Each to their own I guess... I've seen quite a few attractive looking non-iPhones but that one does nothing for me. The rounded chrome bezel gives me iPhone 3G vibes. That was 5 years ago. Desire-tingle: 2/10.
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New Photos and Video of 'iPhone 5' Front Panel Show Minimal Height Increase Over iPhone 4S
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Oh, now most people like the new design. What a surprise....
Just like " NFC isnt ready yet "
I think the 4s is sitting a little back. I don't think they are lined up end-to-end as they should be.
But the Android fans here keep telling us how much more innovative Android handset makers are than Apple!
Android Model 1: Meh
Android Model 2: Bigger screen
Android Model 3: Even bigger screen
Android Model 4: WAY BIGGER SCREEN!!!
As an iphone user i do think android (and windows mobile) has come along further than ios over the last couple of years, now its more down to choice in my opinion
Only problem is that Apple did make this particular object of desire when it released its first iPhone with the metal back and chrome rim. Samsung is just catching up and tweaking it.
What a shame and a crime. Very minimal size increase with the new iPhone. Length does not increase or give any gain to the small print that I already have on the 4s. We just get a little more small print. Very disappointing.
If you want bigger characters you want a big screen with a low resolution. Something like the Lumia 900 for example.
If you think a 4.8" screen with a 720P resolution nets you larger text, this is not correct. More content at once yes, but bigger text no.
I'm not sure how these rumors (if true) don't constitute a major upgrade:
LTE (just because it isn't available where you are doesn't mean the speed difference isn't substantial. And am I the only one who thinks Apple waited to implement this until it was efficient enough for them? Ala Qualcomm's new chips)
In-cell touchscreen (this is getting lost. not only will the device be lighter and thinner, but the lcd panel will be closer to the front glass allowing for lower brightness and less power to achieve the same display quality.
Bigger screen (leads not only to more screen real estate - which is apparently what the majority wants - but also true 16:9 widescreen, smaller bezel a different sized handset overall.
Metal back casing (just because the phone is a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't mean changing the size and makeup of the phone itself is any less of a design change. Especially if this metal ends up being liquidmetal (highly unlikely)
Upgraded camera (heard rumors of a 13 MP, but not sure of their validity. At any rate I'm sure you can expect a 720p front camera for facetime and hopefully at least a 10mp rear camera.
Upgraded CPU/GPU (it will be faster and smoother....not sure how much clearer to be than that.)
Battery life (with all the high-efficiency chips and parts going into this new phone I wouldn't be surprised if it boasts unprecedented battery life versus previous models)
iOS6 (you know there will be a feature locked only to the iPhone 5. I know there are plenty of people who don't see this as an upgrade either but 3D mapping and turn-by-turn, Siri improvements, Passbook are only a few.
I'm not sure what else you people are looking for save a triangular phone with a holographic display or something completely absurd. The OS updates aren't there to introduce BRAND NEW ways of doing things, but to improve on the existing methods. There literally is an app for everything so it would be difficult to come up with some brand new thing to do with your phone at this point. If you put out a polished product, why is there any need to radically change it every couple of years?
That being said, based on the above features, I think this year's iPhone release will be the biggest upgrade yet.
LTE (just because it isn't available where you are doesn't mean the speed difference isn't substantial. And am I the only one who thinks Apple waited to implement this until it was efficient enough for them? Ala Qualcomm's new chips)
In-cell touchscreen (this is getting lost. not only will the device be lighter and thinner, but the lcd panel will be closer to the front glass allowing for lower brightness and less power to achieve the same display quality.
Bigger screen (leads not only to more screen real estate - which is apparently what the majority wants - but also true 16:9 widescreen, smaller bezel a different sized handset overall.
Metal back casing (just because the phone is a rectangle with rounded corners doesn't mean changing the size and makeup of the phone itself is any less of a design change. Especially if this metal ends up being liquidmetal (highly unlikely)
Upgraded camera (heard rumors of a 13 MP, but not sure of their validity. At any rate I'm sure you can expect a 720p front camera for facetime and hopefully at least a 10mp rear camera.
Upgraded CPU/GPU (it will be faster and smoother....not sure how much clearer to be than that.)
Battery life (with all the high-efficiency chips and parts going into this new phone I wouldn't be surprised if it boasts unprecedented battery life versus previous models)
iOS6 (you know there will be a feature locked only to the iPhone 5. I know there are plenty of people who don't see this as an upgrade either but 3D mapping and turn-by-turn, Siri improvements, Passbook are only a few.
I'm not sure what else you people are looking for save a triangular phone with a holographic display or something completely absurd. The OS updates aren't there to introduce BRAND NEW ways of doing things, but to improve on the existing methods. There literally is an app for everything so it would be difficult to come up with some brand new thing to do with your phone at this point. If you put out a polished product, why is there any need to radically change it every couple of years?
That being said, based on the above features, I think this year's iPhone release will be the biggest upgrade yet.
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Anyone who has studied perspective in school realizes that more is going on there. If the top phone were slid back enough to dwarf it that much we would not be able to see the bottom edge of the top phone at all.
Either the new iPhone is wider or one or more of the phones in the photo is a fake.
Some of the bottom is obscured and while I haven't studied perspective in school, I am familiar with depth of field and that top phone is not as in focus as the bottom phone so it is clearly sitting a little back.
A possible explanation is that the top phone also isn't sitting flat on (and perhaps not perfectly parallel to) the bottom phone. The person's finger could be putting space between the 2 that we can't see based on the upward looking perspective we have.
I seriously doubt either one is fake.
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The days of the 3GS are back
Finally I can change the screen of the i5 with out taking apart the whole phone!!!! If you look at the LCD and digi connector they are backwards so is ala 3G(S) and the battery is at the side so no need to take logicboard out neither really a work of art if you ask me. Nice job Ive.
Finally I can change the screen of the i5 with out taking apart the whole phone!!!! If you look at the LCD and digi connector they are backwards so is ala 3G(S) and the battery is at the side so no need to take logicboard out neither really a work of art if you ask me. Nice job Ive.
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Fail on the Screen Size
iPhone was ok for a while but its just falling behind so quick I gotta look at something new and "Think Different"
Honestly, while I may agree on some points regarding iOS, those images make my eyes hurt. It's like MS threw up on the screen.
Source? Not being an @$$, all I've heard was that it would be 16:9 so I'm just curious what the aspect ratio would be.
You would benefit from reading previous posts....
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16/9 = 1.78
iPhone 5 rumored resolution: 1136/640 = 1.78
as i slightly agree, i also feel windows and android started further ahead than iOS
1136/640 = 16:9(.014)....close enough.
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The more I see these pics, the more it looks like the new iPhone is ever so slightly wider. I'd live to see an exact measurment of the 2.
Thinner phone? Big wup. I'd rather have the same thickness phone if it meant a longer lasting battery. Plus thinner won't make holding the phone any easier.
Metal back? Uummmm OK? Other than build quality and aesthetics this will benefit users how?
Upgraded camera, CPU/GPU and battery life? Imagine that, a newer generation phone that doesn't improve on any of these things.
iOS6? Have you read any of the iOS6 threads recently? Consensus is that it is much ado about nothing. Mapping as of now is not nearly what we've been used to with Google.
To each his own opinion I guess, but to me a major upgrade (from the 4S) would be a phone that is not just an elongated version of its predecessor, but one with a larger screen (length and width), significantly better battery life plus the incremental improvements you've mentioned and that should be expected from a new generation phone.
