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iPhone Design to Change 'Significantly' This Year
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How many people actually care what the camera bump looks like? I personally only care about changes to the front of the phone.
Firstly, why do I need to explain personal preferences to you?
Wearing business suits, I do not like the bulk or the weight that comes with carrying my iPhone in my inner pocket.
Fine, that you are happy with current iPhones with multiple lenses, but what does your preferences have to do with my preferences? Guess what, I want choices, too.
Regarding the 'studies' you mentioned, what relevance do they have here?
I can just as easily state that, since your so-called 'studies' have shown that the vast majority of phone users do NOT take "a photo every other second", the focus on lenses and camera capabilities is highly overrated.
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This makes a good bit of sense. The horizontal camera bump gives the phone room to have a telescopic lens.
That suggestion tends to go down like a lead balloon with many people. Maybe they're design purists and don't like the idea of placing something external on their phones to achieve what they want, which seems reasonable. Also consider that to achieve a decent increase in battery runtime, current Magsafe battery packs are much thicker than an iPhone would be if it was only as thick as the camera bump, and so they're thicker than many "I just want a thicker iPhone" people would want (or else they'd have already gotten a battery pack), and they require the user to get used to an external accessory that they have to remove and stash somewhere if they keep their iPhone in a pants pocket, and then require them to fish out the battery pack from wherever they've stashed it when they want to use the iPhone again (that is, if they always want protection from "phone rock").
Some aftermarket manufacturers might consider making Magsafe battery packs that are only as thick as the camera bump (none exist at the moment), allowing you to slide the iPhone in and out of your pocket while leaving the battery pack in place, but designing these would be a problem since a significant percentage of their internal volume would be occupied by the Magsafe hardware, reducing the size of the battery portion, and then there's power loss through the Magsafe connection, which you don't get by simply having a comparably larger battery inside the iPhone.
iPhone cases with an integrated battery are another option, but many people (about 20%?) don't put their iPhone into a case and don't want to, and these cases are also a lot thicker than many people who just want a little thicker iPhone with a commensurably bigger battery would probably want.
Magsafe wallets for credit cards might be a thinner option for some people who just want to eliminate the camera bump rocking and don't really need a bigger battery, but I don't know how well their dimensions actually achieve this.
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I guess I just wish we could get a truly "Air" line of iPhones (maybe we are soon?) that are less powerful in specific ways to make them more efficient and specialized at the core functions
Having all these iPhones keep ramping at the same level and essentially be a movie studio + Playstation in your pocket has become total overkill for a lot of us ... and all the design features end up working backwards from that it seems like
Having all these iPhones keep ramping at the same level and essentially be a movie studio + Playstation in your pocket has become total overkill for a lot of us ... and all the design features end up working backwards from that it seems like
Uhhhhh Apple Vision Pro. Newest device in a decade. Great device if you can afford it. A taste of what’s to come in the next decade
Oh… the camera bar rumored for the phone 17 will probably help fir better spatial photos and video
Really all I want is a great camera and enough battery to get me through the day. The ProMax gets me through the day easy (38% currently and will be in bed within the hour).
Anything intensive I’m going to do on a bigger screen (my job involves a lot of research and writing - and while I’m using a lot of AI for those purposes I’m not going to do that on the phone). No iPhone gaming here - I don’t even have time to play my beloved Civilization anymore.
So in theory I’m prime candidate for an “iPhone air”, but in practice I suspect the camera won’t be as good. And I have a very active three year old, so I really want an excellent camera. And even if the camera is good enough, I currently use all three lenses pretty frequently. So I suspect the “Air” won’t be for me. I guess we’ll see though. If those renders are true about the pro I might have to go air out of principle 🤣
For as long as the smartphone exist, the industry is presenting a rectangular screen with a camera on the back and front … and they still managed to fight for design infringement … Significant design changes for the iPhone is mainly a camera placement and the main reason for this is for people to show offthat they have the latest to the others … But sure Apple, this is another revolution until someone launch the real revolution
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It’s so great they aren’t even making them anymore!
Every time I see that "new" camera layout it reminds me of a Pixel or some other Android phone.
Samsung isn't the only Android game in town. Besides, they stopped being relevant to me the day they locked down their bootloader. I'll admit they have nice hardware, but the Devil will skate to work before I put up with their bloatware.
The 4 is a design classic, the progenitor through which all modern handsets can trace their lineage. But the larger sensors on
Size is relative. If someone uses a Max iPhone for a few weeks then the regular model starts to look really tiny. The 6.1” models are just about the sweet spot for dimensions but there is still too much out of reach.