![]() All of the familiar textures were gone, replaced by a much more minimalistic interface with flat icons and colors that pop. When iOS 7 (seen above on the right-hand side) first debuted, Apple fans collectively lost their minds. Seen above on the left-hand side, Apple’s old user interface was characterized by textures and patterns that mimicked real-life materials such as wood and leather. Up until iOS 7 debuted back in 2013, Apple’s skeuomorphism-laced iOS user interface was perhaps the most iconic thing about the iPhone. ![]() In this post, we’ll look back on five iconic iPhone features that Apple has changed over the years. In fact, it’s more than just a little ironic that any major change that comes to the iPhone sends people into a frenzy, and yet they still complain just as much when new iPhones debut without enough change. It’s a testament to the original iPhone, as well as Apple’s commitment to the long game that they have been able to modernize the iPhone without losing itself.Despite the fact that 2019 is shaping up to be another slow year for Apple in terms of design innovation, there’s no denying that the iPhone has changed considerably over the years. Make it smaller? To lose their iconic look with the only discernible gain being satisfying the screen-to-body ratio obsession among a few tech pundits? Nah. I know a lot of people have been hoping for the last 3 iPhones that Apple would “reduce the size of the notch,” but I don’t think that’s on their radar at all. Say what you will about the notch, but you can see that notch and you immediately know what phone you’re looking at. Now the screen was bigger, the bezels were largely gone, and the home button was replaced by the notch. And while many phones aped the style, none of them would be mistaken for an iPhone (no, not even Samsungs’ early Galaxy phones, which tried their best to do just that).Īnd then there was the iPhone X, which threw out that original design and created something new. It changed ever so slightly, but even when the phones got bigger, the shape remained recognizable. And for a decade that front panel looked the same: a big old screen, equal top and bottom bezels, and a circular home button at the bottom. While the Macintosh is iconic to people like you and me, everyone knows the iPhone. The original iPhone is iconic, bringing us into a new era of computers. If we’re keeping count, it’s 11 generations rounded, 4 generations squared off (I’m not counting the SE models, but they split the difference anyway).īut despite these two competing design styles, the iPhone still manages to always look like, well, an iPhone. The original, 3G, 3GS, 5c, 6, 6s, 7, 8, X, XS, 11, and SE (2020) all use the more rounded design of the first iPhone. The iPhone 12 certainly harks back to the iPhone 4 and 5 generations of phones, and while most of us would say that is a “quintessentially Apple” design, it strikes me that most of their phones do not use this design. And iPhone 12 is a return to those roots. But it is still very identifiable.Īnd: I would say that the iPhone 4 was Apple’s equivalent of the Porsche 911. While Porsche has had the advantage of being in business for over seven decades, the iPhone has been around for just over 13 years, and even then, it has been imitated and replicated. And it is particularly hard in the phone business. ![]() Why great design is timeless – On my Om It takes a lot for something to be instantly identifiable because of its design language.
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