$200 price drop on the new iPhone? Double battery life on the new Apple Watch (including dedicated GPS)?
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Video Depicts iPhone 7 Mockups in Gold, Rose Gold, and 'Space Black'
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$200 price drop on the new iPhone? Double battery life on the new Apple Watch (including dedicated GPS)?
Whatever your're smoking, please smoke less of it.
Its not Space Black, just seems to be a darker 5S like shade of Space Gray...which is a good thing.
Most of us likely have never designed anything in any field for any purpose that didn't involve finger paints, so why so adamant about the design of these (possibly fake) phone bodies, especially since the vast majority of the phones will be covered up by cases? The antenna bands of a slightly different shade or tiny camera bulges won't destroy your design sensibility. Honest.
Sorry, but that camera is NASTY.
SERIOUSLY. WHY?!!
Just make the phone 1.5mm thicker and make it FLUSH.
- People who use cases won't care because they use cases and clearly don't mind extra thickness.
- People who don't use cases (true gentleman like myself) will be much happier.
Ok done.
SERIOUSLY. WHY?!!
Just make the phone 1.5mm thicker and make it FLUSH.
- People who use cases won't care because they use cases and clearly don't mind extra thickness.
- People who don't use cases (true gentleman like myself) will be much happier.
Ok done.
Another video has emerged online showing probable mockups of iPhone 7 units, but this time viewers are given a better idea of what the new handset might look like in three colors that Apple may offer this September.
The video was posted to YouTube channel ConceptsiPhone yesterday and shows the iPhone 7 in Rose Gold, Gold, and what the titling calls "Space Black".
The mockups depict the now familiar design expectations such as protruding camera, repositioned antenna bands, and no headphone jack, but it's the "Space Black" reference that stands out as a curiosity this time around.
Rumors in June pointed to the possibility that Apple was readying a darker variant of its traditional Space Grey color, described by one source as "close to black, though not quite black". This so-called "new, darker shade" was thought to more closely resemble the look of the "space black" stainless steel Apple Watch, which is darker than the "space gray" aluminum Apple Watch Sport.
However, earlier this month, alleged photographs of Apple's proposed iPhone 7 colorways stuck to showing the company's typical four variants of Rose Gold, Space Gray, Gold, and Silver, similar to the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus.
The "Space Black" variant depicted in the latest video does look darker than a typical iPhone 6s Space Grey unit, but the poor lighting makes identification a guessing game, and it could be just as likely that the unusual naming convention is simply a botched amalgam of previous rumors.
On the other hand, Apple has used different shades of "space gray" and "black and slate" across its device lineups over the years. The iPhone 6s and iPad Pro, for example, each have a lighter shade of "space gray" compared to the iPhone 5s and original iPad Air respectively.
The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus are expected to be officially unveiled by Apple in the fall. In addition to the aforementioned features, the smartphones are expected to have faster Apple A10 processors, 32GB of base storage, improved waterproofing, and faster LTE and Wi-Fi.
Article Link: Video Depicts iPhone 7 Mockups in Gold, Rose Gold, and 'Space Black'
Well it is an iPhone. Definitely nothing to rave about. I am not raving also at iOS 10.0, so what is left to push us to upgrade ? A super battery life which I am not sure will be the case when I see the specs for the battery that are floating around and an astounding camera. Otherwise, it will be iOS vs android. The Samsung Galaxy S7 or Oneplus 3 are all better design than the iPhone 6 and for now I am more excited using my Oneplus 3 after being an iPhone user since day one.
The Hype Train is making the Chinese knock-off factories work on double time. Seems like every couple days we get to read the headlines about how THIS is the latest in iPhone 7 casing.
due to massive technology advantage against competition, massive design change AND storage upgrade, price will most likely be increased.
$200 price drop on the new iPhone? Double battery life on the new Apple Watch (including dedicated GPS)?
Whatever your're smoking, please smoke less of it.
100$ price drop, not 200$. Apple S2 will be 14nm instead of 28nm, watch will be more independent which will reduce Bluetooth usage and some software optimisation.
Is this a record for the most iPhone Rumors in a three month span? And we are not even in August yet.
In any case, day one purchase in Space black or Slate (If legitimate).
In any case, day one purchase in Space black or Slate (If legitimate).
In that case, I don't see them decreasing the price for this year's iPhone while increasing it for next year's.
Seriously Apple, just give us an all black iPhone. Not space gray, not space black, not Bakersfield polluted sky black-gray.....just regular old black
Must have color blind designers over there at Apple- that's gray, not black. And the bright antenna bands kind of defeat the purpose of having a dark phone, not to mention they're ugly AF.
Cook never said 'iPhone 7, people cannot live without it.' Cook said there would be a feature that people could not live without in the future iPhone in an interview Jim Cramer. (Not a direct quote, but he was not referring to iPhone 7 by itself.)
I'd be happy with something like this for the 7. The iPhone 5 was much darker than the 6 series. And the color looked better IMOI'd personally be happy if they brought "black & slate" back:
Cook was just taking over momentum that was built under Jobs rule. Cook has done nothing to contribute to Apple growing, and in fact they are not growing anymore now that the momentum that Jobs built has ended. I don't care about an iPhone getting a new case, however Cook should because its clear sales will suffer, sale are already suffering, and Apple will suffer as a result since half of their profits come from that product...
Here, let me fix that for you:
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Ive was good at collaborating with Jobs. The ID labs are where Jobs spent the bulk of his time, and he had a close working relationship with Ive. Now we see what Ive is capable of doing on his own. IMO he should go back to designing toilets.
I could live with the Space Black. 
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Ugly antenna lines can drive Apple Case Sales.
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Ugly antenna lines can drive Apple Case Sales.
The problem is the different materials - aluminium is quite reflective while plastic/rubber absorbs the light from different angles, they'll probably look fine "in the flesh"...
Here's an example of a Bluetooth speaker I'm working on from two angles, the button is grey rubber and looks perfectly decent by eye yet photos make the colour look very off depending on angle -
That said, I still think the iPhone 7 looks pretty disappointing overall...
I'd gladly pay $40 or $50 more for diamond-like carbon coating on a Space Black iPhone "7 Plus".
Similar or identical to the coating on the Space Black Watch.
I love the DLC Space Black Milanese Loop on my Space Gray Watch Sport.
Completely abrasion-resistant. (No case needed for a DLC-coated iPhone to resist daily scrapes.)
Similar or identical to the coating on the Space Black Watch.
I love the DLC Space Black Milanese Loop on my Space Gray Watch Sport.
Completely abrasion-resistant. (No case needed for a DLC-coated iPhone to resist daily scrapes.)
i think you are visually right. but on finished product lightning ports there is a kind of metal insert that also is put in place. so this is probably standard lightning port as it looks as just a shell.
Man, I love MacRumors.
I never even noticed the detail of the iPhone 4's camera lining up with the side of the phone. Amazing attention to detail, and a sublime example of the Apple that used to exist under Steve.
Thanks for pointing it out. Good design is easy. Great design is hard.
Easy thing to say for an arm chair critic.
Reality is that it probably took a ton of engineering over 2 years to redesign the antenna system, so that the wifi radios no longer had to be separated by the plastic divider.
That's why they exist in the first place...its not possible for the back to be one solid metal piece, and the radios to work properly.
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And sometimes obsessive design can degrade functionality.
Its not like they couldn't align the camera that way if they wanted to. Its not like no one at Apple has ever noticed. It is this way, because it has to be this way, for 100 different tiny reasons that you are not privy to.
What you'll never know about the iPhone 4, is that the camera could have probably been even better, had visual aesthetic not take priority.