It's about 9' long, I'm good as long as I don't do too many chair twirls (or at least alternate directions)!
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What do you think of the leaked iPhone design?
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It's about 9' long, I'm good as long as I don't do too many chair twirls (or at least alternate directions)!
can't wait till all the haters eat their words by pre-ordering and posting about how thin it is and how it just "feels right in the hand" once they get it.
I personally love the design. similar to the 4/4s but updated just enough.
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manditory "That's what she said"
I personally love the design. similar to the 4/4s but updated just enough.
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manditory "That's what she said"
Well, 200 votes is a pretty decent sample now, and I've noticed those ratios remaining fairly stable. If we (loosely) categorise the first three as positive votes, and the bottom two as negative, we have roughly 40% who like the design, and 60% who don't.
Personally, I'm among those who don't like the two-toned back. I've witnessed many Apple product launches, and a few leaks here on MR, and this is one design that unfortunately stands out for me as disappointing. Often less is more, and these bands just seems like superfluous decoration which subtracts from the simple elegance of the iPhone 4's design. (BTW, I didn't like the iPhone 4's use of breakable glass on the back from a practical perspective, but aesthetically it was very nice.)
Not saying the phone overall will be disappointing (in fact I will probably get one), but just the aesthetics, which usually sets Apple apart from the competition. As much as I respect Jonathan Ive and his design team, they don't always get it right. For example, the old iBook G3 clamshells were pretty ugly. As were the eMacs (proving that simplicity alone does not always make for attractive design.) On the other hand, the G4 cube (while not commercially successful) was aesthetically beautiful.
That's all subjective opinion of course—that's the nature of design and aesthetics—but some designs are naturally more appealing to more people than others, and that's what I was interested in learning from this poll.
Personally, I'm among those who don't like the two-toned back. I've witnessed many Apple product launches, and a few leaks here on MR, and this is one design that unfortunately stands out for me as disappointing. Often less is more, and these bands just seems like superfluous decoration which subtracts from the simple elegance of the iPhone 4's design. (BTW, I didn't like the iPhone 4's use of breakable glass on the back from a practical perspective, but aesthetically it was very nice.)
Not saying the phone overall will be disappointing (in fact I will probably get one), but just the aesthetics, which usually sets Apple apart from the competition. As much as I respect Jonathan Ive and his design team, they don't always get it right. For example, the old iBook G3 clamshells were pretty ugly. As were the eMacs (proving that simplicity alone does not always make for attractive design.) On the other hand, the G4 cube (while not commercially successful) was aesthetically beautiful.
That's all subjective opinion of course—that's the nature of design and aesthetics—but some designs are naturally more appealing to more people than others, and that's what I was interested in learning from this poll.
We aren't judging what the 'ACTUAL new phone' will look like. We're talking about the rumored change...here on macrumors. Why do people find this such a hard concept to grasp?
I've been around for quite a few as well and I recall that the unveiling of the iPad got an enormous load of naysaying and humorous pictures showing 4 ipod touches attached to each other etc. I'd say this is in the same ballpark.
I'm still willing to say that it's only a prototype. Much of it could be true, but things like the two-tone back could yet change.
On a side-note, I just watched the unveiling of the original iPhone in 2007 from start to end. Steve Jobs was such an amazing presenter; how he can control the audience emotion and response. It's going to be a lot tougher to drive completely new products to market without him.
The design doesn't really phase me as i would have a case on it anyways, so it would be covered up.
Also i may not be getting it because the taller height and smaller dock connector messes with my accessories. so i may take this as an opportunity to keep my 4s as an iPod and just go with android, see how i like that for a contract term.
Also i may not be getting it because the taller height and smaller dock connector messes with my accessories. so i may take this as an opportunity to keep my 4s as an iPod and just go with android, see how i like that for a contract term.
I strongly feel you will be eating your words come October. All the evidence from different sources at different times comes together and clearly forms a picture of this being the next iPhone.
When the iPhone 4 was left in a bar a lot of people said it couldnt be the real thing for various reasons. Particularly with regards to its design.
If two tone phones dont seem fashionable now, THEY WILL
Well, theres multiple prototypes, and the iPhone found in the bar was an entire phone with multiple pictures of angles. It could be a prototype, but I doubt it is actually the official one, and were barely getting anything from these pictures, no picture with the screen on etc. This could be a phone that was used just to test the iOS 6, or the hardware inside, or have been a junked design etc. Doesn't necessarily need to be the official one, according to Tim Cook their biggest projects are coming, I just find it hard for it to look like this, if seems like a step backwards.
up to a point. I was an apple person, but so disappointed in my iphone 4s, that I gave up on them and their tinny screens and got a galaxy nexus. I think I will get a GS3 as I find the nexus screen a little small for my taste. and there is no way apple will come out with a 4.5 inch screen like they should.
If apple wants to be ontop again they need to come out with a 4.5 inch 1080 screen this time around and not after everyone else already has one.
They've painted themselves in a corner with the 'retina' claim. They can't do a proper 4" screen and keep retina. This was their only way out. Now, they can claim: "see? we, too, have a 4" phone". Some innovators, that Apple.