The new iPhone isn’t even available yet, but leaks have revealed that Apple fans aren’t happy with the “new, ugly iPhone,” but they are trying to talk it up by claiming that once you use the phone, you’ll forget the aesthetics.
Who would ever have thoguth that Apple could produce a product that anyone would describe as ‘ugly’. The company has built its reputation on being ‘beautiful’.
Gordon Kelly writing for Forbes gets to the crux of the story. He revealed that Ben Gaskin, a popular tech designer, was able to build physical models of Apple’s iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Max based on leaked details of the schematics and the renders.
When Gaskin revealed what they looked like, he asked, “Did you get used to this design already?” The response was quite remarkable, with almost 900 comments and the vast majority of them were overwhelmingly negative with the highest ranked responses including: “Horrible design… it looks soo awkward” and “Steve Jobs would’ve fired everyone.”
What is the problem?
It’s the camera! It is like a carbuncle on the back of the phone, yet as Kelley says, “the irony is this most hated feature is likely to be the iPhone 11’s headline upgrade.” Basically, Apple is sidelining style for substance with both new iPhones, which have the potential to shoot both models back to the top of the smartphone camera charts. This is a position that Apple lost a while back.
The new phones will also have better batteries, which is a plus for many users. But, it is abandoning its leading 3D Touch technology, which means the iPhone 11 and 11 Max will deliver an inferior experience to that of every iPhone since the iPhone 6S. That is a strange state of affairs for the trailblazers in smartphone tech. Furthermore, the front of Apple’s new iPhones will remain unchanged for the third generation in a row.
Kelly suggests you wait until 2020 for the more exciting iPhone and forget this year’s iPhone and XR2 — it sounds like sensible advice.