Actually I just looked through different purported leaked cases and they very greatly. A silver with white bands; a gold with the same white bands which make it clash like crazy; a gold with gold bands, a really dark grey/black with black bands. Also the inside case designs have varied with different placements of holes and specifically the Apple logo cutout varies from more of an Apple shape to this shape where it is more simply curved and a straight line on the upper right corner.
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New iPhone 6 Rear Shell Photos Show Recessed Volume Buttons, Scratch-Resistant Apple Logo
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The rear camera on the iPod Touch doesn't protrude. At least not in any photos I have seen of it. I really hope these are all fake leaks perpetrated by Apple to mislead people.
Most of those aren't leaks but rather models made with 3d printers.
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Yes it does protrude.
But the Samsung Galaxy S5 has a protruding camera as well, although much larger protrusion and in the center.
So these schematics whether they're real/accurate/final seem to show the 4.7" camera at 6.7mm diameter which lines up with this leak (6.66mm), and the 5.5" camera at 7.5mm. Assuming that's correct, I guess the 5.5" could have a better camera?
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/28/drawings-iphone-6c/
You'll also note that they omitted the antenna bands. Then again they omitted the front facing camera as well. Seems odd that they'd show the Apple logo but not the antenna bands though.
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Seriously? I am typing this on one, it does haha. Go to Apple.com
*edit someone posted pics lol
https://www.macrumors.com/2014/03/28/drawings-iphone-6c/
You'll also note that they omitted the antenna bands. Then again they omitted the front facing camera as well. Seems odd that they'd show the Apple logo but not the antenna bands though.
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Seriously? I am typing this on one, it does haha. Go to Apple.com
*edit someone posted pics lol
If you can assume these pics are real I can assume that the lens is flush to surface when not in use. There, problem solved...I hope.
Of course they would. Just look at the iPod Touch 5. You get used to it pretty quickly.
I doubt it. Just like the iPod Touch 5, it will not be flush to the surface.
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Free publicity!
Every iPhone (non-s) has had a 'gate' problem.
iPhone 4 - antenna-gate
iPhone 5 - scuff-gate
iPhone 6 - camera-gate??! (Maybe)
Wouldn't surprise me
Free publicity!
I ******* think you're ******* overreacting about a ****** phone. Calm the **** down.
You're talking about this picture?
As it was mentioned right at the beginning of the current article "The part was in an intermediate stage of production, and thus had not been fully processed and polished, but it still offered a good look at the device's body. "
It's also kind of obvious, the metal was way too thick to be the final shell. Another phase of aluminum milling and drilling lead to the shell we see in the current article. Everything still matches when you take into account the aluminum that was removed in this phase.
I've been looking closely at every back shell leak since the beginning and aside from this unfinished one, every purported iPhone 6 shell precisely match the others in almost every way.
Edit: And I'm talking about shells where we can see the inside of the casing. As far as I know, we haven't seen the insides of any mockups. Some people here seem to overestimate the easiness of producing precisely machined metal that includes two layers of injection moulded plastic/ceramic fibers. BTW the Chinese iPhone 6 clones shells are made of plastic.
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Yeah you're right about the internals but I'm talking about the bands mainly. They have varied in color, even on the same colored aluminum. One gold phone had white bands and another had golden.
Indeed we've seen two different band colors on the gold model. To me it can mean one of two things.
- They changed idea about the color of the bands for the gold model.
- They're using white for the test runs as it can show defects more easily.
That's my theory anyway. I doubt they could change them to a completely different material as the injection moulding process and the design is intricately linked to the properties of the material used.
BTW the antenna lines on the iPhone 4/4S/5/5S are likely made of ceramic fibers and not plastic, according to this patent : https://www.google.com/patents/US20120076573
The lens thing is still dubios to me, however I don't think it would be the travesty some people say.
I don't think we would have an issue laying it on a table. It is pretty much in an upper corner, so the phone would still be very usable without teetering at all. Stick something small like an eraser tip under the corner of your phone and use it on a desk. You will see you have no issues. Phones that DO have this issue generally have a much more centrally located lens.
As far as the case, I don't think it looks as nice as the 5/5S, but the lines really aren't SO bad. The increased screen size and NFC (should that rumor prove true) more than make up for it for me.
Kind of neat to see us potentially going back to how the original Apple logo was embedded in the very first iPhone, only supposedly much more scratch resistant. This is just an aesthetic thing, so it doesn't really sway me either way, but it is an interesting throwback.
I don't think we would have an issue laying it on a table. It is pretty much in an upper corner, so the phone would still be very usable without teetering at all. Stick something small like an eraser tip under the corner of your phone and use it on a desk. You will see you have no issues. Phones that DO have this issue generally have a much more centrally located lens.
As far as the case, I don't think it looks as nice as the 5/5S, but the lines really aren't SO bad. The increased screen size and NFC (should that rumor prove true) more than make up for it for me.
Kind of neat to see us potentially going back to how the original Apple logo was embedded in the very first iPhone, only supposedly much more scratch resistant. This is just an aesthetic thing, so it doesn't really sway me either way, but it is an interesting throwback.
The inset Apple logo in current generation iPads (Air and mini with retina) are already made of liquidmetal. If anyone has an old iPhone 3GS sim eject tool -- confirmed to be liquidmetal -- that was included with the phone, you will see they are the same material.
And before anyone gets confused, the original iPad mini's Apple logo was polished into the aluminum, but the iPad mini with retina and the iPad Air, in fact, have inset logos that are not polished aluminum.
And before anyone gets confused, the original iPad mini's Apple logo was polished into the aluminum, but the iPad mini with retina and the iPad Air, in fact, have inset logos that are not polished aluminum.
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Great use of liquid metal, a SIM tool and and an Apple logo. I'm sure everyone has been clamoring for a scratch resistant Apple logo.
Well to those who want more MP (presumably without sacrificing picture quality) this is how you get the focal length required for a bigger sensor. It looks like perhaps you'll get your MP wish.