On the first one the colors are black and the font looks different, almost looks like the lettering on iPhone is raised, not flush with the surface. Clearly these are not the same devices. So perhaps these are prototypes and the final design may look completely different.
On prototypes it is not so easy to apply the actual lettering and logos especially if they are to be foil. Silkscreened lettering will often appear raised. I doubt the final will have mixed types of applications and or colors so these are quite likely prototypes.
Notes from an OCD designer: 1. The iSight camera flash and mic should have been in that order: O o . Not O . o 2. The radius of the iSight camera should have formed the rounded corner of the phone, as per iPhone 4/4S. 3. Too many materials/colors visible on the back: frame, metal back and plastic. At least the metal aligns with the antenna bands, as does the screen. 4. The earphone jack should have stayed on top, on the left, same distance as lock button on the right, which should have been round as per volume buttons, to balance it all. 5. The mute button should have been round, as per volume buttons, sliding up-down to align it with volume buttons, not front-back.
That is looking much more authentic. The level of detail, the change of the device while keeping the familiar shape of the iPhone 4/4S. It also looks like that a broken display or Home Button will be much easier to fix as you'll access the components from the front.
On prototypes it is not so easy to apply the actual lettering and logos especially if they are to be foil. Silkscreened lettering will often appear raised. I doubt the final will have mixed types of applications and or colors so these are quite likely prototypes.
On the black one you can hardly see the lettering or the logo. Maybe it's just a bad picture but it seems odd.
A unibody iPhone makes huge sense from a manufacturability point of view. Would also be very tough. And that prototype sure does look ugly... but I'm sure they're iterating fast on the design, and that it will be a bit more refined before shipping.
My guess is "not fake but not done yet"... these are probably destined for Ive's hands-on lab.
'LOL SO UGLY NO WAY THIS IS LEGIT APPLE WOULD NEVER RELEASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF THEY DO THEY ARE FINISHED ETC ETC'
Pretty much identical to the iPhone 4 leak, which most people agreed was completely 'un-apple' and the 'ugliest design' they've ever seen, will 'never sell', specifically pointing to the gaps in the antenna, etc. How did that work out? It's widely considered to be classiest, and most well-designed phone ever made, and Apple saw fit to continue it for 2 generations and that design ended up selling hundreds of millions of units. So try to have some damn humility instead of pretending you have some insight into what looks good or not, and bashing something to hell and back instinctively.
On another note, I find it despicable that Apple 'fansites' are releasing pics like this. Why? They know this damages Apple if this is actually the design to be released in 5-6 months, yet the only thing they consider is click-bait.
I like the ear phone jack on the bottom because I normally keep my phone in my pocket face inward, upside down, that is when not using the ear phones. I like having the home button on top to grasp when taking it out of my pocket since I am often just checking the time and it just makes it easier that way. Now I can keep that preference even when listening to music since the jack will be facing upward as well.
I agree that function is the top priority, but Ive's position and power in the company shows that appearance is very important to Apple too.
In actual fact, any designer knows that the whole "form vs. function" thing is a crock.
Form and function go hand in hand.
The perfect bowl for instance is defined by the function, but it is also beautiful and the perfect form because of that fact. You can't separate form from function and as a designer you should never strive to do so.
Designers (at least good ones) don't make things that function well and then "dress them up."
There is no battle between form and function, they are accomplished together.
Is that two-tone part a plastic cover or an actual part of the back? It looks like the top and bottom strips are glass and the middle aluminium. Not a fan, I'd prefer a clean slab. But this is just a prototype at most so meh.
Why? they're still on the outside by the looks of it. What difference does an aluminium back make if the antennae are outside it to the sides?
There is no way for you two to know if it's on the outside again. There are multiple antennas on the iPhone. Only the iPhone 4 had the WiFi and Bluetooth antenna on the outside, the iPhone 4S brought the antenna back inside where it actually worked better over its predecessor according to Anand Tech..
Is there any chance that the mini dock connector could actually be a thunderbolt port? My guess is not because the electronics to support a thunderbolt port would be more than a small mobile device could support but I can still imagine the possibilities. One thing I would love to do with an iOS is use the port for a wired ethernet connection for maximum bandwidth and/or security. Thunderbolt would allow this along with direct connection to an external monitor or high speed storage. It would make it possible to plug any iOS device into a super dock which would really blur the line between mobile devices and portable computers.
Here's one photo:
And another:
On the first one the colors are black and the font looks different, almost looks like the lettering on iPhone is raised, not flush with the surface. Clearly these are not the same devices. So perhaps these are prototypes and the final design may look completely different.
If so, it could be that they're finally going to use Liquidmetal. It would be much easier to make raised letter with Liquidmetal than with machined aluminum.
That is looking much more authentic. The level of detail, the change of the device while keeping the familiar shape of the iPhone 4/4S. It also looks like that a broken display or Home Button will be much easier to fix as you'll access the components from the front.
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I do wonder how the antenna would be implemented with such a large aluminium chassis.
That right picture makes these leaks look quite authentic. I prefer the speaker redesign in these leaks. The current speaker grille collects dirt too easily. Actually, I might like the headphone jack placement too... the cable might not dangle across the screen as much.
Why? they're still on the outside by the looks of it. What difference does an aluminium back make if the antennae are outside it to the sides?
It looks to me like the centre part is a "unibody" aluminium part and that the sides are actually connected (part of the same piece).
The top and the bottom edge pieces are the main antennas in the current model and appear to be so in this model. This would also explain the glass bits in that they want the aluminium to stay as far away from the antennas as possible.
So it kind of makes sense from a design point of view, which is sad, because it's butt ugly and they are insanely stupid to change the aspect ratio like that.
Very, very disappointing to me.
I can't see at the moment why on earth I would buy one of these things.
My first judgement looking at the pictures of the tall screen (if it is indeed how the final product will look) is that I don't like it. It seems cheaper if that makes sense. I'll withhold final judgements until we actually get the reveal from Apple.
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Originally Posted by Rogifan
On the first one the colors are black and the font looks different, almost looks like the lettering on iPhone is raised, not flush with the surface. Clearly these are not the same devices. So perhaps these are prototypes and the final design may look completely different.
On prototypes it is not so easy to apply the actual lettering and logos especially if they are to be foil. Silkscreened lettering will often appear raised. I doubt the final will have mixed types of applications and or colors so these are quite likely prototypes.
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Originally Posted by monstrosity
... It's not what I had in my head, but oh well, I'l buy one anyway.
I bet almost everyone is thinking that...
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I do wonder how the antenna would be implemented with such a large aluminium chassis.
A unibody iPhone makes huge sense from a manufacturability point of view. Would also be very tough. And that prototype sure does look ugly... but I'm sure they're iterating fast on the design, and that it will be a bit more refined before shipping.
My guess is "not fake but not done yet"... these are probably destined for Ive's hands-on lab.
God, you people are so predictable.
'LOL SO UGLY NO WAY THIS IS LEGIT APPLE WOULD NEVER RELEASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IF THEY DO THEY ARE FINISHED ETC ETC'
Pretty much identical to the iPhone 4 leak, which most people agreed was completely 'un-apple' and the 'ugliest design' they've ever seen, will 'never sell', specifically pointing to the gaps in the antenna, etc. How did that work out? It's widely considered to be classiest, and most well-designed phone ever made, and Apple saw fit to continue it for 2 generations and that design ended up selling hundreds of millions of units. So try to have some damn humility instead of pretending you have some insight into what looks good or not, and bashing something to hell and back instinctively.
On another note, I find it despicable that Apple 'fansites' are releasing pics like this. Why? They know this damages Apple if this is actually the design to be released in 5-6 months, yet the only thing they consider is click-bait.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I do wonder how the antenna would be implemented with such a large aluminium chassis.
Isn't the antenna on the outside still? If so it should not matter what the case is made of.
I like the ear phone jack on the bottom because I normally keep my phone in my pocket face inward, upside down, that is when not using the ear phones. I like having the home button on top to grasp when taking it out of my pocket since I am often just checking the time and it just makes it easier that way. Now I can keep that preference even when listening to music since the jack will be facing upward as well.
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Originally Posted by Captain J
Jonathan Ive disagrees.
I agree that function is the top priority, but Ive's position and power in the company shows that appearance is very important to Apple too.
In actual fact, any designer knows that the whole "form vs. function" thing is a crock.
Form and function go hand in hand.
The perfect bowl for instance is defined by the function, but it is also beautiful and the perfect form because of that fact. You can't separate form from function and as a designer you should never strive to do so.
Designers (at least good ones) don't make things that function well and then "dress them up."
There is no battle between form and function, they are accomplished together.
Is that two-tone part a plastic cover or an actual part of the back? It looks like the top and bottom strips are glass and the middle aluminium. Not a fan, I'd prefer a clean slab. But this is just a prototype at most so meh.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I do wonder how the antenna would be implemented with such a large aluminium chassis.
Why? they're still on the outside by the looks of it. What difference does an aluminium back make if the antennae are outside it to the sides?
There is no way for you two to know if it's on the outside again. There are multiple antennas on the iPhone. Only the iPhone 4 had the WiFi and Bluetooth antenna on the outside, the iPhone 4S brought the antenna back inside where it actually worked better over its predecessor according to Anand Tech..
Is there any chance that the mini dock connector could actually be a thunderbolt port? My guess is not because the electronics to support a thunderbolt port would be more than a small mobile device could support but I can still imagine the possibilities. One thing I would love to do with an iOS is use the port for a wired ethernet connection for maximum bandwidth and/or security. Thunderbolt would allow this along with direct connection to an external monitor or high speed storage. It would make it possible to plug any iOS device into a super dock which would really blur the line between mobile devices and portable computers.
If so, it could be that they're finally going to use Liquidmetal. It would be much easier to make raised letter with Liquidmetal than with machined aluminum.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
That is looking much more authentic. The level of detail, the change of the device while keeping the familiar shape of the iPhone 4/4S. It also looks like that a broken display or Home Button will be much easier to fix as you'll access the components from the front.
Click above for larger image
I do wonder how the antenna would be implemented with such a large aluminium chassis.
That right picture makes these leaks look quite authentic. I prefer the speaker redesign in these leaks. The current speaker grille collects dirt too easily. Actually, I might like the headphone jack placement too... the cable might not dangle across the screen as much.
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Originally Posted by tipoo
Why? they're still on the outside by the looks of it. What difference does an aluminium back make if the antennae are outside it to the sides?
It looks to me like the centre part is a "unibody" aluminium part and that the sides are actually connected (part of the same piece).
The top and the bottom edge pieces are the main antennas in the current model and appear to be so in this model. This would also explain the glass bits in that they want the aluminium to stay as far away from the antennas as possible.
So it kind of makes sense from a design point of view, which is sad, because it's butt ugly and they are insanely stupid to change the aspect ratio like that.
Very, very disappointing to me.
I can't see at the moment why on earth I would buy one of these things.
My first judgement looking at the pictures of the tall screen (if it is indeed how the final product will look) is that I don't like it. It seems cheaper if that makes sense. I'll withhold final judgements until we actually get the reveal from Apple.