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Purported Schematic Suggests 'iPhone 6s' Could Be Slightly Thicker, Retain Home Button
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Thinner iPhones are stupid and compromising user experience at this stage. Apple promoting thinner as a feature is something only the naive believe.
Camera bump, bad
Weak battery life, bad
Bending, bad
Just thought about the iPad 3 after reading the article. Last time Apple went thicker they created a bastard product that was replaced 6 months later. :-/
More the reason to skip the 6S I think.
Not everyone uses a case. They want to enjoy the actual profile of the phone and few things (such as protruding camera) may bother them.
I'll belive it when it's confirmed with a real product. At this stage I expect Apple to release underspecced products that compromise customer satisfaction and user experience for the sake of margins.
Even if they do use USB C on the device side, does not mean they will also put USB C on the charger end. It might be a while before USB C fully takes over as USB A is not going away anytime soon, there must be billions of USB A chargers in the wild.
Well my phone is in a black case so I don't see the antenna lines. And the camera bump is hardly noticeable. But then again I don't buy an iPhone just for the aesthetics.
You may think so, but some people, myself included like the thinness. I remember picking up an iPod Touch when I was used to an iPhone 4 and loving it.
That's not to say that's it's worth compromising other factors - I personally would make it as thick as it needs to be to fit the thickest of the components in (so no camera bump).
I don't care about longer battery though - one day is fine for me. I don't think you really have a user experience improvement going over that until you get to around the one week mark, that's when you can really start to alter your attitude to charging habits.
Bending is an engineering challenge, certainly, but one that I imagine can be resolved.
It wasn't replaced because of the thickness it was replaced because the A5X didn't cut it.
I don't love the protruding camera (and apparently neither does Jony Ive) but it certainly wouldn't be the deciding factor on whether I buy an iPhone or not.
I think it was more about making the lightning port standard on all products as quickly as possible.
They've stopped with the thinner mantra?
Is nothing sacred?
Have they retired Jony, by giving him an empty title and removing his underlings? Seems like he's now a figurehead whose main role is to draw $$$ with his celebrity status. He's the Royal Family of Apple, Inc.
I kid, I kid. Jony is a smart man. He knows people have been ridiculing the "thinner and thinner" mantra for years now. I'm hoping to see a radical redesign from Sir Ives to remind us why he is a giant in the design industry.
Is nothing sacred?Have they retired Jony, by giving him an empty title and removing his underlings? Seems like he's now a figurehead whose main role is to draw $$$ with his celebrity status. He's the Royal Family of Apple, Inc.
I kid, I kid. Jony is a smart man. He knows people have been ridiculing the "thinner and thinner" mantra for years now. I'm hoping to see a radical redesign from Sir Ives to remind us why he is a giant in the design industry.
I haven't felt like my user experience has been compromised.
Camera bump, case that evens it out
Weak battery life, my 6 battery is worlds better than my old iPhone 4. 16 hours average.
Bending, has not bent at all even in skinny jeans without the case
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It is not a deciding factor for me either. I was just saying that mentioning the use of a case to someone who is bothered by the protruding camera is not a solution.
I expect it to go away at some point. It's a physical weak point and they could emulate the functionality with Touch ID.
If that's your response and thought process, you absolutely have lost the plot.
Quarterly calls and numbers on a spreadsheet are not equal to user experience.
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Agreed, the protruding camera lens looks terrible and spoils the whole phone IMO.
My underwear is hidden under my trousers but I don’t buy yellow and brown Y fronts. Purely because of the colour.
I'm starting to get excited for the 6s now!
I'm hoping it is sooner than that!
It's not the first time they went very slightly thicker with a device. I think we can expect it to slim down significantly with the iPhone 7.they went......thicker?
Little bug-bear of mine, but that's I wouldn't call that a schematic! It's a design draft, mechanical design drawing, mechanical sketc, take your pick. Schematics are symbolic representations of a system, such as this:
*Electronics Engineer rant over.......
*Electronics Engineer rant over.......