Next Generation iPhone Bezel Revealed?

[Agolden]

I think the top ear-speaker could use an update. With my 3g its either turned all the way up or all the way down. Maybe there making it bigger to house a better one.

Although, MOST of all, besides all the new bad ass hardware; The back casing should go back to metal like the 1st gen. They should make it metal shaped like the 3g's plastic back. THAT would be so nice, the 1st gen was indestructible. I dropped it out of my lap getting out of my truck onto pavement like 5 times, there were only scratches everything else solid. the 3G has such a thin back, it cracks between the buttons and i think the inside hardware i'snt as secure.

 

[philipxz]

Wow! A rubber back sounds nice. Probably the same texture as the feet on a UMB.

 

[macshill]

I would buy just for a front facing "iChat-able" camera. Make it happen.

HA!!!!!!! AT&T's network would be exposed as the true joke that it is. It'd lock up and they can't be bothered to upgrade it, so they'd rather keep their monopoly going and have America do w/out. That's the AT&T way.

 

[Exegesis48]

Wow! A rubber back sounds nice. Probably the same texture as the feet on a UMB.

I was thinking more along the lines of the SeeThrough Satin Speck Cases. I have one on my Unibody macbook Pro right now, and it feels soooo nice. Shame it shows all the finger oils all over it so easily though.

 

[Agolden]

No it is not in their plans right now. I say 4G. And YESSSS MANY MANY people will use it. The iPhone will actually make video chat common because it will be the first to do it RIGHT!



As much as I would LOVE it, it is not a missing crack. No phone in the USA has it that I know of, and others that do in the world it is utter crap, which is why Apple is waiting to do it RIGHT! AT&Ts network would literally collapse if they did it now. It won't happen till LTE!

Well, you would be video chatting with people that have laptops or desktops. And, I think it is possible that they are doing the front facing cam because apple always does cool stuff like this first. But, there is no software in the 3.0 betas that would allow video chat, ya know? There might be a front cam for taking pics of you and yourself to send with mms. Either way, if there is a front cam, there is no software for video chat yet... from apple at least.... (app store)

 

[applecore22]

What do you think that is for?

What do you think the round cutout in the bezel is or could be for? Assuming this leak is correct and this is the bezel that will be on the next iPhone. I circled it in red on the pictures here.

 

[Exegesis48]

Look people... If they are releasing a new iPhone, then they are going to have to have a selling point. They can't just change the asthetics and call it the "NEW" iPhone 3G. Copy and paste and MMS are going to be apart of iPhone 3.0 OS, and they aren't going to just make a new phone to take advantage of that. As of right now the only compelling new feature everyone is talking about is video, so at least that much must be certain...

I was writing this post to point out the obviousness that they would be coming out with a video chat capable phone, but as I was writing it I realized that video with MMS integration done only the way that Apple can do it (simply and efficiently) is really all you need to market a new iPhone. So yeah, never mind, I take it all back.

 

[jmann]

Wow! A rubber back sounds nice. Probably the same texture as the feet on a UMB.

That would be a nice consistency, but I would be afraid that it would gash easily.

 

[audiocollective]

Photo Button

What do you think the round cutout in the bezel is or could be for? Assuming this leak is correct and this is the bezel that will be on the next iPhone. I circled it in red on the pictures here.

It looks a little strange but the round part of the bezel is probably for a dedicated photo button. If it is going to have a good camera it might also be nice to have a good button to use it with. If you hold the phone like you are taking a picture with a camera the button would be in the perfect place.

 

[ziggyonice]

What do you think the round cutout in the bezel is or could be for? Assuming this leak is correct and this is the bezel that will be on the next iPhone. I circled it in red on the pictures here.

Silent ringer switch.

 

[applecore22]

Silent ringer switch.

On the bottom right corner of the iPhone? Why would they change it now? It's worked well, and has been positioned on the upper left for two releases so far...

 

[ptlnfc]

what about this?

look at the reflection on the lower left of the photo, it is a reflective surface shot with large soft light box on top in a studio environment.

maybe next to the new dark rim, there'll still be a mirror-ish rim just like the one in the existing iphones.

 

[applecheese]

who cares about front facing camera. i want this

 

[LevMac]

Id love the back of the casing to go back to the aluminium finish like the 1st gen iPhone, felt much more solid and it will match up with their product line up ! Not long to go now guys....

 

[drewsky5]

My guess is that they are just making the phone smaller. As much as I would love a front facing camera, (I still am hoping for it) I think they are just going to make the phone smaller probably.

 

[Chris Welch]

That's not the bezel that you will see on the outside of the phone. As the description states, its the INTERIOR middle bezel.

For reference, this is the same part in the iPhone 3G:

 

[B1gMac]

IF this is true and the bezel is going to be a darker color, that just might push me over the edge to get the new iPhone when it is released.

Really? This is what is going to push you over the edge?

 

[illitrate23]

That's not the bezel that you will see on the outside of the phone. As the description states, its the INTERIOR middle bezel.

i was thinking the same thing, because - if you look at the bottom left corner of this new image, the rounded side part doesn't go around the bottom. so either the new bezel is going to be 2-parts, or it seems to be that the silver bezel will clip/glue on top of this part

 

[eastercat]

Id love the back of the casing to go back to the aluminium finish like the 1st gen iPhone, felt much more solid and it will match up with their product line up !

I seriously hope they don't go back to metal, because that interfered with the iPhone's signal. Granted, if you don't really use the phone as it's intended, that's fine for you. However, I liked the boost in signal strength when the plastic version came out.

If there really is a front facing camera, I hope there's more use for it than self pictures and chat. Because those two features are not worth getting excited about, imo.
Well, I had been planning on skipping this year's phone. This just gives me more incentive to not get caught up in new phone fever.

 

[Faye]

What do you think the round cutout in the bezel is or could be for? Assuming this leak is correct and this is the bezel that will be on the next iPhone. I circled it in red on the pictures here.

Call me crazy, but I think the bezel is displayed upside down. I think that the new long aperture is for a microphone at the base of the device. The three holes in the "bottom" of this picture look like the location of the proximity and light sensors which are currently in the top. There also appears to be a groove at this end which would be more suited as a waveguide than a place for a button. This would make the round part in the same place as the silent switch at the moment.


Faye

 

[butterfly0fdoom]

What do you think the round cutout in the bezel is or could be for? Assuming this leak is correct and this is the bezel that will be on the next iPhone. I circled it in red on the pictures here.

Maybe it's a camera button. *shrugs* We'll find out in 2 weeks.

 

[naotko]

I thought it would get a reversible camera like SONY PCG-C1XF.

 

[guru_ck]

I think the top ear-speaker could use an update. With my 3g its either turned all the way up or all the way down. Maybe there making it bigger to house a better one.

Although, MOST of all, besides all the new bad ass hardware; The back casing should go back to metal like the 1st gen. They should make it metal shaped like the 3g's plastic back. THAT would be so nice, the 1st gen was indestructible. I dropped it out of my lap getting out of my truck onto pavement like 5 times, there were only scratches everything else solid. the 3G has such a thin back, it cracks between the buttons and i think the inside hardware i'snt as secure.

Well you got lucky. Both my 1st and 2nd generation iPhones fell off of my lap when getting out of my car on seperate occasions. The screen shattered on both of them. I'm training myself not to leave my phone on my lap anymore, it's very costly.

 

[puercaeli]

To all the OLED naysayers...

Many people seemed to be believe OLED has not been around long enough and is not widely available enough to be used in device like iPhone.

I don't know about the other parts of the world but first ever kind of mass produced OLED was released in 07 in Korea(iriver Clix 2). Also if I remember correctly most product ramp up for OLED was scheduled around 08 so manufacturers can easily meet the demand of the Apple(not to mention reduced demand due to the economic condition). OLED is becoming so widely available in mobile market it is being used in quite a lot of devices especially in Korea and Japan etc... it's just that not may of them make to the other parts of the world seemingly creating the effect that OLED is still 'not' widely available.

Also the Apple signed some sort of contract with LG few months back for display specifically for mobile device(it did not mention OLED). Because of this reason, we cannot quite rule out OLED entirely.

I think major determining factor in using OLED for Apple is whether they have come up with some way to overcome poor legibility. And if they have not, if they are prepared to sacrifice some legibility for the better battery life, then they might use it. Another temptation factor for Apple for using OLED is that it can earn extra volume for other chips and parts as it is slimmer than LCD.

 

[Thex1138]

'Tooo-Weeks'

There is one tid-bit..
These screen parts for IPhone Gen 3 could actually be for the low-end [AKA the apparent non-3G, non-WiFi 8-16gb for China market] model..
The 'high-end' premium model [AKA 3G WiFi 32gb] could still ship with OLED...

But realistically there's no point wishing for it now... they're already well underway in manufacturing for July release

Hmmm where are all those sneaky reports from people watching shipping records we had early last year... 'Electric Computers' on the container... or the other dudes back in Jan-Feb noting the phones appearing on network traffic watchers in the California area...?

Twwwo-Weeeeks [to go]
[AKA - Total Recall, Mars Immigration Queue]