We’ve seen hundreds of iPhone 6-related part leaks, rumors, and claims, and of course lots of comparison photos. Below, via Yaya888 and Gizmobic, we have the latest. These shots compare the iPhone 5 to the space gray 4.7-inch physical iPhone 6 model. The new phone is expected to be introduced on September 9th.
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Took away what made it unique and turned it into every other phone.
How so? It looks like its hardware quality is even better than before, with a more durable (metal + stronger screen) design, and refinements to what few buttons it has. It still has iOS, the App Store, a great camera, TouchID, high security, smooth touch UI, and fantastic support.
So…what is not “iPhone” about it? The hardware has changed 3 times already, so I’m not even sure what that means.
The screen size
Every other phone? Okay let us know what phone out there look like this.
He’s talking about the screen size
He is NOT talking about the screen size, but about the API layer of the the network services which are nearly identical to that of Berkeley Sockets.
Totally agree. It’s morphing into the Samsung Galaxy, albeit without the cheap plastic look. In terms of innovation (on the outside at least) the iPhone 6 is status quo: it’s effectively the same design as the iPod Touch – in particular the bottom and the ghastly protruding camera lens. Those lines are just awful too – I cannot believe for one minute Ive would allow it, Jobs certainly wouldn’t have. That all said, we are unfairly judging it on leaks which aren’t the finished article: the person who took these photos has got their hands on the back plate and did a DIY job to assemble the rest (hence the reason why there’s no photo of the face of it – cause it actually isn’t from the iPhone 6!
Jobs wouldn’t even allow anything larger than 4″ screen on the phone, but he’s dead, so get over it. This is the new era at Apple: consumer driven products, not Apple dictated products anymore.
For the functionality, hardware upgrade and ecosystem, I can just ignore these cosmetic looks of the antenna bands. At the end of the day, Apple will sell a record number of iPhone 6, so what matters?
@Cun Con No, you’re absolutely wrong about what Jobs would allow. At the time the bezels were too big to include a large display and have it physically be okay for one-handed use. Obviously as time goes on they can reduce the bezels more and more. The iPhone 7 might not have any side bezels and they might remove the home button, imbed the Touch ID into the screen, and reduce the top and bottom bezels significantly too.
The lines are gross, I seriously hope this isn’t the real deal. Even if it is, I’m more about performance, if it does, then I’ll buy.
That camera ring is a no go.
This model “mockup” has been seen. The leaked Apple schematic drawings have shown that the ring will be considerably smaller than what is on this mockup. The camera is supposedly only going to protrude .77mm, which is much smaller than these pictures.
No it’s not. The iPhone is only a few mm thick and that cover indeed looks less than a mm. I doubt Apple would do that.
Antenna breaks seem much thinner on this one though.
“physical iPhone 6 model”
So another mockup / model based on leaked schematics from February?
If it’s true that the camera ring pushes past even the width of the 5s, some pretty beefy camera improvements might be in store, right?
I really don’t get what the big fuss is about. To me the iPhone has always been about iOS and it’s fantastic tie-ins with OS X, and the iOS8/Yosemite combo seems to make any physical part of the iPhone a moot point.
Hmm. It’s not exactly exciting to look at, is it? It looks like … an iPhone. But nothing about it really says “new”. The isolating strips and the protruding camera ring is actually a step back in overall aesthetics to be honest. Well, let’s hope that the new larger display and improvements to the camera, processor and other internal components will justify the upgrade cost to the new iPhone 6, cause it’s hard to get excited about its design.
You speak the truth..
only thing is that lens sticking out thats not cool, it should be flush like the 5’s. other than that it looks great IMO.
Why is it so damn small??
So ugly.
I hope this is not te iPhone 6. I will cry if this happens..
It seems like the iPhone 5 is the real ‘upgrade’..
I Have to say that is the wort thing that could’ve happen to the iPhone. I feel that the design team really screwed all what made the iPhone “The iPhone” that been said. I will be at the apple store on the day of release with my soul in hand to get a new one.
I hope this isn’t the final look. The lines are ugly and the sticking out camera lens is disgusting. No way this is the real thing. No way! If it is, it will be the first time since the iPhone 3 that I didn’t buy the new iPhone.
This model “mockup” has been seen. The leaked Apple schematic drawings have shown that the ring will be considerably smaller than what is on this mockup. The camera is supposedly only going to protrude .77mm, which is much smaller than these pictures.
I just don’t buy it.
All these comments remind me of comments in June 2010, and again in Summer 2012… Yet each iPhone sells more than the one before it…
Because the smartphone pie has been growing dramatically. But even though each iphone outsells its predecessor, iPhone sales as a whole have not kept up with the rate of expansion of the pie itself, in worldwide terms. Hence Apple starts playing follow the leader, because it knows it has to.
God you’re clueless. Of course the more smartphones the less Apple will have of the whole market. Turns out there are very cheap ones available, and Apple’s are not at ll cheap. Let’s use our brains.
So which leader is Apple following, according to you?
The iPhone 4/4s are still the pinnacle of phone design (just looks-wise). The 5 was a small step down, and this…this is just a hot mess.
A hot mess that they’ll sell hand over fist.
I hope they make the iPhone 7 have sapphire back and front which seamlessly curves into Liquidmetal band around the phone. It would be extremely durable.
The iPhone 5 was a step down? Wow dude. Just wow.
Raise your hand if your phone goes in a case that would make the antenna lines and the camera a moot point…(99% of iPhone population raises hand)
Hand raised! Plus, it may allow case makers a chance to get creative without fear of creating the flash halo effect some cases cause.
I have had a 3GS, 4 and 5 and only used a case on the 3GS. 99/100 people have cases on their iPhone, give me a break.
The lines look crappy on all the leaks so far. The htc one m8 does line break great. I hate the speaker and mic holes on the 4.7″.
I’m hoping the 5.5″ has a more industrial look that isn’t a step back like the 4.7″ is. I’m hoping the 4.7″ model is the $99 replacement for the 5c and the the 5.5″ is the $199 model and they move the 5s to the free model.
If you think the 4.7″ would have significantly worse specs than the 5.5″ you’re dumb as hell.
I said nothing about significantly worse specs. I just hope it has more industrial design and said I think it will take the place of the 5c on Apple’s pricing. Apple won’t have 3 brand new models of the iPhone. So it’s safe to assume the 4.7″ will replace the 5c and be $99.
Nah. The 5c will stick around pretty much as-is as the $0 option. The 5S goes away. The 6C is $99 – a cheaper 6 but similar tech specs.
There will be no “C” option anymore… I think this was evident, as even in poorer countries the 5S outsold the 5C 3-to-1…
Apple gambled people wanted a cheap iPhone to say they had an iPhone… which turned out to be wrong… everyone wants the COOL iPhone with all the gadgets and new tech…
My guess is…
5S will be the “low end”… with 4.7″ being the standard, and the 5.5” being the “up” sized… otherwise, 4.7″ and 5.5″ will have pretty much the same tech in it, besides screen size and battery.
99% of idiots. If your phone isn’t daily exposed to impacts, cases are useless.
How about impacts every 6-8 months? Your comment is the dumbest ever.
Yeah, or, you know, that one time when you drop your iPhone on the tarmac in the parking lot. A case could very well make the difference between a broken display or an unharmed iPhone.
But the goal is to get away from cases eventually though, because let’s admit it they look dumb in 2014, kind of the domain of children by this point. Other manufs. now offer ruggedized and waterproof variants just for this reason. Also other manufacturers have gotten so inexpensive that you almost don’t feel the need to protect it that much. Plus they’re not glass so less worries about dropping. Only Apple adheres to those once-great but now stale paradigms that still make people WANT to put a case on their “beloved jewel of a device”.
I think the case is how people can customize their phone. Nokia got a great lead back in the day when you could buy all kinds of shells for your Nokia (and Motorola staying with old tech)… but it was a craze back then…
Now… you can buy a case for every mood, or feeling… Company bought phones will probably require cases, or give a company case… and most people will most likely put something thin and inexpensive around their investment for protection…
Only a truly ignorant and bitter person would make fun of Apple’s amazing industrial design and choice of superior materials.
P.S. Apple is going to be using sapphire which no one else is besides luxury. Sapphire will not scratch, unlike every single other smartphone screen.
I’d be so happy if they just stuck new internals in a 4s. I love that phone’s design so much.
Are you serious? 4S looks like a midget nowadays compared to other smartphones. I don’t like glass scratches and how slippery to hold the 4/4S without a bumper/case.
I hate to use case on iPhone, but I had to.
Aluminum and many plastics have less resistance to touch than glass does. If you have any device with an aluminum back you can easily test this. I feel like it’s not any more or less slippery but people have this idea in there head that it is and make up excuses when they are clumsy.
Another property of glass is that it’s a hard material. Much harder than aluminum or plastic. It’s why most most people’s iPhone 5, especially the matte black one, look like scrap around the sides after a year of use but the screen is fine.
I had the 5 (returned) and my girlfriend has the 5s. The only thing I missed from the 5 was the speed. And now that the 5s is out I just want a new camera and touch id. The thought of having a bigger screen never really enters my mind. It’s not that compelling. You get one extra row or app icons and maybe you can read a few more lines of email.
Totally agree. And I agree with Wes’ earlier comment – the 4/4S in terms of physical design stood out from the competition. It was also a significant re-design of the original iPhone. It’s all a matter of opinion of course, no one is right or wrong. And regardless, I’ll still be queueing to buy the new iPhone.
Not impressed. The camera ring and the lines on the back are ugly. Even the curved glass doesn’t do it for me. As for being thinner; why? Why do they constantly strive for that goal? It doesn’t help me if it’s thinner, and I assume many people won’t notice since they use a case (I don’t however). It should have been kept the same thickness, and they could have used that extra volume for vastly improved battery capacity. I am sick of charging my phone twice a day to the point where I’m considering an Android device, which is very much against what I’d normally go for. I use everything Apple and usually argue for them, but I’m finding it very hard to see the positives when it comes to iPhone hardware. Hopefully we are surprised come Sep 9.
Few things here: thinner is better aesthetically, in the tactile feel when holding it in the hand, and in the weight reduction.
Also you said “I assume many people won’t notice since they use a case” which is embarrassingly idiotic. Incase you forgot, the thinner the device, the thinner the device + case will be.
Lastly you have zero knowledge as to how much capacity Apple could gain from keeping the same thickness and increasing the battery thickness.
I agree that thinner cases are cool, but we’ve seen year after year that Apple will trade battery life for case width. They shrink the case until they hit a target battery life, which is roughly the same for each model. But with this design they will be gaining surface area; I hope they take advantage of it.
Being thinner comes with being lighter, using less materials per phone (tho they seem to sell more phones each year, so what does that get ya), I think it pushes the industry forward, and it’ll stand out among other phones
This model “mockup” has been seen. The leaked Apple schematic drawings have shown that the ring will be considerably smaller than what is on this mockup. The camera is supposedly only going to protrude .77mm, which is much smaller than these pictures.
I’m sorry to say this, but the lines really are ugly (something with bad taste from the 70’s) and the camera ring bulge is kind of a hack. Darn. I was hoping for something better from the infamous Mr. Ive. Well, there is always next year…
Not the most elegant or sexy device. This time around iPhone customers are going to have to forego outside physical beauty for inner beauty. What’s inside.
It better have some pretty good specs because Android software is getting nicer and nicer. The Android devices from HTC and LG are getting nicer and nicer. Mediocre device design and the carrying on of the ghastly iOS 7 color scheme, the device better have a lot of killer features.
I doubt they would fumble too badly so soon without Steve.
Look at the photo of the back of the device. It clearly looks unfinished. The black antenna line is incomplete and it looks like there’s a metal ridge across the top. Also notice that the antenna lines are thinner than any we’ve seen before. Clearly whatever this is it’s not a final design.
This entire thing looks fake. Also it absolutely isn’t the real panel or it’s not put together right, because the glass doesn’t even seamlessly continue the curve. This looks terrible.
Too bad there isn’t a live webcam avatar thing that can display in real-time your expression of dismay when this exact thing is revealed on Sept. 9th.
Jorge you’re a complete moron thanks.
Judging by the time of year, and the number of cases like this in the wild.. I’d say this is close to the real thing
Is it just me? Or does anyone notice what looks like a metal “bumper” in the top left corner of of the first shot? Plus what looks like a white model…
Completely speculating here.
But that could rather be the new “case” (and if so looks like some kinda jewelry)
Or, is that the kinda case they put on phones for the field testing? Wasn’t the first “lost” iPhone in some kind of silly case to make it look like previous model?
Just thoughts and something I noticed. I hope, if it is a case for consumers. It will be just think enough that the phone lays flat on its back. You know, compensate for the camera lens … Kinda like the nexus 4 case stopped it from the air hockey pick slide.
See, they’ve done this same design to their iPod touch, and ipad
It’s a possibility they use this design since other products have it, but I also doubt they’ll use it. iPad and iPod touch have had same design before but iphone is it’s own thing, doubt they’ll have same design
Whaaa!
(loving my S5 with it’s great battery life, large screen, ability to multi-task.)
Watching the sheep whine is hysterical.
You follow Apple way too much. It’s you that is the ultimate whiner lol. You are constantly on a site which is all about Apple, and you hate Apple. Something is wrong with your brain. That’s okay though.
Free thinkers attain their self-image through purchasing Samsung electronics.
I sure hope you don’t think you’re actually more productive on that tiny 5″ display. And how about that multi-tasking of yours? As far as I’m concerned, the only difference with iOS is that it allows apps to consume even more power in the background and slowing down the foreground performance, unless you’re the first person to prove me wrong and tell the world how android’s multi-tasking gives the users more power?
Plastic phones give Android user brain damage.
BTW, those who thinks android are great and didn’t realize how shitty android apps are just like those whose think Vinyl looks better than leather for the BMW car seat.
This design is not at all the iPod Touch or iPad design. This design has a seamlessly curved edge on all sides of the device. The glass seamlessly meets the aluminum case, forming the curve. It is factually not the iPod Touch or iPad design, although it resembles them slightly.
I would not say this is seamless at all. You can clearly see an indentation where the materials change.
This isn’t the actual phone you complete and utter moron. I love how the android fan boys are clearly the stupidest people that post comments here. Embarrassingly stupid sir.
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All haters: I can only repeat what iSRA said “All these comments remind me of comments in June 2010, and again in Summer 2012… Yet each iPhone sells more than the one before it…”
And for all you who miss the glass back and use a case, try to find a glass case then.
Personally I would never use a case for anything. If I want an ugly plastic phone there are other brands selling that kind of phone out of the box. WHY use a case in the first place?? Today you people have a iPhone 3G in mint condition. Congrats, you have something that sells as paper weights on eBay.
And how is it even possible to be so upset about the camera ring? Is it painful or what? Personally I quote rettun1 “If it’s true that the camera ring pushes past even the width of the 5s, some pretty beefy camera improvements might be in store, right?” Yes you are so right! Apple has been leading the mobile camera development in phones. Thank god they never jumped on the pixel race but went for pic quality. This time it is optical image stabilisation for sure. Maybe optical zoom as well. Would be so typical Apple.
I love it and have only one concern: my Cycloramic app will not work anymore. But I guess there is some plastic case that could solve that..
If the illogical pursuit of even thinner phones has resulted in a back which isn’t flat due to the camera protruding, then this design makes zero sense. Apple used to be all about clean lines, but here we have a phone with an uneven back and hideous antenna lines all over it. It’s the first ever ugly iPhone.
I’m typing this on an iPod Touch 5th generation which has a protruding camera. I can tell you that if you sit the device on a flat surface and try to get it to wobble, it is almost unnoticeable. I can also tell you that the camera protrusion is about 1mm.
Based on purported schematics, the iPhone 6 will have about a .6-.7mm camera protrusion, which is likely far less than even the iPod’s protrusion. The iPhone 6 4.7″ is a decent amount wider and taller than the iPod Touch, and the 5.5″ is massively wider and taller. I hope you don’t have to read this sentence to know that a lesser protrusion, and a much wider and taller device will result in an even less noticeable wobble. In fact, I bet both models (certainly the 5.5″) will not wobble at all, and if so, it would be almost imperceptible.
If you want to argue that it wouldn’t look as aesthetically pleasing as a flush camera, that’s understandable, but as far as a wobbling device, it’s not going to happen.
Very few people will understand this until they test it for themselves, but I’m simply stating facts.
One last thing I want to point out is that the purported iPhone 6 will be about 7mm, and the iPhone 5S is 7.6mm. Without making a protruding camera lens, the iPhone 6 could not have gotten any thinner, and in fact, may have gotten slightly thicker. This would have increased the weight and thickness, and made the device aesthetically less pleasing. A lot of ignorant people will say that Apple should have kept the thickness of the 5S, and in doing so, made the camera lens flush, and the battery thicker. These people are ignorant because they literally know nothing about battery engineering, and have absolutely no idea how much capacity Apple could have added to the battery in making it slightly thicker. For all they know, making it slightly thicker would have added a completely inconsequential capacity increase.
“it is almost unnoticeable”
so it’s noticeable.
It’s not a problem of wobble. It doesn’t look right, that’s all. People who think Apple will do that for the iPhone are delusional.
I think they should make one fatter phone with a day of battery life, and an ultra thin phone.
For everyone complaining about the camera, this model “mockup” has been seen. The leaked Apple schematic drawings have shown that the ring will be considerably smaller than what is on this mockup. The camera is supposedly only going to protrude .77mm, which is much smaller than these pictures.
Again, no no and no. The real iPhone won’t have this for the simple reason that the overall design is nicely curved. A bump like that ruins that perception. Won’t happen.
You can’t definitively say that. What you’re saying is only an opinion.
It’s curved on the sides… What the hell does that have to do with the back?
love like everybody hate new design for camera ring. Nobody noticed there are protruding cameras on 90 percent smartphones for few years now and i dont see anybody talking about it. Just google samsung s5 for example…
And the S5 sucks. Your point?
but i dont see nobody complain about protruding cameras in existing high end phones. It looks to me like some sort of new “group hate”. I dont see it to be big deal or something to hate. Most phones are not stable when you put it on table, because they have protruded camera or they are all curved. Why the same thing its something terrrible only on iphone?
@ratta look at my previous comment. The iPhone 6 won’t wobble even with the protruding camera. People are ignorant and don’t get it.
Does anyone one else hate that there’s not black block and top and bottom and the colour is a bit mehhh
I need to vent because all of you guys just love to bash the design of the new iPhone before you have even held it in your hand yet. The antenna lines do not not “hideous”. What is so bad about a few antenna breaks? Why is this such an issue with everyone? Everybody said the same shit about the ceramic tile inserts when the first pictures of the 5 leaked. It comes down to functional design. Do you guys want your phone to be able to place calls and use wifi and Bluetooth? Well then you need the antenna breaks in order for that to happen. If there was a better way to achieve this then trust me Apple would have implemented it. The final product will look clean. The antenna breaks will wrap around the top and bottom nicely and it will look awesome. The screen will flow seamlessly right into the aluminum and it will look like a perfectly rounded profile. Reserve your judgements until you actually see the final design and actually hold one in your hand because we all know they the final product will look amazing. Oh and about the protruding camera ring. Lots of phones do not have flush cameras. Cameras require depth, and the reason the new iPhone will have a protruding ring is because apple is obviously using a largely improved camera with an amazing sensor. It’s a small price to pay for what’s going to be one of the best cameras out of any smartphone on the market. I personally am in love with the design. I can’t wait to see the silver with white antenna breaks. I’ll bet apple will match the colors fairly well and it will look amazing. Between the larger screen, the high quality sapphire cover, the 13 mp camera, the return to the much more favored rounded design, IOS 8, improved Touch ID, better battery life and improved internals I don’t see why you guys aren’t talking about how amazing this phone is going to be instead of bitching about a millimeter thick antenna break on the back if the phone. Give it up! They have to be there or else apple would have found a way around it. There are so many frikkin antennas in smartphones I’m surprised that the lines are as thin as they are to begin with! Everybody take a chill pill and stop acting like this is where apple “drops the ball”, cuz you guys find Something to bitch about every single year. Where are my true apple fans out there? I feel like I’m a dying breed!
I love the iPhone 5 right from the beginning.
I too think those lines are horrible.
Ugly, sorry. The LG G3, which is already on the market, blows the iPhone 6 away: Superb high res display, wireless charging, knock knock unlock, laser auto focus, innovative ergonomic rear controls etc. Apple do deserve hype for some of their products, such as the MacBook Air & circular Mac Pro, but the iPhone has been behind the curve in the price performance ratio for the last few years.
teribble opinion. Nothing about LG G3, but you mentioned features nobody really care about and really few people use it even when they own G3. Of course,except display is big deal but every high end smartphone (iphone also) on market have “retina” superb quality display. And there arent many differences. Strong side of iphone is in stable ecosystem, great support, frequent updates, high qualitym really long product life cycle and other things like biggest user comunnity you can share its features with.
Wireless charging is a complete gimmick HAHAH. Unless it can wireless charge AT A DISTANCE it is actually WORSE. Hmm charge the phone faster and freely hold it in your hand by wired charging, or not be able to hold it at all and have it charge much slower? Embarrassing gimmick.
‘Superb hi res display’ is only relevant until it reaches retina, and I’ll give you that the iPhone needs to increase to retina at 8″ at least.
Knock knock unlock might be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of. No intelligent person or person with self respect wants to knock on their phone. Embarrassing.
LG G3:
1-QHD = useless and just a marketing gimmick
2-Wireless charging: who gives a shit.
3- knock, knock unlock: can I have my Touch ID please.
4- laser auto focus: This function is used less than 0.1% of a phone function…dismissed.
5-rear ergonomic control: that’s a stupid comment. LG needs to do that because the thin bezel which left no room for side control…btw, the phone is thick 9mm, that’s the standard thickness of the smartphone 3 years ago.
6- You missed this: Plastic cover trying to be fake brushed aluminum…and last but not least: android apps- the stretched apps to fit any screen, and no android users complained…that tells me android user have low demands for quality but gimmick.
Not impressed
left and right side seems to take cue from HTC One M8..
And HTC one seems to take extreme influence from iphone 5 (big chamfered edges, aluminum unibody, super blocky design, those little black dividers at top and bottom). So maybe they are just heading in the same direction, design wise, eh?
It seems pretty clear to me that these pictures only show the metal body of the iPhone. There will be the same glass parts on the top and on the bottom like on the iPhone 5 covering the camera and also hiding the thick antenna lines.
Just to remind some of you. iPhone 6 by Apple is NOT out yet, these aren’t the photos of the real one. Just the heads up ;)
Welp. RIP iPhone as leader in phone design.
Those black lines are awful. The metal sides look nice, but the half rounded square lines seems to be Jony’s “fuck you” to Apple.
And why would Jony Ive say “fuck you” to Apple??
People’s opinions on this post are just that: their opinions. All you know it alls that are responding rudely to what some people wrote are just rude!! Who made you all the Apple representatives to belittle someone else to get your point across? Some people need to stop it really, it’s just a phone and a company that done care about you one bit. No need to tear down someone because you disagree with what they said.
It’s people like this that make people want to stay away from Apple because you give them a bad name. I now see where the word “Sheep” comes from when people talk of Apple supporters/Apple defenders.
I’ll miss the diamond cut…think it’s a big part of what made the iphone 5 stand out
The design is actually taking cues from the design of the iPad mini and Air not the Galaxy line. Not that it matters but I predicted this when the iPad air came out looking like the mini and it makes sense.
Can’t stand those bands though.
The black lines on the back look much better (read: thinner) than the ones we saw on photos of earlier leaks.