“A claimed schematic of the 4.7-inch model of the iPhone 6 appears to support suggestions that the camera lens will protrude, though only by 0.77mm,” Ben Lovejoy reports for 9to5Mac. “Posted by Apple Club in Taiwan, it appears to show a 7mm thick casing with the thickest part of the camera extending 0.77mm beyond this.”
“Suggestions that the quest for thinness might result in an iPod Touch-style protruding camera lens on the iPhone 6 date back to March, and have been supported by claimed backplate photos as recently as this month,” Lovejoy reports. “There have, though, been conflicting reports, with one suggestion that Apple would be able to avoid this by restricting optical image stabilization to the larger 5.5-inch model.”
Read more, and see the images, in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Dan K.” and “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
Is that an iPhone lens or are you just (slightly) happy to see me?
0.77mm happier to see you. Or put another way… is that an SLR smartphone with interchangeable lenses or are you just happy to see me?
That’s that fake iPhone from last week. Apple would NEVER send anything that poorly designed, finished, or conceived. Junk.
OMG ! The sky’s falling. What will we do, if this is true?
Yeah, I’m sure Jonny Ive will have a bit sticking out.
SMH. Why, Jony? Why not just make the phone 0.77mm thicker to keep everything congruent? Maybe a higher capacity battery could’ve been stuffed in there, too.
Because thinner (for bragging rights) and prettier are much more important than a phone lasting longer to do the things it was actually designed to do.
Maybe it’s a fish-eye lens…
0.77 mm is approx. half as thick as a dime. That would be soooo hard to live with. It would just snag on everything. How on earth could anyone ever live with such a huge protrusion. Is Apple crazy ? /s
So as not to lose slim face in terms of power maybe Apple should make an iPhone Pro for business users that’s thicker with twice the battery power while still offering thinner models for those who don’t need the extra power?
Of course more than business users would probably flock to this phone if it was offered.
I agree. But even better would be if they designed these iPhone Pro models, then get rid of the none-Pro models, and have a lineup of just the Pro models but instead of calling them “iPhone Pro” just call them “iPhone.”
Hah! Yeah, maybe. 🙂
Great if it allows for more space for OIS or a larger camera chip. If you put your iPhone in a case it won’t matter.
Also didn’t Apple have a patent for attaching additional lenses with magnets?
It’s ugly, period. Jobs would not have allowed this.
This will allow for quick snap-on snug fit, magnetically attached telephoto lens overlay accessories. The one thing missing for taking professional level photography with the iPhone.
Why does the phone have to be .77mm thinner. Use the space better the overall technology. This is a clear sign that the aesthetic influences of Steve Jobs was unique over at Apple. I fathom Jobs would not have found that to be a very zen design choice…
It’s only a clear sign once we know it’s REAL!
This has not been a particular problem on the iPod. So I doubt it to be a real problem on the iPhone.
Well it will only be a mental problem for some users of the iPhone, and any android apologist to hate it, it’s something to grasp on to and hate. That’s almost a pun, because we all know you can hold on to .77mm of anything by the edges.
Gollam, good on you for letting us know about the pun. MDN has perhaps the only comments section (that I regularly visit) where you actually have to let others know something is a pun or if something is a joke or if you are being sarcastic—you really do have to. I’ve noticed this for years and still find it quite odd. (hahaha)