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Apple doesn’t know how to design anymore. I’d rather take a crappier SINGLE lens camera with a FLAT housing than a better camera with 19 lenses and a pimple only nerds get. Once again, Apple picks form over function.

But but but but—NO! Figure it out. TrueDepth camera? NO! Figure it out. Gosh. How hard is it to have no notch and a flat camera housing? Apple has baby engineers. I know what good design is. Trust me. Apple doesn’t know design anymore.
Wait, are you criticizing the Almighty? I did that and got substantial hate here from the brainless.....
 
Good grief that's fugly. And I'm sure it's gonna be the exact same phone from the front.

As a designer I just can't continue using Apple as a design example/benchmark on my presentations when they themselves seem to have forgotten how to design stuff.

Right on, brother. I’m a rising YouTube/Twitch celebrity. I make lit videos about tech, fashion, music, games, so I am a professional filmmaker. I’m also a musician and painter and I write stories. I’m an artist, okay? And there are so many people out there who fail: Rian Johnson’s Star Wars, for example. Apple needs serious help before it’s too late!
 
This is looking to be one of the least Apple like design elements I've seen in a phone since they introduced the camera hump in the first place.

what the hell is going on in the design studio's down in Cupertino? Things have been getting progressively getting uglier and less usable across the board.

I would ave thought if any company could make a chassis design that looked sleek with multiple cameras, it would be Apple. But this is just absolutely one of the worst looking implementations I have seen so far on the market.
 
Interesting to see how many members are more concerned about how the camera looks on the back, but it should be more about the results that this camera is able to produce that will change peoples perspective. Put me in a category that I actually want to see what this triple lens camera is able to produce, I don’t care what it looks like on the back of the phone.

I think it's probably because we already know the camera quality will be exceptional so everyone is talking aesthetics. I'd personally tell the design team to stop dicking about and get back to work, it's just ridiculous.
 
Wait, are you criticizing the Almighty? I did that and got substantial hate here from the brainless.....

Right on, brother. Apple isn’t perfect. They need a new design guy. Jony Ive is pretentious talking about material science. Nah, bro. Your job is to make it look nice.

“Apple is also working on a feature that would use the extra pixel data afforded by three lenses to provide tools for automatically repairing a photo or a video to fit in a subject that may have accidentally been cut off from the initial shot."

Fail right there. That ain’t worth no three lenses, bro. What is Apple going on about? Just make it one lens and make it flat. Make the phone thicker and heavier. Easy. Where is Apple’s priorities at?
 
I may be one of the few here that actually likes the look of the square camera bump-out. If I had to guess why Apple continues to take the path of the bump-out camera system, it’s because of the connection they’re trying to make back to conventional camera and lens devices. It started when they shared the multi-lens camera optics and now there is no going back.

And as much as I do agree that making the iPhone slightly thicker to accommodate a larger battery would be a good thing, I also don’t really want a thicker and heavier iPhone - so again Apple is stuck in this position where the expectations people have of a great camera set-up and a thin device will keep the format effectively the same for the foreseeable future, IMHO.
 
Interesting to see how many members are more concerned about how the camera looks on the back, but it should be more about the results that this camera is able to produce that will change peoples perspective. Put me in a category that I actually want to see what this triple lens camera is able to produce, I don’t care what it looks like on the back of the phone.

Nobody doubts Apple's chops in creating a good quality camera. As always I'm predicting that the cameras here will be phenomenal.

But many people also buy phones for their looks and in hand feel. and this particular camera setup looks absolutely horrendous.
 
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Finally. Looking forward to getting an Arnold case for an iPhone.

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This is it folks, this is the one. We've seen this come up too many times this year, and now we have the blurry chassis photo. With no other leaks this year, this is your iPhone 11. You now have 6 months to suck it up and get used to it.

It does look a bit rubbish though.
 
Good grief that's fugly. And I'm sure it's gonna be the exact same phone from the front.

As a designer I just can't continue using Apple as a design example/benchmark on my presentations when they themselves seem to have forgotten how to design stuff.
I think the X series phones (X,XR,XS) are all great looking devices. I think the MacBook/Pro/Air models look great, iPad Pro models look great, and the iMac Pro looks great. They’ve still got great designs but I would agree, this would not be one if it comes to fruition.
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Finally. Looking forward to getting an Arnold case for an iPhone.

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Compared to Samsung S10 and Huawei P30, Apple seem to be falling behind the competition. Most Apple users are not abandoning the ship because they are heavily invested in the eco system, not because Apple offers better hardware or better prices these days.
I never understood how you can be locked in an ecosystem. What's so valuable that you can't leave? When I switch between ecosystems there's really nothing but apps which I don't care about losing and if I like it that much I'll just buy it again.
 
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oh god please no... it looks hideous. I cant believe apple will actually go ahead with such a design...
 
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God this looks so hideous. Steve would never allow this design to even make it through a mock up phase. Imagine how corny the case is going to look with a huge cut out for the camera.

I'm really disappointed in the design standards since Steve passed.
 
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