The iPhone 5 is now almost six months old, and such is the speed in
which the smartphone market moves these days, that talk of its successor
is already well underway. While we don’t have much info pertaining to
the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, or whatever it shall be named, the concept
makers have been busily churning out their own ideas regarding which
direction Apple should take. Designer Peter Zigich on his website
has used his imagination to come up with his own vision of the next-gen
Apple smartphone, and although based heavily on the revered design of
the current iPhone 5, it is quite unlike any concept we have previously
seen.
The home button has been a permanent fixture of the iPhone from the
very first generation, and although rumors continued to suggest it
would be changed to varying degrees, it still remains, if a little
smaller, basically untouched. Zigich would turn the very idea of the
‘home button’ on its head by instead having one on each side of the
device, in turn saving space on the front face for display real estate.
The iPhone 5 was a landmark device for an assortment of reasons, the
main one being the breakaway from the 3.5-inch display. The current
flagship now enjoys a longer, 4-inch screen which is not only better for
browsing the Web and using certain apps, but also allows an additional
row of icons on the home screen. Zigich would again push the boundary by
allowing a total of seven rows of icons (including the dock) to grace
an all-new, longer display.
The “iPhone 6″, as he calls it, would remain the same height as the
current iPhone 5, but thanks to the relocation of the home button, the
display would stretch even further. While the design is certainly an
interesting one – particularly the decision to have two home buttons –
Zigich also proposes an accompanying “iPhone 6 Mini” and “iPhone 6 XL”.
Although, Apple is said to be planning a cheaper iPhone release at
some point in the near future, namely to tap into the lucrative Asian
market, it is not thought the Cupertino company has the intention of
pushing a “Mini” device to market. Of course, with the recent
introduction of the iPad mini, anything is possible, so it would be a
touch naïve to overlook a concept which, once again, has been presented
elegantly by Zigich.
The “iPhone 6 Mini” would utilize a display measuring identically to
that of the iPhone 4, and contain all the same features as the flagship
while hitting the $350 – $450 off-contract price point. To me, the price
and concept would seem very unlikely, and with Apple selling the nearly
three-year-old iPhone 4 for $450, there’s perhaps more chance of Apple
supporting Android.
Speaking of Android, the “iPhone 6 XL” looks every bit the Android
device with a big, wide display akin to the Galaxy Note II from Samsung.
Perhaps as unrealistic as the Mini, it does offer an intriguing insight
into how an iPhone would look with the traits of many flagship Android
devices.
The concept that has really caught our attention, however, is the
iPhone 6, and with two home buttons, an even longer display and a price
tag of $650 off-contract, would you buy it?
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