New Photo of Alleged iPhone 6 Manufacturing Mold Hints at 4.7-Inch Display

[xmichaelp]

If this is true, it would be a very poor choice of dimensions IMO - far too thin.
You cannot keep increasing the length of the phone without increasing it's width too, as the phone starts to lose proportion.
The ratio is already bad enough on the iPhone 5 which is too long for its width and if (as it looks from this photo), the phone isn't getting any wider, adding yet more length onto the phone would be ridiculous.
So bigger is better, but it means bigger in both length and width otherwise bigger is just silly!

The picture is of a 5s. It's the same proportion.

 

[whsbuss]

Want more width? Rotate iPhone 90 degrees.

Ta-da!

Always a smart @ss in the crowd.

 

[1Zach1]

I made a mock up out of MDF while at work today. It is very tall, but I can just about reach the corners of the screen.

I made it ~64mm x ~138 x ~7.5mm and drew on a 4.7 inch screen. It does feel quite a nice size, except for the height. My drawing of the screen isn't exactly accurate, it doesn't quite come to 16:9.

4.7" 16:9 screen is 104.1mmx58.4mm, so "isn't exactly accurate" would be a stretch if you ask me. Bring the phone size down to 59mm wide and see how it feels in your hand.
Then drop the camera next to the mic and lower the top bezel 5-6mm. How does it feel now?
Now get rid of the home button and make the top and bottom bezels symmetrical. How does it feel now?

 

[beosound3200]

not according to the internal documents apple released during the samgsung trial going on right now.

im talking about current sales, not growth opportunity

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

I made a mock up out of MDF while at work today. It is very tall, but I can just about reach the corners of the screen.

I made it ~64mm x ~138 x ~7.5mm and drew on a 4.7 inch screen. It does feel quite a nice size, except for the height. My drawing of the screen isn't exactly accurate, it doesn't quite come to 16:9.

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Looks good mate.

 

[mdelvecchio]

I believe Apple is getting behind innovation on the smartphones area, that why most leaks are from the iPhone. Maybe its a way to show how they are catching up. If they where far ahead in innovation, these should never happen.

that doesnt make any sense. leaks follow the most highly-demanded products, not for ho-hum products, because the leaking workers get paid for them by leak sites.

 

[Toml2003]

4.7" 16:9 screen is 104.1mmx58.4mm, so "isn't exactly accurate" would be a stretch if you ask me. Bring the phone size down to 59mm wide and see how it feels in your hand.
Then drop the camera next to the mic and lower the top bezel 5-6mm. How does it feel now?
Now get rid of the home button and make the top and bottom bezels symmetrical. How does it feel now?

I agree with you, but 59mm leaves 0.3 each side for the screen. I know people want edge to edge, but I expect at least 1mm each side.

I would also like the idea of removing 5-6mm from the top, I don't think it has to mirror the bottom as I can't see them getting rid of the home button.

 

[1Zach1]

I agree with you, but 59mm leaves 0.3 each side for the screen. I know people want edge to edge, but I expect at least 1mm each side.

I would also like the idea of removing 5-6mm from the top, I don't think it has to mirror the bottom as I can't see them getting rid of the home button.

I understand, I was just trying to make a point of how much space is being burned with the current iPhone design. It could be dramatically smaller with a 4.7" screen if Apple had that as a goal.

 

[mdelvecchio]

im talking about current sales, not growth opportunity

so am i -- apple's own documents state current sales (growth is sales) is slowing.

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/06/consumers-want-larger-iphones/

 

[xmichaelp]

i think exactly the opposite is true. people mostly prefer smaller smartphones. sales data backs this up

Just because iPhones sell a lot doesn't mean people love the screen size. All the top selling android phones are big.

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http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...ei-lenovo-motorolas-mobile-shipments-combined

http://www.androidbeat.com/2013/12/...xpectations-less-2-3-million-units-purchased/

http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...-for-just-110-of-its-2013-premium-phone-sales

also, its reasonable to assume that large screen phones exist only because of the inability of android oems to compete with iphone specs and battery life at 4 inch. sony managed in late 2013 with z1 compact, although 2mm thicker...

thats why apple wasnt in a hurry to release a larger screen iphone

Quite the stretch there. LG G2 didn't sell to expectation so that means people prefer small screens? And of course the Note 3 isn't going to take up most sales. It's huge and a niche market. By "big" phones we mean 4.7-5.2-ish.

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^^ lots of drama based on ignorance of manufacturing processes ^^

Why such dramatic swings of faux annoyance and so much drama-queening?

You guys are saps - wait for the launch, and stop pretending to suddenly know all about manufacturing processes; you get yourselves all carried away on tides of emotion... and for what - a "leaked" photo of something with no foundation of proof?

I laugh at you.

PS: Next person to think themselves amusing with the "doubling down" nonsense gets a smack round the head with a wet kipper.

If you have such little faith in Apple's design prowess, why are you still coming to an Apple-biased forum?

Thank you. It makes laugh at how many people over-react to rumors.

All the comments like "HOW APPLE IS DONE STEVE JOBS IS ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE" just because of some crude leak. As another guy said, there's more pieces to the machine, that's not the final size.

 

[hpereznoble]

that doesnt make any sense. leaks follow the most highly-demanded products, not for ho-hum products, because the leaking workers get paid for them by leak sites.

Come on, when the iPhone 5c was launched Phil said something like: "I know you saw the color rumors, buts thats fine cause it shows you are exited by the products"

Im worried about this leak story and Tim with his "Double down secrecy" posture.

 

[SmileyBlast!]

Not liking this. Too much bezel.

But it could also be misdirection. Tim Cook said he was doubling down on secrecy. Maybe this is a sting to catch leak manufacturing vendors and penalize them contractually.

Or maybe its a decoy so that there can be some surprise on release day.

 

[macnchiefs]

Don't worry guys. Apple is doubling down on security.

 

[beosound3200]

so am i -- apple's own documents state current sales (growth is sales) is slowing.

https://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/06/consumers-want-larger-iphones/

yes, but most of samsungs growth is samsung galaxy Y, not s4 or note. all im saying is large screen phones arent massively popular as some want us to think.

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Quite the stretch there. LG G2 didn't sell to expectation so that means people prefer small screens? And of course the Note 3 isn't going to take up most sales. It's huge and a niche market. By "big" phones we mean 4.7-5.2-ish.

growth comes from galaxy Y.

high end segment - apple still leads in numbers sold

those are small screen devices, right?

 

[fallenjt]

why couldn't it be compared next to, i don't know.. an iPhone 5/5s?

Because they needed to use that iPhone 5 plate to put on the molding. BTW, it appears that iPhone 5/5s plate stretched out in the molding in this photo"chopped" picture.

 

[nexusrule]

If this is true, it would be a very poor choice of dimensions IMO - far too thin.
You cannot keep increasing the length of the phone without increasing it's width too, as the phone starts to lose proportion.

I think you mean too narrow.

 

[JazzyGB1]

I think you mean too narrow.

Yes

 

[JobsGang]

Basically the same dimensions of the htc one(m7).And that was a gorgeous phone.So I don't know what all the complaints is for.

 

[kupkakez]

And people thought the M8 was tall?! Good grief, did they make it ANY wider at all? I don't just want a tall skinny screen I'd like some width to my screen as well.

 

[1Zach1]

And people thought the M8 was tall?! Good grief, did they make it ANY wider at all? I don't just want a tall skinny screen I'd like some width to my screen as well.

It would be a 16:9 screen, just like HTC phones. The M8 is 146.3mm tall, that's really tall even for a 5" screen.

 

[decimortis]

I made a mock up out of MDF while at work today. It is very tall, but I can just about reach the corners of the screen.

I made it ~64mm x ~138 x ~7.5mm and drew on a 4.7 inch screen. It does feel quite a nice size, except for the height. My drawing of the screen isn't exactly accurate, it doesn't quite come to 16:9.

Gimme a break.
Apple would never make a phone out of MDF.
What if it got wet or touched, the fire?

D.

 

[myrtlebee]

Wait a minute. This is not iPhone 5s white on the image. It is just 4S or 4 white model.


Nice try.

Nice eye - exactly. Everyone the white phone in the photo is an iPhone 4 or 4S - look at the the elongated proximity sensor.

 

[Fender2112]

I bet they're already trying to identify that shoe's owner

I also notice the scale of the mold seems a bit large when compared to the shoe. I'd say the photo is a fake.

 

[Col4bin]

Wow...

Great, just what we needed, a taller iPhone.

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It would be a 16:9 screen, just like HTC phones. The M8 is 146.3mm tall, that's really tall even for a 5" screen.

Whoa. We'll need to stretch out our thumbs to reach the top of the screen, now. Maybe one of those medieval torture devices could help?

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4.7" 16:9 screen is 104.1mmx58.4mm, so "isn't exactly accurate" would be a stretch if you ask me. Bring the phone size down to 59mm wide and see how it feels in your hand.
Then drop the camera next to the mic and lower the top bezel 5-6mm. How does it feel now?
Now get rid of the home button and make the top and bottom bezels symmetrical. How does it feel now?

Just get rid of the iPhone's ugly hulking bezels and we'd be in great shape.

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If their is no normal sized iPhone, just a big monstrosity I will be pretty sad. I think the big phones are awful.

Especially when a quarter of the height is devoted to ugly bezel.

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Just what I need. An iPhone so large that it doesn't fit in my pocket! And an iPhone so large that I can't use it one-handed.

Wow, thanks Tim Cook, for your AMAZING INNOVATIONS since Steve died!!

Meanwhile, the ONE LARGE THING that we really do need has been discontinued: the 17" laptop. High screen resolution doesn't matter if the pixels are so small that you have to squint while trying to edit video.

Tim Cook and Phil Schiller are making a complete mess of Steve's house.

Well at least it'll still fit your pocket width-wise. Based on that mold, the thing will be as tall as a darn television remote! So ugly.

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Not sure about keeping it so narrow that a bigger screen makes the iPhone a very long candy bar-like device, it's going to be awkward in one's pocket.

(and also, "is that a (whatever) or are you just happy to see me" jokes will get a revival).

Now the iPhone will be part phone, part iPod and part TV remote!

 

[powers74]

MAN that thing's huge. Hope they keep selling a 4 incher.

I dunno, I might love it once I hold it, but all the giant droids I've held are just too big for me