iPhone 6 curved screen design

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Just came across the touted iPhone 6 design of a curved front screen

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3441819/iphone-6-concept-image/

Not sure if just a concept but I think it looks lovely, modern & highly original.

Anyone know if this will be the design?
 
I don't see any advantage to the curved screen... :o
Looks like it would be subject to being easy to damage... :thumbsdown:
Suspect that it's just a concept... :wink:
 
Jembo said:
.... Not sure if just a concept but I think it looks lovely, modern & highly original...
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Not exactly original, Samsung displayed a couple of concept phones at CES at the start of this year, one with a flexible screen and one with a curved screen
 
A curved design gives slightly more surface area = bigger screen for same width.

Provided any protective casing has a raised edge, can't see it being any more susceptible to damage, though in terms of design rather rocks my boat
 
Jembo said:
A curved design gives slightly more surface area = bigger screen for same width.

Provided any protective casing has a raised edge, can't see it being any more susceptible to damage, though in terms of design rather rocks my boat
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IMO, I doubt you'll see a phone launched with a convex screen (like the one in the picture), AIUI, curved screens are perceived to be more 'usable' if they are concave rather than convex, i.e. they curve inwards rather than outwards so the left/right edges are closer to the user than the centre. Convex screens are likely to suffer from visual artifacts towards the edges.
 
Maniac said:
Properly bored with phones and tech in general now, we're approaching a level where not that much is new.
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Agreed......had Iphones and Android and now with a Nokia Windows phone.
Love the phone, limited apps compared to IOS and Android but for me the best phone I've owned.
 
looks pretty but i agree i cant see any benefit....

transparent phones/ flexible phones.. this is what i want!
 
I follow the MacRumors website and it hasn't been picked up on that, so suspect its just a mock up spoof.

There was talk (as noted above) of flexible screens and I think it was rumoured the the so-called iWatch could use a wrap-around screen, but not seen this before.

Basically, never believe what products Apple will release until they officially announce them. so many rumors and bullshit it actually ruins it for me (although I still go to the rumors sites!).
 
It's just a concept.

That said, I did what I try and avoid in general on these articles and scrolled through the comments. Had to chuckle when one guy said it looks like a McDonalds Apple Pie :)
 
IIRC there was a bit of geeky tech news a while ago that Apple purchased a lot of specialist CNC machines that can manufacture curved touch screens which led to rumours of the iPhone 5 having a curved screen.

Apparently they purchased the machines as no-one was willing to supply the curved perspex/gorilla glass or whatever it is called.

Thats from memory, but sure the story is out there somewhere...
 
Hmmm. Not sure I like it - the whole-screen front is interesting, but I think the convex surface would prove quite difficult to use. Concave on the other hand would work, but look very weird. I think this is just another variation on what is now very much a commodity theme... Agree that the flexible screen technology that is now being talked about is proper innovation that will change the game again because when the technology becomes cheap enough the possibilities for embedding comms and interactive technology in just about anything will be endless.
 
That render or versions like it have been knocking around for a while. They have been having trouble manufacturing the curvature from rumours apparently.

The iPhone 5s and 5C aren't here yet. To be officially announced in September. Hold your horses ;)

Not that they are any different anyway. Colour isnt going to cut it.
 
Jembo said:
Just came across the touted iPhone 6 design of a curved front screen

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/mobile-phone/3441819/iphone-6-concept-image/

Not sure if just a concept but I think it looks lovely, modern & highly original.

Anyone know if this will be the design?
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I saw that concept before the iPhone 5 was released, and dont think itll happen.
Its been well publicised that images of the internals of the back of the new phone where leaked over twitter by several Chinese manufacturing suppliers. I think its almost identical on the outside, but with different updated internals.
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Also it rumoured that there will be a iPhone Mini (with less features) as well to compete with samsung who have various models in various sizes of phone on sale, where as Apple only has the current iphone5 and older versions of the iPhone. Also the new iphone's will come in lots of colour choices not just Black & White
 
The current rumours are the 5S in black, white and champagne/gold, and a cheaper model, 5c in multi colours, but plastic.
 
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