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Design Drawings Suggest iPhone 5se Will Look Almost Identical to iPhone 5s
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If it ain't bust then don't innovate. And apply this to the complete range of products. Everybody happy. Result!
The iPhone 5/5s remains my favorite design so far.
Well, I don't really care what it looks like, as long as it is an Apple-branded device that comes in a beautiful white box with silver print, I'll get it without a second thought, just like my previous stuff. "The beauty is not in the innards, but in the wrapping". 
I'm a little miffed by the "5" though, feels like a step backwards from my 6, 6+, 6s and 6s+. I could go with something like "6-" but "5" just feels so wrong.
I'm a little miffed by the "5" though, feels like a step backwards from my 6, 6+, 6s and 6s+. I could go with something like "6-" but "5" just feels so wrong.
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Best size is the 4" for one handed use... the feel in hand also amazing, you dont get that slippery feeling, of the phone falling out of your hands...
A lot of that was those beautiful diamond-polished chamfered edges on the 5/5s.
My bet is that Jony Ive is getting tired of listening to all the "bar of soap" talk for the past two years and will become a reborn chamfer believer with the 7.
also a design flaw for coating sticking to the corners of the chamfer. Chipping was super easy on those phones. Especially the all black model. looked like **** after 6 monthsA lot of that was those beautiful diamond-polished chamfered edges on the 5/5s.
My bet is that Jony Ive is getting tired of listening to all the "bar of soap" talk for the past two years and will become a reborn chamfer believer with the 7.
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1. Staying off sites like MacRumors would be a start. However Apple is just too big now, even regular press report rumours.
2. Yeah not a fan of 5se, but we'll see what gets released. I don't think the product lines are too complicated though. I think the "5se" will replace the 5s. Then when the 7 is released the 6 goes away to be replaced by the 6s in the lineup. Leaving us with: "5se" - 6s - 7 going into the holiday season. We'll see though.
3. I saw a report a while back that said 87% percent of iPhone users have a case. Therefore the protruded camera is really not an issue for most iPhone users. Jony Ive talked about the design choice in depth - it wasn't off the cuff. He called it "pragmatic". If nearly 9 out of 10 users are not going to have an issue with the protruding lens then you have to say he made the right decision - regardless of how much noise the MacRumors faithful make. Let's hope the dual camera rumours are true for the iPhone 7 and we can get a flush design back for people like me who go caseless.
RE: the "tacky colours"... What is tacky in the west is popular in the east. With China being more and more important you better get used to it. It not like they took away the standard colours when they released the newer ones, so not sure why it bothers you.
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Depends on the size of your hands.
For me the perfect size would be is 4.3" - but I'll never get that so it's choice between 4" and 4.7". A taller friend prefers the 4.7" screen size - for him it's fine for 1 handed use.
Also as phoneS get slimmer you can use larger screens 1 handed.
One size does not fit all.
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My 5 still looks great 3.5 years later, and I used it bareback for the first 2.5 years before passing it down to a family member who now keeps it in a Lifeproof case.
with the same dimensions as the 5s, there is little reason to reposition the power button, since it was only moved on the larger iPhone 6 /plus to be reachable... And there will be no protruding camera, this is something apple will definitely avoid in all future iPhones... I hope.
At least with the 5c they made an effort to make it look new. And frankly I knew plenty of ordinary customers who wanted to upgrade their 5 to a 5c just because it looked cool. They don't care about specs.
I have trouble believing it will have updated processor etc - that won't save much on price, not that Apple ever makes a cheap phone, but a 4" 6 design would have looked modern, felt slimmer in the hand and had a nice rounded screen, not 2012 retro. If they make it Black, not Space-ANYTHING, that would be an improvement, like the original 5.
The joke is, anyone who comes in for this will immediately be told their years of iPhone photos won't fit on the device and be upsold to something newer. Can you really make a whole line of phone just to get customers in the door so they can be upsold??
And how does any of these justify a media event
- a 4 year old phone design
- the iPad Air upgrade that should have happened last September, (der, still wondering why iPad sales are in the toilet?)
- new watch bands, possibly new faces for a slow and clunky gen 1 watch
- a faster MacBook
Maybe Schiller can grab all these and jump in a clear tank of water in his Speedos to prove they're water resistant. You got me 9to5/Patch, what the hell is going on here?
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That was all too common with the majority of phones i looked at. friends and mine(i tested it and returned it for a white one after 2 weeks). There wasn't one phone of my friends that didn't have some chipping. So you are lucky. It was more common on the 5. i don't remember seeing it too much on the 5s
I'm still wondering what they're REALLY going to be announcing at this event. The 5SE is good and all, but there doesn't seem to be anything to it that they haven't exhausted stage time on before...same with the iPad Air 3. Plus, new Apple Watch bands? I mean I guess they could waste 10 minutes or so on that NATO-style band I would never buy.
As long as it makes it through a full day of use most people will be happy. Hopefully they take the time to make the specs equivalent to the 7 instead of crippling it with old hardware like most android makers do with their mini versions of their phones.
Is it me, or does this seem like a boring announcement like the event in September?
I own 500 shares of Apple Stock, and the type(s) of new products Tim Cook has been unveiling as of late are rather disappointing.
The funny part is, even though I own Apple Stock, I still own a Note 5 as my primary phone. "Why?," Do you ask? It is because the iPhone has been nothing but little incremental improvements every year, mostly software related. The biggest change to the iPhone since 2010 has been the screen size, not even the screen technology.
Someone should tell Tim Cook it's okay to take risks with new technology before he ends up sacked. I know I would vote for him to be gone at this point in time.
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Tim Cook's definition of innovation expands upon the dictionary's term:
Except is is not different, it is the same product with one new feature every year, and hardly a new method or new idea.
I own 500 shares of Apple Stock, and the type(s) of new products Tim Cook has been unveiling as of late are rather disappointing.
The funny part is, even though I own Apple Stock, I still own a Note 5 as my primary phone. "Why?," Do you ask? It is because the iPhone has been nothing but little incremental improvements every year, mostly software related. The biggest change to the iPhone since 2010 has been the screen size, not even the screen technology.
Someone should tell Tim Cook it's okay to take risks with new technology before he ends up sacked. I know I would vote for him to be gone at this point in time.
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Tim Cook's definition of innovation expands upon the dictionary's term:
Except is is not different, it is the same product with one new feature every year, and hardly a new method or new idea.
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They should've taken the 6s and just make it 4" - iPhone 6s mini.
The iPhone 5(s) is the sexiest looking smartphone to date in my opinion and I kinda hate the way my iPhone 6s looks by comparison. I would love an iPhone 7(s) which looks more like the iPhone 5(s).