... because you would hit the home button accidentally much more often than with a mechanical button!
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This Could Be What Apple's iPhone 5 Looks Like
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How is a guess a spoiler??
My opinion - I don't like this. I hope this isn't close to what the phone is going to look like. I love the 4 design - doing something similar but with edge to edge screen and possibly a bit thinner (but not too much - I don't want the phone to feel like it will snap in half) would be perfect.
I would buy that iPhone just for its looks! It's a magnificent, high-tech work of art! When it releases, I will be the first in line at the Apple store this year 
I cant imagine a backside touch panel working well. While holding the phone that's where my fingers are, and would likely trigger things accidentally. Knowing Apple, they would likely find a great ay to eliminate accidental presses, but I can't think of any tasks that would make me prefer controlling them via the back panel instead of the front. It just doesn't seem intuitive to me.
No doubt they are. I guess I wasn't exactly referring to the drawings, more so that thisismynext.com pretty much nailed it 4 months ago if all this tapered design and smaller bezel aspects pan out.
Translated: We offered the company a link back to their site if they did the mockups for us
Not sure how I feel about the design though... it feels "fussy" somehow although that larger home button is growing on me.
EDIT: Actually, I just looked at the pics again, and I really like it! :-D
Wow thats really nice. I hope its not too much bigger than the last 2. I don't really like the size of the SG II.
I have complete faith in Apple to make this easy to use so I doubt it will be too big.
I have complete faith in Apple to make this easy to use so I doubt it will be too big.
it looks quite nice, but i can't get over the silent button being moved to the other side. and i think the difference in size between the top and bottom border kind of throws the balance a bit. personally i don't think it will look like this. maybe the ipod will.
Nah, this is a closer representation of what the next-generation iPod touch would look like, not the iPhone.
Also, it would have to be flat, not tapered since it's a multi-orientation device.
Also, it would have to be flat, not tapered since it's a multi-orientation device.
"We made...a lil ol iPad 2."
*muted clapping*
"We took an iPad 2, and *fart sound* shrunk it down." *shrug*
"I don't get it.."
"Well, it's not that hard. We...we took an iPad 2, and *fart sound* shrunk it down." *shrug*
"So what does it do?"
"Everything the iPad 2 can do, and nothing else. We took the same 2-year-old technology...and put it into something smaller. More expensive, less ergonomic...magical!"
*muted clapping*
"We took an iPad 2, and *fart sound* shrunk it down." *shrug*
"I don't get it.."
"Well, it's not that hard. We...we took an iPad 2, and *fart sound* shrunk it down." *shrug*
"So what does it do?"
"Everything the iPad 2 can do, and nothing else. We took the same 2-year-old technology...and put it into something smaller. More expensive, less ergonomic...magical!"
