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What is this picture and why is it on my Mac?
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rrijkers
macrumors 6502
in regards to the front facing camera (under the glass), don't forget Apple had a patent a few years ago that was a camera made out of many sensors placed between the pixels using software to combine all the images into one large image! How about them Apples!?
-Steve
http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/26/apple-patent-embeds-thousands-of-cameras-among-lcd-pixels/
Posted April 26, 2006
"Apple goes on to suggest portable uses for the technology, such as employing the displays in cellphones and PDAs, so you can add another item to the list of features we'll be expecting from the iPhone and Newton 2.0 when they finally hit stores."
ah, good. could be a nice tie-in with some new pro displays to then (def due).
If you notice the the picture of the Griffin molds the mold is shown to have the hold buttons on the other side also.
mmoosa
macrumors 6502
does this show that the ipod touch is also getting an upgrade(volume buttons etc)....i hope im not being a complete idiot for seeing something different.😕
EDIT: oooh i forgot, ur ipod touch transition animation shows it having an earpiece at the top...hmmm
Aldaris
macrumors 68000
Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3)
Chrisrokc, I do believe your mistaken- the "left original iPhone" depicts the on/off/hold button on the left side of the unit (I even looked at it again. The left picture of the mold is the back side, with the button above the camera- hmm, of we take the case designs as is- its safe to say pretty much same design, subtle differences but not enough to spend a day on. But having touch sensors for volume would be cool- limiting though, accidental volume changes would be out of control.
I'll just stick with my iPhone for now. Who knows. Only a week and a half!!!
Chrisrokc, I do believe your mistaken- the "left original iPhone" depicts the on/off/hold button on the left side of the unit (I even looked at it again. The left picture of the mold is the back side, with the button above the camera- hmm, of we take the case designs as is- its safe to say pretty much same design, subtle differences but not enough to spend a day on. But having touch sensors for volume would be cool- limiting though, accidental volume changes would be out of control.
I'll just stick with my iPhone for now. Who knows. Only a week and a half!!!
Well I basically disagree with everything you said.
Here is the thing the iPhone really is a computer. You have seen lots of crappy video chatting on phones, yes, BUT NOT APPLE STYLE! I'm not saying every call iPhone owners made would be iChat video, it wouldn't replace regular calling, it would be an addition to be used when you like just like on your computer.
Guess we'll see who is right in 10 days! 😉
Mikey B
macrumors 65816
I highly doubt that icon is the new iphone. Apple wouldn't let that slip through their fingers. It would only be in the SDK if it was restricted to the folks enrolled in the paid developers program, if at all. 98% of Apple Inc. has no idea what the iPhone looks like and there's just no way they would make that slip.
Anyway, I'm in the camp that the new phone is not going to deviate much from the first. The iPhone is an iconic device that is instantly recognized and is very symbolic of the direction Apple is heading in. They aren't going to make dramatic changes yet. Someone used the Nano as an example but I feel that was misguided. It was the 3rd gen, first of all, and the form changed because the device itself was radically changed- video. That was a bigger change to that form-factor than 3G or the rumored upgrades. It went from an audio device to one that played videos, something that simply wouldn't have worked in the original design.
Anything can happen of course, but I agree with the if it ain't broke don't fix it sentiment. Apple sticks with a design most of the time until it has to change it, either from dramatic changes in feature-sets, technology, or market factors. I dont think those requisites are being met and I think they aren't going to deviate much from the present design.
Anyway, I'm in the camp that the new phone is not going to deviate much from the first. The iPhone is an iconic device that is instantly recognized and is very symbolic of the direction Apple is heading in. They aren't going to make dramatic changes yet. Someone used the Nano as an example but I feel that was misguided. It was the 3rd gen, first of all, and the form changed because the device itself was radically changed- video. That was a bigger change to that form-factor than 3G or the rumored upgrades. It went from an audio device to one that played videos, something that simply wouldn't have worked in the original design.
Anything can happen of course, but I agree with the if it ain't broke don't fix it sentiment. Apple sticks with a design most of the time until it has to change it, either from dramatic changes in feature-sets, technology, or market factors. I dont think those requisites are being met and I think they aren't going to deviate much from the present design.
lifeinhd
macrumors 65816
I agree. Apple spent tons of time working on the design for the iPhone when it first came out-- Steve said so during the keynote. It seems unlikely they would change the design now, unless they need more space for 3G or something.
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drakeshipway
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That must be why I didn't understand what I was reading!
I'll remember to read the date next time! 😛 Haha!