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Photos of 4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch iPhone 6 Models

brendu said:
Where did you get your design degree from?
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What are you talking about?? I dont care if you like them - do I need to have a design degree to state my opinion about something....?

Nonetheless:
1st, its a matter of taste, which is a subjective opinion, personally I think they look horrible.
2nd, Apples mantra since Steve Jobs ever came back to apple has been minimalism and simplicity. And they are not giving into easy solutions...Apple has never given out a product that has unnecessary forms or shapes unless it was absolutely needed and they had no way to get around that. So it makes no sense for them to add multiple antenna bands now, if they managed to avoid it earlier.

As for my professional opinion, since you so sarcastically asks for it. The lines breaks the continuity of the phones edges, with a glance it looks like the phone are missing a piece from the top and bottom, the continuity of the horizontal lines needs to follow through at top and bottom, or solved in a better way, (as the iphone 5s) - it simply looks like the phone is broken from a design standpoint. I´m pretty sure those lines will disappear in the molding process, with liquid metal or whatever they have planned, nothing else makes any sense to me. And since you ask, yes I´m a professional designer and artist which have successfully done my work for 25 years now, so I do think I´m allowed to have an opinion....My question to you are... what sort of professional authority do you claim to be (?), demanding such expertise from people simply because they have an opinion on an open apple forum.
 
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the future said:
I'm still betting on (and hoping for) this design with saphire on front and back. These are renders, obviously, but based on leaked schematics. iPhone sales would be totally off the charts.
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I agree those are beautiful, but sapphire on the back would be expensive, and it would double the chances of something shattering if you drop the phone (like the 4/4S). I'd be happy if only the front looked as nice as that. The back could have paisley cutouts for the various antennas. I don't spend that much time looking at the back of my phone.
 
AppleHater said:
I still prefer straight edges of 5(s) than the rounded edges, which makes it look cheaper to me. I wonder about the dual flash too.
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You do realize that it is far more difficult and expensive to do rounded edges well as opposed to straight or chamfered edges. What you think looks cheap is actually harder to get right manufacturing wise
 
Rogifan said:
Lazy and/or not innovative is how I read these posts.
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I don't see the word or the inference that Apple has been lazy in any of those posts, (The word "lazy" was used once but for the design of the phone which was not what we were discussing) I do see "wish lists" opinions and suggestions of different implementations though.

You seem to have added "innovation" in your debate, again, I only see this word used once in the posts you have quoted, moving a scanner to a different place on the phone IMHO wouldn't be classed as innovative and I'm sure that the posters you have quoted would agree with me and their debating point had nothing to do with innovation anyway. You seem to be reading something that isn't there or perhaps being overly defensive of Apple?
 
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Possible that these white break lines we're seeing are place holders for a filler like liquid metal as was mentioned
 
binaryfuneral said:
Seriously is no one going to mention the lack of the TruTone Flash? These MOCKUPS clearly have a single LED element rather than the stacked elements of the current phone. Duh? :confused:
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It was mentioned and frankly it means nothing. We as outside observers have no idea what the single flash LED is capable of or even if it is in fact a single LED element It is simply to early to worry about it

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praterkeith said:
I just wish McDonald's sold chicken mcnuggets for breakfast.
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I never understood why I have to wait until 11 to get a burger? Some of use are up at 4:30 and would love some nuggets and burgers for an early lunch!
 
Rogifan said:
Steve said yes to this:

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I actually LOVE those :D:D
 
It would be so awesome if these leaks were completely crafted by Apple in an effort to distract everyone. :cool:

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Rogifan said:
Steve said yes to this:

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They were new, different, unique. They broke the visual mold of what people expected in a computer. They took the Bondi Blue rebellion to the next level.

I never saw one in person. :(
 
Sony Dickenson has always had reliable hardware leaks for the last couple iPhones and iPads. Has he ever posted anything that turned out to be fake? Not that I am aware of...



So is this the price set up we should expect?

$299 5.5inch iPhone 6 16GB??
$199 4.7inch iPhone 6 16GB??
$99 iPhone 5S??? 16GB??
$0 iPhone 5C??? 16GB??
 
Rogifan said:
Why should one phone be better than the other just because of screen size?
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There are all sorts of reasons, for example:
  1. The advanced functions need a bigger power source! The volume available in a larger phone leads directly to more space for a battery.
  2. Apple is trying to cover different markets so needs different pricing structures for those markets.
  3. Additional circuitry may be present in the larger model, especially environmental sensors. Again the larger screen size supports more volume thus leading to more space for additional hardware
  4. In a matter near and dear to my heart, the larger iPhone would have more flash storage and faster storage. Since the manufactures can only stack so many wafers in a package Apple would have to add more packages to the PCB. Note this is relative to the small phone which needs more storage too.
  5. A larger phone leads to more area for cooling, this can imply a higher performance SoC or simply cranking up the clock rate.

Essentially size gives Apple the opportunity to offer more in the box?
The iPad Air and mini are essentially the same except for the display's color gamut (which a lot of people complained about). What if Apple decided the 4.7" phone was going to be the flagship device with the best specs. Would you tell all the "big guy" lovers to grow up?
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Most assuredly! Look it is pretty simple really, it is Apples product lineup, you are free to buy or not. If you don't like their decisions go somewhere else for your cell phone.
 
WilliamLondon said:
You know what, Josh? I'm quite aware of this site, having been a member quite a few years longer than yourself, but thanks for the offensive attempt at setting me straight.

It's still speculation based on rumours, one more step removed from reality than rumours and quite different from rumours, which I find quite silly, especially the discussions and comments they generate (as evidenced in this very thread).
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This couldn't be more true. Macrumors has turned to real link bait. Remember when articles were never posted on weekends?
 
zipa said:
I'll so be hitting that big, black beauty...

...is what she said, yeah.

EDIT: But please, please, please - oh pretty please - don't go messing this up with some weird 1703,9 x 30pi^3 resolution. 1920x1080 is a perfectly good standard and gives a nice, crisp display at that size. Use it.
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Why? Apple has had a set standard of pixel sizing for their developers from the start. Why would they want to break that?
 
Here's my objection: It's just not true the 5.5 inch rumors

Here's my objection: The 5.5 inch iPhone rumors on this site are being given credence that is not backed up by ANY facts. Here is what is being asserted:

https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-6/

"Apple's 2014 iPhone is expected to include a larger redesigned form factor, with 4.7" and 5.5" diagonal screens. The 4.7" model will be introduced first around September, with the 5.5" model following later."

Except the Reuters rumor from April claims:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/01/us-apple-iphone-display-idUSBREA3008020140401

"But due to difficulties with in-cell production technology for the larger 5.5-inch size, one of the sources said, a decision was made to begin mass production with the 4.7-inch version alone.

Production of 5.5-inch screens is expected to start several months later, with the possibility of a shift to a film sensor instead of in-cell technology for that size, the source said."

There have been no actual part leak photos of the supposed 5.5 inch iPhone. Also no one has explained why Apple would start selling the 5.5 inch iPhone, if it is months delayed, past both the United States and China main gift-getting / giving seasons.

If there is going to be a 5.5 inch iPhone for 2014, there is no scenario in my opinion where it isn't introduced along with the 4.7 inch phone in the September announcement event. There is no need to string people along with claims some 5.5 inch iPhone will magically materialize afterwards if it isn't announced then.
 
Burger Thing said:
Pretty consistent mockups, so chances are, these pics give us a good idea about what the new iPhone will look like. Come on people. It's 2014. Wake up. The iPhone is built in China and underpaid workers will have a chance to earn some extra bucks when they sell secrets and pics to western tech sites. :p

The bezels are ugly and a result of the huge home button, which is again a result of the finger print reader. Ok, makes sense for a very conservative approach. However, it also shows, that imagination and innovation was lacking. There is really *nothing* ground braking or remotely elegant about the design. It is dull and boring. IMHO the Z2, HTC One or LG3 are much better looking phones.

A fingerprint scanner for the index finger on the back of the phone and/or a software solution for the home button and you could design a 'big' screen with tiny bezels, for an overall pleasant looking, relatively small device.

I'm sorry to say this but Sir Johny Ive will look over like a moron in the marketing videos when he tries to convince people about the estatics of this phone, no matter how tight his shirt is and how he pronounces 'aluminum' :cool:
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Can you spell? It's Jony Ive!!!! Go away fandroid.
 
I have a feeling that 6s will be bezel free ... its all about the money :p why release a bezel free now right away ?
 
 
Bezelishous

bezel is just like cowbell. The more the better!

MacRazySwe said:
Good god, the front of the 4.7" model looks UGLY!

That has to be the largest bezel of all top-tier phones of 2014. I can't see Jony Ive coming up with something like this. It has to be a fake. If it isn't, I'm probably staying with my 5S. Hell, I think I'd even take the 5.5" model and look like a fool, rather than the bezel-phone.
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I think the reason, why everyone is attacking the bezels so much, is that it will make the iPhone much much bigger with a smaller screen than most competitors phones with larger screens.

As an example, the Moto X currently has a 4.7 inch screen. It is barely bigger than iPhone 5s. See https://www.macrumors.com/2014/04/23/iphone-6-size-compared-android/

I'm not so much about the bezels (smaller looks better), as much as I don't want the new iphone to be just a scaled up version . I get that these are mockups but I believe we are stuck with this unless apple does something insanely drastic and move away with the home button (doubt it).

I do remember they filed for a patent a few years ago that allowed an entire screen to be a fingerprint reader. Again not possible, but that would be insane.

As it stands now, it's just a larger scale iphone. Yes, faster processor, etc, but I can't really say the 5s is lacking or will lack for at least another year.

I'm sure the weight, thinness or some new active notification feature that doesn't require you to press the power button 50 times a day will win me over.
 
Can someone point me in the direction of some place where it shows a picture of the 4s, 5s, 4.7 and 5.5 iPhones all standing next to each other?
Preferably in white to show the differences clearer. Mockups ok of course.
 
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