Said it before, those saying making the phone bigger will make it worse are basing that on current design, make it a little bigger but taper it and you can fit a 4.3", 3:2 ratio screen (ideal largest phone screen size before it gets too large) but still be easy to handle, arguably easier than the square-edged iPhone 4/S
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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.
The LCD is not fused to the glass. They are separate parts.
You may be thinking of the touch sensor, which in the new iPhone is (rumoured to be) combined with the LCD in a single part.
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
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.
Why?
The single, central home button is a great design feature. Not only does it provide a clear visual signal as to the orientation of the handset (the earpiece and camera can be hard to see on the black model) but it's a nice and easy way for non-technical types to feel comfortable with the phone. You always know how to get back to the home screen from any submenu or inside any app. Just a nice, reassuring, physical button right there in the middle and pop! you're back at the home screen. Sometimes old-skool is the way to go and this one little button is a really useful feature.
Also, it's now iconic, like the click wheel on the iPod. In a world full of almost indistinguishable, black, slab-like devices, the little round home button with the rounded square icon is instantly recognisable. Functional, aesthetically pleasing and iconic - why would you want it to go away?
So, I'm still unswayed they would easily be found separate. I think it's much more likely a counterfeit operation cut the glass.
Darn. Was hoping for more of a redesign on the next phone but the more leaks I see, the less likely it looks.
4" is still to small for me.
Apple needs at least two models to satisfy all: 4" and 4.8".
Otherwise I am getting Galaxy SIII
How many different ways are there to do a rectangular design. The current design is more than sufficient. Now it seems there will be some other material choices. These constant "change for the sake of change" is ridiculous.
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![]()
They have the same design for 3 years now. They can definitely improve, if they don't it only means they're lazy![]()
I agree some space should be there around the bottom... but it doesn't need to be as large of an area as Apple made it. The SGS3 above is perfectly usable.