14 DAY TRIAL // Future Publishing has put together an amazing iPhone 6 concept that shows what a complete revision of the handset can look like if Apple goes with a liquidmetal unibody chassis and an edge-to-edge display, among other things.
“With the Galaxy S5 now out in the open, it’ll soon be time for Apple to make its move,” says Future Publishing. “Rumours suggest the iPhone 6 will bring a complete revision to the iPhone range, including a brand new design. Here’s out vision of the biggest iPhone yet.”
The publication shows what a marvel the iPhone 6 could be, should Apple have bold plans to equip the phone with an all-metal back shell and sapphire crystal on the front.
Apple would still need to solve the reception problem, even with a liquidmetal chassis, so this design is very unlikely from the get-go. But we certainly hope we’re wrong.
There’s no Home button on this iPhone, as some of you may have already noticed. However, that doesn’t mean the Touch ID is gone. Nor could it go, after just one year of implementation.
Instead, Future Publishing proposes a button-free display with an updated Touch ID sensor that lives underneath the bottom frame of the screen. The concept envisions a typical Apple tagline: “more responsive, more secure.”
This iPhone 6 would sport a 13-megapixel iSight camera with a ring-shaped LED flash that wraps around the camera lens. While certainly tantalizing, the idea would probably cause the flash and the optics to clash (at least the way it’s presented here).
This iPhone 6 would also be “the world’s slimmest smartphone at just 5.5mm thick,” according to its creators. Indeed Apple would wreak havoc in the smartphone industry with such a bold design and unparalleled thinness.
Finally, the handset would use a sapphire crystal display with a self-healing coat that “eliminates imperfections caused by general wear and tear,” according to the designers at Future Publishing.
Indeed, Apple is said to be using sapphire in its next iPhone, but self-healing coating is usually reserved for plastics, not glass / crystal. In fact, the main reason why the company is going the extra mile to equip iPhones with sapphire crystal is precisely to thwart scratches, dings, and cracks. Using an extra coat of so-called self-healing material sounds like overkill.
While the iPhone 6 will surely be different than this concept design, we certainly hope it’s not too different. What do you guys think?