“Pictures of supposed iPhone 6 production tooling leaked out yesterday,” Benjamin Mayo repots for 9to5Mac. “However, the initial images of the molds were blurry and lacked context.”
“A new picture from Nowhereelse.fr compare the molds directly to an iPhone 4s,” Mayo reports. “The new device is substantially larger than the 4s.”
“Nowhereelse did some Photoshopping and overlaid an iPhone 5s onto the image proportionally to gauge how big the impression actually is,” Mayo reports. “Using this method, the site guesses a screen size of approximately 4.7 inches…”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Bill” for the heads up.]
But is it snappier?
It’s certainly sappier. But a lot of people will buy it.
This is about as large as I would with a phone.
You would, eh?
We’re going to pay this a lot, I fear..
Huh?
But will it blend?
This isn’t a mold, it’s a jig for a CNC type machine to hold a metal block during the milling process. If it were a mold there wouldn’t be holes for the substance being molded to seep through… Since this isn’t a mold at all and just a jig to hold the metal block, this actually gives us no indication whatsoever as to the size of the component that’s being milled or what the size will be after it’s been milled. All these blogs are reporting off of each other instead of actually looking into the info they are reporting and basically perpetuation misinformation and needlessly riling up the fans. Meh, when a real leak comes out with pictures of the device or an actual picture of the shell let us know… until then MDN please look into the information and report it correctly rather than just copying and pasting from other blog sites.
From the comments section of the article….
Jason says:
April 14, 2014 at 8:30 am
It’s not likely a mold. It’s more likely a jig to hold a block of metal/plastic on a CNC machine.
Agreed. It’s a jig/fixture to hold a part in place while it’s going through whatever process. The drastic bevel on it is for quick insert and release of the part along an assembly line.
So, I guess “the jig is up”!
Something is off about this. I can’t imagine Jony would just stretch the 5S as shown. I thought the bezels were getting thinner? If so then the screen for that mold could be even larger.
Many have speculated along those lines, although I would postulate that thinner bezels increase the potential for screen damage from a dropped device.
June can’t get here soon enough for me. All this guessing and speculation is tiresome.
This is too funny. Apple fans pooh pooh on large phones for years but now they are all salivating over a larger iPhone.
Some Apple “fans” will like the larger screen size option I am sure. But not all.
But it doesn’t matter. Make sure you won’t get an iPhone as it can never be as large as you can get from Samsung’s and Nokia’s or other Android craps.
Just enjoy your ever larger non-Apple phones for eternity.
Most were (rightfully) ripping on the phablets I think. There are a lot of folks around here that have been whining their asses off for the larger screen. I have to say – I didn’t think I’d want one, but if it’s a slightly larger 5/5s, and still fits comfortably in my pocket I’d be tempted.
Bye … Bye … Samdung.