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The "seams" are rubber
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I wouldnt say its god-awful ugly. Its definitely not what I had expected from apple. Seams let in particles, which get inside of the screen. Oh please apple; kill the seams!
I actually don't mind the seams even more so if they're there to help protect the phone from shock. It gives the phone a more 'industrial' look and feel. Can't wait.
Not so much if they're fully blocked off with a rubber seal.. much as the screen surround is already on current phones, probably for similar reasons. to give it enough wiggle room to try and absorb shock.
I'm guessing here but couldn't the fact they're using rubber seals help fit/finish .. meaning the tolerance of the case could be slightly more lenient and make the device still feel solid - maybe even more so than purely plastic on plastic even if manufactured to high standard...
Just gives a little expansion point to help reduce rattle (not that i've had a rattling iphone)
Just gives a little expansion point to help reduce rattle (not that i've had a rattling iphone)
I think it would be quite funny if they just have the seams so it is easy to take apart the pre-production model and then here people are discussing what type of rubber is used to fill in the seams. I'm sure I'm probably wrong, but I hope not just for this reason. I could care less if the phone has seams or no seams or if the seams are made out of rubber or concrete.
The seams simply don't do what you suggest. To access the connectors that hold the seams together one must completely disassemble the phone.
Moreover, the internals of the phone are designed around the rubber connectors, which seems very unlikely for a temporary feature of the prototype case.
I've looked at many pics of the "new" iPhone, and for the life of me, can't see the big deal about these seams a number of people have problems with.
Multitasking will be accomplished through the new app manager though with home button.
When you get your hands on one, paint them and see how that works out for you.
The seams look fine. Everyone is making a HUGE deal out of NOTHING.
I happen to think these are where the air bags deploy from when the accelerometer detects a free-fall.
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I think he knows that. He is merely posing an alternative method of activating multitasking (specifically through a expose-like view)
I think that kind of redundancy would be very unlikely. I think it would be really cool if they were SOME sort of sensors though. But I think the most likely theory is exactly what is stated in this thread
Now THIS is an idea I can get on board with!!
Interesting thought. You squeeze the phone like the old mighty mouse and it trips a microswitch that exposes something (like multitasking).
And that's why a unibody (a la iPad) wouldn't work for the iPhone - because it won't flex. Hmmmm.
