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Report Claims iPhone 6 Will Feature Curved Display, All-Aluminum Rear Shell

Just for folks who don't understand what a curved display is....

This is a Lumia 800 and a Nokia N9

Nokia-Lumia-800-FoneArena-review-6.jpg

nokia-n9-inception.jpg


Both feature a 'curved display'... The N9 was released in September 2011.
Curved displays are NOT NEW.

The HTC One X from 2012 also featured a 4.7" curved display
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This is what Apple is likely to utilise.

It is near the same as the Lumia 1520 (albeit that on a much bigger scale) which also features a curved display meaning the glass and the edges of the device blend together is a soft, natural taper.

nokia-lumia-1520-review-28.jpg


What to understand is... This is not the same things as the 'Curved Glass' that LG & Samsung utilise in the
Samsung round or LG Flex.
LGGFLEXvsGALAXYROUND.jpg



So can we stop with the comparisons or Apple is copying Samsung posts... if anything they are copying nokia... ;) :p .... It will just make a bigger devices screen 'flow' into its bezel / enclosure.
 
Aluminum antenna possibilities

spacemanspifff said:
I'm no expert - Can Aluminium be used as an antenna?
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Yes. As MacFather noted earlier in this thread with a picture, the HTC One does this with proprietary active tuned antennas.

HTC uses the aluminum pieces at top and bottom for cell, WiFi, GPS and Bluetooth. The NFC loop is around the camera lens.

As I've noted several times before, Apple and HTC signed a full patent cross license a year or so ago, which would give Apple access to such technology, if they wished to use it.

Perhaps another way, would be to put very small holes (think iMac microphone) into the Aluminium to allow the radio waves to pass through.
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They'd have to be pretty big. Think of the holes in your microwave door window mesh, that block the signal while you watch what's cooking. To let a microwave signal get through instead, would require holes that are much larger. And cellular would require several times larger than even that. So, not likely.

OTOH, Apple has patented the construction of one version of a microslot antenna, where < 100 micron slits are cut into a metal case, and filled with dieletric material.

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/02/1...roslot-antennas-allowing-for-smaller-devices/
 
elvetio said:
I think it's about time you guys here on mac rumours to actually start picking your news sources more thourouly. It seems that you just post whatever you find and label it as 'news'. Even if it's conflicting with something you said just one week ago..
Use 9to5mac as an example.. I only keep coming here because your format is much better and the forums are great. Otherwise, I would have sticked with 9to5 long ago.
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You do know what the word 'rumor' means, dont you?????

Merriam Webster is a great online dictionary.
 
Curved display, I don't think so.. That fad went away quick. Just no point to a curved display on such a small screen, Apple would never be that stupid to do that.
 
KanosWRX said:
Curved display, I don't think so.. That fad went away quick. Just no point to a curved display on such a small screen, Apple would never be that stupid to do that.
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This calls for a Jesus Facepalm...

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Read my big post above. Curved displays are still being used today and are not new. Do not confuse a curved display with Samsung & LG's curved glass handsets.
 
Nightarchaon said:
im not seeing harder to use, im seeing easier to break :(
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Its not a curved display where your fingers interact as described in the article, regardless, if the curved display is done correctly it would actually be stronger than a flat display.
 
Ardmanz said:
I hope they don't charge an extra $100. It would be an automatic no from me if they did.
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I think Apple will drop the 16g and replace it with the 32g as the base model for $299. Since memory is so freakin cheap, having the starting price at $299 for 32g makes it look as if there wasn't any increase at all.
 
These two rumors kind of makes sense if you put them together. An all aluminum curved back would make the only place for the antennas to recieve a signal to be in the front of the device. Since this would make the antennas only send and recieve signals in a 180 degree field forward, would that make for poor reception when held against a human head while talking.

The solution would be that the curved edges of a display-glass would make an antenna window alongside the edge of the whole phone. The bigger the glass curve, the bigger the signal-field would be. This would make the antenna design more like the iPhone 4, but instead of having the antenna exposed, it would be behind glass.

I'm not sure if I made my case clear (I'm not an engineer), but i tried to draw a cross-section as seen from the top of the device.
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MacRumorUser said:
Just for folks who don't understand what a curved display is....

This is a Lumia 800 and a Nokia N9

Image
Image

Both feature a 'curved display'... The N9 was released in September 2011.
Curved displays are NOT NEW.

The HTC One X from 2012 also featured a 4.7" curved display
Image


This is what Apple is likely to utilise.

It is near the same as the Lumia 1520 (albeit that on a much bigger scale) which also features a curved display meaning the glass and the edges of the device blend together is a soft, natural taper.

Image

What to understand is... This is not the same things as the 'Curved Glass' that LG & Samsung utilise in the
Samsung round or LG Flex.
LGGFLEXvsGALAXYROUND.jpg



So can we stop with the comparisons or Apple is copying Samsung posts... if anything they are copying nokia... ;) :p .... It will just make a bigger devices screen 'flow' into its bezel / enclosure.
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Okay, I use a HTC One X+ daily. I understand what you're saying and agree that is probably what is meant, but that is the worst use of the word "curved" ever.
 
Despite all the 'leaks' and so called 'rumors', no one really knows what the iPhone 6 looks like. Tim actually doubling down on secrecy? :eek:

In an ideal situation, I would love these rumors to keep coming till the end with no actual parts getting leaked. That'll actually leave everyone amazed when the product is finally launched. But only if.. :rolleyes:
 
I'm quite excited for the iPhone 6. I didn't have a problem keeping my 4S when the 5 and 5S were released, but I think it'll be time to upgrade when 6 comes out. I don't need a curved display, but if it has it, I bet Apple will make it feel right.
 
Cracked it!

The iWatch contains the antenna. Or maybe just an additional booster antenna?

The watch relays stuff to the phone over Bluetooth.

The watch comes bundled with the phone - hence the rumored $100 price hike for iPhone 6
 
Arran said:
Cracked it!

The iWatch contains the antenna. Or maybe just an additional booster antenna?

The watch relays stuff to the phone over Bluetooth.

The watch comes bundled with the phone - hence the rumored $100 price hike for iPhone 6
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Nope.
 
Better be quick Samesung! You only have a few more months to get to the tracing board and shoot some half assed curved screen Samsung Galaxy S5 Curved out and maybe curved sWatch 2.5453432

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Vinamra said:
Despite all the 'leaks' and so called 'rumors', no one really knows what the iPhone 6 looks like. Tim actually doubling down on secrecy? :eek:

In an ideal situation, I would love these rumors to keep coming till the end with no actual parts getting leaked. That'll actually leave everyone amazed when the product is finally launched. But only if.. :rolleyes:
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While I will never shy away from looking at a spoiler, I would rather it only been seen by the rest of the world on release date. Makes it so much more exciting and smacks Samesung in the face hindering them from doing a copy attack and beating Apple to the mark.
 
This is actually a pretty good idea because they can almost guarantee the screen will never break. Saffire plus this housing that may add a kinda lip over the glass would almost ensure your glass is safe from drops.. Only way it could break is if you hit it directly with an object pretty darn hard!
 
rtr1985 said:
What benefit is a curved display?
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You know how "we" always want the next generation phone to have some kind of tangible, obvious redesign so that we can clearly show we have the "latest & greatest" to the other people we encounter. Ta-dahhh.

More seriously, samsung had a presentation from a year or two ago which featured curving the glass at the edges so that texts or similar could be seen without having to fire up the whole screen (for instance, if you have some cover for the front of the device (main screen), one could still read their text messages or tweets on the edge that curved below the cover. Personally, I found that a bit interesting and maybe even useful.

A curved display could also potentially fit just a bit more size into a small space. I think this would be primarily for marketing spin but it might have some application.

A curved display could allow the "thin" marketing spin to be spun much like spinning the edges of the new iMac vs. the thickness of the curved back of that iMac. Curve the display and the back edge of the phone to come together like the iMac design and the marketing team can claim a crazy thin number (which is apparently important to us consumers who must find the existing iPhone too thick).

A curved display might offer some aesthetically-attractive attraction over a squared off brick. You know how much "we" care about how the shell looks.

I'm not saying any of these are fantastic in terms of consumer utility but most of them offer some marketing spin which- if spun- will get reiterated in future threads here a million times as if it is some great benefit to us consumers.
 
Why is it when people think "Curved Glass", they assume it's for the display, which would have incredibly limited utility. Why don't they think about the more obvious use ... for the windows on the back of the phone!

We already know that aluminum will act as a Faraday cage, blocking signals from getting out, and that's why Apple used those glass windows on the back of the iPhone 5/5S. If they want a rounded back on the device like some of their other devices, they'll still need to have glass windows to allow wireless signals to penetrate the device. Curved glass would be perfect for that.
 
Product Release Time Table

Not a fan of this recent "release all of the year's major products (iPhone/iPad) in the end of the year" trend. I like how they released a new iPhone in the summer with the new iOS installed on it.

Besides... camping outside your local cell phone carrier's store is much more pleasant in June than in October.
 
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