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Or what sounds like a design copied straight from theGoogle Pixel 9.
Certainly not in the way that the rumors and renders are pointing to.
iPhone’s camera makes it distinct
From the front all phones look more or less identical.
Which may explain the rise in the number of transparent first party cases in recent years.
The one thing each phone maker has to differentiate their phones from the competition is the camera.
Thats something Apple has managed with the current square-shaped camera design.
Think about how many phones youve seen that actually use a square camera module.
There arent many, since most high profile phone makers tend to choose something a little more generic.
Vertically or horizontally-stacked camera lenses are pretty common.
Often,but not always, in the middle of the phone.
Maybe thats something you want.
A thief is more likely to steal the iPhone than generic Android phone #23, after all.
Enormous rounded cameras that take up most of the back of the phone.
The new camera bar is bulky, blocky and sticks out more than a clown in the rainforest.
Admittedly the camera bump on a Pro Max iPhone is pretty large.
Apples just got to check that it doesnt suck.
Theres not a whole lot you or I can do about that.
In an age where people treat phones as status symbols on par with clothing, that point actually matters.
Or worse, something that looks like it wasdesigned by an amateur graphic designer over in under an hour.
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