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Detailed Photo and Video Comparison of iPhone 4S and 'iPhone 5' Front Panels
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Since you're so critical about product numbering. You don't think it's strange to own a Lumia 900 since we didn't see anything prior to Lumia 600? Where the hell is Lumia 100 to 500? They should be exist before .. it drives me crazy
/Consistency, please.
Because Nokia is so lost with the numbering they don't have a chance.
Apple still has a chance man....they still have a chance!
very nice appearance of iPhone
no matter how horrible ppl c it, they'd buy it anyway, just check out the sales volume later
very nice accent btw
Sree inches
Sank you
no matter how horrible ppl c it, they'd buy it anyway, just check out the sales volume later
very nice accent btw
Sree inches
Sank you
3GS/4 users and the general public will buy.
I will not.
I have no interest in a 4SLong.
I can't help but think they have screwed people just to continue with their "no fragmentation" claim.
Very sad.
Apple, call me when you change the aspect ratio.
I'll be in the Google Nexus camp, come November, assuming I can convince someone on ebay that my phone is indeed a 4S and not a "4" or "4S Long"
I will not.
I have no interest in a 4SLong.
I can't help but think they have screwed people just to continue with their "no fragmentation" claim.
Very sad.
Apple, call me when you change the aspect ratio.
I'll be in the Google Nexus camp, come November, assuming I can convince someone on ebay that my phone is indeed a 4S and not a "4" or "4S Long"
I have a feeling the new iPhone will be called...
The New iPhone
iPhone 5
iPhone 4G
iPhone 5 x 4G = $20,000
And people, calm down with the 'leaked' design... Even though it doesn't look like what you expected, it will still be the best iPhone ever made.
What I mean by that is, it will have better hardware specs and increased speed. My worry is, battery life will take a hit with the better processor..
The New iPhone
iPhone 5
iPhone 4G
iPhone 5 x 4G = $20,000
And people, calm down with the 'leaked' design... Even though it doesn't look like what you expected, it will still be the best iPhone ever made.
What I mean by that is, it will have better hardware specs and increased speed. My worry is, battery life will take a hit with the better processor..
I really can't see how Apple can sit through a design meeting and say "yup, let's just make is longer and awkward, that's great!". I was very excited about the iPhone 5 and was really hoping it would have a screen the same size or very similar to the Galaxy S3 but it has failed... *sigh*. I'm really really hoping these videos and pictures aren't real
The glass most certainly is glued to the lcd and digitizer. Here's a pic from the iPhone 4 (the 4S is the same). http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/iPhone-4-Teardown/3130/3
The scratch test was a joke though, "The iPhone 4S full of scratches" *points to the edge*.
Of course the iPhone 4S will be damaged at the edge it's 0,1 mm thicker after all. So when going from 4S to "5" it will just skip over the edge and on the way back it will hit the edge of the 4S with full force, no surprise here...
Of course the iPhone 4S will be damaged at the edge it's 0,1 mm thicker after all. So when going from 4S to "5" it will just skip over the edge and on the way back it will hit the edge of the 4S with full force, no surprise here...
OK, yes, they are stuck together once assembled - but it is possible to pry them apart and replace the glass independent of the LCD if you want to.
The point is that the glass and LCD are different parts that are sourced separately from different suppliers. They are not manufactured together as a single unit, so it is not strange or unusual to see a glass lens without an LCD attached - which is what the poster I was replying to was suggesting.
I just did a cursory google and I'm not seeing anyone able to do.
I doubt the screen is glued on by hand even at the factory. I'm thinking a clean room and robots to get the optically clear adhesion without dust particles and what not. I wouldn't be surprised if no human hands touch that glass before it's glued to the digitizer and lcd.
So, I'm still unswayed they would easily be found separate. I think it's much more likely a counterfeit operation cut the glass.
Why? Because the home button is something that has been around for a while. It's time to take things to the next level. The potential is in the 'slide to unlock' function. When you slide from left to right has so much possibilities.
I honestly hope that in the near future the home button makes place for a 'slide from left to right'. At that place you can see your incoming messages, the song that your playing, a tiny little notification center that can take you right to the desired place in iOS 6.0. I can think of a million possibilities that would take even your breath away when it comes to the 'slide from left to right' in stead of the home button.
Completely different factories, in various different countries, make the glass and the LCD. It's not that someone has separated them (even though that is entirely possible to do), it's that the parts were never joined in the first place. That is most likely something that is done during assembly of the phone at Foxconn.
Can someone explain to me why there is no VOTE DOWN button?
Because without the simple "vote down because the statement is utterly idiotic", you force me to quote the post, wasting space and bandwidth, to point out to the person that they're post was exceptionally worthy of DOWN VOTE.
Why wait? Apple is not doing a Hummer phone, we know this for a fact, so be on your way and get it over with.
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The iPhone 4, 4S, 5, and even likely 5S, are using the current design. So totaling over 4 years with a very similar form, people anxious for a major change is hardly constant or ridiculous.
Wow ! Is it a whole milometer taller ?!
Good grief, what a let down.
Or is it "revolutionary" ??...It might be, a lot of people will revolt over to Android or Windows phone 8.
Apple just doesn't seem to care that people want a bigger screen.
Good grief, what a let down.
Or is it "revolutionary" ??...It might be, a lot of people will revolt over to Android or Windows phone 8.
Apple just doesn't seem to care that people want a bigger screen.
is Apple really going with the same form / case design?
I know if it ain't broke don't fix it, but what about innovation and progress... lets move forward with something different
Innovation and progress would generally be the internal hardware & software* unless the design has significant impact on the way a product is used. The aerial was innovation between 4 & 4s even though the form stayed the same. The hardware changes were innovation & it wouldn't have mattered what the case changes were.
Of course, there could be ergonomic changes to the case that would be innovation, which I too would applaud.
They have the same design for 3 years now. They can definitely improve, if they don't it only means they're lazy
What changes do you think would be a better design?
Apple seems to be pretty stubborn about its home button size and the symmetry of the phone though. Unless Apple re designs the home button or gets rid of it in favour of a virtual button, there probably will be a large bezel above and below the display.