Latest iPhone 7 Design Renderings Show Stereo Speakers and Larger Cameras

[smacrumon]

Do you really think that wouldn't have reduced the thickness of whatever is behind the camera module (essentially the front glass and very thin black separation layer) as much as possible?

You simply prefer, everything else equal (which includes the thickness of whatever is behind the camera module), a flush camera over a better camera. There is nothing wrong with that preference but you should openly stand behind that trade-off and pretend that there is no trade-off. Maybe there is still some thickness reduction of whatever is behind the camera module possible but that still leaves you with the position that any thickness reduction there should be invested in removing the protruding lens instead of putting a better camera into the iPhone. There is no free lunch.

The camera in iPhone as it stands today is very great, but those wanting a superior camera ought to actually get a dedicated superior camera and not iPhone.
It is entirely possible to install the same camera and thin the inside of the case around the camera module to accommodate it and get the camera flush. No need to think too far outside the box on this one. It's entirely possible to get a free lunch as well as eating the entire cake for dessert also.
The protrusion must go. It's lazy and unresolved design. This can be done, Apple is choosing not to do it.

 

[Savor]

Finally dual speakers!

I won't be getting them in the front but it better be loud and clear on the bottom. Hopefully even louder than HTC's BoomSound.

 

[Mac 128]

Finally dual speakers!

I won't be getting them in the front but it better be loud and clear on the bottom. Hopefully even louder than HTC's BoomSound.

I don't really understand this criticism. Back when the iPhone first came out there were several generations where Apple worked to increase the speaker volume, and people complained about it all the time. I haven't heard this criticism in years. In fact I routinely turn my speaker volume down when using it.

Add to that, even removing the headphone jack there's not sufficient room to add a large enough speaker to significantly increase the volume enough to justify alienating millions of customers.

 

[jimbo1mcm]

Just in: If you purchase the new Iphone 7 you will get an 8x10 glossy of the Apple Campus!!! Innovate, my ass.

 

[utsava]

Do we know how the smart connector is isolated from the case?

As you can see here, the individual smart connector leads are encapsulated in plastic to keep them electrically isolated from the case and each other.

 

[I7guy]

Just in: If you purchase the new Iphone 7 you will get an 8x10 glossy of the Apple Campus!!! Innovate, my ass.

Really, didn't know it needed innovation.

 

[PipSeg]

Oh man, won't it be nice the day that you custom order your iPhone with whatever color you want, in the storage gigs you want and pick and choose the camera size and BAM! it's at your house or available for pickup at your closest Apple Store?
that'll be the day...

 

[ackmondual]

Oh man, won't it be nice the day that you custom order your iPhone with whatever color you want, in the storage gigs you want and pick and choose the camera size and BAM! it's at your house or available for pickup at your closest Apple Store?
that'll be the day...

I wish that was possible with PDAs of last decade (like Palm OS). Instead, the next model ended up being a sort of "sidegrade" where one thing is improved at the cost of something else.