Apple iPhone 6 preview
Absolutely everything we think we know
about the iPhone 6. Tempted?
Apple sends out invites to an
event on 9 September
The iPhone 6 remains (somewhat) shrouded
in mystery - but that hasn't stopped the rumour mill from enthusiastically
grinding away, and some whispers do have a ring of truth about them.
So then, what are the web's commentators
saying about the iPhone 6? Well…
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It's almost guaranteed that the iPhone
6's appearance will be different enough from the iPhone 5s to earn it its
all-new number.
Traditionally, ‘s’ devices have kept the
same design as their predecessors, with major differences appearing on the
insides, and Apple will get a lot of flak if the iPhone 6 turns out to be a 5s
with faster innards.
Thankfully, that doesn't look likely. The
iPhone 6 body has leaked countless times over the past year in various forms,
and now actual (and apparently genuine) production cases have made their way
into the hands of online tech aficionados.
The video above, courtesy of YouTube user
iCrackUriDevice, shows off one of these rear cases, and it clearly shows off
Apple's new design in all its glory.
It's immediately obvious that the iPhone
6 will likely arrive with a bigger screen. The case is larger than the iPhone
5s, and its thinner, with a much rounder design.
One big change is the relocation of the
power button from the top to the right hand side, where it will be easily
accessible with your thumb, Samsung Galaxy-style.
Looking at the rear, the pill-shaped
flash cutout has been replaced by a circular one, suggesting that Apple has
either ditched its dual two-tone LED flash, or it's managed to cram both LEDs
into a circular space.
The volume buttons however, have appeared
to do the reverse. They are now a thinner pill shape, falling in line with the
iPod Touch, as opposed to the circular buttons currently found on the iPhone
5s.
Looking at the internals of the case, we
can see a slight recess over the Apple logo cutout. This, combined with the
fact that previous Apple logos weren't left as cutouts, suggests that the logo
will light up, like the ones found on its MacBook brothers.
This is supported by previous photos leaked
by uSwitch (with the aid of famed Apple leaker Sonny Dickson), which show off
the rear housing of an iPhone 6, with a plastic panel that's thin enough to let
line shine through it.
Apart from attracting moths, the logo
could be used as a blinking notification light - a handy function if the device
is face down.
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