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The most interior volume will be with a rectangular design (for the same size) than some teardrop. I like it. What would you want a circle? Not too much variance allowed if you wish to keep it small and give the move inside space.

I guess if the back middle is metal (removing the interior unibody metal structural support to the back plane for a larger battery), the top and bottom have to be glass for the top/bottom U antenna's to be insulated.

The length is the same size as my Morphie Juice Pack. I'm use to that. The width has to be the same to give a true HD screen (as most top Android have). Making it wider too, would only require it to be longer as well to keep the HD ratio. Don't want that.

I would ONLY wish that somehow the front glass EDGES are better protected from a drop. That has always been a weak point in the design, IMO, the glass being exposed. Drop it on the corner and the glass breaks.

Overall, it is a nice design. Then again, I spend most of my time using the phone, not starring at it from a distance...
 
Oh no! what are we going to do! how will people glancing in our direction know that we are actually far superior to them because we have the latest iPhone if it looks too similar to previous versions?

I love the iPhone 4's design, so why fix something that isn't broke?

That is absolutely true. Even by today's standards of smartphone design, the 4/4S is still revolutionary. The friggen thing is almost all glass! No one else does that! It is a design that was ahead of it's time at release! Why completely change it? Apple is just tweaking it. The people complaining are just the "Apple hipsters" who gotta feel special for the first month or so of availability. They flash their newly designed iPhone hoping someone notices it and they can feel cool for the 5 mins.
 
It's just frustrating

One of the real advantages to the larger, 4" screens on the Android platform is the width of the phone. If they are just going to elongate the screen, yes, it is "technically" 4 inches... but you just don't get the same experience. People with eye problems still aren't going to get any help/relief from this elongated design. I dunno, I'm not sold on the elongated design. It's my job to have a new one every time one comes out, so I'll have one, but I can't see this exciting me as much as if they had just completely redesigned the entire device.
 
One of the real advantages to the larger, 4" screens on the Android platform is the width of the phone. If they are just going to elongate the screen, yes, it is "technically" 4 inches... but you just don't get the same experience. People with eye problems still aren't going to get any help/relief from this elongated design. I dunno, I'm not sold on the elongated design. It's my job to have a new one every time one comes out, so I'll have one, but I can't see this exciting me as much as if they had just completely redesigned the entire device.

The only way to make it wider is to make is longer too...to keep the Retina resolution and make it an HD format.

Most Androids are bigger and wider because the pixel size (ppi) is lower resolution and therefore not as sharp as the Retina.

Can't have it both ways.
 
Johnny I've said in his latest interview that their current design work is some of the best that they have ever done. I'm inclined to think he was speaking of the iPhone as one of the products being mentioned. These leaks show the same design with minor changes. It's hard for me to believe they are the work of Johnny Ive and his staff.

Plus Apples redesign pattern has been more drastic in the past. From the iPhone to the iPhone 3G and from the 3GS to the 4 were pretty drastic changes. I expect more from apple. So I'm still calling fake.

Apple has been known to surprise us but at the end of the day, they are a transparent company. Within the past few years, in terms of their iOS devices, they stick to their guns. Their pattern has been routine. If we all would have adhered to the pattern when the 4S was released, many of us wouldn't have been so disappointed when they came with the same design.
 
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Apple use to leak dummy parts now they have these fools doing all the work..

Makes sense. I just don't understand why everyone is set on believing this is how the phone would look. The two tone makes no sense for Apple... Look at the history of their products.
 
Wider, not taller. Looks likes an iPhone 4 stretched out. Not happy.
You're gonna need hand surgery (or want arthritis) if you want a wider iPhone. I don't personally believe it needs to get any wider, so the only logical step is taller (which makes sense).

IMHO though, this is probably one of the 3 or 4 designs they're still yet to sign off and are getting public reaction to it first through unofficial channels.
 
Not only did you contradict yourself, but I guess you forgot that the S3 won't be the only phone on the market. Let alone a phone that gets as much hype as the iPhone.

Not only that, the Galaxy S series of phones just aren't as numerous as many online seem to think they are. Samsung recently celebrated 50 million Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 sold. That's all the Galaxy S variations combined since 2010. 50 million in 2-3 years sounds a lot until you consider that in last year alone, Samsung sold nearly 100 million smartphones.

Samsung played a nice bit of confusion marketing tactic, by emphasizing the total number of smartphone sales while putting Galaxy S brand forward while obfuscating the sales product mix. But the majority of smartphones sold by Samsung aren't Galaxy S if we are to believe their own words.

I personally dislike the long narrow aspect ratio. But as long as the overall size isn't increased a lot, I guess that's a tradeoff willing to be made by many. Hopefully the new unibody back panel will give it even more rigidity. How good will it feel in hand though in comparison to iPhone 4/4S? It'll feel less slippery but that feeling of premium-ness might be a bit less.
 
I don't understand, most people say no new iPhone till October and we are getting new MacBooks on Monday. Why are there so many iPhone part leaks and no computer part leaks. Makes you wonder...
 
What I have found highly entertaining about this thread is that there are a lot of people who say that they don't like the design but " I suppose I could get used to it", "I suppose it will grow on me". "I think it looks terrible" etc etc. Basically stating that the form factor is important.

Yet when you look at the design of the Samsung Galaxy S3 it too is less than visually appealing to some, others don't care. However, from my understanding if you can get past the looks, many have been praising what a great phone it is. And yet you have many Apple fans going on about how ugly the phone is but if you ask them what the main joy in an iPhone is in forums, it is all about the user experience as a whole.

The entertainment value is where you have Apple fans saying that their potential phone design is ugly or bad enough that it will have to grow on them, and in the same breath derriding another company's offering that has the same visual curse.

Even if a fair portion of Apple users don't like the device design (IF it ends up as it is currently rumoured) they will still buy it because overall, much like Android users, it is the user experience, is it not?

Either way, human nature is hilarious
 
What I have found highly entertaining about this thread is that there are a lot of people who say that they don't like the design but " I suppose I could get used to it", "I suppose it will grow on me". "I think it looks terrible" etc etc. Basically stating that the form factor is important.

Lot's of people hated the iPhone 4 when the first photos were leaked. They still bought it though. :D
 
I don't think this will be it. Apple hasn't kept the same iPhone design for more than two generations.

Tim Cook recently stated that Apple has doubled down on security, so why so many product leaks all of a sudden?

I most certainly could be wrong, but if these mockups are indeed true, it will be a different direction for Apple as they never used the same design three times in a row.

Personally, I would prefer a 4:3 ratio display rather than the 16:9 ratio display found in the mockups. Apple has so much competition and their offerings are starting to look really nice. I just googled for the first time Galaxy S3, and boy, that display is really nice! I think 4:3 displays are much more productive than 16:9 displays, that goes for smartphones, laptops, and desktops.

I would never switch from my iPhone, Apple can do whatever they want to the design, I like their software as it's lightweight and runs efficiently, which makes for a great user experience.
 
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Last year when the 4s wasn't a redesign people on here were ready to riot. Now that it seems the next iPhone will again not be a redesign everyone is cool with it. No a longer screen and a two tone back do not count as a redesign.

Honestly I like the Older mockups referenced in the article.

I don't have anything against them using the same design again, it's just weird how so many people on here have turned.
 
I may be in the minority on this one but I love that design and I hope its legit. Im also hoping for a summer release (but not holding my breath.)

All these leaks make the release seem imminent.
 
Didn't we waste lots of time last year on this kind of baseless speculation?

People say Apple is a software company yet the most time spent and the mot posts at places like MR are around hardware, even fake hardware. Who gives a crap about someone's photoshop of an iPhone based on a leaked part that may or may not legit? Who cares about ML or iOS 6 when we can talk about take hardware. :mad:
 
I hope this is not the new design. After two years I've been itching for a new iphone, and I would hope that Apple would have come up with something a little different than this. I love apple, but I would probably have to pass on this one. :(
 
I may be in the minority on this one but I love that design and I hope its legit. Im also hoping for a summer release (but not holding my breath.)

All these leaks make the release seem imminent.
I wouldn't call this a leak.
 
Last year when the 4s wasn't a redesign people on here were ready to riot. Now that it seems the next iPhone will again not be a redesign everyone is cool with it. No a longer screen and a two tone back do not count as a redesign.

Honestly I like the Older mockups referenced in the article.

I don't have anything against them using the same design again, it's just weird how so many people on here have turned.

They removed the Glass back.
They ported the 3.5mm jack to bottom.
Screen is increased to 4 inches.
The Resolution of the Screen is changed.
Aspect Ratio is changed.
Mic is ported between Camera and Flash.

Yeah I agree with you mate, it's definitely not a redesign
 
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