The notch looks HUGE in 2020. Apple should go pin-hole or use all the notch real-estate for something...
I think the 4mm bezels that wrap around the entire perimeter of the screen is a much bugger deal. The bezels on the iPhone next to even the most budget level Android models on the market at the moment are enormous. It looks very dated by comparison.
So only 6mm taller and 5.5mm wider than 5/5s/SE. That’s not horrible. I’ll get one to replace my SE if I can afford it. Probably won’t be able to justify it though.
Somebody whipped up some mockups and you bitch because they're not Apple prototype quality. WTF have you done? Nada.
And whine about the notch? It's there because right now, all the newer iPhones have one, and the next ones might have one also. So the notch bridges the old and the new, even if the next phones are notchless.
A smaller form factor might not have a notch because it might not have Face ID. This would be a dealbreaker for some people, but I'd be ok with it. There's only so much room in a smaller phone, so some features getting left behind because of space restrictions wouldn't surprise me.
Get over yourselves. It's.a.mockup.
Personally I find the flat sides far more comfortable than the skinny rounded sides. My 4s, 5s, and SEs don't need case as they aren't slippery in my hand, like the newer skinny phones with polished backs.
I like both the small size, the feel of slab sides (thank you John Browning) and the look. IF there's such a small phone headed our way, and IF it has slab sides, it won't have the polished chamfered edges. That was an elegant touch.
There are only rumors so why do so many talk as though Tim Cook announced them in a Keynote. Geeze fucking Louise.
Flat sides and a bit larger size get my vote -- I hate those skinny, slippery shapes of the recent models too. Give me a simple form-following-function design.
The iPhone 12, brought to you by the makers of the iPhone X, just more squared off design as the old iPhone 4. So Apple is going to rely on sales of the iPhone 9 (ahem 8 with iPhone 11 internals) just like the iPhone SE, iPad Air (2019)? If memory serves me correct, but did the iPhone slip to 10th in sales last quarter? I’ll wait till 2021. 5G and better cameras (that’s Apple now for iPhones, Cameras, Pixels & emojis), a iPhone 4 squared off design and a blue colors is not enticing me 1 bit. I’ll stick with my X for another year. Now if something radically does not happen next year, I just might make the switch to another maker. Apple is now more about customer service per month (cloud, music, books/magazines, card t.v) then their products. Let’s takes our current products that didn’t sell the year prior, add bigger cameras on them, update the internals to the current year, change the colors again, keep the lcd for our entry so we can get rid of our old stock and keep the price the same or a tad cheaper and let’s keep the storage the same, because as I said... got to get rid of our old stock. Or let’s make overly expensive Mac’s or Mac Books. Pretty sad that the wearables and headphones are doing better than iPhones. But they soon will hit the glass ceiling. Apple Watch is now in need of a redesign, same design for 2 years in a row and it looks like it’s going to stay the same again this year just like the retreads of iPhone, iPad, Mac etc. And as for AirPods.. The lesser expensive wearables were retreads just with updated internals, you can now just buy the cases because you know Apple wants to make money off them, AirPods Pro, I’m sorry they are just plain hideous, with a somewhat better sound and noise cancellation. Maybe that’s part of the reason why Jony Ive left? Apple.. Innovation at its finest. And I’m in the Apple ecosystem. And now the bashing in 3,2,1..
Is there still a notch? I will notch be buying one.
This is nacho iPhone then.
Seriously though the flat sides will help reduce the amount of shattered screens since IMHO the tapered edges from the 6 on to the 11 is one of the reasons why iphone screens were breaking faster than the older models. That and a bigger sheet of glass. The tapered edges were usually the impact point where the screen shattered whereas the older devices would have more damage from impact from an uneven surface when it fell flat on its face.
Not buying another iPhone until they get smaller and this "multi camera" era passes. Xr is holding fine.
I like the 4 inspired look, following the iPad Pro. Nice.
The mock ups look nice. However, I’m a little confused at the sizes all of these are smaller than current rumors say they will be. Current rumor is 5.4, 6.1, and 6.7 inches. Why don’t the mock ups match up?
It look Ive leaving for them to go back to sharp edges, and move on from the rounded edges used since iPhone 6. Very welcome change. Will be much better to hold, and can be used without a case again. Rounded edges were very slippery. Overall, I like the Apple without Ive. They're fixing their design errors, even if slowly.
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Somebody whipped up some mockups and you bitch because they're not Apple prototype quality. WTF have you done? Nada.
And whine about the notch? It's there because right now, all the newer iPhones have one, and the next ones might have one also. So the notch bridges the old and the new, even if the next phones are notchless.
A smaller form factor might not have a notch because it might not have Face ID. This would be a dealbreaker for some people, but I'd be ok with it. There's only so much room in a smaller phone, so some features getting left behind because of space restrictions wouldn't surprise me.
Get over yourselves. It's.a.mockup.
Personally I find the flat sides far more comfortable than the skinny rounded sides. My 4s, 5s, and SEs don't need case as they aren't slippery in my hand, like the newer skinny phones with polished backs.
I like both the small size, the feel of slab sides (thank you John Browning) and the look. IF there's such a small phone headed our way, and IF it has slab sides, it won't have the polished chamfered edges. That was an elegant touch.
There are only rumors so why do so many talk as though Tim Cook announced them in a Keynote. Geeze fucking Louise.
4 new antennas unless something has changed.
Let’s takes our current products that didn’t sell the year prior, add bigger cameras on them, update the internals to the current year, change the colors again, keep the lcd for our entry so we can get rid of our old stock and keep the price the same or a tad cheaper and let’s keep the storage the same, because as I said... got to get rid of our old stock. Or let’s make overly expensive Mac’s or Mac Books. Pretty sad that the wearables and headphones are doing better than iPhones. But they soon will hit the glass ceiling.
Apple Watch is now in need of a redesign, same design for 2 years in a row and it looks like it’s going to stay the same again this year just like the retreads of iPhone, iPad, Mac etc.
And as for AirPods..
The lesser expensive wearables were retreads just with updated internals, you can now just buy the cases because you know Apple wants to make money off them, AirPods Pro, I’m sorry they are just plain hideous, with a somewhat better sound and noise cancellation.
Maybe that’s part of the reason why Jony Ive left?
Apple..
Innovation at its finest.
And I’m in the Apple ecosystem.
And now the bashing in 3,2,1..