That's actually a very good point. Apple in the past has asked to take down images that were more than likely real. I doubt that if this was real that no one at Apple would have not noticed it by now.
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The back of the iPhone 4G to be made of ceramics?
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That's actually a very good point. Apple in the past has asked to take down images that were more than likely real. I doubt that if this was real that no one at Apple would have not noticed it by now.
Like others have noted, I don't believe Apple will head towards removable batteries. They take up valuable space with the extra hardware to release the cover/battery, and that allows for more things to go wrong with the phone.
Plus dirt, water, and dust will have a better chance at getting into the phone's internals.
The design is okay. Nice to see a change from the 3G/3GS, but I hope they refine it before release.
Hoping for more news to come though! It's exciting!
Plus dirt, water, and dust will have a better chance at getting into the phone's internals.
The design is okay. Nice to see a change from the 3G/3GS, but I hope they refine it before release.
Hoping for more news to come though! It's exciting!
just like how the real iphone 3g weren't. if they remove them it confirms them real.
Given that at best this is a preproduction unit, the user replaceable battery could very well just be for testing purposes. If Apple is indeed going to be going the HD route with this product I'm sure the battery would have to be more powerful than the ones in previous devices and why make a bunch of test mules with battery compartments that you can't replace when you can make one test mule and swap different batteries out until you find the one you like?
Apple has pretty much ignored user replaceable batteries in all of their products and I don't see them changing gears on that now and I'd say the likelihood of that happening is slim to none.
Apple has pretty much ignored user replaceable batteries in all of their products and I don't see them changing gears on that now and I'd say the likelihood of that happening is slim to none.
They haven't done so for a while (iPhone, iPad, iPod nano leaks) as it is usually seen as confirmation. Until Steve Jobs does the keynote it'll be a 50/50 divide between people believing it is real/fake. Sometimes no action is the best action.
Apple stopped doing that a while ago. For example the iPod nano 4g picture were leaked in advance and Apple never asked them to be removed.
The mic hole is not at the TOP of the phone, which is where the image take of the (alleged) battery release hole is shown.
And on the other side of the argument if they don't ask them to be removed you think they're fake. When companies ask stuff to be removed they are just stupid frankly because you're right - it confirms the legitimacy. If I were Apple and this is indeed fact I would just ignore it because once it hits the Internet it's out of your control anyway and by ignoring it many people will think it's fake.
It was from this story prior to the iPad launch. It was confirmed as the iPad in some kind of testing frame. (red annotations are mine)
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Not going to happen. Apple will not put in a user replaceable battery. Their whole product line right now is around making battery tech in such a way that the user never has to replace their own battery. They will not suddenly go back on that and make the batter replaceable. The only caveat to this is if they have upped the proc so much in the new iPhone that battery life is now terrible and IMHO, if that's the case SJ would have already nixed it.
You aren't being informational; you are just stating your opinion.
I am inclined to believe Gruber:
I completely disagree with the fact that it is a removable battery. Apple would never make the battery removable. Come on that's one of their signature traits. That pin hole is an AMBIENT NOISE MICROPHONE. It is used to detect the noise in the background and automatically adjust the volume of the ear piece so you can hear. How would a pin release work for a rear door anyways?
This was a weak justification from Mac Rumors.
This was a weak justification from Mac Rumors.
i don't like it
idk but i just don't like the design. it just doesn't correlate with the rest of apple's line of products. they've repeatedly stayed away from removable batteries, and the boxiness of that design and the protruding buttons is just not very apple-ish.
idk but i just don't like the design. it just doesn't correlate with the rest of apple's line of products. they've repeatedly stayed away from removable batteries, and the boxiness of that design and the protruding buttons is just not very apple-ish.
I hate to see Apple's products get exposed to the public months before they're available. It gives the competition/copiers such a huge unfair advantage. It essentially punishes the innovator and makes R&D free for everyone else. 
It's too late for anything to come of it now it this case, but I sure hope whatever dumbass got drunk and left their Apple prototype in a bar gets fired and made an example of.
It's too late for anything to come of it now it this case, but I sure hope whatever dumbass got drunk and left their Apple prototype in a bar gets fired and made an example of.
iPad has a "modem port". I wonder if iPhone 4 has service center updatable LTE capability? If you can replace a battery, you can replace other stuff too.
One phone, localizable to carrier options. Hmmmmm.
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One phone, localizable to carrier options. Hmmmmm.
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I'm sure that there still is a good amount of refinement that will be done before the fourth generation iPhone's launch. Personally, I wouldn't mind a user-removable battery. I'm considering getting a battery pack for my iPhone 3GS, anyway, but now I think I'll wait since replacing the battery would be more convenient.
The design is a nice change. Aluminum sides combined with a glass/ceramic back could be great. A glass/ceramic back should be about as scratch resistant as the display, which is difficult to scratch. As long as Apple has figured out how to keep it from cracking when dropping it, a lot of people will be very happy with the durability of the fourth generation iPhone. I would love a device that is difficult to even get slightly damaged.
The design is a nice change. Aluminum sides combined with a glass/ceramic back could be great. A glass/ceramic back should be about as scratch resistant as the display, which is difficult to scratch. As long as Apple has figured out how to keep it from cracking when dropping it, a lot of people will be very happy with the durability of the fourth generation iPhone. I would love a device that is difficult to even get slightly damaged.
Very few people actually do this. Mind you, most of us carry our phones in our pockets. We don't take our backpacks everywhere, as I assume you do (what with carrying those extra external batteries).
Here's the thing: Many of us aren't willing to give up sleek design (seams) for a removable battery. Just plain simple.
Ceramic back though? I guess Apple really is taking this to a new dimension. Seems unlikely, but we can't do anything except wait... and speculate
The design is just awful. It seems so strange that Apple would go such a route. Nothing aside from the front screams Apple/iPhone to me. The whole thing just looks terrible. I thought Apple might make the iPhone look like the iPad, which would be acceptable. But this is terrible.