This. I don't get why they need to be so BIG! It almost looks toyish. Really not liking it.
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This. I don't get why they need to be so BIG! It almost looks toyish. Really not liking it.
That would make sense. Same reason why the MacBook Air has larger bezels than the Pro.
Although when I look at the inside of this shell, there seems to be room for a camera either in the extreme corner or right next to the flash, but not in-between due to a large screw hole.
Given that screw hole, we might have something more like this:
Edit: Or as illicit2k1 points out, the camera might be centered. Didn't think of that!
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I was going to mention that!
It is way better milled than anything we have seen. Certainly the previously leaked parts.
I was even going to mention the round protrusions and say this one this looks like it was cast with a light cnc cleanup. Liquidmetal?
Do it! If you send it to MacRumors, I have a hunch they will make an article about it
Moving it further away from the edge might simply be a better location for the lens.
People tend to place their thumb on the bottom edge of the phone near the lens, and I've seen plenty of photos ruined due to even a tiny bit of overhang.
This. I don't get why they need to be so BIG! It almost looks toyish. Really not liking it.
I am sure there is a lot of functionality built around them. Certainly not there for looks. Besides the antenna utility of them, they look like they could certainly absorb impact from hitting the ground on end.
Great Design
That design looks really great. The new position of the camera is also good.
I don't like the new screen size. However, it is likely that holding the phone will be more comfortable than 4/4s/5/5s.
That design looks really great. The new position of the camera is also good.
I don't like the new screen size. However, it is likely that holding the phone will be more comfortable than 4/4s/5/5s.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss....
WHO has spotted the similarity between this and the original iPhone ?
Slimmer and more capable but back to metal and with infinitely more power ( I hope).
WHO has spotted the similarity between this and the original iPhone ?
Slimmer and more capable but back to metal and with infinitely more power ( I hope).
I used a screen protector on my iPhone 4S... it was my first iPhone and I was paranoid. But the screen protector itself got a few scratches on it.
I'm not using a screen protector on my iPhone 5S. I'm 6 months in and the screen is still beautiful and unharmed.
This works great unless you're OCD. As soon as you get one scratch, you're done. Hah.
I might take off my screen protector after year one. I thought scratches would reduce resale value but it didn't seem to matter when I sold my 4.
I wish they would just announce the phones already! I liked it better when there was more of a waiting time between announcement and release as opposed to the current method where they announce and release it a week or two later.
I will always use a case until they can make a phone that won't scratch or break. Screen protectors, I have always felt are a huge waste of money. I haven't used one since my iPhone 3G and have only had one minor scratch on my screen over the roughly 6 years with a 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
Outside of maybe the iPhone 4, I felt the original design of the iPhone was the best.
I will always use a case until they can make a phone that won't scratch or break. Screen protectors, I have always felt are a huge waste of money. I haven't used one since my iPhone 3G and have only had one minor scratch on my screen over the roughly 6 years with a 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
Outside of maybe the iPhone 4, I felt the original design of the iPhone was the best.
I'll make a note of Feld & Volk. Just in case I become an eccentric billionaire.
And then move to Moscow.
Makes me wonder how much faster the part could be made by injection-molding Liquidmetal instead of machining it from a solid aluminum billet. No, Liquidmetal (especially the platinum alloy) isn't cheap. But it's been used in cell phone enclosures and other consumer goods before (e.g. the Acer Liquid Metal) and it requires much less energy to recycle than aluminum since it doesn't need to be melted to a liquid state. It's amorphous, like glass, so it only needs to be heated until it becomes putty-like. (Liquidmetal becomes malleable at 752F, whereas aluminum melts at 1221F.)
Just like iPad, most likely. I'd like an illuminated Apple logo, but I get the feeling that it would be too showy for Ive's slightly understated design sense. I think it would be cool to see a micro-perfed metal Apple logo light up. Just like the sleep indicator light on older MacBook Pros and the iSight indicator light on the current MacBook Air and Pro lines.
Still not sure why there are insulators on the back surface but the interior appears to be a single piece of metal. Maybe the insulator material completely covers each end of the iPhone and the antennae are thin sheets of metal laminated over the insulator material. But then how are the BT and Wi-Fi signals transmitted through the metal backshell? There appear to be no openings for glass radio windows.
Well that's one way to avoid wear-through of the anodized coating. Color the material itself. No anodizing. But can that be done with an aluminum alloy? Or is it (here's that wishful thinking again) Liquidmetal?
those breaks will not be visible in the final product. they are just prototype guides.
