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appalling
meticulous
blunder
renowned for
functional
being cobbled together
overseeing design
well-calibrated eye
carbuncle
protrusion
sleek exterior
to accommodate
camera nubbin
to shave a fraction of...
to shoehorn the oversized module
case
to take knocks
sheesh
to fill it with helium for all I care
to whack a pustule on it
to be bolted on
a Frankenstein manner
文句
Apple's appalling iPhone 6 camera compromise
Summary: Apple is typically a company that puts an enormous amount of meticulous thought into the aesthetics of its products, which makes this iPhone 6 design blunder even harder to understand.
Apple is a company
renowned for making products that are not only
functional, but also beautiful. When you buy an apple product you're buying something that's been crafted as opposed to
being cobbled together.
Overseeing design at Apple is Jony Ive, the London-born designer who has worked up the ranks at the company since 1992 to take the post of senior vice president of design.
Given Apple's design heritage, and Ive's customarily
well-calibrated eye, I have to wonder how this
carbuncle came to adorn the iPhone 6.
I'm talking about the
protrusion from the otherwise
sleek exterior of the iPhone 6 to
accommodate the camera lens, something that from this point on I will call the "
camera nubbin."
It's clear why the "camera nubbin" exists. Apple wanted to
shave a fraction of a millimeter off the thickness of the iPhone, but at the same time wanted to upgrade the camera. But it seems that Apple could make the iPhone thinner than it could make the camera module, so
shoehorned the oversized module inside the otherwise svelte iPhone.
This is ugly. Really ugly. Not only that, but I can already see it making the iPhone 6 hard to use on a hard surface without some sort of
case because without that it won't lie flat. Not only that, but it puts the camera's lens right out in front, ready
to take knocks and such.
Forget about putting the iPhone down on a table to tap away.
I understand that "thin and light" is important to Apple, but this seems to have taken the concept of a compromise to crazy heights. Rather than having that ugly, annoying "camera nubbin," why not make the iPhone fractionally thicker, and use that space to give the handset an even bigger battery? Or if the battery would have added too much weight, just leave it empty.
Sheesh,
fill it with helium for all I care, just do something better than make an already small dimension even smaller, but then have
to whack a pustule on it.
I understand why Apple wanted to fit a better camera into the iPhone 6 – the shots I've seen from it so far look spectacular – but I don't understand why it needed
to be bolted on in such
a Frankenstein manner.
解釋
iPhone 6 推出後，批評的文章一篇接著一篇，似乎期望太高失望也就越大。本文章的作者，針對相機鏡頭太凸出，超過手機厚度的設計深表不滿。文中的英文表現手法，活靈活現，頗具樂趣。
appalling 很糟糕的；駭人的
meticulous 仔細的，細心的
blunder 錯誤；措施失當
renowned for （在某方面）有聲譽
functional 功能性強的
being cobbled together 修補，拼湊成的
overseeing design 監督設計（者）
well-calibrated eye 有校準精確的好眼力
carbuncle 紅玉；紅寶石
protrusion 突（凸）出的部份
sleek exterior 時尚的外表、外觀
to accommodate 配上；配合
camera nubbin 小塊狀的照相機。nubbin 本指「小瘤」
to shave a fraction of... 削掉、去除分釐間的（厚度）
to shoehorn the oversized module 硬將過大的組件塞入...
case 外殼
to take knocks 遭到碰撞或不好的影響
sheesh 不滿或不同意時發出的聲音；嘖
to fill it with helium for all I care 就算將（空間）都裝滿氦氣也都好
to whack a pustule on it 在（手機）上頭打成一個膿胞
to be bolted on 被拴在上頭
a Frankenstein manner 很醜陋的方式。 "Frankenstein" 是科學怪人，他的相貌醜陋駭人
