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New 3G iPhone Photos?
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I am hoping you got SR's point that 3g signals and WIFI signals are different, therefore the aluminum enclosure makes a signal quality difference. Can we agree that apple has made only one product that uses cell phone signals, yes, what material did they use to allow those signals to reach the phone, plastic...i see an argument here
Iphone Killer!
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/479884/
We are getting closer.... but still wont believe until we see the real thing.
Wud prefer black over white anytime....
Dont know how rugged and scratch-resistant zirconia is but still I wud not like to put scratches and have the off-color look (thats how the white wud eventually look) few months down the line.
However if apple can still retain the solid, cool and sturdy aluminium look and feel.... it wud make an IPhone Killer
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/479884/
We are getting closer.... but still wont believe until we see the real thing.
Wud prefer black over white anytime....
Dont know how rugged and scratch-resistant zirconia is but still I wud not like to put scratches and have the off-color look (thats how the white wud eventually look) few months down the line.
However if apple can still retain the solid, cool and sturdy aluminium look and feel.... it wud make an IPhone Killer
As long as it doesnt get scratched easily like my touch...I m waaaay contented....
Cheers amigos
Cheers amigos
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/479884/
We are getting closer.... but still wont believe until we see the real thing.
Wud prefer black over white anytime....
Dont know how rugged and scratch-resistant zirconia is but still I wud not like to put scratches and have the off-color look (thats how the white wud eventually look) few months down the line.
However if apple can still retain the solid, cool and sturdy aluminium look and feel.... it wud make an IPhone Killer
you know it's 'would', right?
nice! isnt it being more close to reality?!
i will probably pick white.
btw....where is the photo light....where is it..
Prolly the iPhone gen2 will have Photo booth and it will flash the screen (like the Mac's and portable's screens) when taking picture using the front camera.... No Separate Flash Required
Um.... Looks the same to me.... May be the skewed angle and the shine confused you.... Chill. I dont think Apple would wanna add more weight to the device in the form of a thick ring.... they would rather implement that weight as extra battery life.... Think
hmm the case looks slimmer than the current iphone... isn't it supposed to be vice versa with all the features added to the new iphone? because the majority of the rumors said that the new iphone is a little bigger than the one out right now
you'll notice that the edges taper much more dramatically than the current iPhone. this is what has been discussed before, in that while the case is actually thicker, it's masked in a way by this effect
so then does it have the front camera? and what does his company make? the 3rd party case or the actual iPhone case or the real iPhone itself?
Only reason for plastic, or hopefully Zirconia, would be to maximize reception/transmission of 3G/GPS signals.
My point, exactly.
Wouldn't write that off yet.
The MacBook is NOT on this list...
(runs off crying...)
bceause the MB is white you goof haha
This seems like a step backwards for Apple. They just spent all that time updating the iPod video from white/black to the Classic (silver & flat black). I'll be really disappointed if this really is the 3G. Very much less sleek than the current version. To me, it seems very PC-esque - Meaning it sacrifices looks to pack in more features. That is something Apple has steered away from in the past, idk why they would start now.
It's a prototype design, there isn't even a home button... why would they care to paint it?
All of those devices except the iPhone unsurprisingly don't need to get onto the GSM network, only WiFi a different kettle of fish all together. I'm not trying to be nasty about it just putting across my view on it. Thats the one thing I loath about conveying information through text, there is no emotion or feeling as to how you are saying something. Maybe 10.5.3 will provide the fix lol!!
you're right.
the macbook/ibook destroy the powerbook/macbook pro reception levels.
Let me clarify that for you all (I just can't believe anyone mentioned it before!):
The Aluminium PowerBook G4 had two plastic "ears" near the top of the screen's backplate, one on each side; the MacBook Pro, on the other hand, has a long rubber strip on the inner side of the hinge, the one which faces the user when the laptop is opened, near the keyboard; The MacBook Air also has a plasticky/rubberish strip on the very same place. They are there, if reports are to be believed, to let the WiFi radio signal through. As for both the iBook and the MacBook? There are no such "special areas" in their casings, for obvious reasons.
Also, both the 1st generation iPhone and the iPod touch have black plastic parts on their backs for the exact same purpose, too... Now, while these 3G iPhone casings could be just mockups, precise in their shape and not in their materials (meaning the final casing could very well be made mostly out of some kind of metal with a plastic part to let the cellular and WiFi signals through), I'm leaning more to the all plastic/Zirconia theory.
It makes sense, since it all adds up:
There have been already four different reports, three of them with photos (two of white casings, and one of a black model) and another one with a crappy artist's rendition (mentioning, also, black, white and maybe red as different colour options), which all match perfectly, down to the little details like their holes at the bottom or inside the speaker's slit on the front glass. On top of that, there was that "iPhone Black" slip-up on At&t's website...
I don't know what you think about this when looking at the big picture but, IMHO, all the pieces seem to fit.
That's what I was thinking. But I wouldn't mind white iPhone, it would go with the rest of my white iPods and clock radio and speakers. But so long as it's not neon pink or hot sunshine gold I don't care about the color.
yeah, agreed lol. Though Apple has good taste in design. They just got a new set of pencils to work with