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Cool project. I'm very disappointed however, to see the creators using clever editing and high production values to deliberately lie about otherwise minor short
by Tronno 4y ago
Cool project. I'm very disappointed however, to see the creators using clever editing and high production values to deliberately lie about otherwise minor shortcomings.
The outer case isn't 3D printed - it's an off-brand iPhone 12 Pro cut in half. The split screen hack is just FloatingDock for Cydia. And the triple lens camera enclosure is a non-functional mockup.
To imply the case was 3D printed, they show a Blender file - in reality, this was only used for promo animations. The printer from the video can't output that kind of product, so they took a cheap iPhone lookalike (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mSrWqw3No https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5mSrWqw3No) and cut it in half, combining it with the Razr hinge.
The triple rear camera is from the off-brand iPhone, with no functional sensor behind it. A second device is used to demo the real camera - one with a rough outer finish, and a likely-unfinished back which is never shown. You can identify this device in the videos by the 4 lenses on the front.
These flaws are certainly nitpicks - the project overall remains nothing less than amazing. Surely any hacker would brush these off as artifacts of the creative process.
Which is why I'm deeply disappointed to see the creators diminish their own achievements by outright lying about these minor details. And with such slick editing too. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
- Dylan16807 4y agoThey mentioned sacrificing parts and the camera being wrong. Still, I'd agree about misleading there. The 3D printing looks like it was for the internals, I don't think that's an "outright lie". And there's nothing wrong with installing a Cydia hack while saying they "explored renovation schemes" and "the floating plugin is used".
- Tronno 4y agoWatch the video again (timestamped): https://youtu.be/k1DxL-vyjfs?t=678 https://youtu.be/k1DxL-vyjfs?t=678 They cut directly from Blender scene, to 3D printer, to finished product. The editing and subtitles clearly imply that they printed the outer components. It's deliberately misleading, and these kinds of tricks are used throughout the presentation. It's particularly hard to stomach the embellishment when the real work stands on its own so well. It casts everything else into doubt, and reflects very negatively on the creators IMO.