Questionable 'iPhone 6' prototype shows protruding camera, lacks Apple's 'True Tone' flash

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  • Reply 21 of 78
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,057member

    Heard about Goophone? Search for it. They not only fck iPhone, but every famous android phone out there: HTC One, Galaxy S...Sony Xperia, Nokia N...whatever. Chinese knockoffs are great business and they're like garbage in flee market, it's everywhere and can't be shut down.

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  • Reply 22 of 78
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    Steve would never have had the camera protrude.


     

    Why would Steve come into picture here?, after all he asked Apple to not to think WHAT STEVE WOULD DO? :\

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  • Reply 23 of 78
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    Foxconn needed to open a Word file, and a PC clone running a pirated copy of Windows XP is in fact, the standard workplace configuration in Taiwan. ;)

    I wish they would hand out phones with proper cameras to their employees, but so far we got these flurry images from 0.4 Megapixel cameras.
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  • Reply 24 of 78
    rogifanrogifan Posts: 10,669member
    This is complete BS.

    The design is way too similar to the 5s. Johnny Ive and the team are not gonna release something with the same design 3 years in a row.
    So what different design are you expecting? Colored plastic sure didn't go over well.
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  • Reply 25 of 78
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by StephanJobs View Post

    Johnny Ive and the team are not gonna release an iDevice with the same design 3 years in a row.

     

    Fixed.

     

    Originally Posted by PhilBoogie View Post

    Apple would never use MS Word, on the now unsupported XP for crying out loud, for prototype drawings¡

     

    Wait, what’s sarcastic about that?

     

    Originally Posted by Rogifan View Post

    Colored plastic sure didn't go over well.

     

    Are we still on those lies?

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  • Reply 26 of 78
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
    Steve would never have had the camera protrude.
    Baloney! If a significant technology advance required it the iPhone would have required it. You seem to forget that one of Steve's personal goals was to remake the photography would.

    No, seriously, he wouldn’t have. He would have waited until they could engineer an optical zoom that would remain flush with the case before putting it in a shipping product. Not sure of Apple’s game here.
    Again you don't know what you are talking about here. If the gains are worth it Steve would jump on such a design. Why? Because one of his goals with iPhone was and apparently still is Apples aim, to revolutionize the photography world. A phone with even a modest 2X optical zoom is an very very desirable alternative to a fixed focal length device. I would imagine that Apple would go for even more zoom. Beyond that they could be incorporating other technologies into that bump.
    And how can it be said that it’s taller, wider, or thinner from these images? There’s absolutely no frame of reference.
    Well that is probably wishful thinking.

    The iPod touch has a single panel back. It wouldn’t need separation.
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  • Reply 27 of 78
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    <span style="line-height:1.4em;">Apple would never use MS Word, on the now unsupported XP for crying out loud, for prototype drawings¡</span>

    Wait, what’s sarcastic about that?

    400
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  • Reply 28 of 78
    wdowellwdowell Posts: 236member

    Re the apparent lack of true-tone it could be the "5c" type version. They could be reserving that feature for the higher version - which is likely to be even bigger (sigh)



    I dont believe this is an iPod Touch - due to the uneccessary breaks in the back , unless they add cellular connectivity like an iPad of course.. which could be appealing.. in which case it would also resolve the issue of the 5c space too..

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  • Reply 29 of 78
    philboogie wrote: »
    I wish they would hand out phones with proper cameras to their employees, but so far we got these flurry images from 0.4 Megapixel cameras.

    LOL. These are the same cameras used to prove that Bigfoot exist.
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  • Reply 30 of 78
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by wizard69 View Post

    You seem to forget that one of Steve's personal goals was to remake the photography would.

     

    Oh, no! In fact, I tend to be far more aggressive in what I think is possible now than what is actually possible now. Guess I’m naïve, but if a bunch of people thinking the same way means we see great tech sooner than otherwise, good

     

    I maintain that this could also be a light field camera miniaturization. <img class=" src="http://forums-files.appleinsider.com/images/smilies//lol.gif" />

     

    Originally Posted by PhilBoogie View Post


     

    ?u?op ?p?sdn ????? ????n??? sn bu????? ?o? s?u??? ??po??un '??

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  • Reply 31 of 78
    wdowell wrote: »
    Re the apparent lack of true-tone it could be the "5c" type version. They could be reserving that feature for the higher version - which is likely to be even bigger (sigh)


    I dont believe this is an iPod Touch - due to the uneccessary breaks in the back , unless they add cellular connectivity like an iPad of course.. which could be appealing.. in which case it would also resolve the issue of the 5c space too..

    Has nobody considered the possibility that Apple may have found a way to get true tone into a single aperture?
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  • Reply 32 of 78
    fallenjtfallenjt Posts: 4,057member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by wdowell View Post

     

    Re the apparent lack of true-tone it could be the "5c" type version. They could be reserving that feature for the higher version - which is likely to be even bigger (sigh)



    I dont believe this is an iPod Touch - due to the uneccessary breaks in the back , unless they add cellular connectivity like an iPad of course.. which could be appealing.. in which case it would also resolve the issue of the 5c space too..


    What about this is Goophone 6c? Done deal.

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  • Reply 33 of 78
    This is complete BS.

    The design is way too similar to the 5s. Johnny Ive and the team are not gonna release something with the same design 3 years in a row.

    The iPod Classic still has the click wheel. And the PowerMac G5 design carried over to the Mac Pro.
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  • Reply 34 of 78
    philboogiephilboogie Posts: 7,675member
    ?u?op ?p?sdn ????? ????n??? sn bu????? ?o? s?u??? ??po??un '??

    ¡

    I mean, !
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  • Reply 35 of 78
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    Originally Posted by fallenjt View Post

     

    Chinese knockoffs are great business and they're like garbage in flee market, it's everywhere and can't be shut down.


     

    Dood, you're Engrish locks!

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  • Reply 36 of 78
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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    ?u?op ?p?sdn ????? ????n??? sn bu????? ?o? s?u??? ??po??un '??


    Goodness!  Have you folks been visiting NASA?  Hanging out with Jack Klompus?

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  • Reply 37 of 78
    Anyone know when the next official annc typically is? This spring? Summer, fall? A particular month?

    I won't hold anyone's feet to the fire, obviously ur not guaranteeing there will be an annc.
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  • Reply 38 of 78
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,394member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post

     

    Steve would never have had the camera protrude.

     


     

    I'd think at least you would be above this "Steve wouldn't have" bullshit. Even if this is true, you have no clue of the design/engineering/feature factors that were considered to make that decision. If having a scratch-proof sapphire-coated lens protrude a mm in order to allow some major advantage that would be impossible otherwise, that wouldn't be the biggest disaster in the world, and you have no insight into what SJ in 2014 would "do". Many design compromises have been made with Apple products in order to enhance usability. 

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  • Reply 39 of 78
    slurpyslurpy Posts: 5,394member
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    Originally Posted by StephanJobs View Post



    This is complete BS.



    The design is way too similar to the 5s. Johnny Ive and the team are not gonna release something with the same design 3 years in a row.

     

    What a ridiculous statement. The fundamental design of the iPhone hasn't really changed since 2007. It simply goes through major enhancements every revision, but the overall iconic shape remains. I see no reason this will change, they're not gonna come up with a significantly different shape simply for the hell of it. They will refine and enhance what they have, which is what they should do. Same thing that's done with Macbooks, iMacs, iPads, etc. 

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  • Reply 40 of 78
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member
    Originally Posted by Slurpy View Post

    Many design compromises have been made with Apple products in order to enhance usability. 


     

    Did any of those involve anything protruding?

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