'iPhone 5' Headphone Jack and Earpiece Component Surfaces

[fertilized-egg]

Every iPhone came with final version of new iOS release. (beta of iOS6 = June, final version of iOS6 = october = 6th iPhone )

My predictions:

- same structure, thinner, little bit wider
- metal back
- 4", same 3:2 form factor, 1024x768 (>300ppi)

I agree that it looks like an October release and a metal back would be nice. However a 4" 1024x768 (1.333 ratio) display will look ridiculously square on a phone.

The display will look just like the Pantech Pocket here with a 4" 800x600 screen, same ratio:

Also here's the LG Optimus Vu with a 5" 1024x768 screen:

I personally kinda like the square-ish ratio since I think it's more practical for my preference but probably won't work too well for most of the market.

 

[SpectatorHere]

It's interesting to see a piece of news claiming that the design has not been finalized, and then another piece of news claiming to be showing parts for the new design. Isn't it more likely that the design would have been at least mostly finished before it began to be produced?

I have the feeling the removal of numbers (new iPad instead of iPad 3) is a way for Apple to hide smaller updates. I think an iPad 2S would have sold less than an iPad 3, for example; and so an iPhone 4GS would have likely sold less than the same device called iPhone 5. However, if Apple released an iPhone 5 with only a few small changes from the iPhone 4S, some users would likely complain.

Calling the incoming device just the "new iPhone" would, then, be a way to make basically a slightly updated iPhone 4S without having to call it something like iPhone 4GS.

I hope I'm wrong; I really hope Apple goes back to something more similar to the design of the iPhone 3GS. The "glass brick" design of the newer iPhones is extremely anti-ergonomic.

I don't see a small redesign. The screen is going to have to be considerably enlarged and it will have to have an LTE modem. Considering all that, I think a major chassis re-design is almost preordained.

As you say, the "glass brick" has to go. Not only uncomfortable, but so unfair to parents with its exposed glass edges making it so breakable.

Even if they keep the glass brick, I hope they sink the glass so edges aren't exposed. I forget if it was here or somewhere else, but the glass design isn't much less durable than other phones if you put a bumper around the edges. The whole cracking issue seems to be those exposed edges.

 

[pmz]

Considering AT&T seems to have changed their policy of a 12 month upgrade eligibility for customers with bills over $99, and moved it back to about 18.5 months.....I don't think the net iPhone can possibly do as well at launch.

Seriously....does ANY 4S owner have upgrade eligibility as early as October 2012? Not that I'm aware of.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Apple is not like other OEMs and announces specs pre-release. Also, there's significantly less glitz and glam surrounding MBPs and MBAs than iPhones and iPads - people don't care as much. Apple doesn't even own 10% of the computer market.

Actually... you might want to read the latest marketshare report. Apple last Q did have 10.6% of desktop/laptop market. It was also one of the few makers not to see a sales decline from the same quarter previous year.

Also none of the parts are being leaked by Apple. I think the poster was getting at the fact that parts for the next iPhone are dripping out, but nothing from potential updates to Macs. Also raw parts in general are not glamours to the general public. The only people that care, some more than others, are us geeks. And at a site called "Mac Rumors," bet we are interested in what's next for the Mac.

Considering AT&T seems to have changed their policy of a 12 month upgrade eligibility for customers with bills over $99, and moved it back to about 18.5 months.....I don't think the net iPhone can possibly do as well at launch.

Seriously....does ANY 4S owner have upgrade eligibility as early as October 2012? Not that I'm aware of.

Except there are tens of millions of us iPhone 4 users who are now, or will be soon, upgrade eligible.

 

[codo]

Except there are tens of millions of us iPhone 4 users who are now, or will be soon, upgrade eligible.

Very true!

The rumour mill is starting wind up like clockwork, so I'd say the autumn looks good for a new release.

 

[SpectatorHere]

Actually... you might want to read the latest marketshare report. Apple last Q did have 10.6% of desktop/laptop market. It was also one of the few makers not to see a sales decline from the same quarter previous year.

Also none of the parts are being leaked by Apple. I think the poster was getting at the fact that parts for the next iPhone are dripping out, but nothing from potential updates to Macs. Also raw parts in general are not glamours to the general public. The only people that care, some more than others, are us geeks. And at a site called "Mac Rumors," bet we are interested in what's next for the Mac.




Except there are tens of millions of us iPhone 4 users who are now, or will be soon, upgrade eligible.

Yep, I have a 4 and intended to go to the 5/4s, but decided not to after it turned out to have--what to me seemed like--only minor revisions.

I wouldn't mind something like this...

 

[Jibbajabba]

Considering AT&T seems to have changed their policy of a 12 month upgrade eligibility for customers with bills over $99, and moved it back to about 18.5 months.....I don't think the net iPhone can possibly do as well at launch.

Seriously....does ANY 4S owner have upgrade eligibility as early as October 2012? Not that I'm aware of.

Not every user gets the phone on contract (I don't), then there people unlocking their phone and selling it off pre-contract-expiry and then the dark horse, which a lot of people seem to forget: NEW USER / CUSTOMER. I know, hard to believe, but they are out there, right under your nose

Bottom line, Apple doesn't need the 'my contract doesn't expire yet' customer.

 

[laxman101]

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Instead of a headphone jack, it could be a speaker, but it wouldn't make sense to put that next to the microphone.

Looks more like a sim card slot to me. notice how long it is.

Every iPhone came with final version of new iOS release. (beta of iOS6 = June, final version of iOS6 = october = 6th iPhone )

My predictions:

- same structure, thinner, little bit wider
- metal back
- 4", same 3:2 form factor, 1024x768 (>300ppi)
- A5 X chip@32nm (ipad is 45nm)
- LTE (28nm Qualcomm chip)
- NFC (service iPay/iWallet)
- FaceTime HD
- 1GB RAM
- iOS 6

Why A5 X? The quad core graphics would be nice, but it also needs a processor bump as well. It is driving a smaller screen, so yes better graphics are nice, but quad core seems like over kill.

 

[1239689]

Fake

Why is the sticker exactly square to the photo? Put a grid over it and all four sides are perfectly alighned to the photo. And clearly it's been in a photo editor because of the weird dodgy reflection and watermark.

Betting it's a BS composit photo.

 

[tigress666]

I bought an iPhone 4S on day of launch, due to my dying iPhone 3G. Got to say, it's a giant leap, but i was disappointed as I should have just bought the 4.
However, the next iPhone looks like a major update, so i'll definitely be buying it.

I dunno, my 4 is starting to get pretty laggy... I'd be pissed at this point if my contract was up when the 4s came out and I went with just a 4 (I bought the 4 when it came out and I wait til my contract is up. Which it was in february but at this point I'll wait and get the brand new phone rather than one that's been out a few months. It's not like I have a lot of money to upgrade anyways so I should make my phone last as long as I can before I upgrade anyways). I think it's going to have a similar lifespan to the 3G (which was far shorter than the 3GS and also was starting to feel laggy at about this time before the 3GS came out). And seeing as how the 4S got a much better increase in processor I am betting it has more a lifespan of the 3GS (in terms of how well it runs new OS's and software).

 

[Lareson]

This is a rough comparison I did of the new iPhone part lined up with my iPhone 4. Used the headphone jack as a reference point since there can't be too much deviation in size between the two.

As you can see, everything shifted a bit and using the center of the earpiece as the new center of the phone (why would it be off center?) you can see that the center has been shifted. Also would like to point out, even though the noise cancelling mic looks smaller on the iPhone 4, it actually is a similar size to the new part, except it's rotated 90 degrees.

Now this is just a rough composition, but this somewhat leads me to believe that the new iPhone is slightly bigger, even if I'm off a bit.

 

[gwelmarten]

I wonder how long it will be until an actual display is leaked...

 

[skellener]

Remember when Apple made a proprietary headphone jack on the first iPhone that wouldn't work with any standard headphone without an adapter?

 

[Anti-Lucifer]

Someone needs to pay me for being so right:

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=14804486#post14804486

This is how it works:

6 months till release and it's as follows:

Month 1) Release sim tray "leaked design"
Month 2) Show a glimpse of the internal screen/camera/light sensor cable
Month 3) Leak some funky .plist code to reference a new CPU and also a new plastic molded phone case from china
Month 4) Report that some crap site like BGR says liquid metal will be the casing
Month 5) Show off some blurry image resembling the iPhone 4S but thinner design with blacked out screen that doesn't show resolution nor screen size so people can speculate yet again that it's larger than 3.5"...the source comes from a vietnamese forum.
Month 6) Show an empty shell without a circuit board but should drive people mad because it looks like an iPhone 4/4S but thinner and the screen is THE SAME SIZE.

Month 7) Profit (apple that is) because final design is unveiled and sold out hot cakes.

 

[PretentiousPug]

Interesting! I can't wait! Although I just bought a 4S a couple months ago so I hope they don't launch it in October! lol

I gave you an upvote, though I am afraid it will be of little help. People on this site are kind of asses sometimes.

 

[skellener]

Not buying an iPhone again until we have LTE. Hopefully by October.

 

[_Refurbished_]

I don't know why people are voting these down--funniest comments I've seen on MR in a while. You down-voters need to get a sense of humor. Sheesh.

I lol'd when I saw "flop badly". Agree.

 

[Z400Racer37]

Question... I don't know a whole lot about electronics, so I might not have any idea at I'm looking at, but it seems to me like the bottom of the middle piece in the picture has a wide rectangular shape? Similar (if not identical) to the current 30 pin connector? Just wondering...

 

[pmz]

Not every user gets the phone on contract (I don't), then there people unlocking their phone and selling it off pre-contract-expiry and then the dark horse, which a lot of people seem to forget: NEW USER / CUSTOMER. I know, hard to believe, but they are out there, right under your nose

Bottom line, Apple doesn't need the 'my contract doesn't expire yet' customer.

Saw your user name in my quote notifications, and immediately figured there wasn't a likelihood of your response being anything rational, sensible, or in any way correct. Seems you can tell a book by its cover....

My guess is that you're not very much aware of how significantly the "year after year" upgraders play a part in the launch day/weekend numbers?

The numbers frequently show that new customers make up half or less than half of new iPhone launches. The rest belongs to UPGRADES. Go deeper, and you'll find the largest single demographic are 12 month upgrades...meaning people who bought the last iPhone on launch, and are doing so again, and again, etc.

AT&T has allowed iPhone customers to upgrade every 12 months, assuming a monthly bill over $99. Many people are noticing, since the 4S upgrade, that this benefit is going away (presumably). If so, Apples sixth generation iPhone launch will be the FIRST launch not to exceed the previous launch day numbers. It's a guarantee. And Apple would be furious if that was allowed to happen.

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Except there are tens of millions of us iPhone 4 users who are now, or will be soon, upgrade eligible.

That would be a wonderful point if the numbers had ever once shown before that two year old iPhone owners make up a more significant chunk of launch day than 1 year old iPhone owners. It never has.

 

[GREEN4U]

I can't believe you guys are missing this!:

The new "mini dock connector" is not mini at all. It is the same size! The iphone is just FIVE INCHES wide now!!

 

[liamoblomy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ple-boss-left-plans-4-years-new-products.html

you obviously don't read...

The phone coming out was already planned by him...
The one coming out next year was too, and the year after...

If he did read, I'm sure he wouldn't read the Daily Mail of all news papers.

 

[mrgraff]

Ppl are far too serious on here!

Yep. Senses of humor are few and far between around here. If a post seems to make no sense to you, stop for a second and try to see if there's an attempt at humor before responding with a literal interpretation (or at lead look at their posting history to get a feel for their opinions). I think that erring on the side of "possible joke?" is a good idea in any public forum.

Carry on...

 

[yeah]

I'm buying as-long-as it's on T-Mobile (possibly not).

 

[URFloorMatt]

I think that given the "small" changes the iPhone 4 and 4S had it shouldn't take a whole extra year to create and produce a new one, I'm very optimistic and pretty sure the new iPhone will be released by the end of June.

Yeah, despite a history of releasing an iOS beta months in advance of the new iPhone, Apple is going to launch a new iPhone in a few weeks? Not a chance. iOS 6 preview/beta in June. New iPhone in September. This is the new normal.

 

[jarroyo1031]

Looks silly. If the iPhone 5 looks anything like that it's going to flop badly.

Love the sarcasm!