It's a regional thing, not something I expect you to understand. It's not uncommon to see men with grown thumb and/or pinky fingernails in certain Asian countries.
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It's a regional thing, not something I expect you to understand. It's not uncommon to see men with grown thumb and/or pinky fingernails in certain Asian countries.
Apple isn't interested in alleviating your boredom. They are interested in making better products. If a redesign does not accomplish that, they'll leave it alone.
Apple is perfectly content leaving designs alone, or making minor teeaks, when they think they've "got it." Look at the Mac Pro, iMac, and their Airport products.
It is superior. Less space = more room for other things, like better speakers. There are probably other benefits we'll find out about later. Do you really think Apple is going to change something as well established as the dock connector for "***** and giggles"? Of course they have a good reason.
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3 things:
1. The headphone port on the bottom works very well, I have a Touch and am speaking from experience.
2. The data port looks too big to be micro-USB. I'll be pretty salty if it turns out to have micro-USB, as I've given all my old ones away.
3. The dude holding the phone in the last pic has a might fine coke nail...
1. The headphone port on the bottom works very well, I have a Touch and am speaking from experience.
2. The data port looks too big to be micro-USB. I'll be pretty salty if it turns out to have micro-USB, as I've given all my old ones away.
3. The dude holding the phone in the last pic has a might fine coke nail...
You know the functionality is the same from just seeing a cut out for the port?
The new Macbook Pro won't be Thunderbolt only. I'm not sure where you got that idea from.
While I am sure SOME folks are that way, there are actually those of us who love Apple, but truly do not care for a design and really do NOT go purchase the latest.
Yep. The iPhone's success is attributed largely to its software (iOS), not the hardware. People seem to forget that.
I remember so many different iPhone 5 rumors a year ago, with mock-ups, part leaks, and whatnot. How many of them turned out true? Very few.
I'll believe this is the iPhone 6 when I see it announced next fall.
I'll believe this is the iPhone 6 when I see it announced next fall.
GROSS!
I have not seen an Apple product of recent years that uses gigantic holes for the speaker grills.
Didn't the prototype iPads have huge speaker holes too but they became smaller like the MacBook Pros in the final product. I'm pretty sure Jonny has the sense to nt use huge holes. Ones like the MacBook Pros would be nice because they are small enough to prevent dust accumulation.
As for the earphone placement, I personally like it on the top because I out the phone in my pocket with the screen facing my thigh so when I want to glance at my phone, I just pull the headphone cord up and I get to see the time with the screen right side up. I don't know why you guys are flipping the phone 180 degrees for.
That's actually what I thought when the iPad 3 was released.
EDIT: Seems like that was just a prototype. Looks a bit better in the final version:
Exactly. The response to having the headphone jack on the bottom should be "Finally!" not "Wtf?" Makes so much more sense from a usability standpoint.
They did this one year only for the relase of the iPhone 4 when they were trying to lock in customers before Verizon also got the 4.
The two-tone finish is not just a two-tone finish.
It's two different materials. Apple patented that method of bonding different materials so they would truly be seamless and this is simply the first real world example.
A truly seamless bond might even appear to be nothing more than a two-tone finish to the parts source.
Haha, maybe. It must be a really good upgrade - and I like the clearer pics from 9to5mac much more, but I'm not quite convinced just yet.
so you want to keep the same display size?
wouldn't it be funny if they kept the same screen size but had to lengthen the phone to incorporate LTE and a larger battery for more ridiculous talk time.
double your talk time at the cost of 3 inches in your pocket... this came out all wrong.
wouldn't it be funny if they kept the same screen size but had to lengthen the phone to incorporate LTE and a larger battery for more ridiculous talk time.
double your talk time at the cost of 3 inches in your pocket... this came out all wrong.
The only thing I want to know is if they fixed that ****** plastic lens cover with something countersunk and preferably glass. Absolutely worthless design that got so scratched, I just ended up removing it.
I think the white one look a little off with a darker white band, but the black model would look pretty sweet... though I think I'd wish the whole back to be a matte finish at that point.. hmm.
If you look closely at that fingernail, you can see it is contoured.
Some people on this board have foolishly assumed that this fingernail is the same size as the current generation.
I also have it on good authority that this nail will come in black, white, and several other undisclosed colors that are FABULOUS!
Before you guys say "Apple would NEVER...." I recall a time before the iPhone 4 came out that Apple would never make a phone with "gaps" in the antenna band and surely enough they left them in the production iPhone 4 and the successor 4S. Apple will design as they see fit and you will buy it or you won't.
Touch panel on the back?
I don't know if anyone's said this yet in this thread, but that back panel looks a lot like my trackpad. Just saying'...
I don't know if anyone's said this yet in this thread, but that back panel looks a lot like my trackpad. Just saying'...