*** iPhone 5 - Revealed! ***

PaulyD said:
Correct, its glass so will smash when dropped.

Done it a few times now :o
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Given that the 5 is supposedly using those Sharp panels which integrate the touch capability into the same layer as the "screen" (making it thinner) this worries me more! Lol

Do iPhones use Gorilla glass, or something similar?
 
OCdude said:
Given that the 5 is supposedly using those Sharp panels which integrate the touch capability into the same layer as the "screen" (making it thinner) this worries me more! Lol

Do iPhones use Gorilla glass, or something similar?
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Yeah, they do use Gorilla glass, even though Gorilla don't actually say so, Apple have said so before.

The iPhone screen is no more fragile than any other phone screen, though. 99% of whether it will smash or not comes entirely down to luck.
 
lamboman said:
Apart from the fact that megapixels don't mean anything for picture quality, merely how many pixels the image is constructed of. A 2560x1440 display is 3.7MP (rounded). You do not need a 12MP camera, and it is unlikely that the 5 is going to have a camera that will blow the 4Ss out of the water. Sure, it'll be better, but not in a different league, and not worth upgrading for. So no, not remotely "off the mark".
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The fact i was trying to point out. Which i dont think was successful, was if theres a upgrade from a 8mp to a phone with 12mp why would you not upgrade this? Obviously going to be a difference isnt their? Opinions will clash in this. Im not the type of person that wont upgrade something if i can (when the contract runs out) just because its not worth it? im paying monthly for a product, why would i want a 2 year old model and still pay the same? Hope you understand what i mean.

So in my opinion its off the mark.:cool:
 
Robbo said:
The iPhone screen is no more fragile than any other phone screen, though. 99% of whether it will smash or not comes entirely down to luck.
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Oh come on now, there's loads of video drop tests out there that confirm the iPhones are just too fragile. I've never seen a smashed SGS2 but seen dozens of smashed iPhone 4 and 4s on the train
 
robgmun said:
Oh come on now, there's loads of video drop tests out there that confirm the iPhones are just too fragile. I've never seen a smashed SGS2 but seen dozens of smashed iPhone 4 and 4s on the train
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There's loads of drop tests that show the exact opposite, too.

As I said, it's largely random. The back of the iPhone is more fragile as the glass isn't hardened, the screen is more or less the same.
 
Robbo said:
There's loads of drop tests that show the exact opposite, too.

As I said, it's largely random. The back of the iPhone is more fragile as the glass isn't hardened, the screen is more or less the same.
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However the front is 1 peice of flat glass, so any drop on the front almost always leads to it cracking, it doesnt have the same production that most other phones have in form of a bezel, the actual screen is not any weaker or stronger but it just the design that leads to it cracking/smash a bit easier.
 
robgmun said:
Source? I must have missed those ones completely!
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Here's one, to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7e9ebi41Wc

It gets dropped there from a fair height and doesn't smash. Which just proves that it's random to some degree, if it was dodgy and fragile in all situations it would have smashed for sure. It usually comes down to how it lands, with screen side down being the worst possible scenario.

There are also a LOT more iPhones around, on average I see 10-15 iPhone 4/4S's for every couple of Android phones.
 
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I think its time to admit defeat on this whole design speculation. Lol this looks fairly convincing.

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Robbo said:
Here's one, to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7e9ebi41Wc

It gets dropped there from a fair height and doesn't smash. Which just proves that it's random to some degree, if it was dodgy and fragile in all situations it would have smashed for sure. It usually comes down to how it lands, with screen side down being the worst possible scenario.

There are also a LOT more iPhones around, on average I see 10-15 iPhone 4/4S's for every couple of Android phones.
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1. If you re-read my original post I was talking about the 4/4s Vs the Galaxy S2. It was done by the same people as in the video above. And in every video i have seen the Galaxy S2 just didn't break, at all! And i also never seens smashed S2. The S3 is a different matter as it uses a different gorilla glass then the S2. Which i already had concerns about as it was made thinner but not stronger. Now the S3 is as fraglie as the 4/4s.

2. I think im right that sales of the Samsung phones were on par with the iphone now. Were i work in a room of about 30 people, 5 has S2's (including me), 3 have S3's and two have the Note. About 6 have the Iphone and the rest have various HTC's. Traveling around in central london on avarage i'd say there are at least as many if not more andriod phones as there are iPhones.
 
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robgmun said:
1. If you re-read my original post I was talking about the 4/4s Vs the Galaxy S2. It was done by the same people as in the video above. And in every video i have seen the Galaxy S2 just didn't break, at all! And i also never seens smashed S2. The S3 is a different matter as it uses a different gorilla glass then the S2. Which i already had concerns about as it was made thinner but not stronger. Now the S3 is as fraglie as the 4/4s.
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My S2 screen cracked when it fell out of my shirt pocket onto a tile floor. The 4s made the same suicide jump but didn't crack. I think how it lands etc does affect if there will be damage or not to a degree.
 
Johnny|lucidcomposure said:
http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2012/08/iresq_dock_2.jpg[IMG]

I think its time to admit defeat on this whole design speculation. Lol this looks fairly convincing.

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I kind of hope these aren't real because it looks like you won't be able to use the connector either way around :( But they do look pretty genuine!
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Mr_White said:
How do you get that idea? As it looks like that's exactly what you can do.
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I'd have said that too. The entry hole looks completely symmetrical which would indicate there are pins on the top and bottom of the connector.

I have the 4s at the moment but I can't see anything making me go for the 5 unless the screen is quite a bit bigger and I fall in love with the design.

Upgrades just seem far too incremental to warrant purchasing but I am going to hold out and see what comes first. Are we talking September or October release?
 
Lakeland said:
I'd have said that too. The entry hole looks completely symmetrical which would indicate there are pins on the top and bottom of the connector.
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There are only pins on the bottom according to who leaked the pictures, but the opening is symmetrical like you say and the male part of the equation has contacts on both sides, which indicates it'll work inserted either way.
 
Mr_White said:
There are only pins on the bottom according to who leaked the pictures, but the opening is symmetrical like you say and the male part of the equation has contacts on both sides, which indicates it'll work inserted either way.
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That would make more sense as it'd be cheaper to make connecters protrude from both sides of the connector than it would to have twice as many pins on the female part. It's a really simple but great design that I think lots of people are going to love.
 
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