Alleged iPhone 7 Prototype Case Leak Shows Four Separate Speakers

[bushman4]

4 speakers would only kill the battery faster. Any things possible but this rumor doesn't sound right

 

[Datalinks]

What color is that? Purple haze?

 

[uid15]

Possible

I wish they could hide the antenna better...

On 6/6s it looks like it could be decorative, could be mechanical. That just looks completely mechanical

Would you like your signal hidden, too?
[doublepost=1463962315][/doublepost]3G/3GS = new chassis design
4/4S = new chassis design
5/5S = new chassis design
6/6S = new chassis design
7 = SAME chassis design as 6/6S?

Spot the glaring odd one out. I think not, somehow.

 

[aberrero]

They can definitely put a speaker up there in the forehead of the phone, even if it isn't perfectly lined up with the holes. The holes are there for symmetry, but the speaker could be recessed in the middle of the phone.

 

[Abazigal]

Would you like your signal hidden, too?
[doublepost=1463962315][/doublepost]3G/3GS = new chassis design
4/4S = new chassis design
5/5S = new chassis design
6/6S = new chassis design
7 = SAME chassis design as 6/6S?

Spot the glaring odd one out. I think not, somehow.

One theory could be that Apple is moving over to a 3 year refresh cycle. Perhaps they have something huge in store but need more time to refine it. So this year could be the 6SE or something (basically an improved 6S), with next year being the major refresh.

 

[nurban1992]

Removing the headphone jack will just mean I would end up jumping to Android...
But at least the camera bezel is smaller

You know how the major android phone makers have been, recently. If Apple removes the headphone jack this year, then there's a high chance the following Samsung Galaxy will drop it too, and the rest will follow. You may be able to get a couple years out of Android smartphones before it makes ubiquitous. Bluetooth headphones have become reliable and with good quality sound. The time has come to make the change, and Apple will be the one bold enough to start the domino effect.

 

[iZac]

Looks like a render to me

 

[uid15]

One theory could be that Apple is moving over to a 3 year refresh cycle. Perhaps they have something huge in store but need more time to refine it. So this year could be the 6SE or something (basically an improved 6S), with next year being the major refresh.

Theories, rumours, theories... rumours.... rumours and theories....... and theories and rumours.


Ermm, no.
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Looks like a render to me

Looks like too much of an oddball obscure colour to come from the kings of subtle, tasteful design. That ALONE rings alarm bells.

 

[The Doctor11]

Looks fake to me.

 

[uid15]

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[1129708]

I enjoy dropping in from time to time for a laugh. Enjoying the irony of how so many people in a tech forum are terrified by technological change. Grandpa's analogue headphone mini jack is a 60+ year old technology, and has no place on a 21st century digital device. I'd expect the inevitable included Lightning EarPods to be a vast improvement over the soon-to-be-extinct analogue ones, with USB powered noise cancellation among its many advantages. It's 2016 people. Adapt or die.

You'd think in 2016, people would know how audio equipment works.

Unless you're trolling and know that all headphones are analog.

 

[Shirasaki]

Ever wonder if Apple will ditch 16GB another year.
I will not buy/upgrade my current iPhone if
1. No headphone jack.
2. System performance does not improve much.
3. Price over 1600 AUD for top tier model. (bigger one, storage max out)

 

[mpavilion]

I still doubt any of this is true, but according to the website it says they will make it in purple.

From a Google translation of the website: "This is stated in the video the next generation iPhone models, the brand mobile phone shell chambers designed according to the characteristics of the corresponding products, located below the camera flash, more surprising is the iPhone 7 will be the same as the iPad Pro has a 4-channel speaker output, and the color purple will increase, I believe Apple will continue to lead after another popular pink color all fashion products, but also confirms the rumors of cancellations 3.5mm headphone jack."

http://www.bjyglcwq.com/Html/?8516.html

Huh... wild.

 

[uid15]

Ever wonder if Apple will ditch 16GB another year.
I will not buy/upgrade my current iPhone if
1. No headphone jack.
2. System performance does not improve much.
3. Price over 1600 AUD for top tier model. (bigger one, storage max out)

Sounds very much like you don't NEED a new iPhone anyway, so why even consider it?

 

[AFDoc]

Removing the headphone jack will just mean I would end up jumping to Android...
But at least the camera bezel is smaller

bye. Nothing like declaring to the world something no one cares about.

I LOVE when people lose their minds over rumors..... LOVE even more swimming in all the tears people shed about the iPhone. Bezel size, headphone jack or lack there of, antenna bands, home button/no home button, case material, PHONE size....... if a phone fits one's needs buy it, if it doesn't don't..... seems pretty easy to me.

 

[Spogue]

I call fake. The finishing on the insides of the 6 series phones is not this smooth and polished. The antenna bands on this look like they are made of the same material as the rest of the "device," and the area between the logo's "leaf" and "fruit" is too small.

 

[doelcm82]

Would you like your signal hidden, too?
[doublepost=1463962315][/doublepost]3G/3GS = new chassis design
4/4S = new chassis design
5/5S = new chassis design
6/6S = new chassis design
7 = SAME chassis design as 6/6S?

Spot the glaring odd one out. I think not, somehow.

As I said in another thread, repeating a pattern four time doesn't make it a longstanding tradition. The marketplace in which Apple operates has changed. Look how the iPad name has changed:

iPad
iPad 2
iPad (third generation - The New iPad)
iPad (fourth generation)
iPad Air
iPad Air 2
iPad Pro

No part of my mental health is riding on Apple repeating its iPhone pattern a fifth time. I'm not even going to have a meltdown if they name the iPhones they announce this fall something other than "iPhone 7". As far as I'm concerned, that's just a convenient placeholder name until Apple tells us the actual name.

 

[AFDoc]

Looks trippy haha, speakers at the top..

I hope they do drop the headphone jack, that is the future, so might as well be first.

Agree.... if only to enjoy all the posts about people crying about the switch....
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You don't see car manufacturers dropping the wheel from their cars just because it's an old technology.

Really... you feel those two items are comparable? Lol.......

Lol.
Here are some digital headphones for you to buy and join the 21st century (Semantic BS notwithstanding):
But seriously, the difference is this: Analog headphones connect via a traditional headphone jack to an audio processor built into the phones. Digital headphones connect either into a digital audio out jack or a USB port and receive digital information to an internally-installed audio processor. The more you know.

Oh snap! That smack down was deafening!

 

[menithings]

You'd think in 2016, people would know how audio equipment works.

Unless you're trolling and know that all headphones are analog.

Lol.

Here are some digital headphones for you to buy and join the 21st century (Semantic BS notwithstanding):

http://www.amazon.com/Naxa-Professi...TPGM/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1463967469&sr=8-7

http://www.amazon.com/Pyle-Digital-...7MSE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1463967469&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/Sentry-HO415-...HS/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1463967469&sr=8-12

But seriously, the difference is this: Analog headphones connect via a traditional headphone jack to an audio processor built into the phones. Digital headphones connect either into a digital audio out jack or a USB port and receive digital information to an internally-installed audio processor. The more you know.

 

[Patriot24]

What if the new holes aren't for speakers? Microphones for improved Siri interaction? New sensors? Heat dissipation?

 

[Dr.Chroma]

Undeniably fake. Absolutely nothing about this case looks legit.

That's why it's a rumor. Nobody said it was legitimate.

 

[Mr. Buzzcut]

older than my grandma

You drop her just because she is old?

 

[ColdShadow]

Eliminating useful and essential features and calling such compromises "revolutionary innovation" seems to be the new thing.
first it was the neutered 12 inch Macbook with no ports,and now iPhone without headphone jack.

 

[Mr. Donahue]

RIP Headphone jack.
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I think it does. Cant tell if your post is sarcasm, but that does look real.

I was thinking the same. Can't tell if he's being foreal or if not but I know you think it's real. Oh and FYI I think it looks real too. Is it really real? I don't know. And that's okay too.

 

[lowercaseperson]

LOL, Samsung has a curved glass screen, Google has a modular phone, and Apple is like, "yeah but we have FOUR speakers!"

Seriously, I'm so deep in the Apple ecosystem I couldn't get out if I tried, but if four speakers and a dual lens camera is the next big thing (from Apple) then color me disappointed.