New Video Shows Closer Look at Purported 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 Front Panel
Earlier this week, new photos of the iPhone 6's alleged front panel surfaced, which followed an earlier leak of the component in April. Now, a new video from Chinese blog iFanr (Google Translate, via Nowhereelse.fr) appears to show a closer look of the black front panel, featuring a comparison to the current iPhone 5s.
Like the previous leak, the video shows the front panel having a thinner bezel and rounded edges, in line with rumors that the iPhone 6 will feature a thinner profile and a curved design. The hole for the front-facing camera is once again depicted to be on the left side of the earpiece, which differs from the location of the front camera of the iPhone 5s. When shown over the iPhone 5s, the alleged panel of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 appears expectedly bigger, but still useable with one hand.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is expected to launch later this fall, with reports suggesting a release date of either September 19 or September 25. It is also likely that Apple will launch a larger 5.5-inch iPhone 6, although it is unclear if the device will be released alongside the 4.7-inch version. Some reports have suggested that production issues will force Apple to launch the 5.5-inch version later this year or early next year, while others say that both versions of the iPhone 6 will launch at the same time.
In addition to a larger display and thinner profile, both models of the iPhone 6 are expected to come with a faster A8 processor and an enhanced camera. The 5.5-inch version is rumored to come with a number of exclusive features, including an optical image stabilization system and a bigger storage capacity.
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1. Whining up until launch (but softening whines as rumors pile up suggesting the change is going to happen)
2. Apple rolls out 4.7" and 5.5" (dropping the one-handed use from the marketing spin)
3. "Shut up and take my money" and "best iPhone ever"
4. Since there will likely be a 4.7" and a 5.5", cue 1000 new threads with titles similar to "which one should I buy?" all of which is best answered with "whichever one is best for you" but will instead by filled with answers of which is deemed best by those who post answers (as if what is best for them is absolutely the one best choice for the OP).
These pre-launch gripes of one-handed use and pants pocket concerns will mostly evaporate as soon as Apple rolls it out. The transitions will be quick: "No way I'm buying" to "It's kind of growing on me" to "Wait & see one in person" to "Best iPhone ever" to "How did we ever get by with those puny screens?" and then, about 2 years later, "Apple invented the bigger-screened smart phone". Then someone shows evidence that others were there first, about 10 of "us" call that someone a "troll", more evidence is shown, so "we" try to change the subject to something that is positive and Apple irrefutable like "but which single smart phone model is most profitable?" Same sequence of events over and over.
It reminds me of the wave of griping before the 4" became the new perfect. Post after post in thread after thread about the "abomination" of screens bigger than the perfection of 3.5" and the fragmentation of different screen resolutions, how Apple would never fragment, etc. As the rumors of the 4" piled up, there were Android phone bashes about aspect ratio, how Apple would never change the aspect ratio, etc. Then, as rumors of 4", resolution change and aspect ratio change piled up, all that transitioned toward the hedge of "wait & see", "it's kind of growing on me" before Apple rolled out the 4" and then all that griping evaporated.
Why wasn't the 4" with a different resolution and different aspect ratio an abomination? "stupid"? Etc. Because as soon as Apple endorses the new perfect, it is the new perfect. The old arsenal of arguments against (say the abominations of big screen smart phones) ceases to be used and the new arsenal of marketing spin Apple offers becomes the foundational points of arguments why 4.7" and/or 5.5" is now the perfect sizes of smart phone screens. Some might reference back to their pre-launch positions: "I didn't think I'd like the bigger screens at all but wow, it's so much better…" but most will just ignore their pre-launch stance as if they never said a word against the new perfect.
Here we go again- same scenario with some differing gripes. If people actually feel this way, they should feel the same AFTER Apple rolls out these bigger phones. There should be dozens of bashing threads putting down Apple's iPhone 6, the massive problems of not having new pants with sufficiently-sized pockets and on and on. But it won't happen. If there was a flip flopper button here, it would be hilarious to be able to easily match post-launch gushing praise with pre-launch bashes by many of these same people.
I see lots of "must be able to use one handed or I don't buy" comments yet I can use my Nexus 5 with one hand in regards to internet/text use perfectly fine and I don't even have large hands.
Never known a phone to cause such uproar about when the rest of the world have been using larger sized phones for 2-3 years now with no problems whatsoever....
I take your point but it's not as if MR is publishing these articles at the cost of other more worthy articles - sift out this type of stuff and we would end up with a website that only gets updated once every few days.