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New iPhone 6 Renderings Based on Recent Info Show Design Changes
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Agreed, it looks like a gigantic phone. Can't imagine it on your pocket and that huge brick in your face when talking.
Well, I guess if this is true, I will hold my judgment when I actually see one for real.
damn, that red one is just ridiculous. The 4.7 seems to be the sweet spot if you want something larger than the current 5S.
I love the look, especially the all black one. On a side note, the design does not look like an easy one to manufacture. The round edges are easy in plastic, but I have no idea how much work wound entail making this design out of aluminum. Stamped aluminum like the ipod touch instead of cnc?
That is absolutely true... But... Apple is kind of stuck in a tough spot because they are NOT going to get rid of that physical home button any time soon. And as long as it's there they will also have an equal amount of bezel on top.
If they're going to insist on keeping it then ideally they'd go with a button that's wider and shorter but then they'd be accused of copying Samsung.
The red one is Lumia 1520 and it's not bigger than the HTC One Max ... That is phablet world, deal with it.
I'm very torn about that .... I'd like a device to substitute my smaller tablet (a 7" nexus) and my secondary phone (a Lumia 925), and a phablet could be the right choice.
But I'm worried it would be awkward to use as a phone and too small to use as a tablet .....
It's kind of an odd thing for me, but after loyally buying Apple products on nearly a clockwork timeline since 2000, I am kind of at a saturation point. I have the iPhone 5, my wife has the 5S. I am finding I am spending my time in a more balanced fashion, less time on the net, less time on the computers since they are recently upgraded and fast as heck....just less time on devices in general and I am really happy about that.
Balance....
So I would normally be in line for an upgrade and if for no other reason, it is a good idea for wear reasons, especially the battery. But for some reason, I am not all that keen to get a bigger and thinner phone so I will have to see what the specs really end up to be but to be honest, unless I am wowed beyond belief at the new hardware, I might just get a 5S when eligible and call it good since I really like the size and form factor.
I get why people on a site like this are *really* into these announcements / upgrades, it's their thing, job, hobby, passion or life, this technology stuff....
I guess I have just grown out of it and would rather spend my life in the real world instead of the virtual one, so I am likely either going to stick with my current phone or get a 5S and be perfectly happy. And to tell you the truth, a lot of my colleagues and friends are feeling the same notion of being "Over it" and are finding a better life balance too...
For those who's passion / life is this stuff, I hope the new i-6 is all you are wishing it to be...
Balance....
So I would normally be in line for an upgrade and if for no other reason, it is a good idea for wear reasons, especially the battery. But for some reason, I am not all that keen to get a bigger and thinner phone so I will have to see what the specs really end up to be but to be honest, unless I am wowed beyond belief at the new hardware, I might just get a 5S when eligible and call it good since I really like the size and form factor.
I get why people on a site like this are *really* into these announcements / upgrades, it's their thing, job, hobby, passion or life, this technology stuff....
I guess I have just grown out of it and would rather spend my life in the real world instead of the virtual one, so I am likely either going to stick with my current phone or get a 5S and be perfectly happy. And to tell you the truth, a lot of my colleagues and friends are feeling the same notion of being "Over it" and are finding a better life balance too...
For those who's passion / life is this stuff, I hope the new i-6 is all you are wishing it to be...
To put it lightly.
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4" being last years model, but 3 sizes of a new design doesnt sound like Apple at all.
Is it just me or does the renderings make it look like those iPhones basically have a permanent bumper case?
Wow. You must have really poor self esteem if you think that talking on a large phone in public would somehow be embarrasing.
Right. Get back to us once the iPhone 6 arrives and tell us how you feel.
Not that I don't believe you, but we're all closet (or not so closet) technophiles here no matter how much we try to convince ourselves that we're not.
I would really like this design on an iPhone 6:
http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/news/2014/01/iphone_air_next_iphone_could_be_as_thin_as_6mm/
Having the same color on the front as the back with matching wallpaper would rock!
http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/news/2014/01/iphone_air_next_iphone_could_be_as_thin_as_6mm/
Having the same color on the front as the back with matching wallpaper would rock!
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And who's hand radius is that of exactly? Must be a little kid or something. I can reach every point of a 5.2 display easily and can reach every point except the lower left corner of a 5.7.
Really, these articles are getting old, how many times can macrumors post the same thing?
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This. The Bezels are huge by today's standards but the 4S is and was the peak of smartphone design.
Wut
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Don't even start that BS .... Samsung copied and was sued for that
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In case you didn't realize, this isn't 1980 anymore ....
The red one is a Nokia Lumia 1520 which has a 6" display with very large bezels: no wonder it looks huge.
http://allthingsd.com/20131128/nokia-lumia-1520-marks-giant-leap-in-screen-size-for-windows-phone/
Even the smaller Note 3 looks huge, not to speak about HTC One Max ... every phablet looks huge
You're correct. Steve said it was the perfect size 5 years ago. Times and tastes change.
Those huge devices acting as phones are the latest gimmick to drive people to buy smart-watches. So people will justify paint for another device that "makes sense" to reduce the size of the device that is put next to your head for talking over the phone.
Isn't this basically moving the industry back to the 90s like when Palm Pilots and PDAs or digital agendas were used in tandem with a cellphone? people were carrying around two devices or more to accomplish something.
Nowadays some people even carry all day long 4 devices: a smart watch, a laptop, a tablet and a phone. And don't forget those hug he headphones and the CarPlay unit in the car.
Isn't this basically moving the industry back to the 90s like when Palm Pilots and PDAs or digital agendas were used in tandem with a cellphone? people were carrying around two devices or more to accomplish something.
Nowadays some people even carry all day long 4 devices: a smart watch, a laptop, a tablet and a phone. And don't forget those hug he headphones and the CarPlay unit in the car.
If Steve got on stage today and said the 3.5" screen was the perfect size, people would laugh in his face. 3.5" was the perfect size in 2007, not in 2014.
Can we just jump to the last part? Do a lot of apple users wear skinny jeans? I have put a galaxy note in my pocked with no issues. I wear dockers, you don't need a fanny pack or man purse to carry something even that size.
Apple should have been the first to market with a bigger screen phone, not because it's innovative, it's not; it just makes sense.
Stop whining already.
It looks good, maybe good enough for me to upgrade from my unlocked, unsubsidized 5s. I would like to have 2GB of ram and 128GB capacity, so if it doesn't have that, I'll have to wait.