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iPhone 6 Mockups of Low Quality, Antenna Breaks Not in Final Design

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Oh the horror

I sure hope that is not the final production unit. It is absolutely fugly. It looks like a bad S4/5 nock off! My iPhone 5 looks far more stylish.

*Edit* The buttons are horrible! Stop with the thinner and give us a battery!

Concerned
 
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I do think there will be visible antenna breaks, just color matched to the metal as much as possible. It will look fine.
"Steve Jobs would never allow a product with such plastic seams"
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Iconoclysm said:
That's mostly due to the aluminum being injected with dye, the surface of the aluminum on the 5 was softer and resolved in the 5S.
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Stainless steel is harder than aluminum. Nothing to do with dye, it's called chemistry.


DoctorKrabs said:
I do think there will be visible antenna breaks, just color matched to the metal as much as possible. It will look fine.

"Steve Jobs would never allow a product with such plastic seams"
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That was prior to the advancements of machining aluminum.
 
I can't wrap my mind around a curved glass display that curves to seamlessly transition to aluminium back. Any good renders, mockups.. anything?

I sure hope these rumours are correct and the final design isn't like the mockups.
 
And the response to this article?

"No duh."

(Seriously, did anyone think there would be those large breaks shown on the alleged prototypes?)
 
They should place all the antennas behind plastic Apple logo and make the rest of the back fully metal like iPod touch. This is what I hope for but not really sure they will do it this way. Without Steve good design seems to be a hard thing for Jony.
 
cocky jeremy said:
If a 5.5" phone can't fit in your pocket, you need bigger pants. :eek:
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No, you just need pants. Any pants will do. If you insist going with the "speedos over tights" superman-look, then yea, a 5.5" phone might be troublesome. Any other pair of pants with pockets designed by humans for humans should not pose any problem what so ever.
 
I was hoping Apple would not use that ugly mock-up with the lines around the top and bottom.. it was not a good design! Curved edges and a curved glass on the sides will definitely make the new iPhone look very attractive! Can't wait to see the final product!
 
Mactendo said:
They should place all the antennas behind plastic Apple logo and make the rest of the back fully metal like iPod touch. This is what I hope for but not really sure they will do it this way. Without Steve good design seems to be a hard thing for Jony.
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I love how people just throw stuff out there as if it's so simple and Apple engineers are so stupid or don't understand good design.

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jayducharme said:
I saw it, but like everything else it's just a rumor. And if the breaks won't be there, why can't someone do a mockup without them?
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Because they probably don't know what the final design is going to be. They either incorrectly interpreted a drawing or got a leak of something in an early design phase. Like I said earlier, if the final design that's sold to consumers has those thick antenna bands I will sell all my Apple stock.
 
kwrzesien said:
If it has the same battery as the 5 prepare for it to self-destruct at 15 months.

Or at least drop from 72% to 33% charge in one minute, and then suddenly shut off without even hitting the 20% warning.
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ours doesn't do that, at all. sounds like yours is broken.

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MrX8503 said:
The band is stainless steel, not aluminum. The band is much tougher than the aluminum found in the 5.
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which is exactly what he said -- is 4 is basically unscratched because it's not aluminum. he did not say he believed the band to be aluminum.

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yourtoys7 said:
what an ugly antenna lines, this is NOT apple like, looks mean a lot to them, hope it hasn't changed.
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read the article.
 
MH01 said:
Thought that was a Tesla? A Ferrari catching on fire? Do tell which model your referring to?
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Please tell me you're kidding. You are kidding right? Just in case you're not (you better be kidding) kidding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vTc-kKEnUU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH22ogB1RbM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuoyKmmgkt0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TelCJMK-lWs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59M5XXcSqug

finally some light reading from one of my favorite sites:
http://jalopnik.com/5937499/the-jalopnik-guide-to-burning-supercars/

To be fair, it's not just Ferrari's that catch fire, but they are infamous for catching fire. Just like Lamborghini.

Apologies to all for going off topic. I belong to two car clubs and we are a wierd bunch.
 
iPhone 6 May Not Be Thinner

May not be thinner than iPhone 5/5s after all. Some rumors claimed today that it may have curved screen...maybe they meant curved edge like those new purported front faces today:
 

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zipa said:
Nokia N9, Lumia 800.
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I think the operative word is seamlessly. I’m not sure that the Nokias are that. I can see it now, Yeah my iPhone had a gap between screen and back that was 2 microns wide so I returned it’.
 
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