Hmm, maybe he's trying to mimic how Steve Jobs would flip flop on things. "Nobody wants to watch video on an iPod" and "Nobody reads books anymore" come to mind.
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Hmm, maybe he's trying to mimic how Steve Jobs would flip flop on things. "Nobody wants to watch video on an iPod" and "Nobody reads books anymore" come to mind.
Good point. And he said that he was not trying to mimic Steve nor to be him. That would be a double-flip flop in less than 15 mins. Flip-floping level: Mastery!
yeah he took a break fro redesign the iphone to focus on other stuff.. thats fine.. as long as the iphone 5 gets a full redesign.. and not a 4S2 type deal.
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thats my point.. the 4 and 4S are slight to tall as is..
i would like iphone5 to look like those epics.. but i hope ios6 does something new with the damn boring icon layout
omg i so agree, that icon layout is soooooo DATED and so is the lockscreen, such a waste of space
No it isn't. There's already a sim tray opener provided by Apple in the package:
One special piece of metal, actually Liquidmetal. So think about that...
wasnt liquid metal only ever used for the 3g sim removal? that was some time ago now by tech standards, I dont think apple is going down that route just yet.
there is so much they can do to spice up that grid a bit..yes the UI is clean and silky smooth but its so boring and clinical that i cannot stand to use an ios device without a jailbreak so i can add features..
So according to the math the screen has increased in height by about 15mm but the overall length of the phone has increased only 7mm or so. Meaning a reduction in top/bottom bezel of about 7-8mm. Let's hope that's true.
I'm sorry, you misunderstand. I'm not questioning Mr Ive's ability or skill. I'm questioning the validity of these schematics. If given some thought, the pattern doesn't fit. Mr. Ive would have pushed (and succeeded) towards a redesign of the iPhone for their 2012 model. Not just a mere alteration in screen size and thickness.
They've changed the aspect ratio (according to this anyway) meaning the height of the display but not the width.
Unfortunately, probably not. Every device released in the past has had the new iOS released several months before for developers to test. IE - iOS 4 was released to developers in early April and the phone shipped late June.
Unless this device will be updated to iOS6 at a later date (which could be plausible as the current gen iPad supports LTE in iOS5), then we will see this phone around 2~3 months after iOS6 is released - or August/September/October.
iOS 6 will be announced this month but it won't be released until the Fall (with iPhone 5). Unless by released you meant the beta?
I predict that it will not be called the iPhone 5. I think it will be called "The New iPhone" just like the iPad
I was trying to imply the only way the new iPhone would be released in June would be if it were to run on iOS5 and be updated to iOS6 when it's released to the public later in the summer / early fall.
Wouldn't make sense but it's plausible.
I don't but any of this. I have NEVER seen one stream of rumors come out, day after day that all fit perfectly together like this. It's just too odd. I am thinking these rumors are all coming out of Apple and they are of a trashed prototype that was around back in 2011..With a few mods to look legit (small dock connector, etc) Why? To try and make everyone forget about what we saw last year, prior to the 4S announcement...
It may not look exactly like this, but I bet this is more along the lines of what we are going to see come October.
It may not look exactly like this, but I bet this is more along the lines of what we are going to see come October.
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Because it needs a radio transparent section somewhere on the back for the antenna. Hence the rubberized section on the 1st gen iphone and 3G iPads.