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Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos
Sockatume writes: If you've been browsing Apple's site leading up to the iPhone 6 launch, you might've noticed something a little odd. Apple has edited the handset's protruding camera out of every single side-on view of the phone. (The camera is, necessarily, retained for images showing the back of the device.) The absence is particularly conspicuous given the number of side views Apple uses to emphasize the device's thinness.
Parallax isn't going to hide something like that on a device of that size. I'm holding mine exactly like that right now. I sure as hell see the camera bump, even being way on the other side of the phone from my vantage point.
Plus, take the images and invert the colors. You can clearly see editing work. Basic Photoshop detection 101. Even more fun when you have a shitty TFT screen that makes every glaring error even more obvious.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
No, the phone is shown at exactly right angles, and they're right, the lens is photoshopped out. Meanwhile, it's 1 mm. What is that, the thickness of 2 business cards?
This is a function of focal length and subject distance.
Don't blame me, I voted for Baltar.
Along with a few other mathematical things yes; but as it stands, unless they were taking those pictures from dozens of meters away, parallax isn't going to hide that from a dead-level perspective. I'm trying right now with my 26x optical zoom DSLR across the apartment, I can't get that tiny bump to stay hidden without showing more of the front of the phone.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
You're doing it wrong. The closer you are, the easier it is to hide.
"National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
I think only the 6+ has a protruding lens and that's only because it has image stabilization. I don't think the basic 6 lens protrudes. This was mentioned in the keynote....
And with the obvious FOV on those images, it's obvious you couldn't get close enough to hide it without pretty much having the edge directly against the camera lens. You'd have better luck trying fro further away to minimize its detail.
Wrong. It's very easy to hide it. I just did so with my Samsung Galaxy S4, whose camera protrudes about the same amount, but does so in the middle of the phone. And I did that with a crappy point and shoot... just get up close and position it correctly. If you're looking with your eyes, you will have to close one, and you'll have to be able to focus on things very close (I can't focus on stuff that close to my face, but my camera can).
FWIW, I'm not claiming they didn't simply photoshop the images, but it's certainly possible to take side pics that don't show the 1mm protrusion on the opposite side of the phone.
You're displaying a fundamental misunderstanding of perspective. The way to hide the projection is to view it from up close, not a long way away. In the same way that you can see a 3 foot house chimney from a distance but you can't see it when you are standing a few feet from the door.
Gee, that's funny, because Samsung's official images of the S4 clearly show the camera protrusion from the side: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsun... And Apple shows their phone from both sides, so in those with the lens on the near side, it should be even more evident. But it's not. It's clear case of iLying.
http://images.apple.com/iphone-6/overview/images/design_details_right_large.jpg
Looks like Apple's site to me.
Only because it is an "i device". Not because it is better in any way. That is not amazing, that is zealotry.
When you cant win, ad hominem.
Is this where you could opt out of iAds tracking?
Interesting. I am sure they give away targeted ads to their advertising partners for free though. Because they do not want you to look like a fool.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
The six has a flat back, Mr. Always Corrected.
No it doesn't, not according to Apple's website - see the bit where they compare thickness - the smaller 6 clearly has the protruding lens. Also you can quite clearly see it in engadget's hands on video.
right and where was windows phone, and Android before the iPhone was launched? how about full screen mobile browsers?
Windows CE and Palm OS phones were around years before the iPhone, complete with web browsers.
Sure there are lots of smart watches out there. All of them are thicker than the Apple watch
Apple Watch = 12.6mm
Samsung Galaxy Gear = 11.1mm
Samsung Galaxy Gear 2 = 10mm
Sony Smartwatch 2 = 9mm
Pebble = 11.5mm
Pebble Steel = 10.5mm
and none of them thought of implementing NFC payments into the watch.
Samsung Galaxy Gear/2 and Sony Smartwatch 2 have NFC.
Let alone the astounding watch feature of changeable watch bands
Samsung Galaxy Gear 2, Sony Smartwatch 2 and Pebble have changeable bands.
The iPhone 6 really doesn't have any good competing pieces. However iOS still has one major feature than Android and Window phone lack. with in 3 months of a new OS launch /update 80% of all compatible devices have been upgraded. It takes android a couple of years to get to 25%. iOS is still supported on 3 year old devices. only google nexus android devices are supported any where near that long.
CyanogenMod. I have a six year old HTC Dream running the latest version of Android.