iPhone 6 Information Leak Sourced from Foxconn Details Dimensions of 4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch Versions

[devsfan1830]

All this hate over lines on the back of the phone and the protruding lens are hilarious. Who CARES. Your phone is in your pocket when not in use. When you do use it you don't stare at the back of it. Nobody else cares what your phone looks like. A majority of people will shove the phone into a case anyways thus negating whatever Apple does to the back. As a case user I can see that protruding lens as a plus. If designed right a case will be thin enough to have a cutout that makes the lens sit pretty much flush with the rear surface. That gets it up over the edge of the case and kills any possible reflections due to the flash. That's probably why it protrudes to begin with. That or it got a sensor upgrade and there's just no way to fit all the optics into that thin.

 

[nikaru]

This is the major leak of the year. We know the dimmensions of the device and how it will look ahead of its presentation. Im now convinced that the 5.5 inch iPhone is real (had a serious doubt before).

I hate the antena lines. Maybe they will look OK in real, but on this photo, they look ugly.

 

[BriSpe]

At first I was upset. But when I saw the actual specs, not so much. On the 4.7" iPhone, it protrudes about 1/2 millimeter. That's almost negligible, and as someone else mentioned a case will make it a non-issue.

My concern is that the phone is getting so thin, other aspects will begin to suffer. For instance, how much longer before the 1/8" headphone jack is too big? Then Apple will have to resort to proprietary headphones again.

Actually it would be great if this antique headphone jack would go away, to be honest. How long do we have to keep old technology? I hope that this will switch completely to wireless in the near future, too. And I think and hope that Apple will do this with the iPhone 7. Everyone will follow anyway.

 

[Jeepers-]

I reckon everything we have seen has all been based off this one leak we saw from Feb of a prototype device.

Also, if this is from Foxconn, shouldn't all the text be in Chinese?

 

[Jayomat]

That's 4.5 mm narrower than this phone which also features a 4.7" display.

and soon is 3 years old..

 

[Serban]

I reckon everything we have seen has all been based off this one leak we saw from Feb of a prototype device.

Also, if this is from Foxconn, shouldn't all the text be in Chinese?

yes...so this is from February PERIOD no need to believe this, think about it, Apple always freezes the design in late April

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

personally I dont, but I can see the attraction to folks who want whats effectively an 'ipad-nano' with call capabilities rather than carry two separate devices about.

You hit the nail on the head. This is exactly my plan.

 

[69Mustang]

This is also a BS reason to justify making a bigger phone for the mainstream.

Don't get me wrong, we can't just have phones for the techsavy people.
But as a techsavy person it frustrates me when the following happens:

Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Omfg your screen is so small, why don't you have one with a bigger screen?

Me: Because I like iOS and I don't have big hands?

Samsung Galaxy S5 user: What's iOS?

Me: the operating system that my phone is running, like android is running on yours.

Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Well I don't know anything about operating systems and all I know is that I wanted a new phone and this 1 had a bigger screen + it was cheaper, and the guy at the store said it was the latest one. !

Me: What do you use it for then?

Samsung Galaxy S5 user: Oh just, whatsapp mostly a little browsing sometimes.

Which results in me shaking my head in disappointment
These are the people who Apple is making phones for? it's all becoming a cluttered vast sea of phones that meet standards of people who are not smart enough to understand what a smartphone can actually do. MOST people aren't even aware of what an android phone is capable of, all they hear is BIGGER screen and CHEAPER, and their minds are made up. I don't think you should be making phones for those kinds of people.

I actually had sympathy for your plight based on your previous quote. But after this? Wow. That story was nothing short of a bunch of Android stereotypes strung together to further your woe is me narrative. Try harder.

Bolded from your comment: Elitist much? I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Apple doesn't care that you think you're smarter than another user. Apple doesn't care about you period. Apple is a for profit corporation. They are very, very good at what they do. Apple, more than any company in my recent memory, understands their market. Apple wants their phone in as many hands as possible; even if they hands belong to "those kinds of people"

 

[THE JUICEMAN]

Somehow I feel like I've been here before.

Remember my words. You will not only buy it, you will also love its design

Thank you. This happens every 2 years. Then people love it for 2 years until it's time to hate the next redesign.

 

[Pegamush]

That's 4.5 mm narrower than this phone which also features a 4.7" display.

well, the moto-x, at 129x65mm, is both narrower and a WHOLE lot shorter than thhese specs.

i think 138mm for a phone is damn huge.. i'd rather trade some mm on thickness over height

 

[blairh]

66.97 mm is 67 mm, not 66 (as stated by MR here) for the 4.7" model.

It's closer to the Nexus 5 width versus the Moto X which is disappointing. I had one handed operation issues with the Nexus 5 and none with my Moto X. Perhaps total weight will help in that regard. Shame it's not listed.

 

[Jungo]

someone is gonna get the hel beat out of them for leaking these.

 

[1Zach1]

That's 4.5 mm narrower than this phone which also features a 4.7" display.

And the LG G3 S is a 5" screen that has an overall dimension that is 1mm less in length and only 3mm more in width than these rumored specs with a screen that is almost 4mm wider.

 

[Serelus]

And this is why I hate hipsters.

Why, who in the damn world thinks that everybody sees one handed operation as the main selling point/requisite on any modern smartphone?

Reading, playing, navigating the web, watching videos and typing faster with both hands are bigger priorities for me. Throw in a bigger battery and a bigger iphone becomes a much better iPhone for millions of people.

Hey, maybe you shouldn't have a smartphone at all if you do not understand my POV. Maybe you just make calls and some SMS? Otherwise if you think that the current iPhones are great for navigating the web/reading/playing you have low standards and/or are comparing it to a Nokia 3310 instead of modern devices.

The Galaxy S5 is slower, has worse software, worse support, looks worse, but it is better for every single one of those tasks. Get it?

Excuse my rant, and giving you the impression that I have a problem with other people's choice of phone/screen size this is absolutely not the case.

To be more exact, phones these days are made for showboating, highest resolution + biggest screen is by "definition", "better". Let me tell you it's not.

Most of the things you use your phone for in relation to the screen size, are completely subjective to the user at hand. This is definitely not set in stone for everyone.

Who in the whole damn world buys a big screened phone to be used exclusively with one hand?

People with big hands? I am a person with small hands, therefore, I would not.

You say you hate the mainstream but what's more mainstream than the 'use 1 handed' argument or the 'pocket' argument. It doesn't get more mainstream than that. Apple's marketing convinced many this was essential. Apple's upcoming marketing campaign will convince many the opposite is true. 5.5" is big, but it's not monstrous or any other hyperbolic term. I see women with these phones all the time. They seem to have no problem wielding them.

I think the use case changed the technological focus on size. Phones got smaller because we called and sent texts. Video made larger more attractive. Reading made larger more attractive; along with email and work capabilities. In short, the internet and all the entertainment, education, and productivity it puts in your hands begs for a larger screen. Looking at it from that context, I think larger phones were a natural progression. It's funny, but it seems the phone in a smartphone is only a secondary concern. Heck, even most reviews now barely mention it or only mention it in passing.

You make some very good points and I mentioned this also in another post, but it's sometimes frustrating as a techsavy user to see a regular old sap say they want a bigger screen, without actually really knowing what it means to have a bigger screen, and then actually not use the screen for it's intended purposes. "I want bigger youtube videos". <--- this doesn't validate a bigger screen. Ofcourse people on here have legitimate reasons to have bigger screens. but 90% people who buy iPhones aren't the techsavy ones.

Is it so bad that others will now have a choice in what they buy? When did having options become a bad thing?

My problem isn't with choice, and it isn't with what other people prefer.
My problem is that "bigger is better" is becoming the standard WHEN it's NOT.

 

[Tourgott]

Who CARES. Your phone is in your pocket when not in use. When you do use it you don't stare at the back of it.

Hm, my phone is on the desk when not in use. And I love to press the Home Button and maybe type some words without picking it up. That's why I love(d) the iPhone. It hadn't these ridiculous protruding cameras.

 

[Serelus]

I actually had sympathy for your plight based on your previous quote. But after this? Wow. That story was nothing short of a bunch of Android stereotypes strung together to further your woe is me narrative. Try harder.

Bolded from your comment: Elitist much? I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Apple doesn't care that you think you're smarter than another user. Apple doesn't care about you period. Apple is a for profit corporation. They are very, very good at what they do. Apple, more than any company in my recent memory, understands their market. Apple wants their phone in as many hands as possible; even if they hands belong to "those kinds of people"

Ghehe that last statement was a little over the top I guess, however, my point stands, you realise that all the people who actually prefer 3.5 and 4" phones are slowly being left in the dark, simply because of these none-techsavy people. It's obviously not just about what I think. Also I didn't mean to let it come of as if these people are not as smart as me. I am simply annoyed by the fact that a product I like is being changed in a way that doesn't benefit me, but benefits someone who is not completely aware of the capabilities of the device. NOT exclusively, but still them in general.

 

[sethlution]

So I made a rough drawing of the 5.5" iPhone based on the measurements, and the result is pretty scary (no it's not my bad drawing). It's ridiculously big even for big phone standard. I've used 4.7" phone before and it was perfect, so I guess I'll be sticking with the 4.7" model again this year. Let's hope that great(er) battery life is not just limited to the bigger model.

 

[MentalFloss]

As long as there is purpose to the protruding camera I will live with it I.e small optical zoom, allow additional lenses to be attached etc.

The purpose is that you can't make the camera any thinner without sacrificing optical quality. So unless you let the camera protrude from the phone, you have reached a limit in how thin phones can become.

And yes, there is a reasonf or making phones thinner. For me, personally, weight is a very important factor, and I think when people check these phones out in the store, weight will be the major factor, not thickness. Apple is going to release bigger phones now. They could keep the same thickness on these phones (using it to increase battery capacity, as some have demanded), but that obviously implies an increase in weight. The other option is to make the phone thinner to make it lighter. I prefer the second option, and I have the feeling that Apple wants to have a big announcement, saying "We made a 4.7 inch iPhone, and it's just as light as the 4 inch iPhone".

Or it could be that apple have a really cool case that lies flush with the camera?

Practically every case will "hide" the protruding camera. So for people who use a case with their phone, the phone+case combination will be thinner than before, and there will be no protruding camera.

 

[Mattsasa]

I will be very heartbroken if the camera is protruding.
It is a really big deal for me.

I really hope that these are schematics of a prototype iPhone and the final version will not have protruding camera

 

[Zaft]

These kinds of things remind me why I hate the mainstream.
I don't wanna sound like a hipster, but seriously why 5.5, who in the damn world has hands that big and can still use their phone with 1 hand. What happened to small and comfortable to use after taking it out of your pocket?

What ever happened to technology having to get smaller and smaller, why are we going in the opposite direction? only to realise later that we want things smaller again because it's all too big.

Phones now are not just phones. You can browse the internet which is better on a bigger screen. Why are you so against choice?

 

[Pegamush]

So I made a rough drawing of the 5.5" iPhone based on the measurements, and the result is pretty scary (no it's not my bad drawing). It's ridiculously big even for big phone standard. I've used 4.7" phone before and it was perfect, so I guess I'll be sticking with the 4.7" model again this year. Let's hope that great(er) battery life is not just limited to the bigger model.

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the home button is not centered, so i bet your drawings are fake

 

[Tourgott]

Actually I think this is fake. Why should Apple/Foxconn put a comparison to the iPhone 5s on this? Makes no sense.

 

[TallManNY]

Thank you. This happens every 2 years. Then people love it for 2 years until it's time to hate the next redesign.

Nope. I loved the 4 design. My Mom is still using my iPhone 4 and it still looks fantastic. The 5 design was nice and impressively thin, but it doesn't look as nice. I suspect this one won't look quite as nice either. But the curved sides should be easier to grip and it will be even more impressively thin.

But let's not kid ourselves, for shear design beauty the 4 was the best so far.

 

[MentalFloss]

So I made a rough drawing of the 5.5" iPhone based on the measurements, and the result is pretty scary (no it's not my bad drawing). It's ridiculously big even for big phone standard.

Well, there's a reason why people call that kind of phone a "phablet". It's a compromise between a phone and a tablet, and with a compromise, you always run the risk that you produce something that nobody likes - it might be too big for people who want a phone and too small for people who want a tablet. I am sure there are people who will love it, but only time will show how big a market there really is.

I am actually quite happy with the size of my iPhone 4S.

 

[vladflorin]

Am I the only one seeing a power button on the top part of the "leaked" prototype (N56) in the first photo?