The closer it gets to this concept, the happier I will be
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iPhone 5 Hard Shell Cases Begin to Appear for Sale
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Especially with as many rumors saying that the next iPhone will look much like the current iPhone 4, could all of this case hype not just be for the next gen iPod touch?
Especially with as many rumors saying that the next iPhone will look much like the current iPhone 4, could all of this case hype not just be for the next gen iPod touch?
In the past year I have lived in both rural Australia (on the notoriously bad Optus network), and in the Melbourne (inner city) area. I worked at an Optus reseller for a period of months; there was no disproportionate number of people returning iPhone 4s. Sure we had returns, but it wasn't higher than any other handset, just people genuinely not getting service at their home/work/etc.
I'm inclined to think that it's a combination of AT&Ts reportedly abysmal network, and the fact that people can associate a physical action with the number of 'bars' their phone displays. With both the original and 3G iPhones, in low enough signal, you can force a call to drop by cupping the base of the phone with your hand. The reverse can be achieved by holding the handset upside down, giving the antenna getting a clearer line of sight.
By the same token, I've had people tell me how much better calls sound after having the iPhone 'repaired'. More often than not, it was easier for the store just to hold onto the iPhone for a few days, return it, and let the customers mind fill in the blanks.
My experience is the total opposite. EVERY person I know with the iPhone 4 has had problems with reception. That's the reason I didn't bother upgrading, well that and the lack of 64gb. Still using my 3GS. Clearly Apple know there is an issue or they wouldn't given away free bumpers and had the press conference where they showed other phones being throttled and suffering the 'same' problem. I love Apples stuff but I am not blind to the fact that there is an issue with the antenna on the iPhone 4. It obvious that if you use it in an area with strong signal you will probably be ok but once that signal gets a bit weaker, one little finger on that gap on the bottom left and the reception is lost. I've tried it on every iPhone 4 I've had a go on and it happens every time.
I will raise my hand as a counter-example to your statement. If I hold my iPhone 4 where it covers the bottom corner, I can watch my bars go from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 and then "No Signal" almost as fast as you can read that. I don't WANT to use a case, but it's either that or not be able to use the phone, you know, as a phone.
So, I guess you now know one person with the issue.
Keep wondering the same thing. No one ever seems to have a good answer for it though.
Where there's smoke there's fire.. rumors are picking up!! Me likey
I'm a big fan of the iphone camera and all the cool photography apps, a 8mp camera is perfect, I will be buying for sure if that's the case
I'm a big fan of the iphone camera and all the cool photography apps, a 8mp camera is perfect, I will be buying for sure if that's the case
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Maybe they keep the glass back but it curves (tapers) on the edge. There were reports of curved glass cutting machines.
Maybe they keep the glass back but it curves (tapers) on the edge. There were reports of curved glass cutting machines.
I will raise my hand as a counter-example to your statement. If I hold my iPhone 4 where it covers the bottom corner, I can watch my bars go from 5 to 4 to 3 to 2 to 1 and then "No Signal" almost as fast as you can read that. I don't WANT to use a case, but it's either that or not be able to use the phone, you know, as a phone.
So, I guess you now know one person with the issue.
thank you I have the same problem on both of my iPhone 4's. i guess some people are either in denial or we must be holding it wrong LOL
No way
I think these cases are just not right. Here's my reason, as simple it seems.
There is no way apple goes back to the 3G/3GS style volume button configuration. the volume button on my 3G fell off!!! not a good design, I think apple is leaking these cases in china to throw people off. I believe the rumors that the phone will look more like the iphone4...
I think these cases are just not right. Here's my reason, as simple it seems.
There is no way apple goes back to the 3G/3GS style volume button configuration. the volume button on my 3G fell off!!! not a good design, I think apple is leaking these cases in china to throw people off. I believe the rumors that the phone will look more like the iphone4...
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I still reckon it's iPod Touch...
I still reckon it's iPod Touch...
Well if you turn out to be wrong, you're also wasting your time, wasting the use of your fancy equipment, wasting man-hours, transportation/shipping if you're sending these out to stores...
As much as I'd love to see the edge-to-edge screen, I just can't see it happening. The iMac has a huge border, the MacBooks have huge borders, and the iPad has a huge border. Other companies have made slim border displays for some time. And if ANY company was going to do it, you'd think it would be Apple. But we have yet to see a slim border display of any kind from Apple. (The 12" PowerBook G4 was pretty darned good, I was hoping to see a MacBook Air with a slimmer border so that what is now the 11" MBA could be a 12" MBA instead.)
Agree...
Why do a "different" case then the one they sell for iPhone 4 then?Actually, they should just print a different batch of boxes and label them "iPhone 5" instead...
Exactly! Someone else finally thought of what I've been thinking. I don't know why everyone is assuming that just because it's a new design it has to be metal. I assumed it would NOT be metal because we know it causes problems with the signal. The iPod Touch gets away with it because they moved the wifi antenna close to the glass (from what I understand) and you don't hold that to your face like you do an iPhone, so they can't use that in this case. But glass is pretty much transparent to radio signals, as is plastic, so I'm guessing it's glass again, but another version of gorilla glass, or the much-loathed plastic of the 3G/S design.
But, as others have been pointing out, there's absolutely no reason this can't be the new iPod Touch. Just because it takes a new design form doesn't mean it can't be a Touch (headphone jack on top, dual speakers, flash, mute switch, etc. What about those would preclude Apple from putting them into a Touch?)
AT&T is a large market.
Difference from the 3GS/Original and the iPhone 4 is the difference between "cupping" and "holding".
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You do understand that your limited circle of friends' experience does not define the user experience as a whole, right?
There were enough users contacting Apple about their problems that Jobs cut-short his vacation and called the press conference to personally placate those having issues by giving away free 'bumpers'.
Apple also had been noted to slightly modify the initial antenna design to reduce the problem.
No company takes those types of steps if there wasn't a problem at all.
(Especially not a company, such as Apple, that is so concerned about a perceived image of perfection in it's products.)
Let's also not forget the $100K+ it takes to make the tooling to form these. And since every tier of the distribution channel takes a larger and larger slice of the selling price, the manufacturer needs to sell a bunch of them just to break even. This is a huge gamble
Stop Whining
I can't believe it. Not sure why you guys won't admit it. Locked into contracts you don't want to buy out? No cash?
The iPhone 4 is the best phone on the planet by far. Dropped calls are rare. It works in most countries. It does not have to be tied to the isolated CDMA system. It's reliable. The OS is the best.
Buy an iPhone 4 and enjoy your phone! Or buy a 5, because I'm sure they will be better.
I can't believe it. Not sure why you guys won't admit it. Locked into contracts you don't want to buy out? No cash?
The iPhone 4 is the best phone on the planet by far. Dropped calls are rare. It works in most countries. It does not have to be tied to the isolated CDMA system. It's reliable. The OS is the best.
Buy an iPhone 4 and enjoy your phone! Or buy a 5, because I'm sure they will be better.
So this thing tapers slightly from top to bottom? If so then let me say it again: it'll be a pain to use in landscape mode. Or am I seeing it wrong?