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More High-Quality Photos Show 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Rear Shell with Colored Bands
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This is the space grey? Oops I thought it was the silver. So this with black bands and black front might look nice. I'll still get the while one,but this looks nice to me.
NFC is now 'expected'?
" the iPhone 6 is expected to feature near field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments."
As far as I can tell, the evidence of this so far has been that there is a spot on the logic board that can fit a popular NFC chip.
However, what if the wearable thing has the NFC part? That way you don't even have to take your phone out to pay, just wave your wrist over the sensor and touch the wearable's screen to confirm.
" the iPhone 6 is expected to feature near field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments."
As far as I can tell, the evidence of this so far has been that there is a spot on the logic board that can fit a popular NFC chip.
However, what if the wearable thing has the NFC part? That way you don't even have to take your phone out to pay, just wave your wrist over the sensor and touch the wearable's screen to confirm.
This looks considerably better, though still not great.
It saddens me just a little if this is the best Apple could come up with. I'm not saying the phone won't be great. I'll be camped out at the AT&T store that morning at 4am. And I'm absolutely sure I'll love the phone. Mine is going straight into a case so none of this really bothers me. It's just not quite what I've come to expect from Apple design-wise. For some reason it's more the shape of the bands that bothers me then their width.
It saddens me just a little if this is the best Apple could come up with. I'm not saying the phone won't be great. I'll be camped out at the AT&T store that morning at 4am. And I'm absolutely sure I'll love the phone. Mine is going straight into a case so none of this really bothers me. It's just not quite what I've come to expect from Apple design-wise. For some reason it's more the shape of the bands that bothers me then their width.
People should pull up the iPhone 4 leak threads. Or the Unibody Macs announced in 2008. Everyone hated those too. Now it's "I miss Steve's taste".
I bet the bands will flash neon when you have an incoming call or message.
Plastic does have its advantages
I'm not digging the design of those bands but the second picture clearly shows a small bump where they suppose to be. Does this mean they can reduce the impact of the phone when it hits an hard surface besides, obviously, the antenna breaks?
Wasn't it said he'd had his hand in a number of future iPhone models before he passed away?
Leaks never look as good as the real thing. I'm reserving judgement until the phone is announced and we get photos of the real thing with impressions from people at the event or those given review units.
So what would everyone prefer, a cell phone with no cell coverage?
Pretty sure Apple did their due-diligence with this and this was the best solution they came up with. The colored bands are a great improvement to the other ones we've seen that were almost white
Pretty sure Apple did their due-diligence with this and this was the best solution they came up with. The colored bands are a great improvement to the other ones we've seen that were almost white
Obviously a matter of taste. I kind of like them.
REALLY want to see the 5.5 version though!!
The bands look like a good design decision.
Firstly they are needed to seperate the metal panels (just like htc one).
Unlike the htc one, the outer band around the edge cover the edges of the device, because they are convex, they are thick. The htc one didnt do this - resulting in damage to the small panels when dropped and landing on bottom or top edge of phone.
Once you are set on thick bands around the edges, the brand across the device needs to be the same thickness - other wise it will be even more ugly.
I wouldn't be surprised if these bands and sapphire are explained as making the phone near indestructible - something you can't do with glass panels of iphone5,
Firstly they are needed to seperate the metal panels (just like htc one).
Unlike the htc one, the outer band around the edge cover the edges of the device, because they are convex, they are thick. The htc one didnt do this - resulting in damage to the small panels when dropped and landing on bottom or top edge of phone.
Once you are set on thick bands around the edges, the brand across the device needs to be the same thickness - other wise it will be even more ugly.
I wouldn't be surprised if these bands and sapphire are explained as making the phone near indestructible - something you can't do with glass panels of iphone5,