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Apparent Working 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Reveals Home Screen Layout, Passbook Icon With Payments [Updated]

Real deal

From the way how the device looks and runs, it is fast enough to be considered the real thing. The speed is too fast to be considered a clone. I guess this is one of the pre production units apple is testing, as the announcement event nears.
 
For those who still believe the photos are real...

I posted this earlier, but it looks like it was buried. It got 4 upvotes though.


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Symbol order that include the FCC logo does not match. Assuming the symbols and their order are government-mandated, I assume they would follow the order they've been following for years.

Also, the number should be after the CE, not before...

Ars goes into detail in the link below about what these symbols mean:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/02/ask-ars-what-do-the-symbols-on-the-back-of-iphones-mean/


Something else i noticed: the "leaker" covered the regulation symbols on the iPhone 5s
It would be pretty obvious if the symbols on both phones don't match, so the "leaker" covered it...
 
BvizioN said:
Just curious, why? What's the big deal with that?
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Not a big deal. Just a feeling, and that it would be better if the camera cannot hit edges or be scratched more easily
I don't understand why it has to extrude, unlike previous phones, and unlike Apple's design in general
 
Gudi said:
I don't think the rubber bands are as ugly as the glas inlays were. The color matching may as well have improved, because the rubber bands replaced the miss colored inlays. I don't see a problem there. And I don't mind the protruding camera as much as I hate that the camera isn't properly placed in its corner, as it still was on the iPhone 4S. But the phones main design flaw is the iOS 7 UI and I know I can't (make them) change that.
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Then you must have a very extraordinary and unique taste,because if you just briefly browse through comments on iphone 6 leaks,you will see that a good 90% dislike this design.
The glass inlays gave that phone character,you can't say that about nasty cheap rubber. Bars whatever purpose they have,they are ugly.
just look at cellular iPad mini silver for example,the cellular antenna bar (light grey rubber) make them look awful.while without them they are nice looking devices.
the protruding camera lens is just ridiculous,an unbelievable design flaw.there is no need to argue about it because it's pretty much self explanatory.
iO7 also looks amateurish and silly and nowhere as stable and reliable as iOS 6 was.I agree,but that's a different story.
I really feel this is the final iPhone 6 design,and I definitely will not buy this disaster.I'm sure many iPhone users won't buy this.because it fails miserably in one of the key Apple elements : design.
I have no doubt if Jobs was around he would dismiss this design immediately.we would have forced this Ive guy to try again harder and design something decent.
He was involved in design and we can see the result of his absence now (iOS 7,iPhone 5c croc case,iphone 5c,and now iPhone 6 apparently)
 
Gill Bates said:
Not a big deal. Just a feeling, and that it would be better if the camera cannot hit edges or be scratched more easily
I don't understand why it has to extrude, unlike previous phones, and unlike Apple's design in general
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But surely must be a reason behind that. And to be honest I don't think Apple have not thought of all these concerns you mentioned and worked away around them. Personally I am more concerned about thick bezels then the camera.
 
Tyler23 said:
You need to have more proof than just saying "fake."
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He didn't say "fake." he said "Fake," when he should have said "FAKE".

This is the one word comment, I've been waiting for.
Nothing expresses the unwillingness to prove a point as much as a shouted word.

LEGIT
 
ColdShadow said:
Then you must have a very extraordinary and unique taste,because if you just briefly browse through comments on iphone 6 leaks,you will see that a good 90% dislike this design.
The glass inlays gave that phone character,you can't say that about nasty cheap rubber. Bars whatever purpose they have,they are ugly.
just look at cellular iPad mini silver for example,the cellular antenna bar (light grey rubber) make them look awful.while without them they are nice looking devices.
the protruding camera lens is just ridiculous,an unbelievable design flaw.there is no need to argue about it because it's pretty much self explanatory.
iO7 also looks amateurish and silly and nowhere as stable and reliable as iOS 6 was.I agree,but that's a different story.
I really feel this is the final iPhone 6 design,and I definitely will not buy this disaster.I'm sure many iPhone users won't buy this.because it fails miserably in one of the key Apple elements : design.
I have no doubt if Jobs was around he would dismiss this design immediately.we would have forced this Ive guy to try again harder and design something decent.
He was involved in design and we can see the result of his absence now (iOS 7,iPhone 5c croc case,iphone 5c,and now iPhone 6 apparently)
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This is insane. People said the EXACT same thing about the iPhone 5 design - that it was a disaster, looked amateur, was going to completely flop, etc. Turns out they were wrong.

Generalizing public opinion based on the postings here has zero merit whatsoever.
 
Tyler23 said:
This is insane. People said the EXACT same thing about the iPhone 5 design - that it was a disaster, looked amateur, was going to completely flop, etc. Turns out they were wrong.

Generalizing public opinion based on the postings here has zero merit whatsoever.
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Thing is, these are polarised viewpoints here's the reality:

Much like the post-2000 Chris Bangle BMW designs (in particular the 5 and 7-Series) many people, especially enthusiasts will not be happy with the apparent design direction and details of these newer products, it will not however stop them buying them because at their core they are still great products.

The masses won't care, the more tech enthusiastic types will not be happy with many elements of the iPhone 6 but if they are already in the Apple Eco system it won't stop them buying them despite disappointment that it could have been better (I'm in this bracket), it will cause yet more mockery from Android users and the like about iSheep and won't persuade any to switch. But it will take a lot for the dedicated Apple user to move away too as they're committed to that Eco System. The fanboys will of course hail it as the best thing ever and beyond criticism, they're at the other end of the spectrum to the Android Apple-hating crew and neither opinion should be taken seriously.

The 6 will sell massively as a standard upgrade for the ever-increasing number of Apple users and this in-turn will help convince the ego of Jony Ive that he's not actually slipping when it seems apparent that some complacency with design, and ever more compromise is slipping in. Much like Chris Bangle on the criticism of the 7-series trunk answering "but they still sold very well so I was proved right". :\

The 6 will be a decent phone, I'm convinced it could have been better (based on what we've seen in leaks) as are many others, I doubt many will actually jump-ship to Android just yet though as the alternatives aren't perfect either. What we've seen in leaks so far is just a little disappointing for many who are interested, like a straight-A student getting a B, still good, could do better.
 
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Charadis said:
Shock absorption, substrate structural integrity. Sent from my Mac mini.
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This plus side bezels are necessary to prevent accidentally touching the front screen when holding the phone with one hand. This is something that I hate about the competition phones. I'm not saying that you need a huge bezel either, but a little bit helps on that end. Now the top and bottom bezels can definitely be reduced.
 
ColdShadow said:
The glass inlays gave that phone character, you can't say that about nasty cheap rubber.
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Uh, "character" is just another word to rationalize ugliness.
Bars whatever purpose they have, they are ugly.
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Or they give the iPhone 6 character.
Just look at cellular iPad mini silver for example, the cellular antenna bar make them look awful.
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And the cellular connection makes them useful. Every design is a compromise between functionality and appearance. Good design makes good compromises.
While without them they are nice looking devices.
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Nice looking tablets without connections. Great.
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Antennas – phones have them for a reason.
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The protruding camera lens is just ridiculous, an unbelievable design flaw.
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It's a design decision, not a flaw. A compromise between camera quality and overall thickness of the device.
There is no need to argue about it because it's pretty much self explanatory.
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You want to build a light device with a big screen and high picture quality. A protruding camera is unavoidable.
I really feel this is the final iPhone 6 design, and I definitely will not buy this disaster.
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You probably own an iPhone 5/5s and aren't in the market anyway.
I'm sure many iPhone users won't buy this, because it fails miserably in one of the key Apple elements : design.
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You just don't understand what design is. Design is how it works, not how it looks.
I have no doubt if Jobs was around he would dismiss this design immediately.
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I doubt your infallibility on predicting what a dead man would do.
We would have forced this Ive guy to try again harder and design something decent.
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Jony Ive is only one of many designers at Apple. He is leading a team, not doing all the work himself.
 
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53kyle said:
Here is a video I just found on youtube showing more of the iPhone 6 in use. It appears to be the same person as in the 10 second video, because the wallpaper on the phone is the same, the language is the same, etc.

PS: I recommend muting your sound before watching the video, the music is REALLY annoying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4Y_JnbaZyk
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Video removed. That could definitely mean this is the real deal.
 
lovewd said:
If this is what the iPhone 6 looks like I will NOT buy it. Those ugly thick antennas and pertruding make the phone hideous
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Wow... I must be doing it wrong.

I generally spend my time looking at the FRONT of my phone. :)

Guess Im just not as worried about the fashion statement i make to others looking at me using my phone...

lovewd said:
my hands are too small for this screensize anyway
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lol- so this is the first you've heard of the iphone6 being bigger?... well, it really HAS been a well-guarded secret....
 
Brandy92 said:
Confirmed, can't fap with my samsung galaxy without pressing the screen with my sweaty palms.
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Also confirmed. One of my phones is a Note 3, with almost bezel to bezel sides, and you can't pick the damn thing off a table without sometimes activating one of the icons along the edge of the screen.

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Considering how "ugly" and "huge" some PDA's and smartphones were in previous years (including some huge-mongous antennas, back in the day), I guess no one owned any of those horrible looking phones, that people are freaking out over a slightly protruding camera or bands on the back.

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Dontazemebro said:
Video removed. That could definitely mean this is the real deal.
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A fake damages Apple just a much as the real deal. So, you can't go by that.
 
Everyone saying "fake" is gonna be in for a rude awakening. Leaks this close to the show are the real deal. Do you honestly expect after all we've seen the phone will look any different?

Come on now...:rolleyes:
 
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