苹果iPhone 6可能是三毫米超薄手机（图）
据英国《每日邮报》报道，自去年推出了令人震惊的超薄空气平板（iPad Air）后，有传言称苹果公司正在研发一部更薄的手机。有两份概念性的设计图显示，苹果下一代手机的体型可能会更为纤薄，与三星Galaxy S4和HTC的手机类似，它的手机屏幕长度可能会达到5英寸。公司的第一个概念是，这款外号被称之为“iPhone Air”的手机，可能有4.5毫米厚，而第二份概念图则显示手机的头部有1.5毫米厚，而底部则是3毫米厚。对比下来，苹果的iPhone 5S有7.6毫米的厚度，而iPad Air则稍薄一些，为7.5毫米。
截止到去年8月份为止，世界上最薄的手机是华为生产的Ascend P6, 该手机有6.18毫米。随后不久，这一记录被Vivio X3的5.75厘米的手机突破。为了给手机瘦身，苹果iPhone 6的第一款概念手机的设计者齐肯建议将手机的主菜单键放置在触摸屏上。而来自Set Solution公司的另一款设计则建议保留主菜单按键，同时将手机的头尾设计成不同的厚度。有福布斯记者评论说，如果手机真能按照概念图来制作，并且将里面的配件变小从而适应它瘦薄的体态，那么这可能会为折叠机的设计开辟一条新路。
Could the iPhone 6 be Apple’s thinnest ever handset? Concept images reveal new model could be just 3mm thick
Apple surprised a number of people last year when it unveiled its super-thin iPad Air, and rumours suggest it could be working on making an equally slender version of its iPhone.
Two concept images have emerged that show Apple’s next-generation handset with a slender chassis, as well as a larger 5-inch screen similar to those seen on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One.
The first concept predicts the phone - dubbed the 'iPhone Air' - will be 4.5mm thick, while the second goes a step further showing the device as 1.5mm at the top and 3mm at the bottom.
By comparison, Apple’s current iPhone 5S has a depth of 7.6mm, while the iPad Air is slightly thinner at 7.5mm.
Up until August last year, Huawei was the record-holder for the thinnest phone in the world with its Ascend P6, at 6.18mm. This was then replaced by the Vivo X3 at just 5.75mm. In order to make the Apple phone super-thin, Fuse Chicken’s concept suggests doing away with the physical home button in place of touchscreen keys.
SET Solution’s concept, instead, keeps the home button by making the bottom of the phone thicker than the top.
It also appears taller than Fuse Chicken’s version in order to fit the larger screen.
Apple’s iPhone has one of the smallest screens on the market and many experts predicted the screen on the iPhone 5S would be the first to break the 4-inch mark - but it didn't.
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook has previously said his firm has kept to smaller screens because they’re easier to use and more comfortable to hold in the hand.
However, with main rivals Samsung, HTC and Nokia releasing phones with screens in the 5-inch region, analysts claim Apple may have to increase the size of their designs to appeal to more people.
Last November, designer Martin Hajek created a concept demonstrating it was possible to increase the iPhone's screen size, without drastically increasing the size of the handset.
In his image, the screen is shown as stretched to reach left and right edges.
However, because the bezel would need to be a certain size to avoid the screen being touched by accident, when it’s picked up for example, the usable screen size would be much smaller reduced.
According to Forbes journalist Anthony Wing Kosner: 'The only way I could see something that thin working for users, is if the material was flexible as well so it could easily slip into a pocket.'
He continued that if Apple was capable of making a phone as thin as the concepts suggest, which would also depend on making the components small and thin enough to fit inside the chassis, it could also pave the way for foldable devices.
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