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Design the next iPhone

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Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by adolph »

WithinReason wrote: post #78
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.

Meizu Zero

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Shuffle#3rd_generation

(which somehow had a 3.5mm audio jack...)

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by jbombadil »

I started being silly and just adding wheels and whatnot. Then at some point I decided to try to build exactly the phone I'd like. Turns out it's pretty close to the current iPhones, except:

* Replace the apple logo on the back with the touchId/home button. It can still be shaped like an apple, but please let it read my fingerprint.

* Move the power button to the top.

* Change the lightning port to USB-C (not designed here)

That's... it. It's really not that much, but it would make such an improvement.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by franl »

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.

Probably because phones are massive now, and the side is the only place the power button can be pressed while holding the phone with one hand.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by xadhominemx »

cafed00d wrote: post #96
plugin-baby wrote: post #89

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It’s really funny you think the MBAs have less sway at Apple than Google. Apple is a penny-pinching company literally run by a supply chain exec with a Duke MBA. Google is a freewheeling engineer-led culture with zero interest in cost control.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by uncharted9 »

I was trying hard to search ways to share the video and found out that the "Download video" button is only visible in Chrome or Safari and not Firefox. I love everything about Neal's site but I wish supporting the three major web browser engines shouldn't be the big deal. I've seen the writing on the wall now and I should probably jump ships off FF to anything based on chromium.
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