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iPhone 5 Screen Protectors Show Elongated Home Button Area
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I don't believe this. It's been 1.3 years since the last iPhone, CPU/battery/camera/antenna are not enough of an upgrade for this refresh.
If that's all Apple does, they are putting out a phone that already isn't the best phone on the market (Galaxy II will be better), and they are going to have this phone be out for another year? Almost no chance in my mind.
They need to put something out after 1.3 years that is the clear cut best phone on the market (until the Nexus Prime comes out which will be better than the iPhone 5 from a specs standpoint).
They can't put something out that is a minor refresh at this point, and I think they know that.
Small gestures most likely. Swipe left/right to change apps is one idea.I'm still confused as to why the home button would be elongated.
I don't think we're going to see an elongated home button. It wouldn't accomplish anything.
Some have suggested that there will be more buttons in that space. Maybe, but historically, Apple has tried to keep the front-face as minimal as possible. I'm actually surprised the home button is on the front at all, since all other physical buttons/switches are on the side.
Personally, I think something new, other than buttons, is going to be appearing alongside the home button. Something that wouldn't work right if covered.
My guess is that the microphones are moving. I think there will be two mics - one on either side of the home button. They will work to assist in noise canceling during phone calls and will provide some degree of stereo separation when recording video.
This is, of course, purely speculation, but it makes the most sense to me.
Some have suggested that there will be more buttons in that space. Maybe, but historically, Apple has tried to keep the front-face as minimal as possible. I'm actually surprised the home button is on the front at all, since all other physical buttons/switches are on the side.
Personally, I think something new, other than buttons, is going to be appearing alongside the home button. Something that wouldn't work right if covered.
My guess is that the microphones are moving. I think there will be two mics - one on either side of the home button. They will work to assist in noise canceling during phone calls and will provide some degree of stereo separation when recording video.
This is, of course, purely speculation, but it makes the most sense to me.
This would not work with a white iPhone 4, ever since they moved the proximity sensor it is different than the black. I don't think Apple can go back to the same layout. Either way, I like the new home button if this is real.
Good point. The 4 finger swipe as used on the iPad would be tricky on an iPhone.
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It could accomplish fast app switching by facilitating a swipe gesture on the home button. As stated above, doing the 4 finger swipe gesture as on the iPad would be somewhat clumsy on an iPhone.
the longer button won't accomplish anything? Don't sell Apple short on innovation.
That button is large for a reason, watch and and see.
You are absolutely correct!! All this silliness WILL create disappointment.
I can hear it now, I'll buy a Droid because Apple didn't make the Phone MacRumors said they were making..
Oh, wait, that has been already said...
Exactly what I was talking about. Case designers get technical info before anyone else does. They don't know specs/features but they get dimensional data to create cases.
The iPhone 5 design data leaked out and shows the form factor just like the iPad 2 cases did as did the nano etc...
Apple is not dumb. They watch the market an they know the screen sizes of the competition are growing. They have to go that way as well otherwise they lose interest of the masses and they cannot afford this. Of course an A5 chip, more RAM etc... helps as well but the focus these days seems to be on 4+" screens. Based on the leaked cases we've seen as well as this new protector we're looking at at least a 4" screen on the IP5.
Also, we should mention that it appears the external antenna has been axed in this model. That was neat idea for Apple but they got a lot of flak for that (merited or not). Remember, they took a bath on the free cases and bumpers to shut people up about it. I don't think they are going to repeat that mistake. Apple is a company that learns from it's mistakes but they generally don't go around admitting it (Steve used to make fun of some things at times i.e.: Mobile me, but that's as far as they will go on that topic).
Same goes for the use of glass on the back. Looks nice but terribly brittle and damage prone (I know, mine just broke yesterday). I can imagine that their warranty claims on that one alone cost them plenty.
Those 2 design factors from the IP4, as good as that phone is and has sold extremely well, were a poor design decision. Here is an article I recall from one of the manufacturers saying that Apple didn't make the IP4 easily manufacturable as it was prototyped on low-volume CNC milling machines which they had to buy thousands of (at at cost of $20K each) just to make the damn thing.
https://www.macrumors.com/2010/09/10/profile-of-foxconns-founder-addresses-relationship-with-apple/
The IP4 has been a huge success but not without a price and some issues.
The IP5 should be a *very* nice phone based on Apple improving just about everything of the IP4. No wonder they are keeping a tight lid on it
(Don't cannibalize sales of the best selling phone of all time)I'm eyeing a Galaxy 2S but I'm going to wait and see what Apple releases before I decide anything. Android is interesting but lacks the spit and polish of iOS but at least I can root those without a lot of issues. I love my iPhone and need to jailbreak it but I hate that Apple locks us down so much.
I think youre wrong.
I have a friend at sprint who says theres a 4S and a 5 coming out. Youre friend is missing the bigger picture. There will be two phones at release.
Everyone is going crazy over all the cases that have been coming out, and now everyone is going crazy over a screen protector when they are all based on one rumor from months ago which doesn't seem credible at all... The "leaked design documents" are nothing like what Apple would ever release to case manufacturers and is clearly a fake, yet everyone still believes it. The design documents look identical to the iphone 5 mockup by the guy who started the teardrop shape rumors in the first place, and even he admits that they are just a mockup loosely based on what he has heard... I don't care how many screen protectors, cases or "leaked photos" come out based on this one "leaked design document," but I'm not believing it for a second.
The reason for the contradictions is that there are two phones. It all makes sense.
All of the rumors based on actual pictures have been consistent. It's peoples sources via words that have been inconsistent. As arn pointed out, all of the hard visual evidence can be traced to the leaked design document.
Sorry but I think you will be disappointed for not believing them when it proves to be correct. Sometime rumours are real and history shows that cases reveal what things will look like even though Apple keeps quiet.
The bottom of that article basically just poses some question to the audience that it's also likely that the screen protector can be used for the iPod touch fifth gen, and that everyone will find out at Apple's conference. No information there.
We've always known there are 2 phones. There's 2 phones each year since the 3GS. No, the contradictions are about the iPhone 5 being a redesign or just being an iPhone 4 looking phone with under the hood updates.
IE : Are we getting the 3GS update, where major under the hood work is done but the design stays the same, or are we getting an iPhone 4 update, where both the design and internals are changed.
That's the contradiction of all these rumors. Also, "when" are we getting it. Every date/week/possibility has been named and "confirmed". Everyone is just guessing at this point.
You have a friend at Sprint? No way!
Joking aside, I hope that there will be a "5" and a "4S". But if this is for an iPhone 5, then Apple are doing a good job of keeping such a phone secret. I mean, they haven't even lost one in a bar yet...
All evidence apart from a drawing and then speculative case and cover designs based upon that drawing, is pointing towards the next iPhone (4S, 5, whatever you want to call it) not looking that different from the iPhone 4.
That could be the case but that screen protector is the same size of the screen in the IP5 cases that have been on the market for a few weeks now. We haven't seen a case for sale for a new iPod touch yet...
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The definitive rumor....
The iPhone 5 will look exactly like the iPhone 4. It's the cases and screen protectors that will be oversize.
Discuss among yourselves...
The definitive rumor....
The iPhone 5 will look exactly like the iPhone 4. It's the cases and screen protectors that will be oversize.
Discuss among yourselves...