6Sgoldfish

mac_128 said:

6Sgoldfish said:

Of course a 2016 release would be better and pricier than a 3-yr old device, brainiac. And for $399 we sure DESERVE a kickass phone. But cramming pieces of last year's tech into a 2013 shell has complacency written all over it -all the more for a company synonymous with "thinking different" in terms of industrial design.

Steve Jobs had said "Apple is focused on the future, not the past." Obviously that's not the case anymore. 

Of course not. It has strategic planning written all over it. Apple has the premium market, they have most of the middle class market, what they don't have is the low end, and as Apple pushes the boundary of how they are expanding iPhone sales, the low end is the last frontier for Apple. Repackaging an established device with the latest upgrades allows them to do that without sacrificing quality, something Jobs always said he wouldn't compromise on. You seem to be expecting a groundbreaking new device from Apple, when what they've done is release a spec bump in an existing model, mid-cycle no less ... A practice Steve jobs presided over with the Mac line for over a decade. A practice that has made Apple an industry leader.

apple ][ said:

6Sgoldfish said:

I'm going to play contrarian overkill: I would prefer a phone just thick enough to house that kick-ass camera in a flush shell with awesome battery and a headphone jack.
*ba dum tss*

There's reality and then there's fantasy.

What you wish for clearly belongs in the fantasy realm, as anybody who knows Apple, knows that they aren't going to drastically thicken the iPhone all of a sudden.

Apple has always been about making their products thinner. Besides a few rare exceptions, such as the iPad 3, Apple's products get thinner each year.

Apple is not about to change their entire philosophy just because a few people think that they would like thick, heavy iPhones with a larger battery.

apple ][ said:

I'm going to play the contrarian, and let's just assume that the photos are real, for the sake of conversation.

People were complaining about the antenna bands? Well, there doesn't seem to be any on this iPhone, so those people can now quit whining about the bands. I was not one of those people, and I never had any problems with the antenna bands on the iPhone.

The Camera? Whatever dual camera lens system that Apple is using is apparently thicker than the phone.

Would you prefer that Apple puts in a far worse camera instead, so that the camera is flush with the phone, or would you rather prefer a kick ass camera?