Perhaps the antenna signals will be routed through the Apple logo on the back? Isn't that how they do it on the non-LTE iPads?
That's one of the main reasons these look fake because the devices with a black Apple logo have the shape cut out of the metal and the plastic goes right through to allow the signal to pass and also to keep the plastic in place. It could be that the Apple logo and text are printed on the cellophane to give an idea of what a finished model would look like.
The front is all fake. The touch id is shown with an outer shadow on the ring but the real ring is sunk in, it's not raised up like that.
If there's something genuine in the images, it is only the silver back plate and not the text or front.
At first I thought someone might be trolling using pictures of an iPod Touch.
If the back plate is genuine, I'd say it would be a new iPod Touch. The iPod sales have been dropping fast so something is going to replace it. It's not really due for an update as it was updated in September. A sim card can be useful for mobile data.
I'd like to see an iPod Touch as an entry phone with an external antenna. I figured the sim card would go in the external case but it makes more sense to put it internally. Without the antenna case, it's an iPod. That doesn't explain the wifi signal though. Potentially this is an iPod case before the wifi holes are cut out.
It also also doesn't look any bigger than the iPod Touch is now when you look at the size and location of the Lightning port.
Dude, go to Wikipedia and read what liquid metal is. There's no need for plastic or any other material for antennas.
The lack of symmetry and all that space wasted on the bottom bezel makes this prototype uber ugly.
Whereas I think the asymmetric layout actually looks BETTER than top and bottom being the same size.
Apparently it's just not possible to please everyone with just one style. Hopefully they will offer a variety the way they do with their other products.
(Also, I hope I'm not the only one wishing that Apple would figure out a way to keep the 4" screen alive going forward, because I'm not ready to make room in my life for one of these clown phones.)
For the last two years, expressions here of desire for a larger screen have been met with "Then buy something else." Could these images signal a degree of poetic justice in those dismissive bumwipes now being in a position of having to choose between THEIR preferred design or another brand? Of having their preferences mocked and insulted they way the small-preferring set have until now, using terms like "moron" and "clown phone?" Wouldn't that be a hilarious turnaround?
But the better man instead hopes for diversity and variety so more users can be happy.
So, they are fake. But a design similar to this with a 5" (more or less) would be fantastic for those of us who actually need a smartphone.
People who need a smartphone buy the real thing: an iPhone, whatever generation that might be. Why, iOS for one. 3.5" or 4" screen is another dead giveaway.
People who need a smartphone buy the real thing: an iPhone, whatever generation that might be
I don't think that's fair. I know a few really smart people who are doing great things with their Samsungs and Google accounts, including one colleague who made the switch from Apple to Android who seems happier. I prefer the iPhone for myself, but I'm not so unwilling to recognize the viability of alternatives. These aren't stupid people, so they must see something you and I don't.
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Originally Posted by PhilBoogie
Why, iOS for one.
True. Agree completely.
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Originally Posted by PhilBoogie
3.5" or 4" screen is another dead giveaway.
But see, for some of us the purchase decision wasn't BECAUSE of the screen size but IN SPITE of it. I wanted a larger screen but I wasn't willing to change platforms to get it. Each of us has our own list of preferences and priority order that we use to build our own, unique acceptable compromise. So, for some (maybe even many?) the choice of an iPhone isn't an endorsement of the screen size, it's an accepted compromise.
Indeed, a Google or Samsung device can do all what some want to do. But Pedro was indicating that a smartphone with a screen smaller than 5" wasn't needed "for those of us who actually need a smartphone", which I think is total bullocks. And the sales numbers seem to indicate as well.
Ditch the iPod touch already and go with 5.5" iPad nano-wifi and cellular.
iPad nano Nice, i'm glad too see that i'm not only who thought of this product and i agree they should definitely ditch the iPod touch. Those are fake! its way to ugly to be an iPad or specially an iPhone
That's one of the main reasons these look fake because the devices with a black Apple logo have the shape cut out of the metal and the plastic goes right through to allow the signal to pass and also to keep the plastic in place. It could be that the Apple logo and text are printed on the cellophane to give an idea of what a finished model would look like.
The front is all fake. The touch id is shown with an outer shadow on the ring but the real ring is sunk in, it's not raised up like that.
If there's something genuine in the images, it is only the silver back plate and not the text or front.
If the back plate is genuine, I'd say it would be a new iPod Touch. The iPod sales have been dropping fast so something is going to replace it. It's not really due for an update as it was updated in September. A sim card can be useful for mobile data.
I'd like to see an iPod Touch as an entry phone with an external antenna. I figured the sim card would go in the external case but it makes more sense to put it internally. Without the antenna case, it's an iPod. That doesn't explain the wifi signal though. Potentially this is an iPod case before the wifi holes are cut out.
It also also doesn't look any bigger than the iPod Touch is now when you look at the size and location of the Lightning port.
I agree it looks fake. The pictures have something reminiscent of the rendering by Martin Hajek.
Indeed, a Google or Samsung device can do all what some want to do. But Pedro was indicating that a smartphone with a screen smaller than 5" wasn't needed "for those of us who actually need a smartphone", which I think is total bullocks. And the sales numbers seem to indicate as well.
Like you wrote, "an accepted compromise"
iOS, the camera, build quality and innovation (SOC, fingerprint scanner) make the iPhone the best smartphone available today DESPITE the small screen.
Not acknowledging how much better a 5" screen (the LG G2 is a relatively small device, for example.), if equivalent (resolution, color reproduction, etc, just like the HTC one) is for everything a modern smartphone is used (web, apps, productivity, video, games, room for bigger batteries that clearly offset the screen size impact on battery life, etc.) without compromising basic functions like phone calls (despite a little bit difficult one handed operation, witch is irrelevant for most people I know) is being extremely ignorant or blindly faithful to stupid ideas.
So yeah, If Apple makes one the world will be at their feet, if they doesn't they do not understand what a modern smartphone really is, as a device, and will be rightfully seen as a random company in a sea of companies instead of "the" company, as they have been since 98.
Of course, not one is saying that they should stop making an equivalent 4" device. Millions enjoy it, fine.
But Pedro was indicating that a smartphone with a screen smaller than 5" wasn't needed "for those of us who actually need a smartphone", which I think is total bullocks.
Sorry, I missed the context there. Understood now.
Seems a bit odd that we see the back of the silver case (logo, iPhone name etc.) but not the gold one. Though I'm sure it would be easy to fake those too. It's almost like someone got a hold of these leaked photos and photoshopped in a fully assembled gold 'concept' render. As I've said before. I will be VERY surprised if Apple ships a phone with asymmetrical bezels.
The overall appearance of this render is very Galaxy-esque because of the curvature of the corners (it's a more broad curve like on Samsungs) and the roundness of the back cover at the edges, which is strongly reminiscent of the S3 and S4. I don't think it'll turn out looking like these. The day Apple uses a clearly asymmetric design on the front is the day it snows in Hell.
Now that it's clear that it's fake, I'm really reassured.
What about people saying that I would buy this in a few months? Turns out, some of use Apple users don't blindly follow Apple.
his renders look too much like Samsung Galaxy devices. And i agree that hell will have frozen over if Apple uses asymmetrical bezels in the next iPhone.
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Nope. That’s PROOF.
Though I love every minute of this nonsense. So much fun.
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Dude, go to Wikipedia and read what liquid metal is. There's no need for plastic or any other material for antennas.
The lack of symmetry and all that space wasted on the bottom bezel makes this prototype uber ugly.
Whereas I think the asymmetric layout actually looks BETTER than top and bottom being the same size.
Apparently it's just not possible to please everyone with just one style. Hopefully they will offer a variety the way they do with their other products.
For the last two years, expressions here of desire for a larger screen have been met with "Then buy something else." Could these images signal a degree of poetic justice in those dismissive bumwipes now being in a position of having to choose between THEIR preferred design or another brand? Of having their preferences mocked and insulted they way the small-preferring set have until now, using terms like "moron" and "clown phone?" Wouldn't that be a hilarious turnaround?
But the better man instead hopes for diversity and variety so more users can be happy.
What happened to the English language? "Yes, I no its fake". That could be interpreted as "Yes, I (moment of silence) no, it's fake"
People who need a smartphone buy the real thing: an iPhone, whatever generation that might be. Why, iOS for one. 3.5" or 4" screen is another dead giveaway.
I don't think that's fair. I know a few really smart people who are doing great things with their Samsungs and Google accounts, including one colleague who made the switch from Apple to Android who seems happier. I prefer the iPhone for myself, but I'm not so unwilling to recognize the viability of alternatives. These aren't stupid people, so they must see something you and I don't.
Quote:True. Agree completely.
But see, for some of us the purchase decision wasn't BECAUSE of the screen size but IN SPITE of it. I wanted a larger screen but I wasn't willing to change platforms to get it. Each of us has our own list of preferences and priority order that we use to build our own, unique acceptable compromise. So, for some (maybe even many?) the choice of an iPhone isn't an endorsement of the screen size, it's an accepted compromise.
Indeed, a Google or Samsung device can do all what some want to do. But Pedro was indicating that a smartphone with a screen smaller than 5" wasn't needed "for those of us who actually need a smartphone", which I think is total bullocks. And the sales numbers seem to indicate as well.
Like you wrote, "an accepted compromise"
Ditch the iPod touch already and go with 5.5" iPad nano-wifi and cellular.
iPad nano Nice, i'm glad too see that i'm not only who thought of this product and i agree they should definitely ditch the iPod touch. Those are fake! its way to ugly to be an iPad or specially an iPhone
That's one of the main reasons these look fake because the devices with a black Apple logo have the shape cut out of the metal and the plastic goes right through to allow the signal to pass and also to keep the plastic in place. It could be that the Apple logo and text are printed on the cellophane to give an idea of what a finished model would look like.
The front is all fake. The touch id is shown with an outer shadow on the ring but the real ring is sunk in, it's not raised up like that.
If there's something genuine in the images, it is only the silver back plate and not the text or front.
If the back plate is genuine, I'd say it would be a new iPod Touch. The iPod sales have been dropping fast so something is going to replace it. It's not really due for an update as it was updated in September. A sim card can be useful for mobile data.
I'd like to see an iPod Touch as an entry phone with an external antenna. I figured the sim card would go in the external case but it makes more sense to put it internally. Without the antenna case, it's an iPod. That doesn't explain the wifi signal though. Potentially this is an iPod case before the wifi holes are cut out.
It also also doesn't look any bigger than the iPod Touch is now when you look at the size and location of the Lightning port.
I agree it looks fake. The pictures have something reminiscent of the rendering by Martin Hajek.
And here it is :
http://www.martinhajek.com/iphone-6-air-maxi-pro/
^ post
Indeed, a Google or Samsung device can do all what some want to do. But Pedro was indicating that a smartphone with a screen smaller than 5" wasn't needed "for those of us who actually need a smartphone", which I think is total bullocks. And the sales numbers seem to indicate as well.
Like you wrote, "an accepted compromise"
iOS, the camera, build quality and innovation (SOC, fingerprint scanner) make the iPhone the best smartphone available today DESPITE the small screen.
Not acknowledging how much better a 5" screen (the LG G2 is a relatively small device, for example.), if equivalent (resolution, color reproduction, etc, just like the HTC one) is for everything a modern smartphone is used (web, apps, productivity, video, games, room for bigger batteries that clearly offset the screen size impact on battery life, etc.) without compromising basic functions like phone calls (despite a little bit difficult one handed operation, witch is irrelevant for most people I know) is being extremely ignorant or blindly faithful to stupid ideas.
So yeah, If Apple makes one the world will be at their feet, if they doesn't they do not understand what a modern smartphone really is, as a device, and will be rightfully seen as a random company in a sea of companies instead of "the" company, as they have been since 98.
Of course, not one is saying that they should stop making an equivalent 4" device. Millions enjoy it, fine.
Sorry, I missed the context there. Understood now.
[QUOTE]I’m not 100% sure this is the real back housing, but I’ll be updating it as I get more information regarding it.[/QUOTE]
Also he has no photos of that gold device on his website. Just three photos of the silver case.
http://sonnydickson.com/2014/02/13/could-this-be-apples-next-iphone-the-iphone-6/
Seems a bit odd that we see the back of the silver case (logo, iPhone name etc.) but not the gold one. Though I'm sure it would be easy to fake those too. It's almost like someone got a hold of these leaked photos and photoshopped in a fully assembled gold 'concept' render. As I've said before. I will be VERY surprised if Apple ships a phone with asymmetrical bezels.
http://www.martinhajek.com/iphone-6-air-maxi-pro/
Dear Apple:
Please hire Martin Hajek to design the next iPhone. His vision of what it could be looks awesome.
Thanks a lot.
Sincerely,
V5V
Fake.
The overall appearance of this render is very Galaxy-esque because of the curvature of the corners (it's a more broad curve like on Samsungs) and the roundness of the back cover at the edges, which is strongly reminiscent of the S3 and S4. I don't think it'll turn out looking like these. The day Apple uses a clearly asymmetric design on the front is the day it snows in Hell.
Now that it's clear that it's fake, I'm really reassured.
What about people saying that I would buy this in a few months? Turns out, some of use Apple users don't blindly follow Apple.