6 is ugly. 5 was really stylish... 4 paved the way. Overall I'd say 5 is the best looking iphone to date.
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This iPhone 6 One Of The Worst Looking iPhones?
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As a natural result of the size increase the 6 can't look as symmetrically and geometrically concise just like how shoe retailers display smaller sizes of their shoes on the displays because smaller thing naturally look more aesthetic than larger things.
So the overall scope has changed.
If you made the 6 to be stylized like the 5 it would not be as conceptually congruent.
Therefore the 6 is moreso along the lines of like a nice infinity pool than a Leica camera and is conceptually totally different.
I like both, but the 5 was more luxurious as a concept overall in design.
In short, the 6 is not meant to be aesthetic in the same way anymore because now the screens are much bigger.
So the overall scope has changed.
If you made the 6 to be stylized like the 5 it would not be as conceptually congruent.
Therefore the 6 is moreso along the lines of like a nice infinity pool than a Leica camera and is conceptually totally different.
I like both, but the 5 was more luxurious as a concept overall in design.
In short, the 6 is not meant to be aesthetic in the same way anymore because now the screens are much bigger.
Disagree. The 4 and 5 designs were derivative of other design aesthetics. They drew from early 35mm camera design in specific. The 6 design returns to the 2g design DNA, which is completely unique to the iPhone. It isn't derivative of any other device. It's unique and to my eye much more beautiful than the 4 and especially the stretched out and compromised 5, both of which broke the original design trend and were lamely struggling to make the iPhone something it wasn't: an hommage to a piece of technology that became obsolete 20 years ago.
I think the original was the best... followed by the 6/6plus.
I was never a fan of the plastic backs on the 3G/3GS, though those were otherwise attractive.
I really wasn't much bowled over by 4 through 5s. The allure of the metal band and squared edge wore off about halfway through the year of the iPhone 4 and I really hoped that by the time we got to the 5, there would have been a redesign, but they just made the thing longer.
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Yeah... I should have just waited to agree with your assessment. This is exactly what I didn't like about the 4-5s years.
I was never a fan of the plastic backs on the 3G/3GS, though those were otherwise attractive.
I really wasn't much bowled over by 4 through 5s. The allure of the metal band and squared edge wore off about halfway through the year of the iPhone 4 and I really hoped that by the time we got to the 5, there would have been a redesign, but they just made the thing longer.
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Yeah... I should have just waited to agree with your assessment. This is exactly what I didn't like about the 4-5s years.
The best looking is the ipod touch latest gen. 
Yeah, the iphone 6 is pretty ugly, because it so unbalanced design wise. Very thin, but very tall. Overly accentuated lines in the back. Why would you emphasize rubber/plastic? And it lost its industrial quality feel because it became big and light.
Yeah, the iphone 6 is pretty ugly, because it so unbalanced design wise. Very thin, but very tall. Overly accentuated lines in the back. Why would you emphasize rubber/plastic? And it lost its industrial quality feel because it became big and light.