Blaming issues (which most would consider a non-issue) like this on Steve Jobs not being around is insulting to all of the hard-working designers and engineers at Apple that worked 80-hour weeks to get this thing into your hands. They didn't do something wrong--you just don't like a decision they made.
The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
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Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I never had an issue figuring out the front or back. Usually my fingers run over the home button or the ear piece which is what tells me what the front is. Honestly, I didn't even feel the edge till I repeatedly turned the phone around quite a few times, which is when I looked at it. Not sure this would let me determine what the front was, but that might be my personal opinion, or my insensitive fingers.
I have calloused hands. I always have a hard time telling front from back, top from bottom on the 4/4S.
Very annoying problem for me as well.
I think the iPhone 4/4S is a revoltingly bad industrial design, and am utterly flummoxed by the acclaim it's received. The iPhone 5 looks pretty good but I haven't actually held one yet.
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#23That's there to make sure the screen completely shatters if you bump it against anything.
Not this time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M5q5TRuAsY
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#24> Kind of like when you see a fake Rolex from 20 inches away and it looks pretty good, but then you look up close and suddenly one little flaw makes the whole thing fall apart.
The crystal on a Rolex sticks up above the bezel as well.
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#25Blaming issues (which most would consider a non-issue) like this on Steve Jobs not being around is insulting to all of the hard-working designers and engineers at Apple that worked 80-hour weeks to get this thing into your hands. They didn't do something wrong--you just don't like a decision they made.
Besides, if I could ask anyone today what Steve Jobs would've thought of a design, it'd be the people who worked with him for years.
…and I'd still take their answers with a grain of salt.
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#26What's the problem with the front not being flush? I noticed this from the first time I saw the iPhone 5 and immediately thought it was an aesthetic decision that ties the iPhone 5 back to the iPhone 4/4S. FWIW, I like the design (ftr I'm a Nokia E6 owner).
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#27My fine swiss watch has damn near the same profile.
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Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#29> Kind of like when you see a fake Rolex from 20 inches away and it looks pretty good, but then you look up close and suddenly one little flaw makes the whole thing fall apart. The crystal on a Rolex sticks up above the bezel as well.
Maybe they do, but I wasn't literally comparing the glass sticking up above the bezel when it came to the Rolex.
Re: The front of the iPhone 5 is not flush with the frame
#30Sigh, a nickel for everyone who owns an Apple product suddenly thinks they are a world class designer.
In fact, I did say in my blog that "I’m no industrial designer and I’m not saying that both sides must be flush, because of some kind of design philosophy that I might not know." The purpose of writing something like this is to spur a discussion, in which I express a personal opinion, hear counter points, and maybe learn something along the way. Your "sigh" does neither, and I don't need your judging skills to tell me whether I think or am a designer.