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Next-Generation iPhone With 'Radical New Case Design' Coming in August?

The iPhone 4 is the best looking device on the market and the most beautiful iPhone to date. It has a high grade look and feel that no competitor can touch right now. I hope they leave the case design alone. It's time they follow the Mac Pro model design-wise. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
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pmz said:
Yep. If this is true it will the first iPhone I don't buy. Every other one I've purchased at launch. If AT&T says no grandfathered unlimited data, then I say NO new iPhone for me. Apple had BETTER be listening.
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Yes I totally agree. I do want to have to loose my unlimited data just because a new phone may have "better/future capabilities" ie:LTE! Especially since it is not the widely spread yet and the fact that 3G works just fine for me.



I am sorta in a rock and a hard place as some would say. I usually update mine every two years but now since they have gone away with their "usual" refresh schedule I may be waiting till 2012/2013 to grab a new iPhone. The original plan was to just wait for the june release of the 2012 iPhone <iPhone 5/6 whatever it would have been called> but now I just may early update to the new one because I really don't see them coming out with another iPhone in the summer of 12 if they don't release one until fall of 11!

It's really not that big of a deal to me I am just fine with my iP4 but it does depend on if I get my cracked screen fixed or not. i've had mine since launch day so it's at least more then a year old. I may just hold out until the next- next generation iPhone comes out in 2012.
 
LagunaSol said:
The iPhone 4 is the best looking device on the market and the most beautiful iPhone to date. It has a high grade look and feel that no competitor can touch right now. I hope they leave the case design alone. It's time they follow the Mac Pro model design-wise. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Agreed, however, no matter what they come out with, it'll be the best looking and always have a high grade feel to it. Apple is known for high end finishes that no one can touch.
 
Awesome

I hope this is true. If its really just like an iPhone 4S, count me out when it comes to buying it. I love redesigned products. They look awesome :D
 
I'd love to see a curved glass front with a scratch resistant back. 3.7 to 4 inch screen and make it lighter. The i4 is a beast. Other than that, faster internals, more ram, 64 gb version, and I'm pleased as a pickle.
 
liquid stereo said:
The iPhone 4 is a stylistic dead end. I would be surprised if the person who came up with its design ever does anything again. Its a brick. It doesn't feel nearly as nice as the 3G/3GS. And its a brick.

The next iPhone will most likely be a "descendant" of the iPhone 3.
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No way. iPhone 4 is WAY, WAY more substantial feeling AND looking than 3GS. All I saw on 3G/3GS was UGLY PLASTIC. Dead end. Next....

iPhone 4 enters with glass on front/back and looks classy and a cut above everything else.

I would tend to think more would agree with me than you, but it's just a guess. (I say that mainly due to the -21 response)
 
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Not happening it will be same form factor with upgraded hardware we all know apple too well..

The down side is they are going to lose a lot of customers to windows 7 and android because of their reluctance to do complete overhauls
 
840quadra said:
Funny thing is, the retro-inspired design queues in the iPhone 4 are actually quite popular right now. Take a look at the Micro 4/3 camera market, many home appliances, and even some home entertainment equipment.
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Doesn't make it good.

glossywhite said:
1/ I think you ought to kick Ive out, and show him how it's done ;)
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Yes, absolutely. Because Ive is God and nobody else has taste or understands design./s

jaw04005 said:
That'd be Jonny Ive. I think his job is safe. :rolleyes: The 3G/3GS was nothing but plastic and felt cheap compared to the original iPhone and the current iPhone 4.
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Same response as above. And you can make the same design with different materials. Imagine that!

johndallas999 said:
This sounds like the comments of someone who has a 3GS and isn't eligible to upgrade to the 4 yet. Bet if he had a 4 he would change his mind. I did.
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Of course. He is dumb and jealous, that's the only possible explanation./s

I would tend to think more would agree with me than you, but it's just a guess. (I say that mainly due to the -21 response)
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Bravo! This surely makes you right.

The iPhone4 is based on an old design. You make like it or not, that's another question.

jackc said:
How radical can it really be? It's a box with a screen.
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Everybody was repeating this for the iPad too, until Sony came with the S1. Apparently, it can be quite different.
 
LagunaSol said:
The iPhone 4 is the best looking device on the market and the most beautiful iPhone to date. It has a high grade look and feel that no competitor can touch right now. I hope they leave the case design alone. It's time they follow the Mac Pro model design-wise. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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It's all personal opinion, I love the iPhone 4 design but personally I prefer the SE Xperia Arc's, just seems more stylish to me. As for the feel, I agree, nothing comes close.
 
jamesryanbell said:
No way. iPhone 4 is WAY, WAY more substantial feeling AND looking than 3GS. All I saw on 3G/3GS was UGLY PLASTIC. Dead end. Next....

iPhone 4 enters with glass on front/back and looks classy and a cut above everything else.

I would tend to think more would agree with me than you, but it's just a guess. (I say that mainly due to the -21 response)
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No it isn't.
When i first held an iPhone 4, i was afraid that i would break it. Like an expensive piece of furniture you buy.
It's not the ideal consumer device design. The iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS had the design perfectly right. The curve back makes holding it feel much better, the iPhone 4 is like a brick.

The iPhone 5 should be a mix of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3G/S, and hoping for liquid metal design similar looking to the original iPhone. That would be the ideal device.

I.e this is what the iPhone 5 should look like, if it were perfect:

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Reach9 said:
No it isn't.
When i first held an iPhone 4, i was afraid that i would break it. Like an expensive piece of furniture you buy.
It's not the ideal consumer device design. The iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS had the design perfectly right. The curve back makes holding it feel much better, the iPhone 4 is like a brick.

The iPhone 5 should be a mix of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3G/S, and hoping for liquid metal design similar looking to the original iPhone. That would be the ideal device.

I.e this is what the iPhone 5 should look like, if it were perfect:

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I am android all the way, but with the recent iOS changes and a design like that!? Sign me up, I will be an iPhone user again.(Double sign me up when LTE one comes)
 
Darn at times like this, I wish Apple would be more forthcoming with their release dates. ><

My sister's contact is up for extension in July and she needs are new phone real bad - old one bit the dust after getting soaked in water.

So iPhone 4 or wait?

Nothing wrong with the iPhone 4, just that she will be stuck with it for the next 3 years and it is already a year old - tech moves stupid quick in the mobile phone world.

She can wait ... but until when?
If it's coming out next year - I don't live in the US, so the phone will take about an extra 1-3 months to get to my shores - she will probably lose her mind using the old borrowed Nokia she is stuck with now while waiting.
 
korndawg said:
Cuz metal backs won't break like the glass did.
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So let's trade an iPhone that breaks for on (another) that can't make phone calls? That's logical. :rolleyes:

Skika said:
Maybe they could go with an iPad 3G solution with a black plastic strip at the top for the antennas.
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I hate that, it ruins the entire aesthetic. I say no metal back at all if you have to compromise like that.
 
Geckotek said:
So let's trade an iPhone that breaks for on (another) that can't make phone calls? That's logical. :rolleyes:



I hate that, it ruins the entire aesthetic. I say no metal back at all if you have to compromise like that.
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Who said they are going to use the same antenna design?
 
All the 4" screen mock ups look awful.

I don't think they will go for a larger screen unless they release a mini iPhone or mini iPad. Both unlikely I think it will keep the same shape.

Is A5, iOS5, NFS technology and 8mp camera, 1080p record LED flash not enough to wow people for another year?
 
I think they'll go with a 3.8" screen, won't make a difference to the ppi (well not to the human eye) so they might as well.
 
I like the concept image that Reach9 posted. After reading the rumor that Apple has tried to product a MBP with a black metal case and Steve vetoed it, I doubt that the next iPhone will have a black metal case. I would love to see an iPad type case in the next iPhone.
 
Totally Believable

Why wouldn't the design change? Why would you want this year's model if it looks exactly like last year's model? This is especially believable given the need to brush off the "antenna-gate" perception of the iPhone4 design, whether you believe that is an issue or not. That being said, I guess I'm not totally sold that it will look different yet, but there is no possible way the next generation is called "4S". That will just not happen.
 
jamesryanbell said:
No way. iPhone 4 is WAY, WAY more substantial feeling AND looking than 3GS. All I saw on 3G/3GS was UGLY PLASTIC. Dead end. Next....

iPhone 4 enters with glass on front/back and looks classy and a cut above everything else.

I would tend to think more would agree with me than you, but it's just a guess. (I say that mainly due to the -21 response)
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i don't really like the feeling of my iPhone 4, it actually hurts my fingers after holding it for a while, its too sharp on the edges just like the mac book pro.
 
Make you're mind up...

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 ;)
 
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