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Next-Generation iPhone With 'Radical New Case Design' Coming in August?
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For once I'm actually thinking a major hardware refresh later this summer might be too soon. I really like the design of the iPhone4, so I really hope they don't change it too much.
Or this could be just a stupid "Rumor" (again)...
Whats the bet that it doesn't happen.. and if it does, ill waste my upgrade and whe then iPhone 5 comes out ill have to pay out more to get it, (IF THIS IS A "iPhone 4S*)
BUT i know for certain.. i will be the first person to get it in Leicestershire/England. Have been Since iPhone first came out
For certain? Are you the only Apple Fanboi in that town? Is there a Microsoft plant there?? 
Or this could be just a stupid "Rumor" (again)...
Whats the bet that it doesn't happen.. and if it does, ill waste my upgrade and whe then iPhone 5 comes out ill have to pay out more to get it, (IF THIS IS A "iPhone 4S*)
BUT i know for certain.. i will be the first person to get it in Leicestershire/England. Have been Since iPhone first came out
An iPhone 4S moniker wouldn't make sense unless the only thing that changed was the SoC (A5 from A4) and maybe the camera. Any kind of external re-design would indicate a completely new revision of the iPhone, and since 4 is an actual version number and not a wireless technology reference (a la the iPhone 3G and 3GS), it wouldn't be consistent naming. If it's a complete redesign, it will have a new name or the naming convention will be completely unintelligible and essentially useless.
Auuuhhh....damn!... just pass me the Kool-Aid.
I speculate that the "radical design" is....
ONE BIG PIECE OF SMOKED ROUND-EDGED GLASS!
<<Sorry, I have no PS to enter a rendering>>
I speculate that the "radical design" is....
ONE BIG PIECE OF SMOKED ROUND-EDGED GLASS!
<<Sorry, I have no PS to enter a rendering>>
Ummm, Samsung makes the Nexus S. It has curved glass. Apple is playing catch up with many things, copying curved glass is one of them.
The sooner they get this one out of the way, the sooner #6 appears, perhaps that's the one that will include a proper phone.
Oddly enough, I absolutely love the current iPhone 4 design. I think it's sleek, classy and refined. I hope that the next iPhone is a 4", thinner version of the current one.
Have you used one extensively? I must say that they feel very comfortable!!
Had a 3G from release day and have had a 4 since release day. Comfortwise there is no comparison: the curviness of the 3G/3GS was just soooo much more comfortable a design. One felt one had a better grip on the thing, there were fewer potentially sharp bits, AND it looked a lot cooler, and didn't drop reception when held in a natural way.
I really hope the 'radical new case' is actually a 'radical return to what we had' or at least similar. Just like iPod nano tall to fat and back to tall (although IMO the fat was the best model ever), by which logic the next nano should be back to tall again reverting from the hideous 6th gen design.
Bring on the negative ratings
but there is no denying it.
For some reason MR has been using really old pics of Steve in random articles. Wonder what the agenda is...
I think they will use a younger looking image of Steve when they replace Franklin on the $100 bill.
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i had my heart set on getting an lte verizon android in july when my 3gs contract comes up. however, if apple comes up with a striking new design and a 4" screen, i may have to stick with iphone. add to that imessage, icloud, and enhanced find my phone features and the momentum shifts in apple's favor. if only iphone 5 was lte verizon
Looking at it from a business/stockholder perspective, I think Apple must change the design at this point.
I think it's likely that Apple was originally planning to release a '4GS'-esque device during their time in June, but this year because of the HUGE increase in competition, especially from the like of devices like the Galaxy S2, they realized that they wouldn't get away with just a small upgrade anymore.
Apple needs to stay at the top, and so they are probably trying to really make a push to drown out the competition with a newly designed and faster handset this Fall.
As it stands, none of the new devices released this year have been anything close to 3.5" - all have been 4"-4.3" (the latter which I think is a little big though IMHO). Hopefully Apple will start to push their game up and realize this and that they really need to come out with a device that will blow away the competition.
I think it's likely that Apple was originally planning to release a '4GS'-esque device during their time in June, but this year because of the HUGE increase in competition, especially from the like of devices like the Galaxy S2, they realized that they wouldn't get away with just a small upgrade anymore.
Apple needs to stay at the top, and so they are probably trying to really make a push to drown out the competition with a newly designed and faster handset this Fall.
As it stands, none of the new devices released this year have been anything close to 3.5" - all have been 4"-4.3" (the latter which I think is a little big though IMHO). Hopefully Apple will start to push their game up and realize this and that they really need to come out with a device that will blow away the competition.
I can accept that, taste in design is personal.
Regardless, do you have a point to make or are you just going after anyone that likes the current iPhone 4 design?
So if they have a solid metal back...similar to an iPad and they don't use a plastic strip like the iPad....where do you propose the antenna be placed?
I thought my point was very clear. The OP stated that the Iphone 4 is a "dead end". What followed were replies by people who, for some reason, understood this as him saying that the design is bad, telling him to basically shut up, because Ive knows better and that he is just jealous and he can't afford a new iPhone. Very lame. I am going after them.
Retro-oriented designs are generally a dead end. And that has nothing to see with whether the design itself is good or bad.
And specifically my answer to you was exactly what I wrote. No more, no less.
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