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10:40 am, February 12th, 2009, Lonnie Lazar
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Here’s an iPhone concept sent in by an anonymous Cult reader overnight. Looks pretty fly to me, but then I’m still on a PowerBook G4 and an original iPhone.
What say you, dear reader?
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I say your website is a pointless, useless, waste of webspace.
Hector, on February 12th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
I say whomever sent this to you has very little concept of Apple’s products or marketing. But obviously, English isn’t their native tongue either, and perhaps that’s just how Apple’s copy translates in their homeland.
They may also be unaware of technology in general. Things like “3G Camera” and “Two surround sound speakers” stick out. As well, have you ever seen a phone with a giant power button? Of course not, you don’t want to accidentally be pressing the thing.
nak, on February 12th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
@Hector, you must not get out much, do ya?
@nak, lord knows, we wouldn’t want any non-native English speakers thinking about Apple concepts, now, would we?
Lonnie Lazar, on February 12th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
~nak- I assume you don’t use an iPhone do you? Because if you do, you would know that our fingers would not be on the top of the phone unless we are about to off it. It’s a reflex action like how the right click on a mighty mouse works. Plus, the phone woudnt turn off without the holding the power button.
John
Sent from my iPhone
John, on February 12th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
@Lonnie Lazar, actually my point in that was that Apple’s marketing copy tends to translate poorly. From what I’ve read, it’s riddled with humorous gaffes in other languages.
nak, on February 12th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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Are you tired of iPhone 4G Concepts - Naaa… | iPhoneIndiaBlog.com, on February 12th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Someone must inform the concept artist that the iPhone is already based upon, and influenced by mac’s design.
JAmie
Sent from my macPhone 3G
JAmie, on February 13th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Interesting concept and good rendering. What I notice is that it feels unlikely. Apple is really good at deciphering what type of product needs what type of finish. To simply copy the design of a laptop in a phone would not go with Apple’s design philosophy. They take into account the whole experience. Something like that would not feel pleasant in ones hand, so they wouldn’t make it that way. Not to mention the lack of an edge looks alarmingly unbalanced. There’s more to an Apple mock-up than using the Myriad font, copying a home screen, and putting it on a white background with reflections. But, nice try!
Bret, on February 13th, 2009 at 9:37 am
I haven’t figured out what makes it a macPhone (and shouldn’t that be MacPhone?). But I do like the aluminum bezel.
The one thing Apple should take from this, no matter what changes in the next iteration, is the lighted logo. People will pay extra to advertise for them. Just having the glow under your hand will be a(nother) status symbol. They’d create legions of new fanbois (and grlz) when that sucker flashes in silent ring mode, eliminating the vulgar vibration dance! All joking aside, that would truly become the biggest thing since white ear buds.
Maybe they make the MacPhone with a white bezel, and a MacPhone Pro with aluminum? Or for nostalgia the MacPhone Ti with a titanium back!
imajoebob, on February 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
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Macphone 3G - New iPhone Concept | iPhone3G India, on February 14th, 2009 at 5:20 am
The “look” is fine, but the name… Not gonna happen. Apple is putting “Mac” on fewer and fewer of their products. (take .Mac change for instance)
It’s all about appealing to a larger audience with their consumer electronics -so they’ll never call their phone (or iPods) a “Mac”.
YodaMac Mac, on February 14th, 2009 at 5:02 pm