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Another Report that the Next iPhone is Already in Production in China

The sooner the better.

Now that I've decided to pass on this narrow odd design, let's get it behind us and see if the next iPhone is finally the one with an all new design.

Recycling this same old slab sided flat iPhone is getting old. Not to mention boring, and uninspiring.

I _know_ Apple is capable of so much more than this. :)

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jmpnop said:
Apple has become lazy lately:rolleyes:
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Yeah, it's refreshing to see that I'm not the only one with the guts to admit it.

I _believe_ in Apple, which is why this is so frustrating. It's their greed that prevents them from innovating at the present. They simply can't pass up the opportunity to milk the iPhone 4 style for another year.

At least I'll win, as my stock continues to grow from the paltry price I paid to get in a couple decades ago :)
 
YGAB said:
you're an idiot... and so are the ignoramuses who blindly agree with anyone who has something negative to say about Digitimes.

MacRumors, 9to5mac, AppleInsider, and a slew of local & foreign investors in Taiwan consistently turn to Digitimes (both English and original Chinese version) for supply chain and ODM developments... i guess they must be crazy.
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It's important to remember, anyone that doesn't praise Apple immediately gets hated & trashed by the insecure iToyz users. They can't help themselves.

Apple relys on them as the unofficial apologists & defenders for the brand.
 
nataliamck said:
I would truly love a complete redesign of the iPhone.

Bigger screen, thinner design.

Sadly any mock ups I have seen so far have been another iPhone 4. Slightly boring, Apple.
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These sorts of comments really do confuse me.

Someone says "any mock ups I have seen so far have been another iPhone 4" and then goes on to criticise Apple who, obviously, did not make those mock ups.

Can we all hold off passing judgment on the new phone until we've, you know, seen it?
 
Zunjine said:
These sorts of comments really do confuse me.

Someone says "any mock ups I have seen so far have been another iPhone 4" and then goes on to criticise Apple who, obviously, did not make those mock ups.

Can we all hold off passing judgment on the new phone until we've, you know, seen it?
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I am eager to see the new design, but going on past iPhone releases, the mock-ups have been pretty accurate.

However, wishful thinking has me hoping they have got it very wrong this time.
 
They will be in production when Apple's slot comes up. That is how they all work, their are only so many places that build electronic devices, the production lines pump out iPads, iPhones, Nexus 7 tablets, Asus Infinity tablets, Galaxy S3's, Kindle Fire and so on and on. As far as I understand the products are built in time slots that the designs have to be ready for?

But if they launch the phone in September, then it would stand to reason that they have started making them now for launch.
 
Monkeydude said:
Thats exactly what I think. Apple has been especially famous for its design and now they are to publish (almost) the same phone for 3 years straight? I don't hope so - if they will, i won't buy it.
Greetz from Germany.

BTW: I wonder if they will ever update the iMac again :confused:
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i really hope they wont release an iphone 4 look alike, i d love a biger device like 4 inch but not looking like the one they launched 2 years ago..
i dont want an iphone looking like a tv remote control :confused:
then they better cal it :
iphone 4ss

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jmpnop said:
Apple has become lazy lately:rolleyes:
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i hope they give us something prety , n not an iphone 4 ss
 
malias4 said:
i really hope they wont release an iphone 4 look alike, i d love a biger device like 4 inch but not looking like the one they launched 2 years ago..
i dont want an iphone looking like a tv remote control :confused:
then they better cal it :
iphone 4ss

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i hope they give us something prety , n not an iphone 4 ss
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How about we take a vote on what they call it, and also the size and shape. Maybe we can get them to melt down whatever they've already produced, and go back to the drawing board. Surely they could do that and still get it out by October. And it would look exactly like the phone we all agree we want to see.

Any features that get more than a couple of down votes will be dropped from the iPhone of course, to keep from disappointing anyone. The only exception will be my wish list, which will be implemented in full, because I'm more important.
 
Rocketman said:
I think maybe it will have a notification center band not another row of icons. That's my guess.

Rocketman

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14901620&notification+center#post14901620

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14941930&notification+center#post14941930
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Even I think so, they are not going to change the aspect ratio and the resolution just to add one more extra row of icons..maybe a siri bar visible all time, maybe notification, widgets visible all time...
 
flywithsean said:
If this is truly the next iPhone it will be the first generation I will not own.

This is BS, a taller phone is a major problem. I want a larger screen. I am sick and tired of the exact same screen size since it's birth. I have had every version and unfortunately over the years my eyesight has gotten a little worse. I don't need glasses but a slightly larger phone would really be nice. I don't need a Galaxy Note but come on!!!!

Making a taller phone poses a real problem when you realize that now every app you have is not sized for the screen you have. Why would Apple do that. This would piss me off to no end.

I want a bigger phone and a smaller iPad is that too much to ask for?!?!
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so you think that developers would not have to re size their apps if it was taller and wider?? (shaking my head) :L its actually easier for developers to resize their apps for a taller iphone because the width is the same. when you see the next iphone than you can complain dont get pissed over speculation
 
Jrsmooth said:
Already manufacturing? Hopefully they don't overproduce because I'm not buying the same screen (except longer).

Face it, a lot of people are going to say the same thing. The galaxy s3, HTC one x, and hell even the RAZR maxx look more appealing. CNET and a lot of people who are switching over are saying the same thing.
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Why do they? Because of Android or the actual hardware?

If the next iPhone has a bigger screen, higher resolution without PenTile arrangement, NFC, in-cell touch panel, a camera even better than in the 4S, LTE and is thinner, it could be the best phone hardware on the market. The phones you mention either have a crappy Android overlay (TouchWiz, HTC Sense, Motoblur), a PenTile display, ugly design, poor battery life or a mix of those.

There seems to be no Android phone with perfect hardware, there should be some sort of Galaxy Nexus with a HTC One X screen, a better camera and up to 64GB of storage. Unless a new Nexus phone comes out soon I'm under the impression that the next iPhone will have the best hardware when it will launch, as for the OS (iOS vs Android), that's very personal.
 
Yes, but most people don't pull the iPad out of their back pocket on a crowded bus/train or try to manipulate their phone while otherwise occupied (driving, etc)...

Having said that, bring on the new iPhone!

lilo777 said:
Larger screen is about eyes not hands. As far as hands are concerned people manage to control much bigger touch screens just fine - iPad is one such example.
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Not sure how I feel about this design. I'll wait until the keynote and see what it is and how the software plays with it.
 
ixodes said:
It's important to remember, anyone that doesn't praise Apple immediately gets hated & trashed by the insecure iToyz users. They can't help themselves.

Apple relys on them as the unofficial apologists & defenders for the brand.
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I agree that there are big apple fanboys as there are for alot of things. (xbox, ps3 etc)

But it seems like your saying anyone that owns an iphone is an insecure itoyz user?

Thats insulting a lot of people who are not.:confused::confused:
 
ixodes said:
It's important to remember, anyone that doesn't praise Apple immediately gets hated & trashed by the insecure iToyz users. They can't help themselves.

Apple relys on them as the unofficial apologists & defenders for the brand.
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That's pretty ironic right there.
 
pgiguere1 said:
Why do they? Because of Android or the actual hardware?

If the next iPhone has a bigger screen, higher resolution without PenTile arrangement, NFC, in-cell touch panel, a camera even better than in the 4S, LTE and is thinner, it could be the best phone hardware on the market. The phones you mention either have a crappy Android overlay (TouchWiz, HTC Sense, Motoblur), a PenTile display, ugly design, poor battery life or a mix of those.

There seems to be no Android phone with perfect hardware, there should be some sort of Galaxy Nexus with a HTC One X screen, a better camera and up to 64GB of storage. Unless a new Nexus phone comes out soon I'm under the impression that the next iPhone will have the best hardware when it will launch, as for the OS (iOS vs Android), that's very personal.
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I don't equate a longer screen to being a bigger screen. Yippee now we get black sidebars in a lot of places!

The screens are comparable (except BIGGER), the battery life on the phones listed is pretty good, and the android os is not a bad alternative to ios.
 
Jrsmooth said:
I don't equate a longer screen to being a bigger screen. Yippee now we get black sidebars in a lot of places!

The screens are comparable (except BIGGER), the battery life on the phones listed is pretty good, and the android os is not a bad alternative to ios.
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The screens aren't really comparable, they either have a lower pixel density or PenTile arrangement, with the exception of the HTC One X. The battery life is good on the Razr Maxx and Galaxy S3, but you have Pentile screens with less accurate colors and non-white whites unless you set your brightness to 100%.

While stock Android is good, everybody will agree that OEM overlays are a pain and non-Nexus phones barely get updated at all. Software-wise you're better with the Galaxy Nexus but it has so-so hardware except its screen size.

I'm not saying no Android phone beats the iPhone when you compare specs independently, I'm saying that no Android hardware is perfectly balanced and you have to choose between the best diplay, best battery life, best software, best camera, etc. There's not a single phone that's clearly the best in all departments.

The next iPhone could be closer to this level of perfection if it has all the features rumored previously. Of course you could still like 4.7" phones over a 4.0", but that's also a personal preference. Otherwise the rest of specs that are objectively measurable should be pretty awersome compared to the Android competition, until the next Nexus phone comes out that is.

If it can have a non-Pentile Super LCD2 (I hate that name) like the HTC One X, plus an in-cell touch panel, along with stock Android supported in next versions, a good-looking design, a good camera, LTE, good battery life, NFC, 64GB option, good performances, etc, that may be the ultimate Android phone, but the next iPhone will apparently have all of those (replace Android with iOS) and probably before such an Android dream phone is released.
 
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