{"id":39500,"date":"2017-05-10T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T11:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/?p=39500"},"modified":"2017-05-11T05:14:49","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T05:14:49","slug":"a-throwback-to-iphones-through-the-ages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/a-throwback-to-iphones-through-the-ages\/","title":{"rendered":"A throwback to iPhones through the Ages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"79269cf5c79b40a0fba5c0560fa469d3\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>With the <em><strong>iPhone\u2019s<\/strong><\/em> 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary just around the corner, and the celebratory release of the 8 looming, there\u2019s no better time than now to take a look back at how far <em><strong>Apple<\/strong><\/em> has come as a phone manufacturer. From its very first version to the latest 7 Plus, we\u2019ll go over the most-loved generations, its most-hated, and some that we plum forgot.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes it\u2019s easy to explain why we love (or hate) a phone, while other times it\u2019s difficult to quantify our feelings. For the sake of the 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, we\u2019ve managed to rank the top iPhones in each category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Apple of Our Eye: Current &amp; Retired Generations We All Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39503\" src=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone.jpg\" alt=\"iPhone\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone.jpg 800w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/iPhone-585x390.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The OG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It deserves the honour of its position for what it did for the future of smartphones. The very first generation represents a very important turning point in smartphone technology that we can\u2019t ignore.It paved the way for capacitive touchscreen we all know and love, and it was launched at the same time as the App Store \u2013 the very first place we could download web apps that streamlined our mobile surfing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sure, it\u2019s technically 2 full generations behind the latest 7 and 7 Plus, but the iPhone 5 was the last time Apple truly revolutionized their design to impress us. It was thinner and faster than anything before it, and yet it had a brilliant Retina display with 4-inch widescreen dimensions, coming at a time when Apple finally offered LTE support. Compared to other smartphones on the market at the time, it was innovative in ways similar to the original.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rotten to the Core: the Generations We Wish We Could Forget<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 5c<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all know it can be hard growing up in the shadow of greatness, but the 5c proves just how difficult it can be. In this particular generation, the idea of it was better than the finished product. It was supposed to be a more economic iPhone with a price point that would allow a greater number of people to own an Apple product.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t <em>that<\/em> cheap at its release, but it still showed the downgrade in materials, processing, storage, and UI. It did come in a lot of fun colors, but they weren\u2019t worth sacrificing the Touch ID for \u2014 especially when you consider the vinyl skins from dbrand offer a greater selection of colors and textures than Apple ever did. <a href=\"https:\/\/dbrand.com\/iphone-skins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone wraps from dbrand<\/a> are tailor-made for every generation and can make any iPhone look totally different.<\/p><div class=\"79269cf5c79b40a0fba5c0560fa469d3\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\"\r\n     data-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9477973674766713\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8885944693\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>The 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39506\" src=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4.jpg\" alt=\"i phone 4\" width=\"800\" height=\"759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4-768x729.jpg 768w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4-600x569.jpg 600w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-4-585x555.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can thank Antennagate for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cellphonebeat.com\/face-samsung-focus-2-apple-iphone-4s.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">4\u2019s placement amongst the worst<\/a>. It was supposed to be the best of the best at the time of its release, and it was a revolutionary design. Unfortunately it had one major design flaw that allowed the antenna of the phone to wrap around the outside of its chassis. If you held it a certain way to bridge the two antenna segments, you\u2019d end up dropping a call or losing a signal.<\/p>\n<p>Apple tried to convince the press that this was an issue affecting all smartphones at the time, and the company even adjusted the way they gauged bars to prove there wasn\u2019t anything fishy going on. Unfortunately a class action lawsuit proved otherwise\u2014which is why you may have received a $15 settlement check in the mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And the Ones We Did (Faster than Our Apple IDs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The SE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What can we say about the SE other than it\u2019s not bad but not great either. It was an affordable option that let a wider audience take a stab at owning an iPhone, but it didn\u2019t veer off from the design of the 5 at all. It also lacked 3D Touch, which was first introduced almost 2 year previously in the 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39504\" src=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7.jpg\" alt=\"i phone 7\" width=\"800\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7.jpg 800w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/designbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/i-phone-7-585x377.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We know, we know. How can you forget a phone that\u2019s still the leading generation in the Apple roster? It\u2019s easy when it\u2019s been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/2016\/12\/22\/iphone-7-popularity-revenue-record\/\" target=\"_blank\">called boring by critics<\/a>. This is a pre-emptive entry, as we suspect the memories of the 7 will bleed from our minds after we see whatever comes after the 8. Considering it\u2019s supposed to be the touchstone of iPhones, it leaves a lot to be deserved. While it made a lot of improvements with its processor and battery life, these felt like simple upgrades as we waited for something truly impressive to come through the works.<\/p>\n<p>So there you have it: the list of the best, worst, and in between of the iPhone rota. What do you think? 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