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Questionable Photos Depict iPhone 5S Packaging With Redesigned Home Button

Is it me, the picture or...

Does the S look like a Samsung Galaxy S font?

Sodner said:
Picture was taken with a Samsung. :p
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HA!

dotme said:
I think Sven is probably right...

http://www.statista.com/topics/840/smartphones/chart/1396/android-phone-sales-by-screen-size/

"...According to data provided by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, only 16% of Android smartphones sold in the United States between April and June this year were equipped with screens smaller than 4 inches in diagonal. More importantly, 55 percent of Android phones sold sported significantly larger screens of 4.5 inches or more"

That was published within the past 2 weeks. I don't know how fair the survey was, but I believe the basic conclusion - many consumers want larger screens.
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So a bit more than half the Android phones sold in the US in Q2 were 4.5" or more. If I am not mistaken, not one of the new Android phones release in Q2 2013 sported a screen smaller than 4.5" - Your conclusion makes some sense, until you analyze the data.

Verizon has 27 different Android "phones" online right now. 3 are preorder (Note 3, Gear, Note 3/Gear combo) - So that is 24.

Removing the 4 pre-owned and one out of stock brings the total down to 19.

Number with a screen size smaller than 4.5"?

7 (including the 4.3" Droid "mini")

7/19= 36%

So 36% of the Verizon Android smartphones are 45% of the sales, and 64% of the Android smartphones represents 55% of the sales.

Going further, and looking at the iPhone being the single best selling phone.

So your statement of more people wanting a larger phone is already a weak, at best, statement.
 
Really? the biggest reasons it's fake is the black phone with a white box and that the phone is not angled?

Let me solve this for you.

Why is it not angled?
Because the biggest change on the hardware is on the front, they wanna highlight it. Couldnt be more obvious.

Why is the box white?
Because there will be atleast a third color option: the champagne. Are they gonna paint the box of that one gold? No.
 
Only 4 more days...

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Maybe the grey circle around the home button will indicate when a new alert has come in (text/email etc. per the user's choice).
 
I'm gonna go with real. It makes sense that the wallpaper is black because all the colored C phones follow same pattern. Does this phone excite me? Maybe if it came out 6 months ago. They should be releasing an ALL NEW 6 by now bezel-free, thinner, larger screen etc. But they're not. Am I gonna buy this? Probably. #soggyapple
 
Radio said:
So if the button lights up u know where to start
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all the time? wastes batter. lights up on motion? would like up in your pocket all the time. only on motion not in the dark? wouldnt work in a dark room. etc.. plain old painted rounded-rect works better.
 
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dotme said:
I think Sven is probably right...

http://www.statista.com/topics/840/smartphones/chart/1396/android-phone-sales-by-screen-size/

"...According to data provided by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, only 16% of Android smartphones sold in the United States between April and June this year were equipped with screens smaller than 4 inches in diagonal. More importantly, 55 percent of Android phones sold sported significantly larger screens of 4.5 inches or more"

That was published within the past 2 weeks. I don't know how fair the survey was, but I believe the basic conclusion - many consumers want larger screens.
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Most Android phones come with large screens now so that's no surprise. I'm not suggesting no one wants an iPhone with a larger screen. I just don't think we can say the majority of people do because iPhone sales don't seem to back that up.
 
Anyone who thinks this is fake, which is a lot of you. Is without question wrong. This is the real deal. 100% this is the black iPhone 5S.

The red iPhone 5C boxes leaked had a red stocker on top. The yellow iPhone 5C boxes had a yellow sticker on front. And this black iPhone has the black sticker on front. Also the phone is head on and not angled, because the theme of iOS 7 is Flat design! This picture shows off iOS 7 new homepage, and doesn't draw attention to the phone is the same form factor as last generation.

And as many have pointed out the grey ring around the home button perfectly matches the grey rings on the event invitation. This is not a coincidence. There is a light up LED around the home button for the 5S but probably not the 5C. I am guessing it can light up in all kinds of different colors for different uses.
 
bj3949 said:
I'm gonna go with real. It makes sense that the wallpaper is black because all the colored C phones follow same pattern. Does this phone excite me? Maybe if it came out 6 months ago. They should be releasing an ALL NEW 6 by now bezel-free, thinner, larger screen etc. But they're not. Am I gonna buy this? Probably. #soggyapple
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Totally agree! They should have a larger phone by now. I am a huge fan of the Samsung S4 but will never move to anything Android bc the OS is not as refined as iOS. Unfortunately, this also means that I have it sit on the sidelines for several years before Apple releases a phone with a larger screen :|

But I can wait though. Apple is all about refining options - not simply giving users half baked ones. And for this reason, I remain loyal. :apple:
 
Anti-Lucifer said:
Are you guys joking about this being "questionable?"

The only ones that don't believe the leaks so far are the ones who still grasps onto the mere fact iOS 7 is going to change the way it looks and it's still tacky, ugly, and pathetic compared to "being innovative". These are the same folks who yap out "it's a beta!" - when we are on the final release due in a few days.

This is the real iphone 5S - there are NO MORE SURPRISES. If there were anything out of the ordinary, you would've seen it leaked by now. Let me sum it up for you again, Tim Cook Style:

(in no particular order):

- "wooo-woooo-woooooo obnoxious crowd screaming when lights dim and some cheesy U2 song is playing in background"

- tim cook appears. Slow starting speech. Announces how successful iOS is yet again for the 7th time. Praising App Store success, apps being downloaded more than McDonald's being served. Compares to competitors and how iOS still dominates everything (but in reality, it is just not true). Begins to compliment how successful iBooks is and how it enables children to learn (while not being told the truth that more and more children have worse and worse vision staring at the LCD all day long). Talks about how great apple stores are and opening another one in vietnam. Blah blah blah, more slow un-titalating speeches about how great apple is. Trying to distort reality but his abilities are really not at the jedi master level yet.

- Of course you see mr. wart himself, Phil comes on stage. Bam, talks about improving iPhone 5. How great the iPhone 5 is (and it is a nice phone). Then talks about how crappy passwords are and how millions don't lock their devices. Introduces iPHone 5S - fingerprint sensor, talks on and on about how it's so great. How others failed and how apple succeeded. Goes on to introduce iPhone 5S itself and the new processors, updated camera, and the same old shhhhh as the iPhone 5. How great 4" screen is and how the new 5S camera can shoot 60fps 1080p video. Just that the iPhone 5 LCD can't even display 720p :rolleyes:

- More features shown on iphone 5S camera, comparisons to other cameras, knocking on nokia 1020 faux 40+ MP camera. Then the biggest surprise, iPhone 5C colored iPhones. Crowd goes bezerk.

- Tons of the same old same old same old presentation with the same product but trickled improvements from previous because who will buy an iPhone when they do everything now, they will milk everything slowly so they can call it an iPhone 6 next year.

So there you have it, sums up everything - you have seen the real deal already and unless there is an AMOLED 4" screen, some kind of super processor, or a huge battery pack, it's already all seen and done before.

You people who are doubting the reality of this leak, come this tuesday, you will just clap away like a clown and smile then wait a week to order the SAME iPHONE 5 with an S at the end of the iPHone 5!
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That sir is scary! I'm going to come back to this post after Tuesday because I think you may have nailed it !
 
Mattsasa said:
Anyone who thinks this is fake, which is a lot of you. Is without question wrong. This is the real deal. 100% this is the black iPhone 5S.

The red iPhone 5C boxes leaked had a red stocker on top. The yellow iPhone 5C boxes had a yellow sticker on front. And this black iPhone has the black sticker on front. Also the phone is head on and not angled, because the theme of iOS 7 is Flat design! This picture shows off iOS 7 new homepage, and doesn't draw attention to the phone is the same form factor as last generation.

And as many have pointed out the grey ring around the home button perfectly matches the grey rings on the event invitation. This is not a coincidence. There is a light up LED around the home button for the 5S but probably not the 5C. I am guessing it can light up in all kinds of different colors for different uses.
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Agreed! Just wish there was "one more thing"...... iPhone 6! :)

I do have to say though, a gorgeous home button with fingerprint sensor & 128gb unfortunately is enough for me to get a new one. But they could have made screen cooler than 5 at least just a little as far as bezel.
 
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I'm sure someone already mentions this, but I bet those "rings" on the invite have something to do with these rings on this packaging.

i'm callin it!
:)
 
BMcCoy said:
Previous iPhone box packaging has never had an image of the phone on the box.
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JarScott said:
I'm not quite sure what you see as an image of a phone? I seem to recall every iPhone box having a photo of the device on the top in some manner. Which leads me to believe you've never seen an iPhone box before. Which is odd.
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Nope, never :rolleyes:
 

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