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Did anyone else notice the false/misleading images in their promotional media? https://images.apple.com/media/us/iphone-x/2017/01df5b43-28e4-4848-bf20-490c34a9

by pen2l 9y ago

Did anyone else notice the false/misleading images in their promotional media? https://images.apple.com/media/us/iphone-x/2017/01df5b43-28e4-4848-bf20-490c34a926a7/overview/primary/design_corners/large.mp4 https://images.apple.com/media/us/iphone-x/2017/01df5b43-28e... There is no camera bulge there... they just deleted it. This is not something I expect from Apple.

matt4077 9y ago
The camera is on the far (under)side of the phone, which isn't even shown in this clip.
- intoverflow2 9y ago
  From the shot it looks like it's a complete side view so should be visible. In reality it's probably that the camera is positioned just right so that it's obscured. They did the same thing when they made the iMacs skinny, just show them at the exact angle to hide the giant butt on them and make them look razor thin.
stouset 9y ago
I think we can chalk up this sort of thing happening once in, what, a decade(?) to an honest mistake.
- pen2l 9y ago
  No! It turns out this is something they have a history of doing! https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6209759/apple-has-an-embarassing-bulge https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6209759/apple-has-an-emba... In the exact same way! I'm very surprised, I did not think Apple of all companies would deliberately do such a thing.
microcolonel 9y ago
I hope other manufacturers pick up on this and just make their devices thick enough overall to match the camera bulge, with a huge bonus in battery capacity.
- pen2l 9y ago
  Phone cases fix the bulge. And, isn't it true that phone cases are pretty much a necessity? I remember I took my iphone case off a few a months ago... and just a week or two in, the screen shattered when I dropped it on the concrete floor outside as I was stepping outside the car. Phone cases have a certain thickness (which is more or less equal to the thickness of bulge). In all likelihood, you'll have the case, so the bulge is perhaps not really a problem.
  - pablasso 9y ago
    I hate cases, is like people covering their car seats. I like using them the way they were designed.
aphextron 9y ago
>There is no camera bulge there... they just deleted it. This is not something I expect from Apple. I would expect it from Apple these days. That bulge is the number one reason I will never buy a 7/8/X. Steve Jobs must have been rolling in his grave when they first showed that off.

by pen2l 9y ago

matt4077 9y ago

The camera is on the far (under)side of the phone, which isn't even shown in this clip.

intoverflow2 9y ago
From the shot it looks like it's a complete side view so should be visible. In reality it's probably that the camera is positioned just right so that it's obscured. They did the same thing when they made the iMacs skinny, just show them at the exact angle to hide the giant butt on them and make them look razor thin.

stouset 9y ago

I think we can chalk up this sort of thing happening once in, what, a decade(?) to an honest mistake.

pen2l 9y ago
No! It turns out this is something they have a history of doing! https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6209759/apple-has-an-embarassing-bulge https://www.theverge.com/2014/9/16/6209759/apple-has-an-emba... In the exact same way! I'm very surprised, I did not think Apple of all companies would deliberately do such a thing.

microcolonel 9y ago

I hope other manufacturers pick up on this and just make their devices thick enough overall to match the camera bulge, with a huge bonus in battery capacity.

pen2l 9y ago
Phone cases fix the bulge. And, isn't it true that phone cases are pretty much a necessity? I remember I took my iphone case off a few a months ago... and just a week or two in, the screen shattered when I dropped it on the concrete floor outside as I was stepping outside the car. Phone cases have a certain thickness (which is more or less equal to the thickness of bulge). In all likelihood, you'll have the case, so the bulge is perhaps not really a problem.
- pablasso 9y ago
  I hate cases, is like people covering their car seats. I like using them the way they were designed.

aphextron 9y ago

>There is no camera bulge there... they just deleted it. This is not something I expect from Apple. I would expect it from Apple these days. That bulge is the number one reason I will never buy a 7/8/X. Steve Jobs must have been rolling in his grave when they first showed that off.