[*]Cheap curved back: Not stable enough and, well, cheap feeling.
take the word cheap off, and you get a perfect back
take the word cheap off, and you get a perfect back
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iPhone 5 to Get Aluminum Backing, Redesigned Antenna?
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Whatever keeps you up at night.No, it is glass. I read about the damn mockup when it was created. Thank you for allowing me to clarify.
Beautiful design regardless and puts the current model to shame.
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Theyre not changing the design. It'll look like the CDMA iPhone with 4 black stripes on the antennae.
Theyre not changing the design. It'll look like the CDMA iPhone with 4 black stripes on the antennae.
Nice flash back to the Powerbook G5 and G5 Cube days bro! I remember that terrible elevator picture and the phenomenon is spawned .
I agree with you 100% though, and it's why I never take mockups seriously EVER. They are like those crap Anime Music Videos that fans make with crappy pop music. Apple hasn't moved backwards in design for a long time, and if and when they do it's usually to compliment a much more drastic design change.
e.g. The move back to black keys on the Unibody Macbook Pros took Apple almost 6 years to do, wasn't a major thing, and was only to complement the black bezel of the new design.
A curved back on the iPhone is almost a guaranteed losing bet.
You could show off in the middle of the Apple store.
Steve would be thrilled.
The geniuses would be amazed.
The security guards would have something to do.
Epic example of Apple Love
You'd go viral on YouTube
The possibilities are endless for you.
if the iphone 5 looks like it does in the OP mockup, i'll be tempted to just get the iphone 4. i have the 4g ipod touch, which is essentially what that mockup is, and i just think it'd be too thin for a phone. i think the iphone 4 is the most beautiful phone, best looking thing i've seen. if they just fix the antenna issues and make it faster, i'm buying.
but if it's only a bit faster and that thin, i will probably just get the iphone 4 later this year.
but if it's only a bit faster and that thin, i will probably just get the iphone 4 later this year.
No the iPad is like a big iPod Touch.
Lol, it won't be "a bit" faster, it'll be a lot faster.
Also, why are we judging a book by it's cover? The internals are going to be running iOS 5 right?
I'm not saying that i like the design either, but i could careless if it looks like the iPhone 4, or iPhone 3G, or the original iPhone. As long as the internals are amazing and the antenna issue is fixed, then i'll be happy.
I would hate the iPhone 5 to be made of aluminium , I love the feel, shape and look of the iPhone 4 , it's the classiest thing since erm ever. Aliminuim will make it look like any other apple product, make it look like the iPad far too much etc
The black glass just looks and feels great.
I'm hoping the next iPhone is basically the same design with better glass ( more scratch resistant , gorilla glass?) , maybe a better camera but not fussed since the current one is amazing anywAys, better battery life, same chips as the new iPad and erm maybe more ram.
Not a huge boost but a steady improvement is all we can ask for at the moment.
The huge improvement I reckon will be in the content of Apps hopefully ( better and bigger named game times etc and also ios 5.
Either way I will get it this Christmas.
The black glass just looks and feels great.
I'm hoping the next iPhone is basically the same design with better glass ( more scratch resistant , gorilla glass?) , maybe a better camera but not fussed since the current one is amazing anywAys, better battery life, same chips as the new iPad and erm maybe more ram.
Not a huge boost but a steady improvement is all we can ask for at the moment.
The huge improvement I reckon will be in the content of Apps hopefully ( better and bigger named game times etc and also ios 5.
Either way I will get it this Christmas.
here comes all the iPad 2 look alike mods for iPhone 5... like this has never happened before.
I like the look of this mockup looks awesome.
My iphone 4 drops about the same as my 3g did. Not very much like 1 or 2 a month if that.