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Design the next iPhone

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Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by dzhiurgis »

bjoli wrote: post #321
sssilver wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As someone who owns dozens of devices with both USB-C and Lightning ports, I find the Lightning port to be significantly superior to USB-C. It is much easier to plug in due to the curves on the sides, easier to plug out, holds in place more strongly, and the port lasts much longer. Why do you call it “godawful”?

USB2 Speeds. Why have 4k60 video on a device with no good way of getting video off it? 480mbps half duplex doesn't cut it.

At least they would improve the sync - why all my photos have to go to cloud first? The device is right here. Cherry picking and sending via airdrop doesn’t scale well.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by agys »

Shebanator wrote: post #208
sdflhasjd wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Slap the lighting port in the middle of the screen, so you can't use it while charging.

The thing I thought was hilarious is that they put in a zillion funny gadgets, but you can't get a USB-C port instead of that godawful Lightning port.

The build quality of the Lightning port is superior, USB-C break much more easily and is susceptible to dust.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by Fnoord »

jbombadil wrote: post #124

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 designe…

This tool has a lot of retro concepts but not a lot which got popular in the non-Apple world. For example, there is no hardware keyboard or foldable or something as simple/basic as a microUSB or USB-C port. With the recent MBPs (ARM-based) what did we get compared to previous MBPs and current competition? A non-broken keyboard (non-butterfly), not a touchbar, very long battery life, magsafe, and more commonly used ports. Most of these were fixing regressions, only the very long battery life is innovative and due to 5 nm ARM processor (not visual appearance on the device).

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by mrweasel »

Koshkin wrote: post #266

Just switched to an iPhone (SE) after, well, an eternity with Android, love it so far…

Sadly I think it will be the last iPhone with a home button.

Interestingly enough the site doesn't allow you to create a bigger bezel, so you have a place to put your home button.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by saiya-jin »

sssilver wrote: post #302
Shebanator wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing I thought was hilarious is that they put in a zillion funny gadgets, but you can't get a USB-C port instead of that godawful Lightning port.

As someone who owns dozens of devices with both USB-C and Lightning ports, I find the Lightning port to be significantly superior to USB-C. It is much easier to plug in due to the curves on the sides, easier to plug out, holds in place more strongly, and the port lasts much longer. Why do you call it “godawful”?

Its a horrible thing to have to manage USB for everything and yet another cable just for apple devices. I have met actually 0 people who appreciate this on Apple, everybody hates it with passion and during usual office day there is always somebody hunting for iphone cable to charge his phone.

For me, this was the reason which swayed me for Samsung galaxy S22 Ultra instead of iphone 13 pro max. Plus that fugly-as-hell notch, I mean phones look like cheap chinese phones from 2015 with it. Literally everybody on the market has figured a better way to do this.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by meerita »

sdflhasjd wrote: post #56
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.

Slap the lighting port in the middle of the screen, so you can't use it while charging.

I did the same :D

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by JoshTriplett »

agys wrote: post #332
Shebanator wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The thing I thought was hilarious is that they put in a zillion funny gadgets, but you can't get a USB-C port instead of that godawful Lightning port.

The build quality of the Lightning port is superior, USB-C break much more easily and is susceptible to dust.

That's a build-quality issue; I have zero doubt that if Apple put effort into it they could design a USB-C port and USB-C cable that was waterproof and robust to their standards.

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by 867-5309 »

nomel wrote: post #271
bombcar wrote: post #259

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Top is the right place unless the fone flips itself. Or playing audio in a car is a pain. Even keeping a phone charged in a car is annoying now.

I put my phone into my pocket with the same orientation that it's in my hand, while using it. Hold phone, rotate arm down, stick in pocket. The phone is now upside down in my pocket. If the headphone jack were on the top, you would have to flip your phone first, when putting it in or pulling it out.

but the network antennae are usually located at or near the top of the front of the phone. for this reason I place mine upright, screen facing outwards. headphone socket orientation comes secondary to this

Re: Design the next iPhone

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Post by jeroenhd »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #173
jeroenhd wrote: post #134

One thing I'm missing that I'm still amazed the iPhone lacks: an under-screen fingerprint scanner. Behind-the-screen cameras are not ready for prime time, but surely Apple can please the fingerprint fans quite easily? They can even pretend they invented it by placing it on a weird position and saying it's revolutionary because no iPhone user has probably ever seen it before.

Probably blocked by somebody else's patent.

If it is then surely Apple can spare the money to buy a license or they can buy the components themselves from a licensed manufacturer. There are many brands that include under screen fingerprint scanners, I don't see why Apple couldn't be one of them.
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