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Lost Next-Generation iPhone Believed to Be Late-Stage or Final Design
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I know, screws are so Un-Apple!
Gah, no! It should stay a glossy black around the screen. There is a practical reason for this.
Every so often it becomes a fad in electronics to make them silver. Which when you are talking about a device that is designed to display a screen the silver does not compliment well the colors of the screen (think of the color of your tv/monitor being a frame) being a light color. Eventually everyone realizes TV screens and monitors look best framed in black cause the dark black brings out colors more vibrantly in the picture screens. No matter how nice your screen, it still looks duller when it's surrounded by a light color, particularly silver (my Mac's white isn't as horrid but I'd still have prefered my Mac be black or have a black border around the screen.. note at hte time Apple was able to charge more for the black Macbook. And one reason I like hte macbook pros is the glossy black border around the screen).
I bought a tv towards the end of one of these fads and I had a helluva time trying to find one and the best compromise I could get is a silver one with a black border around the screen (still would have preferred it to be all black) but the speakers to the side of it are silver. Even though it was still trying to stay popular with the silver fad, they realized the picture would still be better framed in black (same as my computer monitor but it did a better job as the whole front is black and it is silver from behind).
There's a reason TVs and monitors always return to black being the best fad. It is best for making the colors in the screen pop out better. It really annoys me that they keep trying to use fads for what colors to make electronics particularly ones that revolve around having a display. Black has been a mainstay for a reason!
The "new" phone has really grown on me. I could see me getting one of these bad boys on day 1. I cannot wait for WWDC, sign me up for a 32GB one please.
I know, screws are so Un-Apple!
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The main problem with having an aluminum back cover would be that it would dampen the 3G and GPS signals.
The iPad's solution involves a plastic covered plate over the antennae region - the iPhone has too small a back surface area to consider that approach.
It just blows me away that so many people have no idea that THE SCREWS ARE ALREADY THERE ON THE 3G and 3GS!!
Haha, yeah but you know how it is . . That day waiting to hear Steve talk about the details just feels so good. Then you have the wait on line . . Put it this way, it's the only line I'm ever excited to be on, next to the ones at Great Adventures.
In China, what manufacture builds the iPad and iPhone? Because the 3G iPad got pushed back, will that effect the time line for the new iPhone if it is built at the same place?
No thanks. Larger phone, smaller screen (higher resolution maybe, but the screen is too small now), that's a DEALBREAKER.
And it's UGLY.
And it's UGLY.
I have a really hard time seeing the screen size difference, but it's 9.4mm thick which is something like 20% thinner than the 3GS. That's what I would call significantly thinner.
I love this design. It's very professional and looks quite robust too. The 3G iPhone's rounded back has always looked cheap and nasty IMO, a real step down from the nice aluminium back of the first gen iPhone. I just hope they get rid of the seams. They just don't look right. Otherwise, looks great!
I HIGHLY doubt that. How a device looks like affects how it works. And testing a device takes months and months. Same for arriving at a certain design. You don't just sit and crank out a design in a day or two.
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thats because alot of these apple fan boys are half restarted...i enjoyed watching that ipad get blended very much
Ok, I'll admit, it looks a helluva lot sexier in all black (and the rocker buttons which I notice that image has rather than the ugly circle buttons).. I might actually like it with that color change.
if it looks like that, i would be so damn happy, the best looking phone out then
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I'd say many if not most of their products are retro/Rams inspired. It's part of what makes them so timeless.
I'd say many if not most of their products are retro/Rams inspired. It's part of what makes them so timeless.
I just hope you guys aren't screwing it all up by continuing to analyze it like this and post for all to see ... Steve could think "hmmm. they figured us out. Even though that was the final version, and I really like it, I am going to have to change it now to make it look like everyone else was wrong. 'DVT' final version? ha, not anymore. Hey guys.. redesign it!!! I don't care if it's not as good, change something!!!!" (bright red face)