This Could Be What Apple's iPhone 5 Looks Like

Okay, but...

I'm not feeling that design. It feels like a step back after the iconic iPhone 4 (and yes, that model has its own issue with a glass back). The edge-2-edge screen is sweet but the overall device dimensions aren't right. Compared to the home button area, the earpiece area seems so anemic.

Also, given there will be no resolution improvements (currently at 640x960), won't having a larger screen make the iPhone 5 slightly less "retina" quality? *tongue-in-cheek*
 
Makes sense, especially if Apple is going to maintain continuity with the iPad 2. But for me, this may be too thin, and looks like it's prone to a tentative grip in ones hand which could lead to fumbling/dropping... unless a case is used to add some thickness and hard corners. I'll actually have to hold one to know for sure, but for now it's my .02
 
Bumble Bee said:
This is sad when macrumors is going out looking for random iphone images.... Slow to no rumors means time to start making sh** up

Phones looks ok I agree with the blandness; I cannot see apple developing this
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Looks that way. Apparently macrumors.com is now creating rumors as well as reporting them.

As for the pic? It's ok. The larger screen would be welcome.
 
wovel said:
Yes, it does. Feel better? Were you unsure?
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... it doesn't really look much like it at all. The Samsung is very angular looking... they used a lot of ugly metal seams... the interface has a lot of corners on it (as opposed to rounded corners on Apple's iOS.)
 
MonkeySee.... said:
You think it looks like this pile of crap?....

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Yes I think it looks a lot like it.

I mean come on... how can you call it a piece of crap...apparently Samsung devices are copies of Apple's?

Mug!

Competition is great for business and advances in technology.

Apple is the king of repackaging whats already out there into devices that look nice and are coveted by a dedicated fanbase.

Get real.
 
Very cool design. I think I like it. Not sure about the elongated home button, and if it turns out to be touch sensitive, I guess this could turn out to be cool, but I'll have to wait and see.

I am also very glad that according to these designs it is only .05 inches wider. This is barely over a millimeter. I didn't want a larger device, so an increase of less than 2 millimeters is acceptable compared to the half inch some were rumoring.

I do like the metal back as the curvature suggests, but I still wonder how Apple has solved the reduced signal through metal problem. I guess they could go with the whole plastic Apple logo for wireless signal, I just hope it is an adequate pass-through. Otherwise I suppose we will have a plastic cover on the back akin to the orig iPhone and 3G iPad. It should be interesting.
 
Just...horrible. The bezel is far too thin IMO to be attractive; and it'll lead to accidental screen presses.

Also the top of the front face where the speaker is, is too short compared to below the screen, and it doesn't look right.

Finally, thinness. Apple's obsession with thinness is getting to ridiculous levels; the iPhone 4 was about right IMO; the iPod Touch 4G I'm not so keen on. Much more and the phone will be liable to slipping out of my hands, not cool.

The redeeming feature is the larger screen however.

Let's see what they come up with September, but I really hope it isn't this.
 
But how will the antennae work with a metal back? That was the problem with the 2G which led to them having to give it that huge black strip at the bottom. Unless they find some way to integrate the antennae into the back then that can't happen in my eyes.
 
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It's wider because they need space for smart cover magnets.
 
I don't quite like it.

It looks too much like the iPod Touch. And it seems too skinny. I like the design of the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4, but any skinner, then it would probably slip out of most people's hands.
 
Meh..

Where's the vibrate button? And the home button won't be that big.. and I really hope the screen is more proportional.. Other than that I love it.
 
Looks good, but I can't help but think it'd look better if the screen was more central. But if it is like that, I'm sure there are some good reasons for it.

But apple, please, JUST RELEASE IT!! I'm becoming impatient :D
 
The oval home button, if it is an actual button and not a touch sensitive spot, does not make sense. Why make switch from a circle to an oval? It would go against Apple's design aesthetic and unless the oval had different spots that cause different actions, I just can't see making this switch. It is essentially counter to their clean and simple model they've been following.

As far as the back goes, the tapered design may make sense in helping to limit weight and give a new method of measurement for the thinnest cell phone award, but functionally, it only works in portrait mode. Like the oval home button, it doesn't make sense to create a design that in hand, in landscape mode, is off balance. That just doesn't seem to be something Apple would overlook or settle for or even be able to "sell" us all on if they did end up designing it similarly.

I know I use my phone almost equally between portrait and landscape, given I'm not just using it as a phone. If the premise were the iPhone was just a phone and the apps were all in portrait mode, then sure, you could taper the back as much as you want - but this just isn't the case.
 
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Glad to say this after cringing at the increase in typos at MacRumors lately: good job MR.
The wedge form factor is ok, the gesture area around the home button is awesome.
 
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