Early iPhone Prototype Resembles Latest iPhone 5 Part Leaks

[Blacknight10s]

ridiculous

anyone who thinks this will be remotely close to what the new iphone will look like is crazy. i've been with apple products since day 1 and a shareholder since 2003 and tell me, when has there ever been this many leaks of a new product. these have to be old prototypes.. I'm not saying they won't include some of the new features like the 9 pin connector shown, which may be plausible, but come on its been a number of years since a redesign and they're not just going to change the length and not the width, they are going big. I'm expecting great things and looking for a total redesign with a teardrop shape again hopefully with both width and length increased a bit. Insane to think that apple would make the iphone 5 look so much like the 4/4s bc that's not what Jony Ive does. He makes the impossible a reality.

 

[spacepower7]

Why can't I see thisnyoutube video on my iPad?

 

[samh4life]

I think they might start calling it the "iPhone" just like the new "iPad" and leaving off the numeric convention.

I hope they don't do that.

But my math is right and it's logical as well if they were to still use the numerical system/with the generation.

It doesn't really matter though in the long run, Apple will spawn a new product and millions will buy it just for the Apple logo.

I just have little pet peeves lol...

 

[snowcrash]

I hope they don't do that.

But my math is right and it's logical as well if they were to still use the numerical system/with the generation.

It doesn't really matter though in the long run, Apple will spawn a new product and millions will buy it just for the Apple logo.

I just have little pet peeves lol...

No one other then tech geeks like us and people who visit forums remotely care about generation number coinciding with the iPhone and/or OS or not. If they were to do something as stupid as call it the iPhone 6 a (now follow along here) "majority" of the public will be asking "what happened to the iPhone 5?!? All this would do will cause people to be confused. Something Apple wouldn't want. It will either be "the new iPhone" or "the iPhone5" it will not be 6. Ya all said the same thing about the 4S. It's iOS5 the fifth generation it will not be called iPhone 4S. How quickly we forget don't we. Seriously anyone who knows anything about marketing and branding will tell you going from iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 makes no sense what-so-ever. Who knows but i'd be less be surprised if they just didn't call it the iPhone 4S-XL then if they called it the iPhone 6.

 

[faroZ06]

Does anyone know if the new dock connector will have any new features in it? Or is it just different so we have to buy adapters?

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i'm sick of the media calling it the iphone 5.... the 5th generation phone was the iphone 4S. The next one will either be called the iphone 6 or iPhone 4G (due to the addition of an LTE chip) or something other than iphone 5. The media should really do their homework when it comes to products and possible names....

However, I do plan on buying whatever the new device is going to be called. Not that i'm some sorta fanboy whatever you want to call it but rather because i love the customer support quality apple normally has (except the whole ML scandal).

The iPhone already has 4G, you know. Not all 4G is LTE. HSPA+ is considered 4G, and only AT&T (the best service provider in my area) offers it on the iPhone.

It's going to be the iPhone 5. Their naming convention does not go by the generation number. Otherwise, "4S" would not fit, and there would be awkward even numbers: iPhone 4, 4S, 6, 6S, 8, 8S, etc.

I think the numbers make it more sellable because the newer ones seem newer. If they numbered the iMacs, though, it would just be embarrassing because it would constantly remind people of how Apple only updates them once in a blue moon. According to a survey, more than half of iPhone 4 owners thought that their phone had 4G just because of the "4", and this was before HSPA+ was on the iPhone.

 

[Blacknight10s]

my guess is that it'll be called the "new iPhone" and since there is a good chance, well 50/50 chance lets say that it will be called that, then why in the world would they just lengthen the phone that basically looks identical to the 4/4S. sorry im just venting my frustration with these leaks that look subpar to the potential i know apple has. ill bet any money they blow us away with a new design never seen before.

 

[faroZ06]

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uuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Except it's not called the iPhone 6.

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my guess is that it'll be called the "new iPhone" and since there is a good chance, well 50/50 chance lets say that it will be called that, then why in the world would they just lengthen the phone that basically looks identical to the 4/4S. sorry im just venting my frustration with these leaks that look subpar to the potential i know apple has. ill bet any money they blow us away with a new design never seen before.

I doubt it'll be called "the new iPhone" since Apple has never called anything "the new (insert product here)".

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Pathetic, how and why? I can't stand people who post such negative ***** every time someone posts their opinion. They don't like the new rumored design all that much, but are still admitting that they'll most likely buy it anyway. Why is that pathetic? smh. Stop being a d!€k.

The first guy admitted that he was pathetic. No offense, but you're being a bit nosy.

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I don't get this obsession with how thin products are. It's purely marketing material, a stat for some inner page on Apple.com.

The current iPhone 4/4s design is the best looking phone on the market (aside from the whole antenna issue) and is plenty thin. If these phones keep getting wider/taller and thinner they will be impossible to hold.

As for the rumored next iPhone design... I like the softer color on the back but hate the contrast of the two glass/plastic pieces. If metal has issues with reception they shouldn't use it. The headphone jack on the bottom is a terrible idea (hold your phone with your left hand and picture having a jack on the bottom).

Question: Why not make the entire back metal but use the entire back as the antenna?


RIP: teardrop dream


P.S. it's funny how many iSheeps you can see in this post. Just look at people rationalizing the 3 piece back. Will I buy one? **** YES lol.

You could just put a case on if you don't like the design. I don't really care what my phone looks like, and if you've ever seen my computer (which you never have).....

Also, in response to the bold, the reason they don't make the iPhone wider is because no matter how long it is, you can still hold it just as easily. Also, 16:9 is not too long. My complaints are about the new dock connector (seriously, what's even better about it?) and the bigger screen, which draws more power and isn't really more useful for me.

 

[Rogifan]

More from the Verge. Internal documents showing Samsung was obsessed with beating Apple.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/27/3192614/samsungs-beat-apple-strategy-copying-court-documents

 

[samh4life]

No one other then tech geeks like us and people who visit forums remotely care about generation number coinciding with the iPhone and/or OS or not. If they were to do something as stupid as call it the iPhone 6 a (now follow along here) "majority" of the public will be asking "what happened to the iPhone 5?!? All this would do will cause people to be confused. Something Apple wouldn't want. It will either be "the new iPhone" or "the iPhone5" it will not be 6. Ya all said the same thing about the 4S. It's iOS5 the fifth generation it will not be called iPhone 4S. How quickly we forget don't we. Seriously anyone who knows anything about marketing and branding will tell you going from iPhone 4S to iPhone 6 makes no sense what-so-ever. Who knows but i'd be less be surprised if they just didn't call it the iPhone 4S-XL then if they called it the iPhone 6.

then why did they go from iphone (original)(iPhone 1.0) to iPhone 3G(2nd generation)(iPhone software update 2.0)? Because they named it based on the product getting a 3G cellular chip. Then they named the next iphone the 3GS because the S stood for speed due to the OpenGL graphics card they added to it. Even though it was the 3rd generation phone(iPhone software update 3.0). Then the next iphone was the iPhone 4 (4th generation phone) ( IOS 4, which was when Apple shortened it to IOS). Then again they added the S (which stands for speed by upgrading the A4 chip to an A5) to the iPhone 4S(5th generation)(IOS 5) . If Apple keeps to the marketing pattern of their predecessors then it could only logically be the iPhone 6 or whatever i mentioned in the original post. Apple couldn't care less if people become confused, and your not the first person I've had this discussion with. I've had email conversations with editors at BGR and CNET and they both agreed with my logic.

Maybe some people forget but I haven't; since I've actually owned an iPhone since the iphone 3G and kept up with my information to stay relevant.

But it's all just my opinion and apple could name the thing the iphone awesome for all we know...

Steve is gone so pretty much anything could happen at this point...

 

[pear21]

Get rid of that home button, Apple.

Yes that is what I want, then extend the screen up and down instead of just making the phone taller

 

[samh4life]

Does anyone know if the new dock connector will have any new features in it? Or is it just different so we have to buy adapters?

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The iPhone already has 4G, you know. Not all 4G is LTE. HSPA+ is considered 4G, and only AT&T (the best service provider in my area) offers it on the iPhone.

It's going to be the iPhone 5. Their naming convention does not go by the generation number. Otherwise, "4S" would not fit, and there would be awkward even numbers: iPhone 4, 4S, 6, 6S, 8, 8S, etc.

I think the numbers make it more sellable because the newer ones seem newer. If they numbered the iMacs, though, it would just be embarrassing because it would constantly remind people of how Apple only updates them once in a blue moon. According to a survey, more than half of iPhone 4 owners thought that their phone had 4G just because of the "4", and this was before HSPA+ was on the iPhone.

I know it has "4G" already but 4G is a loose term. However, the ITU Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R) considers 4G to be 100mb/s up and down. So 4G is really just a marketing ploy as is LTE, however the difference between HSPA+ and LTE is that LTE has the room to evolve into true 4G speeds if the carrier so desires.

But Apple could name it iphone LTE or some iteration like that because it's a new standard by carriers. Just as 3G was in 09' when the 3G came out.

haha wow who did they survey and when? Possibly the people who bought it for $99 after the 4s was already out who only use it to text and take pictures?

Also how can you boldly say that it will be called the iPhone 5? Do you actually work in Cupertino or are you just stroking your ego?

I've just been giving my opinions on the matter....and like my momma always says opinions are like butt holes, everyone has one. (actually replace a word in the saying with the alternative but you get the gist)

Edit: The ITU defines 4G or IMT-Advanced as technology that offers download speeds of 100Mbps on mobile devices or 1Gbps on fixed wireless connections.

 

[Tadros]

I hope they still keep the noise canceling microphone. The video recordings on my iPhone 4 have amazing sound quality compared to those made on my iPhone 3G and that is largely due to the noise canceling microphone.

 

[ValerieDurden]

uuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Except it's not called the iPhone 6.

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I doubt it'll be called "the new iPhone" since Apple has never called anything "the new (insert product here)".

Umm the "New" iPad hello...

 

[Hunchback Jack]

then why did they go from iphone (original)(iPhone 1.0) to iPhone 3G(2nd generation)(iPhone software update 2.0)? Because they named it based on the product getting a 3G cellular chip.

Agreed.

Then they named the next iphone the 3GS because the S stood for speed due to the OpenGL graphics card they added to it. Even though it was the 3rd generation phone(iPhone software update 3.0).

Yep.

Then the next iphone was the iPhone 4 (4th generation phone) ( IOS 4, which was when Apple shortened it to IOS).

Well, hang on, now. It's true that Apple use the generation number to identify iPods, but they do so consistently, and the buying public understands what "6th Gen nano" (or whatever) means.

But the nomenclature for iPhones is obviously different, as you've explained. They *might* have called the successor to the 3GS the iPhone 4 because it was the 4th generation, but I doubt most of the phone-buying public were keeping count.

Rather, I suspect they called it the iPhone 4 because "4" is one more than "3". The fact that it also happened to be a 4th gen phone might have been a happy accident. Had "3G" wireless protocols been called "2G" protocols, and the second and third iPhones been called the 2G and 2GS, I'd bet the next one would have been the iPhone 3.

(I also think they called it the 4 because they were hinting that the *next* phone might be 4G, given that this one wasn't.)

In any case, the next logical choice would be the iPhone 5 if Apple follow the naming convention I've described above.

HBJ

 

[Fatboy71]

"No headphone port, but where is it?!"

Its on the bottom of the iPhone

 

[knewsom]

Yup, new galaxy note here I come...

 

[gmanist1000]

I've seen lots of articles on this design, but I never understood why they would design it like that. What is the purpose of the metal part in the middle of the iPhone?

 

[5883662]

http://swipe.nokia.com/

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I think Lumia's came way after Nokia N9 which is a much superior device.

I really like those Lumias from the aesthetic point of view. Anyone tried them yet? Would they sync with iCloud contacts and iCal?

 

[SS1]

Just give us the iPhone 3G shape with Aluminum finish, and make it in black too.

 

[steveash]

I think the early concept looks nicer but to be honest it will take more than a light redesign to prevent me from jumping ship to a Galaxy Note 2.

 

[Savor]

I hope the two tone rear doesn't see the light of day. It's ugly, and just doesn't follow Apple's design philosophy.

And the first generation iPhone didn't have a two-tone rear?

 

[33man]

Forget tear drop design, the device has to be comfortable in both portrait and landscape mode...

If there is a metallic back plate I hope we may use it to scroll or select text without having our non transparent finger on the screen... Well we will see soon.

When I see One X I definitely think that Apple can gain a lot of space if they remove theses two black bars which are not usefull at all... And for the god sake, if the home button is still there please make it as a rectangle, non need of such waste of space... A 4" screen can easily fit in the current 4,4S case...

So don't go in android mode, bigger screen just for bigger space for battery...

 

[newyorksole]

anyone who thinks this will be remotely close to what the new iphone will look like is crazy. i've been with apple products since day 1 and a shareholder since 2003 and tell me, when has there ever been this many leaks of a new product. these have to be old prototypes.. I'm not saying they won't include some of the new features like the 9 pin connector shown, which may be plausible, but come on its been a number of years since a redesign and they're not just going to change the length and not the width, they are going big. I'm expecting great things and looking for a total redesign with a teardrop shape again hopefully with both width and length increased a bit. Insane to think that apple would make the iphone 5 look so much like the 4/4s bc that's not what Jony Ive does. He makes the impossible a reality.

You, my friend, are going to be very disappointed when the new iPhone releases. The iPhone 3G leaked, I think the 3GS too, iPhone 4 got lost and then a couple weeks later other people got their hands on 1.... Etc

Apple isn't gonna pull a random all new design out of a hat. They'll still sell millions with a taller phone.

 

[Macman45]

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As we noted, The Verge has come across a number of photos of iPhone prototypes in court documents related to Apple's lawsuit with Samsung. One of the early prototype images seemed particularly familiar to us.

This two-tone design with a central aluminum backing looks like an early version of the rumored next-generation iPhone:

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On the right is a prototype iPhone design posted by the Verge. The image on the left is a rendering of the next generation iPhone by Blackpool Creative. The rendering was based on leaked parts of the upcoming iPhone. The parts were also shown on video here:

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Similar parts have been circulating for a couple of months now. One early report described it as such:It seems possible that the new iPhone has evolved from some of the early Apple prototyping of possible designs.

Article Link: Early iPhone Prototype Resembles Latest iPhone 5 Part Leaks

Best leaked concept yet, I like the two tone colouring, but as always we wait and see.

 

[Jayomat]

I must say I also like the curved back of my 3GS better, just feels more natural in your hand, the straight back of the 4+ iPhone just does not fit in your palm that well. but I guess we won't see the 3GS back anymore.