Is it impossible to make body-colored bands? The contrast on the examples here is very unattractive.
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I love the function of my iPhone 6S Plus. But I still think it's an ugly unwieldy beast. It's overall very awkward, like I was at age 14."Urgh I hate the design, I'll wait."
Three months later...
"I love my new iPhone 7!!"
I have said this many times. With shows like Big Bang Theory and Silicon Valley popular, do a 70's retro, stoner comedy about the start-up scene in the Valley back when it was counter culture and not trendy.Design is now lead by two guys, eh? View attachment 641181
I don't think "space black" is the best name for this color. "Light polluted night sky" is more like it. Why can't we get a proper black? Shades of grey is not black.
It's funny you mention the camera placement as an example because if this leak is accurate then Apple have put the camera BACK in symmetry with the curve of the case.When the first pictures of the iPhone 5 came out, I thought it was a step-back compared to the iPhone 4 design-wise, when looking at the fine details. The iPhone 4's camera hole was aligned with perfect symmetry in mind. Look at how the curve of the camera hole is equidistant from that of the phone's edge. One can tell Steve was very much around at that time. This kind of subtlety is what made Apple what it is (or isn't?) today.
At that time, I thought the iPhone 5's camera hole was somewhat sloppy in comparison.
Man, how much I did not see the slope waiting ahead...
It's funny you mention the camera placement as an example because if this leak is accurate then Apple have put the camera BACK in symmetry with the curve of the case.
The iPhone 4's camera hole was aligned with perfect symmetry in mind. Look at how the curve of the camera hole is equidistant from that of the phone's edge. One can tell Steve was very much around at that time. This kind of subtlety is what made Apple what it is (or isn't?) today.
At that time, I thought the iPhone 5's camera hole was somewhat sloppy in comparison.
Don't you think they should have made the phone slightly thicker to make the rear flat(to hide the camera bump) + room for bigger batteryDo you want a better cam, with better optics and everything? Then accept it...
Its stupid to think its avoidable, with all today's picture quality requirements
Having a similar/almost identical case and removing the headphone jack just feels like soldering the RAM in the Mac Mini and keeping the same shell. It's not like the aesthetics of a beautiful new design dictated this choice.
I dunno, maybe I'm a little bitter.
To be fair, the camera hole on this new design follows the phone's edge just as it did on the iPhone 4.
According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, iPhone R&D prior to his death was 3 release cycles advanced from the currently released model, so Steve Jobs likely played a role in the design of the iPhone 5/5S and possibly the iPhone 6.
Lastly, it is disingenuous to compare a meticulously crafted press photo with a crusty cell phone picture taken in some chap's basement of his dusty phone.
Having a similar/almost identical case and removing the headphone jack just feels like soldering the RAM in the Mac Mini and keeping the same shell. It's not like the aesthetics of a beautiful new design dictated this choice.
I dunno, maybe I'm a little bitter.
Don't you think they should have made the phone slightly thicker to make the rear flat(to hide the camera bump) + room for bigger battery
It does look a lot better now, but no changes in ergonomics - grip, bezels, reachability, power button placement.Fair point. Something to be "happy" about. : )
I don’t think they have placed them anywhere else. When you think about it all they’ve done is just remove the section between the arrowheads, (that can’t be worse surely?)……Jesus, who would have thought that those white bands can get even more ugly than on the 6/6s just by placing them somewhere else?
Well during an S update aren't there usually a CPU update (which is happening here), a camera update (which is happening here) and only one other major feature that we often don't know about before the announcement or at least we don't know about in mid-Summer. When did we know about Touch ID for the 5S or did Force Touch for the 6s? So couldn't there still be a major feature left out?
I think we are getting the screen enhancements from the small iPad Pro. So there is that. And that along with CPU, camera, and battery life would be a pretty good upgrade over the 6S and frankly a huge upgrade over the 6. But maybe there is one other thing.