Android KitKat Quick Settings Concept

Android KitKat Quick Settings Concept Looks Interesting

The entire Google Android OS is headed towards a card-based interface, apparently and following the trend is designer Marte Ledesma. The creator of the Photoshop render below pictured a Quick Settings area.

This one makes the UI look more Google card-like and the shortcuts are now split over the whole screen area, not entirely focused at the top or divided into squares. The Google+ profile gets the most important room here and the Settings shortcut is now big and clear, not tiny and annoying like on the LG G2.

Nice to see the various WiFi connections listed with an easily accessible approach, but it’s a bit eerie to see the battery indicator on the side of the screen opposed to the one it shows regularly. My only question is where the notifications would go in this setup…

iPhone 6 Edge

iPhone 6 Edge to Edge Render and a Smaller iPhone 6S

I’ve seen a lot of edge to edge display phones lately and an iPhone with this approach sounds really interesting. John Morrison imagined not only an iPhone 6 with such a screen, but also an iPhone 6S with a smaller diagonal size.

The body of the iPhone 6 is also changed a bit and it seems to be fully metallic now and packing a new set of buttons. The handset has a 1080p display and also relies on a new Home button, a square with rounded edges. The new Home button is sensitive to touch and it will glow red when the battery is low. It will also flash when you get a notification.

The camera at the back is still an 8 megapixel affair, but it’s able to do 60 FPS Full HD video. The iPhone 6S is the smaller version of the iPhone 6, as shown below. The diagonal of the main iPhone 6 is 4.8 inches, while the 6S measures 4.2 inches and supports a 840 x 1680 pixel resolution. Finally, the main handset comes with 64 GB of storage, while the smaller one gets 32 GB.

We even have prices here: $849.99 for the iPhone 6 concept and $749.99 for the iPhone 6S.