omg dont say that, you risk killing a few fanbois here. imo the high end phone will still used a superior shell, not a plastic one. Unless those color shells are made with a new state of the art material and not regular plastic, I dont think the high end phone will use them.
I think the previous poster is only pointing out that he/she disagrees with the suggested names of these devices. He thinks the new lower-priced model will be called "iPhone" and that they will rename the flagship (presumably iPhone 5S) as "iPhone Pro".
Andy Inahtko (sp?) was recently talking on MacBreak Weekly about how in his testing experience (though he noted it's just his sample, so not "a study"), that he feels there's something about the aluminum shell transmitting force which makes screen breakage more common in a fall - whether on the face or back - compared to more resilient materials.
Where did he get his mechanical engineering degree?
Bertone is a concept car that was designed as a possible replacement for the Corvette ZR-1 and Zagato is a coach-builder/ auto design firm. Either the individual(s) responsible for these documents loves cars, these documents are fake, or a mixture of both are true.
I think the previous poster is only pointing out that he/she disagrees with the suggested names of these devices. He thinks the new lower-priced model will be called "iPhone" and that they will rename the flagship (presumably iPhone 5S) as "iPhone Pro".
Very unlikely. I think they will reserve the Pro name for a larger screen iPhone. Plus it would add confusion since this year you have an iPhone 5 and the replacement is simply iPhone but with lower specs. They would need to call it "Air" or some other clever name.
I find it very believable that Apple would bring brightly colored smartphones to the masses. To those claiming that Apple wouldn't do that, I have a picture for you.
I find it very believable that Apple would bring brightly colored smartphones to the masses. To those claiming that Apple wouldn't do that, I have a picture for you.
Also, something interesting to note, I walked in to Urban Outfitters yesterday and all the colors of the clothes and the merch displays were the proposed iphone colors (not this photo, I've seen a higher quality photo in another post that had less intense colors). They've got their finger on the pulse of the youth market, which makes sense for the lower cost phone. Also I'm speculating, but these pastel bright colors may be an advantage in China.
The iPod touch presents the same color pallet with far better tones and a better overall look than these atrocious plastic iphone mockups
I find it very believable that Apple would bring brightly colored smartphones to the masses. To those claiming that Apple wouldn't do that, I have a picture for you.
Your point would be more persuasive if you used the current-gen iPod Touches as your example not ancient iMacs.
Very unlikely. I think they will reserve the Pro name for a larger screen iPhone. Plus it would add confusion since this year you have an iPhone 5 and the replacement is simply iPhone but with lower specs. They would need to call it "Air" or some other clever name.
I agree with you... I was just clarifying a different point of disagreement.
But I don't think iPhone Air is an appropriate name unless the model is significantly lighter than the others. And Apple has proven that they don't always choose names that seem clever when announced. Then the product sells so well that we all decide the name didn't matter anyway, and it even "becomes" clever after-the-fact. Almost like the name draws its cool from the product instead of the other way around. Other companies wish they could do that. They have to work super hard to invent a cool name, hoping that that will make the product seem cool. Apple products are already cool.
After a multi-year process of moving to it's own processor design and further moving to manufacture it's own processors, Apple is going to use an off the shelf Samsung processor? This doesn't seem likely at all IMO.
That was the biggest glaring issue I had. Why would Apple have the Ax chip in the Apple TV (hobby) and then buy a processor for their cheap iPhone? I can't imagine at this point they could get another processor cheaper than the Ax, but more importantly, the Ax is highly tuned to iOS which another processor would not be.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if, as part of Tim Cook's doubling-down on secrecy, if Apple had a department of disinformation. They are tasked to creating and perpetuating false tips about future products. It would keep Apple in the news, and promotes interest in Apple by keeping people guessing. And it would actually be a FUN JOB TO HAVE!
Those aren't phones. They're iMacs from 12 years ago.
Nothing gets by you.
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Your point would be more persuasive if you used the current-gen iPod Touches as your example not ancient iMacs.
Maybe both to further show that Apple has a history of brightly colored devices? iPhones in bright colors certainly wouldn't be a huge departure in design for Apple like some seem to think.
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omg dont say that, you risk killing a few fanbois here. imo the high end phone will still used a superior shell, not a plastic one. Unless those color shells are made with a new state of the art material and not regular plastic, I dont think the high end phone will use them.
I think the previous poster is only pointing out that he/she disagrees with the suggested names of these devices. He thinks the new lower-priced model will be called "iPhone" and that they will rename the flagship (presumably iPhone 5S) as "iPhone Pro".
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Why not iPhone Air?
Unless the new models are detectably lighter than the others, "iPhone Air" won't really be applicable, in my opinion.
Where did he get his mechanical engineering degree?
Oh, wait. He didn't.
Bertone is a concept car that was designed as a possible replacement for the Corvette ZR-1 and Zagato is a coach-builder/ auto design firm. Either the individual(s) responsible for these documents loves cars, these documents are fake, or a mixture of both are true.
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I think the previous poster is only pointing out that he/she disagrees with the suggested names of these devices. He thinks the new lower-priced model will be called "iPhone" and that they will rename the flagship (presumably iPhone 5S) as "iPhone Pro".
Very unlikely. I think they will reserve the Pro name for a larger screen iPhone. Plus it would add confusion since this year you have an iPhone 5 and the replacement is simply iPhone but with lower specs. They would need to call it "Air" or some other clever name.
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For the 3rd time, the 4S was not part of the ban. It was the 3GS and 4. And the only models affected were AT&T's.
A grand total of one phone sold by one carrier for $0.99 (with contract). I don't see this crippling either Apple or AT&T.
Those aren't phones. They're iMacs from 12 years ago.
Well that's obviously a picture from before Apple's war on plastic and shift to all aluminum and glass for their devices.
Not just lighter, the device would have to be notably thinner than the 5S to warrant the "Air" moniker.
The iPod touch presents the same color pallet with far better tones and a better overall look than these atrocious plastic iphone mockups
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I find it very believable that Apple would bring brightly colored smartphones to the masses. To those claiming that Apple wouldn't do that, I have a picture for you.
Your point would be more persuasive if you used the current-gen iPod Touches as your example not ancient iMacs.
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Very unlikely. I think they will reserve the Pro name for a larger screen iPhone. Plus it would add confusion since this year you have an iPhone 5 and the replacement is simply iPhone but with lower specs. They would need to call it "Air" or some other clever name.
I agree with you... I was just clarifying a different point of disagreement.
But I don't think iPhone Air is an appropriate name unless the model is significantly lighter than the others. And Apple has proven that they don't always choose names that seem clever when announced. Then the product sells so well that we all decide the name didn't matter anyway, and it even "becomes" clever after-the-fact. Almost like the name draws its cool from the product instead of the other way around. Other companies wish they could do that. They have to work super hard to invent a cool name, hoping that that will make the product seem cool. Apple products are already cool.
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Not just lighter, the device would have to be notably thinner than the 5S to warrant the "Air" moniker.
I agree... and I don't see either as very likely. Thoughts?
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After a multi-year process of moving to it's own processor design and further moving to manufacture it's own processors, Apple is going to use an off the shelf Samsung processor? This doesn't seem likely at all IMO.
That was the biggest glaring issue I had. Why would Apple have the Ax chip in the Apple TV (hobby) and then buy a processor for their cheap iPhone? I can't imagine at this point they could get another processor cheaper than the Ax, but more importantly, the Ax is highly tuned to iOS which another processor would not be.
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I wouldn't be surprised at all if, as part of Tim Cook's doubling-down on secrecy, if Apple had a department of disinformation. They are tasked to creating and perpetuating false tips about future products. It would keep Apple in the news, and promotes interest in Apple by keeping people guessing. And it would actually be a FUN JOB TO HAVE!
And you could ferret out the leaks.
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The so-called "lite" model will be the new iPhone. The other model will be the iPhone Pro.
I think they would go more with the iPad naming scheme. iPhone Mini and iPhone
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I think they would go more with the iPad naming scheme. iPhone Mini and iPhone
But that would only work if they are different sized screens. It seems likely they would both be 4".
If these are finished products, why is there no FCC code or fine print under the iPhone?
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Those aren't phones. They're iMacs from 12 years ago.
Nothing gets by you.
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Your point would be more persuasive if you used the current-gen iPod Touches as your example not ancient iMacs.
Maybe both to further show that Apple has a history of brightly colored devices? iPhones in bright colors certainly wouldn't be a huge departure in design for Apple like some seem to think.