sanctified Veteran Posted July 23, 2014 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2014 In my humble opinion the iPhone has always been one of the best looking phones around, regardless the generation. But the recent leaks have left me baffled. Those white and rubbery-like strips along the back look beyond hideous to me. So, are those placeholders for the final antenna enclosure material or is this the final design? FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJens Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Can't be the final design. I refuse to believe that. Looks like the phone is wearing two thongs astropheed and tagerd0g 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasondefaoite Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Agreed. Jony must have been on the sauce recently if that's the final design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippleman Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 perhaps temp rubber bumpers to stop scratching? (raising it above surface level) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Photos most likely of a fake (based on the 'iPhone' text ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted July 23, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2014 Fake. I can tell by the 'iPhone' text (font not correct). Unfortunately its been regarded as authentic by three major apple news sites :( so either its placeholder material or we are looking at the iPhone 6 aka the iPhone everyone will skip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noir Angel Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I hope it's not real because it looks absolutely hideous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaP Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Unless Apple fired all their designers recently i'm skeptical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted July 23, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 23, 2014 There have been a bunch of images floating about that seem to share that design; I think it looks dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benthebear Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Man, I wish I had a link, but I've read that the back is supposed to be like the 5/5s, and that the backs we've been seeing have not had their tops and bottoms cut for the glass parts yet. But then again, this time last year, the completed backs of the 5c and 5s (since it was just a 5) were leaking. http://www.phonearena.com/news/New-pictures-leak-comparing-Apple-iPhone-Lite-and-Apple-iPhone-5_id45516 http://www.brimtime.com/2013/07/iphone-5s-photos-leaked.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well, I thought for sure that some elements of Windows 8 were placeholders too, but that's how it shipped. It's not out of the question to see Apple create a tacky looking product too. +Warwagon, Eclipse77, LaP and 1 other 4 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted July 23, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well, I thought for sure that some elements of Windows 8 were placeholders too, but that's how it shipped. QFT x1000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Account no longer active) Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Unfortunately its been regarded as authentic by three major apple news sites :( so either its placeholder material or we are looking at the iPhone 6 aka the iPhone everyone will skip. The photos could also be of a bad/prototype batch. Draconian Guppy 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 dont think apple will go with plastic strips, just place holders for future antennas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 If history is any indicator with Apple product leaks, I'll reserve judgement till the finished product is shown. Remember when the iPhone 4 leaked and everyone was complaining about the un-Apple look and the antenna breaks. Today I consider the iPhone 4 the best looking of all the iPhones. NeoWind, neeldenn and Draconian Guppy 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted July 23, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2014 If history is any indicator with Apple product leaks, I'll reserve judgement till the finished product is shown. Remember when the iPhone 4 leaked and everyone was complaining about the un-Apple look and the antenna breaks. Today I consider the iPhone 4 the best looking of all the iPhones. Totally agree. I would certainly pay for an iPhone 4s with updated innards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 If history is any indicator with Apple product leaks, I'll reserve judgement till the finished product is shown. Remember when the iPhone 4 leaked and everyone was complaining about the un-Apple look and the antenna breaks. Today I consider the iPhone 4 the best looking of all the iPhones. +1 maybe just slightly thinner, but pretty much the iPhone 4 is spot on design wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippleman Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Totally agree. I would certainly pay for an iPhone 4s with updated innards. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The white strips are pretty clearly some sort of protection tape/bumper. You can tell it's raised up from the metal chassis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yazoo Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I think that is an actual fake/counterfeit iPhone 6 case based on leaked designs, I am sure I read that somewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaXray Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 It won't be the final design. They simply won't go from the 5/s to THAT. It is hideous. Maybe it is a bodge-job prototype but that can't be anywhere near final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Unfortunately its been regarded as authentic by three major apple news sites :( so either its placeholder material or we are looking at the iPhone 6 aka the iPhone everyone will skip. Doubt it. There was plenty of disgust towards leaked photos of the 3G, 4, 4S, 5 and 5S. All the same arguments, too. I distinctly remember people saying how ugly the 4 looked with those "gaps" and that everyone would skip it. Didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted July 25, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted July 25, 2014 This is looking worse by the minute. An alleged leaked internal photo from an Apple modeler's desk. You try to make your model reflects the final materials that the final product will use :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rippleman Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 This is looking worse by the minute. An alleged leaked internal photo from an Apple modeler's desk. You try to make your model reflects the final materials that the final product will use :/ iphone-5-5.png only looks worse if you believe its the true leak, which i would say "not a chance". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanctified Veteran Posted July 25, 2014 Author Veteran Share Posted July 25, 2014 only looks worse if you believe its the true leak, which i would say "not a chance". I don't know. Too many pics from different sources are depicting the very same design. A coincidence? A large scale complicity of showing the same fake design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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