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Early iPhone Prototype Resembles Latest iPhone 5 Part Leaks

Millah said:
Because Apple was so known for their use of single uniform colors in all their previous aqua-era designs. Yet somehow they were still called simplistic designs. Those stripes in the candy iMacs were completely one toned, right?

Adding style to a simple design does not add any complexity. I honestly love the new design and think it looks more interesting than if it were just a flat color. Not to mention, the build quality looks even a step above the 4S, which is already top notch.

But maybe people should hold off judgement until we've actually seen the final product fully assembled. It's pretty hard to get a grasp on the whole thing when you only look at a single part that is not even confirmed yet.
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Dieter Rams said:
Gutes Design ist so wenig Design wie möglich.
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The Two-Tone look is not added because it should look neat or "stylish". It's added because there are technical difficulties regarding reception if the back is made of metal (see iPad 3G back). So obviously Apple Designers are facing the choice between plastic, metal and glass. Plastic has good reception and is durable, but feels cheap. Metal is durable, feels nice but has bad reception. Glass has good reception, feels nice, but is not very durable.
Making glass more durable is not very easy to do; either you make it thicker (generally not wanted) or you change it's chemistry. Apparently Apple was not satisfied with progresses there.
Making plastic feel nicer is also impossible. Just the knowledge that it is plastic makes it feel cheap.
Improving the reception of metal is like asking to change the laws of electrodynamics, so no.
Apple thought the best of all these options is combining plastic and metal in hope that the advantages combine nicely and NOT because it looks cool and adds something interesting to the design. I don't think Jony Ive would ever do something like that. Every detail on his designs has to serve a function. I don't know about the old iMacs though, I've never used them, so no idea why they chose to build them like that.
 
Everyone complaining about two-tone and claims Apple would never do it needs to go look at pics of the back of the original iPhone.
 
arashamedani said:
two tone.
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More two tone...

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perhaps when they are creating the original iphone, they already had the design plan for the next few iphone.
 
If it has a larger screen and they fix that god damned auto correct issue in iOS (changing the word so to do, changing my girlfriend's name from Cassie to Lassie, etc), I will buy the new iPhone.
 
If thats the real deal I am happy that they aren't making the phone much bigger than before, only the screen.

One of the major reasons I like the current iPhone design is that its small and sleek. I hate those massive Android phones that are currently on the market.
 
Doubling down on Security - Really?

With all the leaks on the iphone 5, isn't anyone paying attention to the new boss's directive about security. I'm at the point where I am expecting Gizmodo or someone else to bag another prototype and show it to the world.
 
I don't get why they want a new sheet of plastic on the back to make it look metal.

The Iphone 5 should be looking to be slimmer than the Iphone 4S especially if it's going with a larger screen.

If these mocks are close or real then we will end up with a larger Iphone 4S.
 
The silver and black design looks bad. I can't imagine silver and white looking any better.

Two-tone looks good if they do it right, but it just looks bad in these images.
 
jasonph said:
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I was forced to try Android ICS on a Samsung S2 for about 3 weeks, and I'm sorry I really tried, but I wanted to hurl the phone against the wall. So I managed to get rid instead. The design of every stock app was poor and you had to hunt around for something better on the Play store. IMHO the Play store is missing some key apps I use and is filled with a lot more (5 star rated) garbage than the App store. Obviously folks there are easily pleased. I had to constantly balance battery usage, remove widgets and install an antivirus and a battery management app just to get 1.5 days out of the phone. My iphone 4S easily went 2.5 days no problem. Too many things I just didn't like.

I ended up with an ip4. Even though its slower than my old 4S and SG2 I'm much happier now I'm back on iOS. I missed a lot of the little things that Apple designed so well and then patented! :)

I would love an iP5 (or 6th gen, or whatever its called) and I would have bought one in a second, but I will just be looking in the store window this time round. :(
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2.5 days? How? There is no way you actually used your phone for real use. It's impossible to get that amount of use if you live in the real world. I get 8 hours max.
 
Cr0nus said:
I would only consider buying it if it looked like this. the silver color metal with the black bars on top and bottom just doesn't look good.
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Agreed.

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SirLance99 said:
2.5 days? How? There is no way you actually used your phone for real use. It's impossible to get that amount of use if you live in the real world. I get 8 hours max.
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Same. But my friend's Nexus always seems to be dead.

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You know, I actually don't care how it looks. I'm putting a case on it regardless.
 
faroZ06 said:
Agreed.

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Same. But my friend's Nexus always seems to be dead.

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You know, I actually don't care how it looks. I'm putting a case on it regardless.
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The nexus has to power a screen thats over an inch larger than the iPhones'. 4.65 vs 3.5, so that's somewhat understandable.
 
jasonph said:
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I was forced to try Android ICS on a Samsung S2 for about 3 weeks, and I'm sorry I really tried, but I wanted to hurl the phone against the wall. So I managed to get rid instead. The design of every stock app was poor and you had to hunt around for something better on the Play store. IMHO the Play store is missing some key apps I use and is filled with a lot more (5 star rated) garbage than the App store. Obviously folks there are easily pleased. I had to constantly balance battery usage, remove widgets and install an antivirus and a battery management app just to get 1.5 days out of the phone. My iphone 4S easily went 2.5 days no problem. Too many things I just didn't like.

I ended up with an ip4. Even though its slower than my old 4S and SG2 I'm much happier now I'm back on iOS. I missed a lot of the little things that Apple designed so well and then patented! :)

I would love an iP5 (or 6th gen, or whatever its called) and I would have bought one in a second, but I will just be looking in the store window this time round. :(
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hi there, who was your carrier? i mean what brand is your s2? at&t? sprint? or tmobile?
 
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east85 said:
Simplicity, it's rolling in a grave somewhere dead. I don't understand the allure of these multi-color designs. Just give us a solid color on the backplate, please.
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I agree.... the black/grey and white/siver ensemble of leaked back panels are a bit too much. They teeter perilously close to the garishly trendy "color blocking". Hope they have a solid black option. Have always liked Apple's elegant and understated simplicity ... speaking of which what's up with those awful celebrity iPhone/Siri commercials... Apple should stick to portraying "real" people using their devices while doing "real" things.
 
Dustman said:
The nexus has to power a screen thats over an inch larger than the iPhones'. 4.65 vs 3.5, so that's somewhat understandable.
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Yeah. I think the battery is slightly weaker too. This is a reason why I don't really want a bigger iPhone.
 
cclloyd9785 said:
Is it just me, or is Apple bringing up old rejected by Jobs ideas ever since he died?
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This has nothing to do with apple bringing up anything.

These pics were taken from court filings by The Verge.

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fidelisimo said:
I agree.... the black/grey and white/siver ensemble of leaked back panels are a bit too much. They teeter perilously close to the garishly trendy "color blocking". Hope they have a solid black option. Have always liked Apple's elegant and understated simplicity ... speaking of which what's up with those awful celebrity iPhone/Siri commercials... Apple should stick to portraying "real" people using their devices while doing "real" things.
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http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/04/27/on-apples-new-tv-spots/
 
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