (just like the iPhone 5/5s) and the thickness of the glass will bring it flush with the camera lens. The iPhone 5/5s looks similar with lens sitting flush with the glass but would stick out a little with the glass removed.
I guess someone needs to turn the iPhone 6 shell sideways and show thickness measurements of the middle part and the top/bottom part - I bet you the top and bottom parts are slightly thinner to leave room for glass.
I guess someone needs to turn the iPhone 6 shell sideways and show thickness measurements of the middle part and the top/bottom part - I bet you the top and bottom parts are slightly thinner to leave room for glass.
I highly question some people's intelligence and common sense, in this thread, if we really have to elaborate about basic knowledge like that.
also with protruding camera, phone will not lay flat
It will lay flat if you put a case on it that is about the thickness of the camera protrusion
If the camera does indeed protrude (which looks to be more and more likely), and if I decide to buy one, that is the first thing I will do.
They don't peel, the people who took the pictures busted the plastic off because they specialize in reproducing these parts out of precious metals.
Just because you can't find it, doesn't make it so. Maybe refer here, to the inventor of it talking about it: http://www.cultofmac.com/54827/liquidmetal-inventor-exotic-alloy-may-make-new-iphone-antenna-exclusive/
The only signal that passes through those is Wifi huh? Can bluetooth pass through metal?
Cellular iPads use plastic section at the top for wifi? How do the non-cellular get wifi without that?
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Actually I think they did it because I asked them to try it.
It will lay flat if you put a case on it that is about the thickness of the camera protrusion
So Apple would intentionally make a device thin so it needs the lens to protrude, then the customer will have to buy a case that makes the phone thicker so it will lay flat.
Yeah ?