Purported photos of new iPhone 5

http://9to5mac.com/2012/07/29/new-purported-next-generation-iphone-part-photos-show-fully-assembled-device/

by mikecane • 14 years ago

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dag112• 14 years ago

I dislike how the camera is not vertically centered inside of that black strip on the back.

Todd• 14 years ago

That was exactly my first thought, too. Seems strange from a company that is so design centered. The fact that it violates the aesthetic sense of an engineer is probably a bad sign.

untog• 14 years ago

Or there are hardware considerations that make it impossible to have it somewhere else?

mbell3• 14 years ago

Having it be centered would make it very difficult to take pictures in a horizontal orientation without your fingers covering the lens.

dag112• 14 years ago

Vertically centered, not horizontally centered.

cwe2• 14 years ago

I find it hard to believe they'll take a step back in the design with that metal/glass back. Although I guess it would be their way of admitting an all-glass back was a bad idea. I'm still hoping they'll manage to fit the larger screen into the same overall size as the 4s (though still thinner). These longer bodies seem lazy.

grinich• 14 years ago

Actually, the back of this design is much closer to an early iPhone prototype that was recently uncovered in some court proceedings. [1] Looks like they've ditched the extruded enclosure, but maybe the segmented back plate lives on. [2]

[1] http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3191793/apple-iphone-proto...

[2] http://www.buzzfeed.com/mattbuchanan/the-original-iphone-4-d...

mbell3• 14 years ago

I find it more likely this is a functional constraint. The "panel" at the top is likely where the antennas live which needed a non-metallic material to avoid blocking reception. After the "external" antenna debacle I doubt they would want to repeat that mistake.

jsmcallister• 14 years ago

Seems like a weak jump, visually, from the previous generation. Screen is definitely lengthened and there are obvious differences on the dock, but Apple is usually much bolder in design changes for a new product.

Purported photos of new iPhone 5

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