HTC has the bands and they look far better than the iphones. Care to speak to that?
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HTC has the bands and they look far better than the iphones. Care to speak to that?
http://i.imgur.com/u8ohgX4.jpg
http://www.androidcentral.com/sites...16/04/htc-10-iphone-6s-back.jpg?itok=MkCtIqHB
http://cdn2.ubergizmo.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/htc-vs-iphone-designs.jpg
Fair enough, but what beholder thinks the iPhone looks better in any of the above pictures lol?
Don't make me list all the things Steve delivered that flopped
That old Steve this, Steve that crap never did fly
Yeah, right, open a whole new can of technological worms just to hide antenna bands that 99% of customers don't care about anyway …
The bands in the 2016 iPhone are much less "intrusive" anyway, so the "problem" will be almost solved. And the 2017 iPhone is supposed to have a glass back so our long international antenna band nightmare will finally be over …
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Me, "LOL"
I'd say your in the minority there. Also, I don't want to see the way you dress....lol, jk.
Minority? How many 6/6s were sold and how many HTCs? 
Look, the 6/6s is not my favourite iPhone design optically (it's still the 4/4s), but all the drama about how "ugly" the antenna bands (and camera bump) are is just way over the top. And haptically, the 6/6s is my favourite iPhone design.
Look, the 6/6s is not my favourite iPhone design optically (it's still the 4/4s), but all the drama about how "ugly" the antenna bands (and camera bump) are is just way over the top. And haptically, the 6/6s is my favourite iPhone design.
Wow new car every week, I wishI instead sell my cars after they get their first dent
constant new car smell, and not from a bottle.
Oh i forgot to mention I was talking about this oneWow new car every week, I wish
I only see the bands twice. Once when I put it into the case and a year later when I sell it. That's when I remember what color phone I have.
Exactly, your critique is just that meaningless. If you don't like Apple's products, you have the freedom to go elsewhere. Whining about something so trivial is silly.
You offer nothing to this conversation except attacks and suggestions to "go elsewhere". My critique is entirely valid. This isn't trivial. If things start sliding here, then eventually Apple becomes just another Android device.
Protruding camera, antenna bands, the unresolved Apple design introduced with the iPhone 6/6s that looks as if the phone has been repaired with a welder or stuck back together with tape or glue. Rubbish, Apple. Shame on Apple for bringing an unresolved design into the world.
I need not say anymore.
Also, you just refuse to acknowledge that there are sound technological reasons for both the antenna bands and the camera hump. Design is not (only) how it looks, design is how it works. That was a Steve Jobs quote, by the way.
Do you like the gold, rose gold, silver, space grey etc? -- that is a personal opinion. This isn't personal opinion. This is a critique of the device's exterior side by side, evaluating each aspect. When I see something wrong, I speak up, I don't say Apple got it right when it hasn't.
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"sound technological reasons for both the antenna bands and the camera hump."
Okay.
Hump, fits the camera (apparently). Can't shave off a mm inside the camera assembly? Can't increase the case width by a mm and fit extra battery?
Metal case needs antenna cut outs (apparently). Can't use a better more suitable material for the case? Why not use wood, with nails or a staple gun to hold it all together?
Apple got it 6/6s and by the looks of it 7 completely WRONG in terms of design.
Why on earth do people defend Apple when they get it wrong? The only way to get things back on track is to acknowledge the problem not say all is okay. People need to embrace high standards. Apple charges for high standards, it needs to deliver.
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A critique is still a personal opinion. Nobody around here is the ultimate judge. And by the way you are entitled to your opinion.
I stand corrected, it isn't your personal opinion, it is your personal obsession
I get it, you don't like the bands
Most people just don't seem to be bothered with it enough to get out the pitchforks and torches to storm the castle
Personally, I prefer the 4 and 4s size and design
Others think the 6 and 6s are the greatest
Personal preference
I get it, you don't like the bands
Most people just don't seem to be bothered with it enough to get out the pitchforks and torches to storm the castle
Personally, I prefer the 4 and 4s size and design
Others think the 6 and 6s are the greatest
Personal preference
"Most people" is fairly general.
I'm happy to compliment other aspects of the device, but the bands and the protruding camera are rubbish.
Yes, it's my personal obsession to get the design back to being pure.
[doublepost=1470942138][/doublepost]On a side note, I've been running a poll on iPhone design for several months, and there's a strong amount of support of 4/4s/5/5s/SE design. It seems many people here do not like 6/6s. Exactly what they don't like about it isn't entirely clear, but it might just be those awful antenna lines that repels users.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/future-apple-design-language.1963417/