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Maybe the camera is protruding because they added a "zoom" feature.....maybe it's actually zoomed out like a real camera. Just a thought.
 
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Just make the phone as thick as the camera and use the extra space for...... I don't know...... BATTERY????
 
didn't he have a 5 year plan for everything... I'm sure he helped with this design also...

I'm not sure about the design.
There was a plan for the years to come, so maybe he knew about a bigger phone, the iWatch, the Continuity feature (this is so SJ!) but the design of a product can change, I'm sure they tried many different form factors for next iPhone and SJ was already dead when they made the final decision.

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Maybe the camera is protruding because they added a "zoom" feature.....maybe it's actually zoomed out like a real camera. Just a thought.

I think they need the protruding camera to keep the same number of lenses of iPhone 5S. Since iPhone 6 is thinner they cannot put the same camera without protruding it.
Obviously they cannot make a worse camera compared to a previous model, so they come up with this solution. Let's hope is even better than iPhone 5S camera, although they may postpone a serious camera improvement to 6S
 
didn't he have a 5 year plan for everything... I'm sure he helped with this design also...

Product outline. The last phone that he was more deeply involved with was the 5 so going forward I think we'll see less and less of his influence in new products.

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Maybe the camera is protruding because they added a "zoom" feature.....maybe it's actually zoomed out like a real camera. Just a thought.

Optical zoom would be nice but I don't think there's enough space even with the protrusion.
 
Product outline. The last phone that he was more deeply involved with was the 5 so going forward I think we'll see less and less of his influence in new products.

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Optical zoom would be nice but I don't think there's enough space even with the protrusion.

where do you get your info? i believe he knew exactly what this model would look like. he worked on the iPod touch design i don't see how he had no influence on this design.
 
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