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More Photos from Claimed Next-Generation iPhone Include Front Panel with Centered FaceTime Camera

apolloa said:
No, we have just all been spoilt with an AMAZING industrial design in a compact and small and usable form factor. We do not want Apple to destroy that or alienate the developers community!

Sure they could make it a tad wider, but I would not make judgment until we we see the actual next iPhone.
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Calling the design 'amazing' aside, I'm ok with what you say here. The other poster said an increase in width would make the phone 'massive'. Completely off base and pure hyperbole.
 
KdParker said:
I hope all you naysayers don't pre-ORDER so I have a better chance.
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It's not like there were any problems with buying Apple products lately. The way things are going you'll be able to buy iPhone 5 on a black market before it is officially announced.
 
Mark Booth said:
Wimping out has nothing to do with it. I have a custom dock installation in my Mazda Miata. My wife and I are retired and we do a lot of extended traveling in the Miata (we did Route 66 - Chicago to LA last year). While traveling, the iPhone not only serves as a music jukebox, but as a navigational aid and a weather station. When traveling the country in the Miata, the iPhone is just as important to me as a speedometer and a gas gauge. Altering my custom dock installation would be a pain in the butt. It could be months or years before a company like Dension introduced a new model with integrated dock connector.

In addition, I dock my iPhone with my A/V receiver and I've got two "boom boxes" that I regularly dock my iPhone to. These would all have to be replaced or I'd have to use dock adapters (not an ideal solution).

Mark
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More importantly....why on earth do you do cross country drives in a Miata? That has to be the most uncomfortable thing possible.
 
PVisitors said:
Can't see this being it.

The Apple logo on the black model is barely visible. I just can't see Apple having it that dull that it barely stands out considering they're marketing champions.

Oh and why does the white iPhone not have the 'assembled in China' underneath the iPhone tagline but the black one does?

Something isn't adding up here.
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I keep hearing this is so unlike Apple yet at the same time people seem willing to assume it's legit and the finished product. That doesn't add up.
 
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I usually always never believe these pictures, but I have a feeling that these are real. A design change that is different, but not radical. A mixture between the 4S and the first generation iPhone. Is that screen any larger than the 4s?
 
It is amusing to read these leak threads. You guys start off talking about whether or not you like the design, then you begin to bash Apple and each other and it regresses from there. :D

I take it with the grain of salt and will wait for Apple to announce what it will look like.

It looks to me like the new connector may be like the magnetic MBP power connector. That doesn't sound like it would be practical, however, as it would pop off too easily.
 
Rogifan said:
I keep hearing this is so unlike Apple yet at the same time people seem willing to assume it's legit and the finished product. That doesn't add up.
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You're reading my post as if both things are true. It's just two speculations.

Why does one of them have the assembled in China on it, and the other just iPhone? Is one a production model and one somehow a prototype? Doesn't make sense.

I'd love that to be explained to me rather than sarcastic comments from people.

To be fair, I've not even said that the design is bad. It was just a passing comment. I really like the black design, the white one leaves a little to be desired though.
 
If it is thinner, comes with LTE, a 4" screen and updates its software and hardware, I have no problem with an iteration of the iPhone 4. I own a iPod touch 4G and the last thing I want is an iPhone with the same form factor. I think the taper (like the iPad 2 and the new one) is wrong for the iPhone. I appreciate the heft and prefer the slab sides.

My opinion - this looks cool.
 
I refuse to believe that Apple's design team would release a new device with two tones on the back that do not go well together at all...unless Steve Jobs was truly the entire design 'team'.
 
Ivabign said:
If it is thinner, comes with LTE, a 4" screen and updates its software and hardware, I have no problem with an iteration of the iPhone 4. I own a iPod touch 4G and the last thing I want is an iPhone with the same form factor. I think the taper (like the iPad 2 and the new one) is wrong for the iPhone. I appreciate the heft and prefer the slab sides.

My opinion - this looks cool.
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I cant agree more... im sure that if they decide to go with that design it serves some purpose. The headphone jack being on the bottom is a plus in my mind
 
PVisitors said:
You're reading my post as if both things are true. It's just two speculations.

Why does one of them have the assembled in China on it, and the other just iPhone? Is one a production model and one somehow a prototype? Doesn't make sense.

I'd love that to be explained to me rather than sarcastic comments from people.
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My bad. I wasn't referring to you. I'm skeptical that these are final designs because they are un-Apple like to me. I have a hard time believing a product that looks like this will ever hit store shelves. Looks way too unfinished and not ready for prime time.
 
This design looks sick, especially the white. Real excited.

I bet this is the design we will see come September/October.
 
Ahh, I love these rumors. Every year we have tons of people saying how hideous the design is, then it comes out and everyone loves it.

Seriously, learn to remember what you said last time.
 
Im not speculating on whether these images are legit but I will say that I like the black version.

but the white one is fugly.
 
ivladster said:
Although it does look real, only Apple can make such metal work on the inside. Few possibilities:
1. Old prototype that Apple leaks on purpose to create hype
2. Chinese made-fake to get some hype.
3. Old iPhone 5 that Steve Jobs killed before it went too far.

I really don't see this being Ive's work at all. The metal back with small glass parts on sides? Ugly, huge holes for speaker?

No this is not Apple.
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I completely agree, Apple would not release a product with this off matched two tone crap + everything else you said. But, I still really want to see a iPhone 5 released this summer. My smartphone took a swim and it's either an iPhone 5 or Razr MAXX on the 11th.
 
ovrlrd said:
Ahh, I love these rumors. Every year we have tons of people saying how hideous the design is, then it comes out and everyone loves it.

Seriously, learn to remember what you said last time.
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I'm going to quote the haters

They were soo whiny

"wah! It has seams! It's so ugly! Wah wah wah!!!l

... And they're first in line camping for the new iPhone
 
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