I'd like a slice of that iPhone 6 with a heaping side of BEZEL!
So happy for that huge top and bottom bezel.
So happy for that huge top and bottom bezel.
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iPhone 6 Front Panel Survives Limited Bending Test
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Kinda rough on the tech journalist don't you think? IF they had the piece in person, I agree, pretty simple test(s) are available to find out material composition. But they can't analyze a video for composition.
Like rp2011 said, it could be GG. Could even be plastic for all we know. Someone on youtube pointedly asked how did he confirm it was sapphire and no answer from Sonny yet. If Sonny wanted to lend credence to his claim he could simply scratch the glass with a rock like GT Advance did in their video. It wouldn't be definitive but better than bending a panel when the big advantage of sapphire was touted as scratch resistance not flexibility.
Sadly, I have to disagree. We've seen way too many consistent mockups and leaks going as far back as March-April, to think the 6 4.7/5.5 form factors will look anything other than what the mockups have been telling us.
In comparison, the initial "tear drop" iPhone 5 mockup didn't last long in the rumor mill once it was "leaked" (very, very early in Sept 2011). https://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/2...een-source-of-teardrop-iphone-5-case-designs/ (Way earlier than when "normal" leaks occur.)
Once we got to July of 2012, the real iPhone 5 chassis was finally leaked. https://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/1...y-for-iphone-5-rumored-specs-equally-suspect/
I don't think the basic form factor of the 6 will look any different than what has been reported thus far.
If you try the Samsung S3, S4 and even S5, you would be more disappointed. It's in the software background processes. LTE, WiFi consumes battery; if the signals are strong, the less juice needed. Both Apple and Google are racing to address issues to keep these processes at sleep when not needed or battery is low.
That's not the front panel, that IS the iPhone 6.
"Now almost 100% thinner!"
And with new transparency effects, making OS interface almost disappear.
I agree that the bulges would help dissipate stress and force better, but I think it's the uglier, less elegant design.
I'll keep an open mind to the final product, because it will look so much better once revealed, but I'd personally love the iPod design in this case. I think it'd look and feel great.
Yea get some quartz and see how hard the screen is!
I'm sure I'll be smitten when I see the whole shebang on stage - but I feel like from what I've seen so far, it's a little conservative. I wish the top and bottom bezels were smaller, or that the front-facing cameras/sensors were more discreet. If this is accurate, the iPhone face is still a lot of empty plastic, not greatly changed since the iPhone 4.
Thats glass for you...
I've been on a building site where they ordered the wrong size glass window, this thing was a good 8ft by 4ft and they had to dispose of it.
A labourer laid it down on the floor with a tarpaulin over it and proceeded to whack a hammer against it as hard as he could. Nothing happened and the hammer just bounced off.
His supervisor told him to tap the hammer on the corner of the glass, end on.
The whole window literally exploded into tiny pieces!
I don't think you can protect glass against impacts to the corners, even car windows can be shattered by levering a screwdriver against a corner.
It's easy as hell to tell if something is made out of sapphire or not. Being one of the hardest naturally occurring materials in the world, sapphire (Al2O3) is at 9 on the Mohs scale whereas diamond is at 10. Because of this and some other things, sapphire is one of the best conductors of heat that you are likely to come across. To see how good of a conductor it is for yourself, just take a known piece of sapphire (most commonly found as the crystal on watches over $500 (you can find watches less expensive with sapphire crystals, but generally [there are some exceptions but I'm not going into horologie too deep here] at that price point you should be getting sapphire) and a regular old ice cube. Just take the ice cube and push it into the face of the sapphire, and if it starts melting way faster and more easily than you ever would have imagined it would (try the same with regular glass and see how slow it melts), you got yourself some sapphire.
So just get the people making these videos some ice cubes and compare the way it melts on the old glass panel to the leaked "sapphire" panels and it will be as clear as day if it is made of what they are saying its made of.
If you wear a watch all the time which has a sapphire crystal like I do (99% of the time right now my new Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon), you can use the same effect as a mildly amusing party trick when you and your/other guests go for a new drink out of the cooler at the same time and they will be like what kind of wizardry is this, lol.
So just get the people making these videos some ice cubes and compare the way it melts on the old glass panel to the leaked "sapphire" panels and it will be as clear as day if it is made of what they are saying its made of.
If you wear a watch all the time which has a sapphire crystal like I do (99% of the time right now my new Omega Speedmaster Dark Side of the Moon), you can use the same effect as a mildly amusing party trick when you and your/other guests go for a new drink out of the cooler at the same time and they will be like what kind of wizardry is this, lol.
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Uummm the iPhone 5 leaked early 2012 .... We knew exactly what it was gonna look like ... 9to5Mac posted the leaked images .
http://9to5mac.com/2012/05/29/photos-black-and-white-next-generation-metal-iphone-backs-mini-dock-taller-screen-moved-earphone-jack-present/
Interesting video but why do folks always show the iPhone 6 size by laying it over a 5/5S, hiding the smaller phone - we get that it's bigger. Instead, lay down the new iPhone 6 front panel/mockup/whatever, put a 5S on top, and line them up on two edges, and then shoot a picture straight down, showing exactly how far the 6 sticks out from under the 5S. I sort of get a pretty good idea from this video, since you can see through most of the 6's front panel, but... Pretty please?
Also, doing the "can my thumb reach everywhere?" Test would have been more accurate if that 5S had been put underneath the 6 panel to approximate the thickness.
I know, complain, complain. I'll go back to my cave now.
Also, doing the "can my thumb reach everywhere?" Test would have been more accurate if that 5S had been put underneath the 6 panel to approximate the thickness.
I know, complain, complain. I'll go back to my cave now.
More importantly, it's too light. Feels like low quality junk. Hoping the 6 gains a little heft, but it's Apple, so I expect their missteps will continue.
I agree wholeheartedly with everything you just said (nice watch choice too, I have the non dark-side Speedy 9300) .. it is hard to believe that the person making this video could not find a way to test whether or not the display is sapphire or not.
I'm still highly skeptical that sapphire is being used in iPhone 6 production and the fact this guy can't even do a scratch-test between this panel and a panel of gorilla glass is extremely telling.
I can see the SC quietly disappearing, and the 4.7" being the new C. By the sounds of it the 4.7" is going to be lower spec anyway.
Thinner Bezels
Side, top and bottom bezels are thinner than iPhone 5s. Look at the gap between Touch ID hole and the bottom of the screen. Also, this Sapphire screen is ridiculously tough. I love it. Look at 9to5Mac for the durability test. Welcome to beat this, Samsung and other Android phones.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/07/sapph...ith-knife-and-keys-in-new-scratch-test-video/
Side, top and bottom bezels are thinner than iPhone 5s. Look at the gap between Touch ID hole and the bottom of the screen. Also, this Sapphire screen is ridiculously tough. I love it. Look at 9to5Mac for the durability test. Welcome to beat this, Samsung and other Android phones.
http://9to5mac.com/2014/07/07/sapph...ith-knife-and-keys-in-new-scratch-test-video/
The screen dimensions (height and width, not just diagonal length) are the exact same size as the HTC One (M7). The same size I said was perfect about a year or so ago.
Grooooooos. Those manails are a quarter inch. Glad to see I'm not the only freak disturbed by his nails, haha.
It would be nice if the sapphire is on the $200 4.7", not just the "premium" 5.5" model. If not, I think we'll see a mid-year 2015 upgrade of the 4.7" with a sapphire screen. Apple knows how to maximize/milk profits of each product like no one else.
On his YouTube channel, Sony posted that another video will be posted on Tuesday. Hopefully something to confirm the material is sapphire. However, it's impossible until the 6's reveal to ascertain whether this screen, even if it is indeed sapphire, is real or just a good fake.
I don't think the screen is 100% sapphire. I get the impression that Apple has some method of adhering an extremely thin layer of sapphire to some other material in order to make the screen less prone to shatter. Scratch-proof and shatter resistant. Nice!
I posted this video in another thread. It could just as easily be Gorilla Glass. This video is over a year old with Gorilla Glass exhibiting the same properties. GG is also flexible.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVNI9Kflqw4
Besides the lack of decent scratch testing, along with the way it bends...
The curved edges on these supposedly leaked parts make me think they're not sapphire. It would be a lot of extra effort and waste to carve sapphire that way. (And impressive if it was!)