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Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by ckolkey » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

pmcollins wrote: post #71

I put the power button at the top so that I don't accidentally take a screenshot when I want to change the volume. Somebody please give me a design job at Apple. I still don't understand why Apple moved the power button to the side opposite the volume buttons.

All. The. Time.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by erikig » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 5:58 PM UTC

OrvalWintermute wrote: post #24

ClassyJacket wrote: post #18

Fantastic! But it's missing the most important thing: USB-C

And the 3.5mm Audio

pfft - 3.5mm is for amateurs, the iPhone Pro Max should have XLR or 1/4in at least ;)

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by erikig » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:00 PM UTC

lxe wrote: post #12

Everything from Neal Agrawal brings much-needed whimsy into the world.

I have spent so much time on https://neal.fun/rocks/ that I should be a little embarrassed, yet I'm so calm and I've had so much fun, I'm not.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by SllX » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:01 PM UTC

Teknoman117 wrote: post #73

joshstrange wrote: post #29

At first I thought this was kind of "meh" but then I clicked over on the "components" list at the bottom. Dear god, I just spent the last 5 minutes giggling and adding absurd things to the phone. I absolutely love this.

Now presenting the iPhone "oops all cameras"

Oh. So. Oops.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by rabuse » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:02 PM UTC

aliljet wrote: post #62

This is really a cool little interface. How was this made! I want to learn!

It's made with three.js

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by cafed00d » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

plugin-baby wrote: post #89

pmcollins wrote: post #71

I put the power button at the top so that I don't accidentally take a screenshot when I want to change the volume. Somebody please give me a design job at Apple. I still don't understand why Apple moved the power button to the side opposite the volume buttons.

Engagement with the screenshot function has really improved since that button was moved, and someone somewhere got a nice promotion.

If this were Google where PMs ran feature development willy-nilly, then I bet this would've been true. Luckily, Apple's design team still has enough pull; so the MBAs haven't taken over everything.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by thenthenthen » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:03 PM UTC

seydor wrote: post #25

Great! How do I print it?

Like kicad plot, bom, gerbers, drill holes, i agree!

Re: Design the next iPhone

#98

Post by kbouck » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:04 PM UTC

pmcollins wrote: post #71

I put the power button at the top so that I don't accidentally take a screenshot when I want to change the volume. Somebody please give me a design job at Apple. I still don't understand why Apple moved the power button to the side opposite the volume buttons.

... or inadvertently turn off your phone while intending to take a picture

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by donkarma » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:04 PM UTC

zw123456 wrote: post #80

DelaneyM wrote: post #72

Am I the only one who opened the tool and thought: "this, this is perfect, add nothing!"? Why isn't there a phone yet with no ports or power plugs of any kind (wireless charging and software power/reset), flush rear camera, hidden front camera? It feels like that's the inevitable end of the current evolutionary tree, and all the technology is there and reasonably economical.

I posted that farther down in the thread. Yes, I thought the same thing. Sorry for the repetition, but this is a little dream of mine. I have an experimental cloud phone that has no CPU and uses an FPGA to directly transfer data from a VM in the cloud to the screen. It works, even on 4G but better on 5G. Also, I have been experimenting with transparent OLED. My dream would be a device completely cloud based, and henc…

that sounds absolutely horrid, imagine scrolling and then your display jumps to 200ms or your cloud provider drops you and your phone is bricked

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by whywhywhywhy » Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 6:04 PM UTC

pmcollins wrote: post #71

I put the power button at the top so that I don't accidentally take a screenshot when I want to change the volume. Somebody please give me a design job at Apple. I still don't understand why Apple moved the power button to the side opposite the volume buttons.

My photo library has hundreds of screenshots of alarms going off because every time i pick it up to turn the alarm off half asleep I take a screenshot