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Protruding camera...why a big deal?

Ive used the 6 and 6 Plus now and haven't even really noticed it protrudes. yes, I put it flat down on tables sometimes. Barely a minor wobble if you TRY to wobble it on a HARD FLAT surface, 0 wobble when on something softer like a couch or mousepad.

It has never snagged the inside of my pockets or caused any other nuisance and I keep it case-free in various types of pants (jeans, formal pants, shorts, and sweat pants).

As for design wise, I don't know if anyone sane sits there and stares at their phone from every angle. I appreciate Apple's designs as much as the next person but 99% of the time you're looking at the front or appreciating the design by holding it. It also doesn't stand out much when you look at it from the back.

So basically the protruding camera is a complete non-issue. Only exists as a "problem" on the internet and in theory, but not in real world usage by normal people.
 
teknikal90 said:
chill man this isnt the supreme court, it's macrumors. he's obviously conjecturing.
and I support his conjecture - the iphone 5 was thicker and nobody complained that it was thick, people did complain that the battery life wasn't sufficient...
as such, it's a reasonable conjecture to say people would have preferred apple to increase battery life rather than reduce thickness, from the iphone 5 level.
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I like the thin. In my opinion the 6 series would have been significantly worse if it had been thicker.
 
myscrnnm said:
I wonder if Apple designers have ever considered a tapered design for the iPhone (a la MacBook Pro with rectangular silhouette -> MacBook Air with triangular silhouette). It would allow them to make the camera lens flush with the body, plus allow the screen to tilt ever so slightly towards the user when set down on a table.

I'm sure it's been on the drawing board at some point, but maybe they'll consider it for production in the future.
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top heavy iphones = iphones falling whilst people change grip to reach the further buttons (ie. the back button)
 
Surf Monkey said:
Tapered doesn't necessarily mean top-heavy. Weight distribution and form factor are two different things.
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...then youll have a denser bottom and a more hollow up top? in that case, why not make it uniform and thin and dense all the way through... like the iphone 6 now?

back to step 1. That's why i dont believe the teardrop design will work.
 
Gmcube said:
Most people, including myself, would be perfectly fine with making the phone a bit thicker. Not only would it make the camera flush it would allow for a larger battery. We don't need to go thinner anymore.
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I would have no problem with Apple making the phone a little bit thicker so the camera doesn't stick out. That said, I always use a case so it doesn't really bother me too much.
 
HenryDJP said:
Most people? Unless you have statistics just please refrain from saying "Most people" because I'm not one of them. I like a thinner phone. It's lighter and makes it easy to put in my dress shirt pocket. Also please refrain from saying "We" because you don't know what others need. I'm perfectly fine with the design of the camera. I didn't even pay attention to it protruding until this lovely forum brought it life.
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Yes, I did a highly scientific test to determine that. -_-

I haven't done any polls or anything, Its just that I've read or watched every review I could get a hold of, and whenever the thickness comes up,very few seem to want it this thin over thicker with a larger battery given the option, at least for the 6. That's what I'm gathering.

I do understand it for the plus, the screen makes it so large you need all the thinness you can get, and the battery is already bigger anyway.
 
when i put a case, the protruding camera flushes with my casing.

i dont understand why pple make a big fuss out of it.
 
teknikal90 said:
...then youll have a denser bottom and a more hollow up top? in that case, why not make it uniform and thin and dense all the way through... like the iphone 6 now?

back to step 1. That's why i dont believe the teardrop design will work.
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Scroll back. The idea was to stash a thicker camera in there.

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Gmcube said:
Yes, I did a highly scientific test to determine that. -_-

I haven't done any polls or anything, Its just that I've read or watched every review I could get a hold of, and whenever the thickness comes up,very few seem to want it this thin over thicker with a larger battery given the option, at least for the 6. That's what I'm gathering.

I do understand it for the plus, the screen makes it so large you need all the thinness you can get, and the battery is already bigger anyway.
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I like it this thin. I've seen plenty of reviews that say it's great and didn't complain about thinness at all.
 
Seanm87 said:
I see a lot of reviews/people talking about how ugly the protruding camera is. Am I the only one that's noticed the samsung Galaxy s5 has a protruding camera as well? No one seems to care/comment about that. It's not like it sticks out so much it causes any kind of problem. I personally like the coloured ring round it.

Anyone else noticed this?

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Well firstly the camera on the iPhone is on the side, and its small, so when u keep it on the table , the phone will turn to the sides making more prone to dents and scratches.....even the camera is just surrounded by just steel rings.. Where as in the S5 , the back is actually made to support the camera , so it's less a harmful...

And besides the iPod touch 5 feb, non of the phones had a camera which has come out.. So it's s big deal why did they make it.. I'm sure they'll do something with the iPhone after 2 years and it won't come out...
 
The protruding camera bothers me just as much as a zit.

This doesn't say much. Zits don't bother me much, as I get older, it's kinda cool to still get them now and then.

People and panty wads.
 
Some people have nothing better to do than complain about nothing!

I have a flexible incipio case and once it's on the camera lens is slightly recessed. The point being whatever case you use if the lens was completely flat it may have some effect on your image. Depending on the depth of the case and how the light hits the sides.

Move onto the next topic! I'm still waiting for one about complaints from a bender, that their car hood has dents in it after they sat on it!

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Personally, I have no issue with it. If Apple wants to put higher performing optics at the cost of a minor bulge, they should.
 
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ttmrn said:
when i put a case, the protruding camera flushes with my casing.

i dont understand why pple make a big fuss out of it.
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Not everyone uses a case, and no one should have to use a case to overcome what they perceive as a design flaw.

Or to put it in Steve Jobs terms, if you have to use a case, you blew it.

Not saying that people who choose to use cases have "blown" it but I'm seeing a lot of posts here that say "I never use cases but because of the camera and bendgate I decided to", which should never have happened IMO.
 
Supermallet said:
Not everyone uses a case, and no one should have to use a case to overcome what they perceive as a design flaw.

Or to put it in Steve Jobs terms, if you have to use a case, you blew it.

Not saying that people who choose to use cases have "blown" it but I'm seeing a lot of posts here that say "I never use cases but because of the camera and bendgate I decided to", which should never have happened IMO.
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Well, that's a bit much. The camera barely sticks out at all, so using a case to offset that is a personal choice that not everyone is going to make. I certainly see no "need" for one based on the camera nub.

And on the bending "issue," that's largely ephemeral too. Nothing about the structural integrity of the phone suggests that it requires a case. People adopting one with bending as a rationale are being driven by primarily baseless fear IMO.
 
maybe its just me but i actually like the protruding camera and prefer it to the flat one. why should anyone care anyway you look at the front of the phone not the back
 
Supermallet said:
Not everyone uses a case, and no one should have to use a case to overcome what they perceive as a design flaw.



Or to put it in Steve Jobs terms, if you have to use a case, you blew it.



Not saying that people who choose to use cases have "blown" it but I'm seeing a lot of posts here that say "I never use cases but because of the camera and bendgate I decided to", which should never have happened IMO.
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Tell that to the guy who started the thread about scratching his new iPhone and what should he do now!
 
Eventually Apple will make an iphone which is the same thickness as the 6 plus, but with a flush lens. The lens will be better for capturing photos but will be thinner so as to remain flush with the surface. It wouldn't surprise me if they are engineering methods to achieve this right now.
 
Gmcube said:
Most people, including myself, would be perfectly fine with making the phone a bit thicker. Not only would it make the camera flush it would allow for a larger battery. We don't need to go thinner anymore.
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No way. I'll take thinner and lighter phone with protruding camera any day over thicker and heavier phone.
 
Skylitfly said:
No way. I'll take thinner and lighter phone with protruding camera any day over thicker and heavier phone.
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No one complained about the last iphone's thickness that I saw. Did you? Be honest. Would you even notice if it was 0.67 centimeters thicker?
 
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