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iPhone 5 Rumors Spawn Mockups

topmounter said:
I don't know who is responsible for those mock-ups, but that's some of the worst Apple Fan-art I've seen in a long time.
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Dude, I couldn't agree more! These are beyond ugly! There's a reason why some of us don't work at apple and this is an example why!:apple:
 
Blech!

macrumors is off my daily rotation until those f-ulgy "mock ups" have been relegated to page 2
 
Horrible. Random hacks.

Page 2 stuff.

IT doesn't help that a picture of a touchscreen phone looks pretty much like every other touchscreen phone.
 
I'd like to see the elimination of the home button. The Apple mouse long ago eliminated the button, instead opting to go with the entire surface being the button. In the alternative, they could obviously use some sort of multi-touch gesture, but for my money, I like the idea of being able to squeeze the phone from front to back and or side to side/top to bottom.
 
My mockup is far more realistic and plausible.

iPhone_nano.png


iPhone 5 will be a revamped iPhone 4 with "better everything". And we'll see the introduction of a new mobile phone product from Apple, with a 3" display, called iPhone nano.
 
Whatever they do, they'd better really step it up with iPhone 5. If it's just a spec bump then I'm jumping ship for android. Frankly, I'm bored of the same old iPhone OS after 3 years. They need some kind of redesign, new notifications, widgets, and other UI enhancements to really compete with the blossoming of Android. Can't believe I'm saying this!! I've been a longtime iPhone lover and Android hater but I gotta say.. They have some very HOT phones coming out within the next couple months an are completely customizable without jailbreaking. Win me back Apple!!
 
I like the idea of a 4" screen. A lot.

But I don't think that Apple would accept the compromises that they would have to make to keep the phone the same size: they would still have to redesign everything to make the phone work at that size, so there would be no cost savings. Apple certainly doesn't care about case compatibility.

So if a combination of moving reducing the size of the bezel and making the phone 1/4 inch wider was the best way to accomplish what they want to do, I think they'd do it without a second thought. (And if by increasing the phone 1/3 inch in width they could make it thinner, they'd probably do that, too...)
 
iMattcotv said:
I was checking out these comments, and I couldnt resist getting up and messing about in Photoshop myself (even though.. its 4:34AM lol)

Here is my version (a home buttonless, 4.3" screen powerhouse)

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PS: I didnt bother making the volume and mute buttons, I need sleep xD
PPS: [Download the PSD] - If you want to mess about on your own :D
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I love this. However, it would never be this wide. The future is in 16:9 in my opinion and, of course, the camera will be hidden behind the screen. ;)
 
mjay2k said:
Seeing how everyone is so critical around here, lol, I decided to spend a few more minutes in photoshop making the 4" iPhone a little nicer looking and.. well.. I went Aluminum on it...

i5.jpg


I think the side view still needs work...

I know this doesn't prove anything, but that is a 4 inch screen on there in a device smaller than the current iPhone! :) I believe it's possible. :D
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Your rendering is great, but, I'm sorry, that's hideous. Reminds me of something from the early-mid 2000s. I think Apple is steering away from that amount of aluminum, or even that amount of "silver" all together. The present black with glass covering is much more elegant. There is no visual balance to that black home button either (which won't have to be worried about anyway because there won't be a home button soon enough).
 
camsoft said:
I personally think that it would be too fragile to have an edge to edge screen
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I should have multi-quoted, but saw this at the last minute and couldn't let it go-

Seriously?
Here's an earlier post of mine
"And just how would it be any more fragile than an iPod touch? It already has edge-to-edge glass. This just eliminates unnecessary bezel. Not a huge change, or any at all really, in the construction or durability of the iPhone. It's not like it's adding thinner, glass or any more glass at all for that matter."

It.would.not.be.any.more.fragile.

Thank you.
 
weez999 said:
Dude, I couldn't agree more! These are beyond ugly! There's a reason why some of us don't work at apple and this is an example why!:apple:
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It's pretty unanimous, everyone hates the mock ups. Again, I'd like to reiterate that i was merely attempting to show what an edge to edge screen could bring, a smaller 3.5 inch iphone, and a 4inch screen iphone with the same form factor... Those weren't meant to be actual potential apple products, just proof that the screen could fit.

I wish MacRumors editors would update the front page post with these because these are actual visions of what the new phones could look like and they aren't bad, no?



nicholasfukuoka's true edge to edge mock up, including what an update notificans system could look like:
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iMattcotv's no home button and much smaller more tablet like mock up:
myconceptiphonefull.png


My vision of a alluminum 4inch screen iPhone:
i5.jpg
 
An edge-to-edge school is not possible due to the optical bonding process. The bezel is required in order to get a solid seal. Unless they figure out some way to make it work. In my honest opinion, the edge-to-edge looks hideous.
 
ajsnow6234 said:
There won't be an edge to edge screen. There's always has to be some form of a border...that's my opinion anyway.
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True. An edge to edge screen would seriously hamper the ability for cases to work adequately. There's very little gain for an edge to edge screen, never mind the fact that a bump on the very edge could cause pixels to go bad, I would think. So, this just doesn't seem practical, at all.
 
brammp said:
True. An edge to edge screen would seriously hamper the ability for cases to work adequately.
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No, not true. (Does anyone read prior posts before posting?) As I've stated before, cases are not a problem. I use a Power Support Air Jacket and it does not overlap the top glass.... and yes, it is extremely snug. It is absolutely possible and cases would not interfere in any way with an edge-to-edge display. Unless, of course, you opt for a hideous Otterbox. Plus, even if it were true (which it isn't) let me know when exactly Apple gave two craps about how cases would fare with their products?

As an aside- how exactly would pixels suffer any worse when bumped than they do now? You do know that part of the LCD in iPhones already extends under the bezel to the edges as it is, right?
 
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brammp said:
True. An edge to edge screen would seriously hamper the ability for cases to work adequately. There's very little gain for an edge to edge screen, never mind the fact that a bump on the very edge could cause pixels to go bad, I would think. So, this just doesn't seem practical, at all.
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Well it's the rumor we have... if anyone could do it, it's apple! I don't believe it will be truley fully on the edge, not yet at least, but the design could make it look like it's on the edge, at least when the phone is turned off... maybe like the iMac? There is a bezel on the iMac but when the screen is dark it seems like its just one big seamless thing..

Kinda like this:
i5off.jpg
 
aplqna said:
No, not true. (Does anyone read prior posts before posting?) As I've stated before, cases are not a problem. I use a Power Support Air Jacket and it does not overlap the top glass.... and yes, it is extremely snug. It is absolutely possible and cases would not interfere in any way with an edge-to-edge display. Unless, of course, you opt for a hideous Otterbox. Plus, even if it were true (which it isn't) let me know when exactly Apple gave two craps about how cases would fare with their products?
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Licensing revenue? Don't knock the Otterbox products - they do protect well from falls onto hard surfaces.

aplqna said:
As an aside- how exactly would pixels suffer any worse when bumped than they do now? You do know that part of the LCD in iPhones already extends under the bezel to the edges as it is, right?
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I don't care about the LCD itself. I care about visible pixels.

Plus an edge to edge screen becomes harder to use with cases that raise above the glass surface (like an Otterbox among others) as it would cause issues trying to move the cursor to the outermost edge with your finger. I have that problem now with a case and the current bezel.
 
TheReadyPrompt said:
Every time there's a new product announced, these flights of fancy materialize and are always completely off the mark. I understand that some dreamers want to see their expectations come to fruition. But why are these ridiculous mock-ups considered newsworthy on Macrumors.com? Please...
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Dunno. I guess given the name of the site. News and rumors you care about? Apple probably has some real mockups that are really ugly than all get out.

No one presented these mockups as the real. It was an exercise in possibility. If we go back to last year, a good deal of people bashed the lost test model as being hideous and un-Apple. Then came WWDC and the lost phone turned out to be the iPhone 4. I tip my hat to the people who put up a mockup. You folks are lot better at at design then I am. Thank you for contributing.
 
brammp said:
Licensing revenue? Don't knock the Otterbox products - they do protect well from falls onto hard surfaces.
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Um, no- but I would expect those who purchase Apple products to at least be halfway design-savvy and anyone who buys one of those tanks is anything but.

You honestly see this as attractive? http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/otterbox-defender.jpg


brammp said:
I don't care about the LCD itself. I care about visible pixels.
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What are you talking about? It is all one unit. Any way you look at it, the screen (you know, the part with the pixels that is under the glass) would be no less exposed than it is now. It will still be under the same amount of glass. There will be no increased threat to developing dead pixels.

brammp said:
Plus an edge to edge screen becomes harder to use with cases that raise above the glass surface (like an Otterbox among others) as it would cause issues trying to move the cursor to the outermost edge with your finger. I have that problem now with a case and the current bezel.
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There are plenty of cases that don't pose that problem. Also, why in the world would Apple design its products based on case-compatibility? As I mentioned before, they never have, so it's not going to start now. Case manufacturers are driven by the almighty dollar, so I'm sure they will find plenty of ways to make it work.

Jeeze, this is such a non-issue.
 
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Kinda like this:
i5off.jpg
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Looks like an Sony Ericsson U10i (Aino)
 
mjay2k said:
It's pretty unanimous, everyone hates the mock ups. Again, I'd like to reiterate that i was merely attempting to show what an edge to edge screen could bring, a smaller 3.5 inch iphone, and a 4inch screen iphone with the same form factor... Those weren't meant to be actual potential apple products, just proof that the screen could fit.

I wish MacRumors editors would update the front page post with these because these are actual visions of what the new phones could look like and they aren't bad, no?



nicholasfukuoka's true edge to edge mock up, including what an update notificans system could look like:
attachment.php


iMattcotv's no home button and much smaller more tablet like mock up:
myconceptiphonefull.png


My vision of a alluminum 4inch screen iPhone:
i5.jpg
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Tough crowd to please. Thanks for your ideas.
 
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