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Front Panel from 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Once Again Shown in Photos

SVTmaniac said:
Every actually had a phone with a notification light? It's so convenient, I can hop out of the shower and glance at the phone while it's off, if the light is flashing I check it, if not then there's no need to even look at it. Since switching to the iPhone I find myself having to turn the screen on multiple times a day to see if I have any messages. I always have the phone on vibrate as a courtesy to others since ringtones are annoying and rude while in public settings.

The vibrate feature isn't quite powerful enough that I can always feel it if I'm walking around. Would be nice to pull the phone out of my pocket, see if the light is blinking or not and put it back in my pocket. Would sure save battery life not having to power on the screen multiple times a day.
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You think a constantly blinking light would save battery life over a screen turned on for literally 1 second? I'd like to see your data on that.
 
penajmz said:
I'm starting to believe the 5.5-inch will NOT happen at the same time as the 4.7-inch. :(
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I have a Note 3 5.7-inch and it is a really big phone. I'm not sure how Apple IPhone people are going to understand its a big jump from a 4 inch screen. Also the size is awkward and will take time to get used to it. I believe its going to be a niche size phone.
 
bobenhaus said:
I have a Note 3 5.7-inch and it is a really big phone. I'm not sure how Apple IPhone people are going to understand its a big jump from a 4 inch screen. Also the size is awkward and will take time to get used to it. I believe its going to be a niche size phone.
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Which is why they should have a 4" iPhone 6 too, because I seriously doubt more people would buy a 5.5" than a 4", granted most people would probably buy 4.7"
 
JuanBadApple said:
The iPad mini (not sure about the air) has a software feature to ignore those accidental touches, because of the smaller side bezels.
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All iOS devices have this. Try it on an iPhone/iPod/10" iPad by holding your finger on an empty spot on the Home screen and moving between pages. :)
 
scoobydoo99 said:
Yet you think the .3 inches from 4.7 to 5 WOULD be that great? :rolleyes:

.7 inches diagonally is quite a large percentage increase (38%) in screen area (from 6.84 to 9.44 square inches at 16:9 aspect ratio)
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I remember going from a 3.5" iPhone to a 4" one. Just the fact that I could watch 16:9 format video without letterboxing made the screen seem larger.

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THE JUICEMAN said:
IF there is a 5.5" iPhone and Apple doesn't announce them at the same time then they are going to piss off a lot of people.
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I would hope that Apple learned their lesson after the price cut debacle in 2007.
 
I can't wait for the Sept. 2nd invites. Tagline: 'Hope you have big hands.'

The image will just be a giant hand.
 
andromeda107 said:
You think a constantly blinking light would save battery life over a screen turned on for literally 1 second? I'd like to see your data on that.
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According to this reference (https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix10/tech/full_papers/Carroll.pdf) let's assume LCD backlight consumes approximately 75mW. So if it's on for 1 second, then it consumes 75mW *1 = 75 mJ.

Picking an arbitrary LED (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/533), it burns around 2.0V * 17mA = 34mW. Similar figures from some other LEDs (http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/LH N974-KN-1/475-1416-1-ND/1802603), but go much lower. But for worst case let's assume 34mW, and round it to half the LCD backlight.

Given that the LED backlight needs a power circuit that's fairly complicated, I would say the blinking circuitry doesn't exact any power penalty (a simple counter/timer circuit like a 555).

So if you assume each blink is 0.2 seconds, you can only blink 10 times before you use more power than the LCD backlight.

Of course, none of this is based on the actual iPhone backlight, so what do I know.
 
cmaier said:
According to this reference (https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/usenix10/tech/full_papers/Carroll.pdf) let's assume LCD backlight consumes approximately 75mW. So if it's on for 1 second, then it consumes 75mW *1 = 75 mJ.

Picking an arbitrary LED (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/533), it burns around 2.0V * 17mA = 34mW. Similar figures from some other LEDs (http://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/LH N974-KN-1/475-1416-1-ND/1802603), but go much lower. But for worst case let's assume 34mW, and round it to half the LCD backlight.

Given that the LED backlight needs a power circuit that's fairly complicated, I would say the blinking circuitry doesn't exact any power penalty (a simple counter/timer circuit like a 555).

So if you assume each blink is 0.2 seconds, you can only blink 10 times before you use more power than the LCD backlight.

Of course, none of this is based on the actual iPhone backlight, so what do I know.
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I think it's a fair assumption that:

1. The LED wouldn't be on continuously
b. The LED would only blink for x number of minutes

You could also take two fully charged iPhones and leave the screen on one and the LED flashlight on the other for say an hour. I would assume the LED flash on current iPhones would consume more power than any notification light they add. Compare battery percentage after a given time. Not scientific results by any means, but gives you some idea.
 
Still can't get used to those bezels :( It's almost 2015 Apple and it looks like they could easily fit 5+ screen in that body...
 
chrisbru said:
Do you own an iPhone 4, 4S, 5, or 5S? How is the rumored iPhone 6 ugly but those aren't? It looks basically the same.

Also, its a phone - Does appearance outweigh everything else about it?
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Hey, ya gotta impress your friends. /s
 
By the look of the 5.5 mockups, hopefully it was canceled. I am not opposed to a 5.5, but a scaled up 4.7 looked absolutely ridiculously preposterous.

If there ever is a 5.5, it needs to be designed explicitly for that form factor, take into consideration everything about a jumbo phone. Not just scale up a smaller phone.
 
"Front Panel from 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Once Again Shown in Photos"

Anything from 5.5 inch iPhone 6, once again NOT shown in photos.


PS: For a high profile website, the people writing the copy for MacRumors have an extremely embarrassing grasp on grammar... so this is for you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc
 
andromeda107 said:
Which is why they should have a 4" iPhone 6 too, because I seriously doubt more people would buy a 5.5" than a 4", granted most people would probably buy 4.7"
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Yeah my Note 3 is a very nice phone and all but at times it can be very hard to handle because of the awkwardness of it
 
Why would they not center the camera? I doubt this is legit. The centered camera looks much better
 
Let's see - once the September event comes - who, of the people who were and are absolutely convinced the iPhone 6 5.5" would be a reality, has the humility and backbone to come back here, refer to this post and swallow their arrogant know-it-all attitude, and say "sorry, we were wrong, and sorry for being a pig headed know it all"

I'll put a VERY VERY large bet on no SINGLE person doing so.

Here's a direct link to this post, so you may refer back to this post, whilst I hand you a flanned to wipe the egg off your faces:

http://tinyurl.com/nowayiphone65point5inch

OR

http://tinyurl.com/5-5aintcomin

OR

http://tinyurl.com/eggonmyface
 
xero9 said:
I think it's a fair assumption that:

1. The LED wouldn't be on continuously
b. The LED would only blink for x number of minutes

You could also take two fully charged iPhones and leave the screen on one and the LED flashlight on the other for say an hour. I would assume the LED flash on current iPhones would consume more power than any notification light they add. Compare battery percentage after a given time. Not scientific results by any means, but gives you some idea.
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Did the following experiment on an iPhone 5S.

Turned LED (flash) on for 5 minutes. Battery decreased from 71% to 69%.

Turned screen on, 50% brightness, to springboard, for 5 minutes. Battery decreased from 69% to 68%.

Also not completely scientific, but it is what it is.
 
Plutonius said:
I'm much more interested in the back and the possible camera lens protrusion.
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Me too. I own a fifth gen iPod touch and that protruding camera drives me crazy. I especially notice it when it's lying on the table and if I tap the screen anywhere near the top right corner it dips down. I really hope that doesn't happen with the next iPhone otherwise I will have to buy a super slim case to balance out the back (even though I'm not a fan of cases in the slightest).
 
Agent-P said:
I own a fifth gen iPod touch and that protruding camera drives me crazy.
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You for real? LOL

Step outside; it's good for you :p

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