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Clearest Shot Yet of iPhone 7 Case Confirms Subtle Design Tweaks
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Dozens of iPhone rumours and still nothing about the Mac. Cook must go. 
Because there is no front. You can see through the camera hole and Apple logo cutout.
What would be interesting about the inside of the chassis?
That actually looks pretty nice. I'd of course rather seem some radical new redesign that blows my mind, but this is like an iPhone 6SE. While the iPhone 6 / Plus design is my least favorite thus far (harder to hold, slippery, no progress on thinner bezels, bending on 6, etc), this looks clean and nice, with an improved camera. If they give us a dark jet black option, that could be cool. I'm just excited to move from my Plus sized phone back down to regular.
The 123rd image so far. And it excites me every time.Made my day the new iPhone 6SII
I'm definitely not upgrading my 6+ to this. I'll be getting the one with the dual camera! (Assuming those rumors turn out to be true, and Apple can show that they've taken advantage of the dual-lens to make better pictures in low-light situations.)
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BOGUS! (The fingernails are too short!)
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Everything. Embed that archaic dinosaur home button and functionality into the home screen and shrink those huge bezels, shrinking the phone in the process.
That's not entirely true. They have a patent for this "smart aluminum" body, which would allow wireless charging without having a glass back.
I don't know why everybody assumes that Apple will hold EVERYTHING back this year. There will be new features.
And they usually don't combine a completely new design with "big" new features, just because people will buy the 2017 iPhone anyway because it looks different and new. I don't see a reason against introducing wireless charging this year.
if you watch the mayor competitors like SAMSUNG, SONY, HUAWEI and LG, their new phones barely changed from their predecessors.
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i would never ever buy or use a case for the reason i already mentioned
functionality is important of course but after all these years smartphones have reached its peak. nothing i cant do with my iPhone 6
i would never ever buy or use a case for the reason i already mentioned
functionality is important of course but after all these years smartphones have reached its peak. nothing i cant do with my iPhone 6
I don't believe they will have it based upon them holding all features for the next iPhone, but rather because it seems incredibly inefficient to develop and use such a technology that would allow for full wireless charging through metal material, just to switch back to glass (leaving that technology unnecessary) the following year. Doesn't that seem incredibly stupid?
I'm not saying it's not possible they will add it this year, but it seems super unlikely because some people question that fact that they plan to switch back to glass to begin with (unless to aid with wireless charging). Glass does have a long list of issues by itself, including being less durable (drops/cracks) than aluminum.
Yes, wireless charging will be there in a years time. Perhaps even without a charging mat.
But Apple won' t build it in the phone itself this year. I believe they will release a special case for true wireless charging, that case will be connected to the iPhone by a smart connector.
They will charge a lot of $$ for this case though.
while the style of the protrusion is subjective (flat coin shaped sense vs curved up metal), the positioning is objectively better with this design - it relates perfectly to the corner radius of the device.
Yes, but people today will want to do all of these things faster and at the same time. It is all about speed and multitasking these days...i
i would never ever buy or use a case for the reason i already mentioned
functionality is important of course but after all these years smartphones have reached its peak. nothing i cant do with my iPhone 6
Well, I guess it depends on how serious we should take these rumors for next years iPhone. I mean we don't even know exactly what's coming this year. It's just way to early to make predictions for next year.
But speaking of glass...we had a full glass iPhone a few years ago with the iPhone 4(s). They moved to aluminum for good reasons, so it also seems incredibly stupid to move back to glass just to allow wireless charging.
So when will Jony Ive be shown the door for these ugly designs the last three years?
And when will Cook be shown the door for approving them?
And when will Cook be shown the door for approving them?
Wow..look at that huge popped-out camera lens..looks so out of place and ugly..
The photo features the rear shell only, notice the floor through the camera and the fingers behind the apple logo. Perhaps the photographer had access only to this component.