'iPhone 5' Headphone Jack and Earpiece Component Surfaces

[firemedicmark]

I'm glad to see some changes.

 

[utsava]

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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.

I think you're on to something here. Best post of the thread. Looks like this indicates a slightly wider iPhone, which indirectly alludes to a bigger screen.

 

[thobie]

I made measurements from the photo (knowing the size of the small RF-connector and the headphone connector) and calculated the minium width of phone to about 70mm.

Guess how width are HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3?

The answer is 69,9mm and 70,6mm.

The new "Dock"-connector will be about 10mm width, so about half of the current.

 

[Geckotek]

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.

You're assuming that the release date is/was based on design and/or manufacturing delays. It could be a strategic business decision.

 

[doctor-don]

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...

This is a forum on Mac / Apple products, not comedy central. Comments intended to be humor do not add anything to the discussion except to have one's name in the public (limited as it is). To each his own.

 

[Giuly]

I think you're on to something here. Best post of the thread. Looks like this indicates a slightly wider iPhone, which indirectly alludes to a bigger screen.

Makes sense, but what's that thing in the middle? It's not a dock connector then, as it would break any dock. It doesn't really looks like an earpiece either:

It's too small for a iPhone 3G top-loading SIM either, unless it's Nano-SIM.

 

[mrgraff]

This is a forum on Mac / Apple products, not comedy central. Comments intended to be humor do not add anything to the discussion except to have one's name in the public (limited as it is). To each his own.

You managed to miss my point and prove it at the same time.

 

[thobie]

Makes sense, but what's that thing in the middle? It's not a dock connector then, as it would break any dock. It doesn't really looks like an earpiece either:
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It's too small for a iPhone 3G top-loading SIM either, unless it's Nano-SIM.

It's a 1cm wide connector mainly for power. There's no need for dock-connector anymore because of the updates over air, airplay and icloud sync.

 

[Sackvillenb]

Oh my, a real, concrete part! Excellent...

 

[Repairwiz3773]

Charger port??? New iPod touch -

That looks alot like a new smaller charger port on the bottom. Judging by the headphone jack location and the mic , it's most likely a part from the new iPod touch .

 

[Lareson]

If you think about it, why would they move the headphone jack to the bottom of the phone? I believe that is an earpiece, just because of the shape of it and it's a part for the next iPhone. As far as I know, the iPod Touches don't use removable parts, because it's really meant as a "disposable device" and not suppose to be fixed if something goes wrong with it internally. Also this image has it viewed from the back, so if you were to flip this around, you'd see the actual speaker.

I still have doubts about Apple moving to a smaller dock connector. It'd make every single 30-pin adapter/cable/device completely useless unless they make some kind of adapter using the snap-in dock piece. And Wi-Fi/iCloud only synching would be a joke. I had to turn it off on mine cause it kept screwing up my iTunes whenever I plugged in my phone to charge it. Too much of a hassle and way too slow vs standard USB 2.0 speeds. I'd like to see Thunderbolt or USB 3.0 though. First phone to use those technologies.

 

[Geckotek]

Makes sense, but what's that thing in the middle? It's not a dock connector then, as it would break any dock.

Wait, why is it not a dock connector? Looks a lot like the current dock connector, only narrower.

 

[BulletToothTony]

You're assuming that the release date is/was based on design and/or manufacturing delays. It could be a strategic business decision.

You're very right my friend, it could easily be a strategy for people to spend $450-$650 on their next iPhone upgrade instead of $200 since the upgrade would be so close together, either way I will be upgrading and waiting until then.

 

[Geckotek]

You're very right my friend, it could easily be a strategy for people to spend $450-$650 on their next iPhone upgrade instead of $200 since the upgrade would be so close together, either way I will be upgrading and waiting until then.

No, their goal obviously wouldn't be to press the customer to pay more for the upgrade (this wouldn't benefit them as the wholesale prices don't change just because the user isn't eligible for an upgrade). The reason would be more along the lines of shifting product releases to streamline manufacturing or perhaps to generate more excitement shortly before the holidays. Things like that.

It's amazing how little consideration people in these forums give to the possible factors that companies consider when making these decisions.