The iPhone 11 (iPhone XI?) won’t be released until September. However, we’ve heard theories about it since before the iPhone XS came out, and there have been leaked models, renderings, schematics, and more.
iPhone designs aren’t surprising anymore. The early cases from case makers have fit, the renders have matched, and, frankly, that’s because we only need small details about the next iPhone to know exactly what it will look like. Apple design is no longer innovative, it’s iterative. Take a look at this old post predicting what the iPhone XS and iPhone XR would look like. Identical.
So when we heard the new iPhone would have a square shaped camera cutout for three lenses and a circular mute switch like the iPad used to have (so cases won’t switch it as easily), we know exactly what it will look like.
It’s rather unfortunate, because I haven’t liked the design of the iPhone in many years.
That being said, let’s look at the predicted design for the iPhone 11, which is probably accurate.
Case Manufacturers
Other Leaks
Yawn. The camera bump is huge, the arrangement of the cameras is unbalanced and off putting, and the same design we’ve had since the iPhone 6 is still present.
Again, yawn.
What if You’re Wrong?
You know what? Being wrong sucks. But do you know what’s worse? Being right about something lousy. Before he won the nomination, I told my friends that Donald Trump was going to be the next president of thew United States. They laughed. Him? I was right. An iPhone with a slippery design, uncomfortable (and fragile) glass back, and an ugly rear camera arrangement isn’t as bad as Trump, but it’s still not great.
For these case manufacturers, being wrong will be expensive. However, being right means getting ahead of everyone else, making large profits, and cornering the market. If the company can survive a mistake, they can usually make up for it during Apple’s next generation. Because, frankly, the iPhone just doesn’t change enough to be completely wrong about these predictions anymore.
I just hope that by the time our next president takes office, the iPhone at least looks a little different than it does now.
Sources/Photos:
- Killian Bell, Cult of Mac
- Roger Fingas, AppleInsider
- William Gallagher, AppleInsider
- Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge
- Gordon Kelly, Forbes, [2], [3]
- Benjamin Mayo, 9to5Mac
- Chris Smith, BGR