New pics show off supposed low-cost iPhone's plastic rear shell

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  • Reply 61 of 97
    If you crank up edge detection in say, Photoshop, you can spot manipulation and blending of pixels more easily. I competent pixel peeping artist could create a fake that might pass that test. As for artifacts around the "iPhone" text, that can be the result of JPEG compression.
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  • Reply 62 of 97
    kumarkumar Posts: 3member
    It is possible that Apple is planning to replace 4S in the next iteration to have all iphone models supporting LTE(iphone5, 5S and 4S replacement for low cost LTE phone).
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  • Reply 63 of 97
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Kumar View Post

    It is possible that Apple is planning to replace 4S in the next iteration to have all iphone models supporting LTE(iphone5, 5S and 4S replacement for low cost LTE phone).


     


    What do people in third-world and developing countries care about LTE? They can't afford that.

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  • Reply 64 of 97
    desuserigndesuserign Posts: 1,316member


    The design looks plausible to me, but I tend to think it's fake-ish.


    It seems to me that if it were real it would have more than just "iPhone" on it.


    Doesn't look like it could be a standalone case either.


     


    On the other hand, I don't know how Apple handled that on other products that used polycarbonate cases

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  • Reply 65 of 97



    Don't know if anyone has noticed, but it appears to be floating....


     


    It's looks like a case with a raised 'lips' for the corners.

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  • Reply 66 of 97
    clemynxclemynx Posts: 1,552member
    I don't like this at all. Those edges yuck it truly looks like a brick!
    If this is Apple design I'm going to be shocked.
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  • Reply 67 of 97
    At least the 'iPhone' imprint is fake: what we see is not the Myriad Pro Semibold font, which Apple uses on all its hardware products.
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  • Reply 68 of 97
    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    gazoobee wrote: »
    You're kinda all over the place on this one IMO, but I would point out that as you yourself note, the iPad mini caused rather huge cannibalisation of the iPad (regular) market.  

    I would also note that the iPad mini actually solves a lot of problems that the larger iPad has (weight, size, and therefore portability), and is in many ways a better product than the full sized iPad, so the idea that a smaller iPad is actually comparable to a cheaper iPhone is not really true.  The iPad mini was not at all simply a cheaper version of the iPad in the same way as this cheaper iPhone would be, it's a different product altogether (which was in fact my argument).  

    When rumoured the iPad mini was decried here for not having a purpose, not being necessary, following Android etc. in fact Steve Jobs was quoted as an authority on the subject. The naysayers decided that there were problems with the main iPad which needed to be addressed by the mini only after the mini was released. Fast forward a year and the same people are having the same arguments they made about the mini re the cheap iPhone.

    If Apple does release a cheap iPhone (rather, when) you will agree that it has a different purpose to to expensive one - smaller lighter etc.

    It will run apps - cheap Macs run most software.

    It's the same thing. There are two models of iPad, there will be two models of iPhone. (Or more).
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  • Reply 69 of 97
    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    For the record I think this is fake.
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  • Reply 70 of 97


    Nobody can tell if this is real, but c'mon, it's Apple, a company obsessed with making their products look sexy above anything else. Anyone can see this looks generic and dull, sir Jony Ive can certainly do better than this. Using cheaper materials doesn't mean the looks have to be cheap too.

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  • Reply 71 of 97
    macinthe408macinthe408 Posts: 1,050member
    Um. No.
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  • Reply 72 of 97
    timbittimbit Posts: 331member
    They should just use the iPhone 4 and upgrade its internals. Being 3 years old, it should not be anywhere near as expensive to manufacture now.
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  • Reply 73 of 97
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Timbit View Post

    Being 3 years old, it should not be anywhere near as expensive to manufacture now.


     


    The phone they've already discontinued and whose machines are no longer functioning, you mean?

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  • Reply 74 of 97
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Ireland View Post



    The fakest fake I've ever faking seen.


     


    Hey, I got "proof" too:-


     


     


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  • Reply 75 of 97
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    Looks pretty REAL to me.


     


    This is absolutely horrible if true. I don't want Tim Cook and Co. LISTENING TO ANYONE but themselves. I don't want these idiot whiners to dictate company policy. We'll never have any future products that way. The iPhone would have had a keyboard and the iPad would have run OS X. And the mouse never would have gone into a consumer product.


    Ugh, look at that thing. The case curves up around to the front; there's a lip there… ????



     


    So how come the volume up down button spaces look like Samsung's design and which way will the supposed mute button be switched?

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  • Reply 77 of 97
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by hill60 View Post

    Hey, I got "proof" too:-




    Mr. Blurrycam! You've returned!





    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post

    Me too…


     


    I think it's interesting how most of the leaked Apple product images are blurrier than that one of Bigfoot.

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  • Reply 78 of 97
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    I think it's interesting how most of the leaked Apple product images are blurrier than that one of Bigfoot.

    Clearly camera technology hasn't improved in the 45 years since the Patterson-Gimlim film was taken¡
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  • Reply 79 of 97
    hill60hill60 Posts: 6,992member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    Me too…





     


    Hang on, my "source" in China just sent through another shot:-


     


     


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  • Reply 80 of 97
    mac_128mac_128 Posts: 3,454member
    The phone they've already discontinued and whose machines are no longer functioning, you mean?
    When did they discontinue the iPhone 4? Did I miss something? I thought they were still selling it brand new as the "free" phone.
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