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Is Apple Embarrassed About the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Camera Bulge?

Is Apple Embarrassed About the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Camera Bulge?

By NDTV Correspondent | Updated: 17 September 2014 19:16 IST

Apple cannot seem to resist the temptation to make its iPhones slimmer with each new generation, but this time, the famously design-obsessed company has hit a roadblock. The camera modules on its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus stick out from the back of both devices. As The Verge has pointed out (with a full gallery of evidence), Apple can't be too happy about this, because it has simply erased the unfortunate protrusion from a large number of its promotional photos.

Many of the images on Apple's website are 3D renders, but there are photographs as well. The company has dedicated an entire Web page to the new devices' design. Descriptive phrases such as "dramatically thin design" and "incredible thin, continuous form" are sprinkled liberally across Apple's promotional materials. However, shots that are clearly intended to show the devices in profile simply omit the offending camera lenses.

It also isn't clear whether Apple's claimed figures of 6.9mm and 7.1mm thickness for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus respectively include the protruding rings or not. Camera bulges have been common on phones for many years, but Apple has never needed to incorporate any protruding elements in its phone designs. Such a design potentially makes the lens more succeptible to scratching, although Apple has often boasted of the extremely scratch-resistant sapphire glass it uses for its camera lenses. The new iPhones will also not rest flat on tables.

Many have questioned whether there was any need to have made the new phones thinner than their predecessor, the iPhone 5s, which was already quite thin. At least one competitor, Sony, has responded to Apple's new look with a derisive Facebook post.

Apple iPhone 6

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Thin, light, easy to handle
Excellent camera
Superb performance
Reasonably good battery life

Bad
Limited storage

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Display 4.70-inch

Processor Apple A8

Front Camera 1.2-megapixel

Rear Camera 8-megapixel

RAM 1GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 1810mAh

OS iOS 8.0

Resolution 750x1334 pixels

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Apple iPhone 6 Plus

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS
Variants

Design
Display
Software
Performance
Battery Life
Camera
Value for Money

Good
Fantastic performance
Very good battery life
Excellent camera

Bad
Large and awkward to use
Lacks software optimisations

Read detailed Apple iPhone 6 Plus review

Display 5.50-inch

Processor Apple A8

Front Camera 1.2-megapixel

Rear Camera 8-megapixel

RAM 1GB

Storage 16GB

Battery Capacity 2915mAh

OS iOS 8.0

Resolution 1080x1920 pixels

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