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Hands On with a Physical Mockup of the iPhone 5

Same thing happened with iPhone 4... Everyone saw then leaked parts, couldn't believe it was real/hated it, and then when it was launched they changed their minds.

I would reserve judgment until this thing is actually released. Proper photographs and videos of the final product, as well as actually holding it in person, will no doubt change perceptions once again.
 
miniroll32 said:
Same thing happened with iPhone 4... Everyone saw then leaked parts, couldn't believe it was real/hated it, and then when it was launched they changed their minds.

I would reserve judgment until this thing is actually released. Proper photographs and videos of the final product, as well as actually holding it in person, will no doubt change perceptions once again.
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Perceptions of beauty are coloured by our understanding of the thing that we're perceiving. Consider how an expert computer programmer perceives code - I might look at it as a mess of squiggles and dashes but he might see brilliantly written and so beautiful coding.

So, I agree with what you're saying. People will come to understand the new design and, in doing so, they will come to appreciate it. Some won't but that's just life. Many people are going off on knee-jerk responses based on incomplete parts and unfinished shells or even mock ups which won't have the same quality fit and finish as the real item. People should definitely reserve judgment.
 
i hope it's all black (including the metal bands on the sides) as opposed to black/silver..

either way, i need to upgrade. my iPhone 4 is dying slowly :(
 
And don't forget, or under-estimate, the psychological power of the one hour advert.. sorry event.. that Apple will use to unveil the product.

We will see several Apple execs, and software execs, describe the new phone with words of "incredible" and "amazing" and "magical".. and as we forget that this is a marketing advert, the psychological impact is huge.
 
So is this legit or just a mock up based on rumors of what the new phone is supposed to look like? I can't get worked up over something that may or may not be the real thing. Yawn.
 
Manzzle said:
I knew someone was gonna say something on that. I know it's two toned, but the new iPhone would look better than having that damn other color on the top part where the camera is. I'll have to skin the phone if this is what we'll get.

Which do you like:

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Or

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The first one actually, by a lot. That the plastic is not covered by a metallic painting is just part of Apple's design philosophy. The black parts are plastic and they won't be metal, even if you color them. Using fake metal is something toy manufacturers do to fool children, but I'm glad Apple doesn't do this.
 
Outside of the fanboy world, even among actually smart Apple user like me, everybody knows this iPhone 4SS is an uninnovative ***** brick.

If you're not dumb and didn't let yourself be convinced by Apple ******** PR and controlled leaks, you very well know that this iPhone is ugly, not innovative and even a step back in design.
 
Augure said:
Outside of the fanboy world, even among actually smart Apple user like me, everybody knows this iPhone 4SS is an uninnovative ***** brick.

If you're not dumb and didn't let yourself be convinced by Apple ******** PR and controlled leaks, you very well know that this iPhone is ugly, not innovative and even a step back in design.
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Yes, because ranting nobodies on internet forums are the standard by which we measure rationality.
 
Augure said:
Outside of the fanboy world, even among actually smart Apple user like me, everybody knows this iPhone 4SS is an uninnovative ***** brick.
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BMcCoy said:
And don't forget, or under-estimate, the psychological power of the one hour advert.. sorry event.. that Apple will use to unveil the product.

We will see several Apple execs, and software execs, describe the new phone with words of "incredible" and "amazing" and "magical".. and as we forget that this is a marketing advert, the psychological impact is huge.
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I don't think people see Apple's launch events as anything other than big long adverts do they?

I mean, what other purpose do they serve other than making people want to purchase the things they are being shown? Sounds like an advert to me!

The fact that people fanatically wait with baited breath to watch these hour long adverts is another phenomenon altogether!

Say! We must be getting close to that point where the press invite goes out and we can all analyse the little set of App Icons they use to promote the event.

I tell you, the MacRumors combined forum meta-brain would solve all the riddles in The Da Vinci Code in about 20 seconds flat ;)
 
Hmm, case manufacturers, we all know how reliable they have been in the past... :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Anyway, this video still can't really reflect the size difference very well, I think it's really a case of holding the device yourself to get an idea, compare it to a current iPhone.
It's also interesting to see the flash has been moved away from the lens to reduce glare, good move, also I wasn't sure if I saw some type of sensor between the lens and flash in that video?

I hope this will have the new Exmoor sensor too, I did read that Sony said it won't be available for a while, then it went and announced a new XPeria handset with the new top end sensor??? Think it's a 13mpx unit.
 
juannacho said:
I don't think people see Apple's launch events as anything other than big long adverts do they?

I mean, what other purpose do they serve other than making people want to purchase the things they are being shown? Sounds like an advert to me!

The fact that people fanatically wait with baited breath to watch these hour long adverts is another phenomenon altogether!

Say! We must be getting close to that point where the press invite goes out and we can all analyse the little set of App Icons they use to promote the event.

I tell you, the MacRumors combined forum meta-brain would solve all the riddles in The Da Vinci Code in about 20 seconds flat ;)
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In the end this is really no different to how people follow sports teams or how fans of particular directors or actors or musicians devour every scrap of information they can get about them.

There are people who will camp overnight to buy tickets to watch whatever five-minute wonder of a pop sensation is currently big. I'd say being deeply interested in something as important as a massive IT company who's work has altered forever the face of consumer electronics, music, telephony and software distribution is probably fairly sane in comparison!

It's all part of the fun of life, eh? Getting interested in something, speculating about it, commenting and even complaining from time to time. What I don't get are those people who seem to enjoy being negative about everything. I mean, yeah, sure, some people can be a bit crazy with the positivity. There are fanatics who go a bit far, but in the end, who are they hurting? They're happy! Leave them alone and let them be happy. But those people who come to places like this just to mock and ridicule and to complain and moan and bitch and bleat - are they happy? Why don't they go find something they DO like and have some fun!? Life is too short to waste much of it on moaning.
 
juannacho said:
I don't think people see Apple's launch events as anything other than big long adverts do they?

I mean, what other purpose do they serve other than making people want to purchase the things they are being shown? Sounds like an advert to me!
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Apple's keynotes where they showcase new products is to keep the share holders happy by gloating about the sales, and then it's nothing more then a sales trick exactly as you said. A trick everyone else has copied since. Jobs was an expert salesman.
 
If this is a part of deliberate fakery, it would be a massive win. If not, however, it's going to look like 100ds of other phones on the market. The idea of ditching the glassy back is absurd. Moving away from it's unique design doesn't make any sense to me.
 
miniroll32 said:
I would reserve judgment until this thing is actually released. Proper photographs and videos of the final product, as well as actually holding it in person, will no doubt change perceptions once again.
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Completely agree, you can't rely on any 'source' at the moment. Just wait not much longer now anyway :)
 
pandamonia said:
Still buying something you dont like the look of?

You need help.
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I'd rather compromise on the look of something that's going to be covered up most of the time than on how something works.

The functionality and features of the iPhone are why I buy it. Was just bringing to light a situation I think a lot of iPhone users will find themselves in.
 
Zunjine said:
Many things are considered beautiful now that were seen as ugly before. That's because people don't like what's good, they like what they are used to. Of course, something truly awful will never become beautiful through the passage of time - it may merely become palatable. Great design, however, frequently looks odd and even ugly at first but then, as people begin to understand it, they come to love it. Something ugly becomes beautiful.

Apple has a right to "impose" what it thinks of as beautiful because they make the damn things! It's up to them to figure out what they think is wonderful and then to try to convince us they are right. They're very good at this because, frankly, they often are right. I certainly don't agree with all of Apple's design choices. I think the iPod nano has been on the decline since the first generation which was gorgeous and the Shuffle was never a great design as far as I'm concerned. The iPhone 3G and 3Gs are, in my opinion, OK but not wonderful looking devices and not nearly as beautiful as the original. The 4/4s is among the most beautiful designs in a mass produced item in history if you ask me and the new iPhone design looks to be shaping up to be a worthy successor. /QUOTE]

That's where you are wrong, true beauty is percieved immediatly, and does not require a getting used to periode. And if it does, thats not the point in the case of the new iPhone, because it's not a radical change. Besides, you look at the world in a very naive way dude. The reason why Apple "decides" what is beautiful is their popularity and their cult followers, not because Apple has some divine knowledge. If any other less popular compony had made the iPhone 4 design, it wouldn't had sold that much and it wouln't be considered beautiful.

To sum up, if a big majority likes the design at first sight, then it truely is beautiful. If that perception is only achieved by popularity and conformity, then it's not. So now with this new iPhone, the majority don't really like it (ofcourse the fanboys like yourself do, like always) and at the same time, it's not a radical change, it will never be truely beautiful. Doesn't mean ofcourse it can't be populair and sold in huge numbers, but that's just conformity, achieved by the marketing strategy of Apple (elitism).
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