I have a hard time believing this unless they release on tmobile, do you know how many iphone 4 people are eligible for an upgrade now, apple is gonna lose some sales
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I have a hard time believing this unless they release on tmobile, do you know how many iphone 4 people are eligible for an upgrade now, apple is gonna lose some sales
I like the new design but the camera placement is bugging me. Does anyone else think it should be centred vertically? Incidentally, I'd like to see what it looks like with the camera centred horizontally.
Same. I'm hoping it wont be on the final version.
I like them; they match the speaker on the iMac.
It's not the final version. Also, it hasn't been assembled professionally.
There's a gap between the aluminum and glass on the back?! Hello dust/dirt/grime entering the phone. My OCD is going to have a field day.
Same. I'm hoping it wont be on the final version.
I like them; they match the speaker on the iMac.
It's not the final version. Also, it hasn't been assembled professionally.
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When this design initially leaked I was hoping it was a decoy. But we're getting down to the wire now. As always I will wait for the specs. But the design itself is not wowing me. I'm curious if the back plate has a function. Inductive charging and NFC are both not big selling points with me.
Do you see other companies keeping the same design for more than 1 year? No Because its crap and they have to make new design each year, and don't improve on it!!
As far as the seams....this isn't something Apple put together and leaked. It's part leaks that someone else is putting together with NO internals to hold everything together tightly. If anyone thinks they're going to see those gaps or seams on whatever the finished product is they're nuts! I mean please give Jony and his team some credit.
I'll buy it again for a third time! 4,4S, then this one
You my friend, are a true fan-person. The type of customer apple loves.
Personally I can't stomach the thought of this being the next release, and I will pan it. Apple have really lost it. is Jony Ives still at apple? Maybe it was Steve Jobs' creativity after all. What is going on??
So I really used to like my 2006 911, but once I saw the redesigned Hyundai Genesis coupe, I thought, why put up with a boring design that isn't much different than what Porsche create decades before.
I get it that tech and cars are different, but I think this day and age of immediate gratification and rapid change is creating a whole group of people with what I consider questionable taste, if I can consider them to have taste at all. Maybe taste isn't the right word, but appreciation for the better things in life.
I get it that tech and cars are different, but I think this day and age of immediate gratification and rapid change is creating a whole group of people with what I consider questionable taste, if I can consider them to have taste at all. Maybe taste isn't the right word, but appreciation for the better things in life.
Those Cydiablog pictures showing the insides - milled anodized aluminum? That seems like a prototype - I'd be somewhat surprised if Apple mass produces this exact phone. It seems to deviate from their current direction with switching towards preformed bodies, and epoxy / tape / glue.
One benefit to the aluminum is better heat dissipation, allowing more performance - and a heavier ground plane which may help the antennas out.
Nothing against this design - just it seems to depart from the recent designs with this "complicated" build. Though it would likely be a tougher unit, and I'd have no problem with it myself.
Just hope that they have an insulating band-gap around the aluminum - because I'd have to give up the stainless steel band we currently have.
One benefit to the aluminum is better heat dissipation, allowing more performance - and a heavier ground plane which may help the antennas out.
Nothing against this design - just it seems to depart from the recent designs with this "complicated" build. Though it would likely be a tougher unit, and I'd have no problem with it myself.
Just hope that they have an insulating band-gap around the aluminum - because I'd have to give up the stainless steel band we currently have.
I truly love the iPhone 4 design and really don't see much need to "Change" it by too much. They seem to have fixed most of the issues that we all had with the original iPhone 4 design. Where do you see any other phone maker "innovating" in the design market? Samsung isn't, they just keep making the same thing with a bigger screen and a similar molded plastic back.
HTC isn't, there designs are about as big of an iterative step from product to product that the 4S to this 'iPhone 5" would be. Apple has a pretty distinct design that they are going to stick around for awhile. I think we will see that "teardrop" design someday, but right now I just don't see that the technology is available to make that design work. "Thin" is getting old, I much rather have it thicker with a big fat battery in it.
My big things for the iPhone 5 were, Bigger Screen, LTE, and NFC. It looks like we will get those.
HTC isn't, there designs are about as big of an iterative step from product to product that the 4S to this 'iPhone 5" would be. Apple has a pretty distinct design that they are going to stick around for awhile. I think we will see that "teardrop" design someday, but right now I just don't see that the technology is available to make that design work. "Thin" is getting old, I much rather have it thicker with a big fat battery in it.
My big things for the iPhone 5 were, Bigger Screen, LTE, and NFC. It looks like we will get those.
What?!
"Compromise" as in "not as cleanly designed as the 4/4S". Nothing more, nothing less.
I'm sure these compromises were made for good reasons (for example the glass back is a weak point of the 4/4S - the new phone will probably be much better in that regard), but on the other hand, it looks kinda ugly on first glance (IMHO), at least on the pictures.
And related to that:
True, when I first saw the pictures of the leaked iPhone 4 prototype, I wasn't very convinced either. Seeing the thing for real more than changed my opinion about it: I think the 4/4S is almost like an instant classic when it comes to design and I think it will age well.
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I must say this year's release seems like the most underwhelming one yet (if this longer design that has been circulating actually is the real deal).
Last year was not very interesting hardware-wise, but for me the notifications in ios 5 were enough to keep things interesting (nothing revutionarily innovative, but still a huge improvement in usability nonetheless).
But this year? A longer screen might be a bit useful, although if Apple has same sweet UI implementation that improves usability it could be a hit. But if it only means slightly more content vertically, not so much.
Perhaps they have something really cool NFC-implementation coming that's just gonna rock? Who knows?
On the software side it doesn't look much better either.
Facebook integration? This should just have been a set of APIs last year instead of adding more clutter to all the share menus (you should be able to turn this off, printing too, Most people are never gonna use that, it just clutters the menus).
Maps? Nice but if I understand correctly (I have not tried ios6 yet) it won't show public transports anymore, just open links to apps. That is not a good solution, could have been a nice addition perhaps but I want everything to "just work", not having to open a bunch more apps to do what I could do easier before. Although given the added turn-by-turn navigation, maps might add up to +/- 0.
Siri? Barely counts, doesn't work yet where I live, and even if it did, it would probably only be connected to a a handful of American services that doesnt exist / nobody uses here.
Sadly, the thing that I am most exited about in ios 6 is the pull-to-refresh in mail.
End of Rant.
Last year was not very interesting hardware-wise, but for me the notifications in ios 5 were enough to keep things interesting (nothing revutionarily innovative, but still a huge improvement in usability nonetheless).
But this year? A longer screen might be a bit useful, although if Apple has same sweet UI implementation that improves usability it could be a hit. But if it only means slightly more content vertically, not so much.
Perhaps they have something really cool NFC-implementation coming that's just gonna rock? Who knows?
On the software side it doesn't look much better either.
Facebook integration? This should just have been a set of APIs last year instead of adding more clutter to all the share menus (you should be able to turn this off, printing too, Most people are never gonna use that, it just clutters the menus).
Maps? Nice but if I understand correctly (I have not tried ios6 yet) it won't show public transports anymore, just open links to apps. That is not a good solution, could have been a nice addition perhaps but I want everything to "just work", not having to open a bunch more apps to do what I could do easier before. Although given the added turn-by-turn navigation, maps might add up to +/- 0.
Siri? Barely counts, doesn't work yet where I live, and even if it did, it would probably only be connected to a a handful of American services that doesnt exist / nobody uses here.
Sadly, the thing that I am most exited about in ios 6 is the pull-to-refresh in mail.
End of Rant.
If this design is real, I think it's a dip in the Apple industrial design chart. It's so little changed that they should have just kept the 4's seamless back-side design. This new one looks over-embellished.
That said, I will always be buying the next iPhone, fugly or not, because it fits in with the rest of my Apple stuff. I may curse the design a little, but alas I'm trapped.
The three big features that keep me in iOS are the curated app store, the smooth UI, and find-my-iphone.
That said, I will always be buying the next iPhone, fugly or not, because it fits in with the rest of my Apple stuff. I may curse the design a little, but alas I'm trapped.
The three big features that keep me in iOS are the curated app store, the smooth UI, and find-my-iphone.
It isn't real. The close up convinced me. No designer in the world would put the elements together with backplate and antenna nib where they are placed. The fakes should have better spatial relationship prowess. If it is real Apple must have really outsourced it's creation. All of it as in remove the "designed by Apple in California" label.
I'm not expecting a radical new design. But part leaks on obscure Asian websites that then show up on BGR or wherever to me deserve to be called rumors. We never once saw part leaks of the rMBP. And Tim Cook said Apple is doubling down on security. So I have a very hard time believing Appe is intentionally leaking parts of an unfinished product. How does that benefit them?
Wow, a lot of complaining in this thread.
It's two-tone just like a car! Looks kinda cool and surrendering to physics, and having radio reception zones is a feature, not a bug.
Rocketman
It's two-tone just like a car! Looks kinda cool and surrendering to physics, and having radio reception zones is a feature, not a bug.
Rocketman
Ugh. Square design. The gentle rounded back of the earlier generations is far more pleasing to the hand. It is the hand that must hold it and the hand that hold the money...
Look at how the backplate, the antennaband and the antenna 'spots' get all together. I like that - but it's not a big difference compared to the iPhone 4 (from 2010).
I really hope the surprise is its waterproof!
No more dirt getting in the home button, no more worrying about your iPhone in your pocket if someone pushes you in the pool. No more worrying about dropping it in the snow or spilling soda on it. You could make some pretty awesome surfing videos. Just saying would be sweet!!
No more dirt getting in the home button, no more worrying about your iPhone in your pocket if someone pushes you in the pool. No more worrying about dropping it in the snow or spilling soda on it. You could make some pretty awesome surfing videos. Just saying would be sweet!!
umm seriously.. if it was like this.. they need to fire entire department of iphone.. epic fail.. IN fact.. if they dont' all below.. they need to fire all of them
1)offer multiple size.... how is samsung offering multiple size and all of them having success? I don't care iphone is being sold millions... there are other millions that they are losing out to others simply because they stupidly offer one size
2)same design?(little tiny change?).. wow.. really? Really?
Come up w/ some great NEW design.. NEW design.. radically different yet great design... seriously..
There are students on line coming up w/ great design.. YOu have slew of people whose JOB is to come up
w/ design.. and all you can come up for last 2+ years is same design? really?
1)offer multiple size.... how is samsung offering multiple size and all of them having success? I don't care iphone is being sold millions... there are other millions that they are losing out to others simply because they stupidly offer one size
2)same design?(little tiny change?).. wow.. really? Really?
Come up w/ some great NEW design.. NEW design.. radically different yet great design... seriously..
There are students on line coming up w/ great design.. YOu have slew of people whose JOB is to come up
w/ design.. and all you can come up for last 2+ years is same design? really?
The only problem I have with this design is the Home button. Well, first of all it seems too recessed compared to the 4s; strange to me that Apple would go backwards on this.
But my general problem with all of the Home buttons so far is that they require far much energy to push compared to pressing the touchscreen. Therefore, assigning two tasks that should be effortless -- asking Siri a question, and app-switching -- to a rigid button like this is a failure of the philosophy that function defines form.
But my general problem with all of the Home buttons so far is that they require far much energy to push compared to pressing the touchscreen. Therefore, assigning two tasks that should be effortless -- asking Siri a question, and app-switching -- to a rigid button like this is a failure of the philosophy that function defines form.
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