I hope this isn't true cause it sounds ugly lol!
I'm Apple all the way but honestly as far as recent phones go with industrial design I think the Nokia Lumia 800 is a very nice minimal design hardware wise.
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Apple Planning Completely Redesigned iPhone for Fall 2012 Launch?
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Oh yes.
A part of me doesn't want them to redesign the iPhone. I like the way it is right now.
But if they do redesign it, I hope it's model after the first iPhone.
But if they do redesign it, I hope it's model after the first iPhone.
I don't know whom we're trying to fool.
We'll buy it whatever it is, because we know it'll be a generational leap, and we know that it'll be the best thing going.
We'll buy it whatever it is, because we know it'll be a generational leap, and we know that it'll be the best thing going.
I agree with you. I like the Lumia line, but I also like the E7, N8 and N9.
Nokia hardware has been great. Their problem has been management direction and marketing misfeasance. All they had to do was to change the visual interface of Symbian two years ago...and they'd be top of the heap right now.
IMHO, of course.
I'd still be in the Apple camp, but the margin between Apple and Nokia would be much, much narrower.
You have to forget people for not thinking of the fact that Apple invented basic shapes... and the Cathode-ray tube.
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Nokia N9/800 is an evolution of N8,
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I wouldn't say the point is made. He has his 95% out of a case. I almost 100% keep mine out of a case. I've used a case to put it in my bag, and sometimes I've forgotten to do so and my keys were in there too. I've never dropped it and it doesn't have scratches. My wife dropped it the other day from an armband that wasn't zipped, and it's fallen off my couch before. And there's nary a scratch on my phone.
I think it has to do with how you treat it and how clumsy you are. For instance you apparently put yours on your dashboard. Of course the phone is going to slip off of a dashboard. I also like the weight. To each his own. I just want to point out that it's possible to keep iPhone glass scratch free without a case.
You guys are funny with this stuff.
I find textured plastic to be more slippery because it has less contact with my hand. My fingers are plenty grippy against a smooth surface like glass. Smooth doesn't equal slippery. The sides of my iPhone 4 are smooth and slippery, but the glass itself is grippy as hell against skin.
Rubber spikes would be interesting though. I still think the iPhone 4 is a perfect design. It's slippery in a pocket so it comes out easy but it's grippy in my hand. I'll be sad to leave it when I upgrade, but usually they improve their designs.
Also, I'd like to point out, since someone talked about iPhone 4 owners being upgrade eligible in the summer when the iPhone 5 "should" come out. I was apparently already upgrade eligible for the 4S. So that's not the case for everyone.
Now hopefully we see some LTE action. I still have my unlimited plan.
Maybe you don't have an eye for design, but that doesn't look like "evolution" to me. I think the simplest explanation is probably the truth: Nokia looked at Apple's hardware designs and pushed theirs in the same direction.
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Seems implausible to me that the next iPhone would have an aluminum back - think about the problems of preventing the phone from feeling uncomfortably hot in one's hand. Also aluminum scratches and dents easily. Now titanium or carbon fiber (either of which would be insanely expensive) I would have believed... BGR is so full of poo.
i really want the iPhone 5 to launch this summer even though i already upgrade to the iPhone 4S and will have to pay full price. but the new design sounds really super! we'll have to see how this unfolds I suppose! Will you other iPhone 4S upgraders upgrade to the iPhone 5 too?
http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/27/apple-to-launch-completely-redesigned-iphone-in-fall-2012/
Nopeee. I love my beautiful phone with the white glass..
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Am I the only one who currently thinks that maybe it's okay to keep his/her iPhone 4 for another year after the iPhone 5 (or whatever it would be called)? I don't really have the feeling that I missed anything. It's more than 1,5 years old, and it's fast enough, the screen is beautiful, and the whole phone still looks amazingly high-tech. Of course iPhone 5 will be a lot better but I'm not sure that I cannot hold for another year with the good, old iPhone 4.
Am I the only one who currently thinks that maybe it's okay to keep his/her iPhone 4 for another year after the iPhone 5 (or whatever it would be called)?
I don't really have the feeling that I missed anything. It's more than 1,5 years old, and it's fast enough, the screen is beautiful, and the whole phone still looks amazingly high-tech. Of course iPhone 5 will be a lot better but I'm not sure that I cannot hold for another year with the good, old iPhone 4. Fail!
The iPhone 5 design sucks major @$$! The current design model is fine. The iPhone 4 looks elegant, even sexy. Now we're gonna go back to the stupid aluminum casing. FYI, the iPhone 4 has 2 plexiglass sides. It's not gonna break. I have an iPhone 4 and I use it without a cover. I place it just about everywhere and I've accidently dropped it a few times, there's not a one visible scratch on it.
I hope this is what the iPhone 5 looks like, that way I won't have to buy it. When they release this I'm getting a 4S.
The iPhone 5 design sucks major @$$! The current design model is fine. The iPhone 4 looks elegant, even sexy. Now we're gonna go back to the stupid aluminum casing. FYI, the iPhone 4 has 2 plexiglass sides. It's not gonna break. I have an iPhone 4 and I use it without a cover. I place it just about everywhere and I've accidently dropped it a few times, there's not a one visible scratch on it.
I hope this is what the iPhone 5 looks like, that way I won't have to buy it. When they release this I'm getting a 4S.
Love it or hate it, the iPhone 4 & 4S are old models in this fast paced tech world of today.
It's time for Apple to prove they can still innovate & bring us an all new look. One that's truly different & compelling.
While more of the same will sell, this is an opportunity for Apple to raise the bar. The question is will they be willing to do so, or will the lure of even greater profits by reusing the same old design win. They know that it really doesn't impact sales one way or another, it's the Apple logo people want go be seen with. The vanity of people has served Apple well.
After all, the one thing that most people know all too well is Apples ongoing addiction to monetary success first, technological success second. Saying one thing & doing another is part of the Apple way.
It's time for Apple to prove they can still innovate & bring us an all new look. One that's truly different & compelling.
While more of the same will sell, this is an opportunity for Apple to raise the bar. The question is will they be willing to do so, or will the lure of even greater profits by reusing the same old design win. They know that it really doesn't impact sales one way or another, it's the Apple logo people want go be seen with. The vanity of people has served Apple well.
After all, the one thing that most people know all too well is Apples ongoing addiction to monetary success first, technological success second. Saying one thing & doing another is part of the Apple way.