iPhone 6 render imagines plastic concept, looks surprisingly brilliant

Plastic kit need not be cheap looking, shows latest illustration.

Apple may be all about premium materials nowadays, but one designer is out to prove a plastic iPhone can look just as impressive as those fashioned from metal.
Produced by Ran Avni and spotted by Cult of Mac, the render illustrates what Apple’s next-generation iPhone could look like if it were made of plastic rather than aluminium and glass like the iPhone 5.

The result is an impressive concept that's proof that despite the perceived inferiority of plastic, it isn’t at odds with the trademark design ethos that’s made Apple’s smartphones so popular around the world.
At first glimpse, Ravni’s handset looks largely similar to the iPhone 5, but at the back it boasts smoother, curvier edges that immediately bring the iPad mini to mind.
While we don’t think that Apple would, or even should, make its flagship kit out of plastic, it certainly wouldn’t be a wrong choice for the more affordable version that’s been a staple of the rumour-mill for some time now.
Unofficially dubbed the iPhone mini, a cheaper Apple smartphone is expected to retain the four-inch display of the iPhone 5, but recycle other parts from older models, such as an A5 processor from the iPhone 4S and an eight-megapixel camera.
Apple is widely tipped to unveil a less costly iPhone alongside its flagship model this year – possibly in summer or autumn.
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iPhone 5S: slow-mo ‘Mogul’ camera detailed

Galaxy S4-aping feature incoming.

Apple is plotting a new slow-motion camera feature for its iPhone 5S, dubbed ‘Mogul’, rumours suggest.
The inside information has been sniffed out by the Cupertino fanatics at 9to5mac.
Word is that the new feature will allow users to record video at 120 frames per second, offering insanely detailed footage and bolstering the iPhone’s already impressive camera and video-shooting options.
References to the so-called ‘Mogul’ function have been found by sleuth-like developers searching through iOS 7’s code.
It’s likely Apple will use the ‘Mogul’ name to market the function as a media- creation tool, according to 9to5mac.
Samsung and Android fans are likely to point out that the Korean giant’s Galaxy S4 already has this slow-motion functionality.
But Apple is unlikely to be deterred by such fripperies. When it launched its FaceTime feature, the tech giant essentially made out it had invented video calling, despite Skype’s huge popularity.
The iPhone 5S is expected to launch in autumn, alongside a cheaper, plastic model of Tim Cook and co’s best-selling handset.

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iPhone 5S / iPhone 6 production nearing, as Foxconn starts hire drive

Factory jobs going. Must like long hours and spirit-sapping work.

With the exception of an official press event in Cupertino, few things signify the impending arrival of a new iPhone more vividly than reports that Apple’s manufacturing partners are ramping up staff numbers.
So this morning’s news that Foxconn is recruiting new staff should serve as due notice to would-be buyers that the much rumoured smartphone is now just a matter of months from its big reveal. And double as a warning to anyone thinking of buying the current model that they might want to hold off for a few months.
According to China Business News, the company is looking to recruit assembly line workers for its plant in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, and is about to start mass production of the next iPhone, which looks likely to be called the ‘iPhone 5S’ or ‘iPhone 6’.
It’s thought that Apple will drop its next smartphone contender in September. This will would tally with previous iPhone production cycles, in which manufacturing starts between two to three months ahead of its debut.

September may also see the arrival of time-honoured tech-site trope, the low-cost iPhone. This is reputed to feature a plastic shell in place of the premium construction of the standard iPhone and recycle parts from earlier models to keep costs down.
Also incoming that month, it seems, is the iPad 5 in what would be an unprecedented Q3 flurry of activity for the gadget-maker.

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iPhone 6 concept phone offers 4.5” screen, colour options & redesigned iOS 7, on your mobile phones news.

Even better than the real thing?

A frankly gorgeous rendering of the iPhone 6 is doing the rounds online today, raising the stakes for the real deal when it lands later this year.
Worked up by Phillip Ink and German site iPhone 6 de, the ‘what-if’ pictures depict a handset that incorporates a larger 4.5-inch edge-to-edge, bezel-free screen. That compares to the four-inch display that Apple's phone sports right now.

An all-new, all-lovely sleek design that’s slimmer and lighter than the current gen model is also very much in evidence, as are sky blue, navy blue red, black and green colour options.
In response to the savage criticism that the iOS 7 operating system came in for in some quarters, Ink has also rethought the look of the software that will power the phone.
So where Jonathan Ive’s official iOS 7 Photo icon featured what looked like a spyrograph drawing, the reimagined one is garnished with a cartoony panoramic scene of a mountain range.
That’s just the kind of cutesy touch that evidence suggests was anathema to the arch adherent of minimalism and skeuomorphism sceptic and that he purged from the platform.

Meanwhile, Game Centre’s icon goes from a venn diagram that doesn't seem to denote very much at all to something approximate to its previous look, with four quadrants each containing an object associated with different genres of games.
But while the chess piece, baseball bat and rocket ship make a reappearance in said quadrants, the target that was there previously has been replaced by dice, presumably to indicate that gambling games are part of Game Centre.
Apple is thought likely to showcase the real iPhone 6 in September. But unlike this reimaging of the handset, the next-gen phone is expected to stick fairly closely to the current model.
What do you think of Ink’s take on the iPhone 6? Tell us in the comments section below.

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iPhone 5S / iPhone 6 to offer super-fast LTE-A 150Mbps connectivity?

Headline speed is double standard LTE

The next iPhone could support mobile internet speeds that dwarf those offered by the current-gen model, it has emerged.
According to Korea Times, Apple is mulling incorporating LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) connectivity in its next-generation smartphone, enabling it to reach connection speeds of up to 150Mbps.
LTE-A is the next standard of 4G technology, following on from the long-term-evolution (LTE) tech that features in the iPhone 5, and is twice as fast as its predecessor.
An unnamed exec at SK Telecom claims that the Korean network is discussing LTE-A with Apple, having worked with Samsung to incorporate the technology in the Galaxy S4 last year.

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iPhone 5S / iPhone 6: plastic low-cost phone snapped again, blue model too

Poly-hued, polycarbonate smartphone reappears.

New photos have appeared of a smartphone that looks an awful lot like the low-cost iPhone, as Apple’s first-ever budget effort edges ever closer to reality.
Snared from a Chinese site by French Apple acolytes Nowhereelse.fr, which was behind last week’s leak of snaps of a very similar-looking handset, the photos once again show the shell of the smartphone, which is clearly fashioned from polycarbonate.

But while the latest image features the same pink, yellow, green and white colourways that featured previously, this time around there’s a blue model too.
Other than that it’s hard to make out much that we hadn’t discerned previously, with the photos corroborating the impression that the plastic iPhone will stick fairly closely to the design that Apple has favoured since the iPhone 4.
Variously dubbed the ‘iPhone 5S’ or ‘iPhone 6’ by tech sites in recent months after initially being titled the ‘iPhone mini’, the cheaper Apple smartphone is expected to recycle parts from earlier models to keep costs down and might feature a smaller 3.5-inch display.
Analysts have forecast price points ranging from £99 to £249 for the phone, which is expected to be sold on pay as you go and is intended to helpi Apple boost its marketshare in the developing world.

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iPhone 5S / iPhone 6 to offer super-fast LTE-A 150Mbps connectivity?

Headline speed is double standard LTE

The next iPhone could support mobile internet speeds that dwarf those offered by the current-gen model, it has emerged.
According to Korea Times, Apple is mulling incorporating LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) connectivity in its next-generation smartphone, enabling it to reach connection speeds of up to 150Mbps.
LTE-A is the next standard of 4G technology, following on from the long-term-evolution (LTE) tech that features in the iPhone 5, and is twice as fast as its predecessor.
An unnamed exec at SK Telecom claims that the Korean network is discussing LTE-A with Apple, having worked with Samsung to incorporate the technology in the Galaxy S4 last year.
The executive said: “SK Telecom is approaching Apple to put our LTE-A technology on the upcoming iPhone 5S. We are in the middle of negotiations.”

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Low-cost ‘plastic’ iPhone imagined in fresh 3D renderings

Yet another concept depicts Apple's much-hyped budget iPhone.

Fresh illustrations depicting what Apple’s long-rumoured ‘cheap’ iPhone could look like have emerged online, giving us yet another vision of a handset that’s effectively a unicorn of the smartphone world.
Designed lovingly by the good folks at Apple Insider, based on recently leaked schematics of the so-called ‘iPhone Light’, the concept reveals a white handset sporting a plastic casing with curved corners at the back, a faux-aluminium rim at the top and ‘pill shaped’ volume controls clearly inspired by the iPod touch.

The physical home button still present-and-correct, along with a four-inch display like the iPhone 5. Though, we presume the screen is probably not of a Retina quality and is more likely a lower-grade LCD to keep costs down.
Looks-wise, it’s unmistakably an iPhone, and as far as we're concerned, certainly doesn’t look as bargain-bin as many budget mobiles do.
With a minimalist design that's integral to the Apple DNA and the freshly announced iOS 7 front-and-centre, the concept very easily completes the illusion that this could very well be a product “Designed by Apple in California”.
The iGiant is widely expected to bring a keenly priced iPhone to market later this year to compete with the hordes of inexpensive Android smartphones, especially in emerging lucrative regions such as China and India.

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