32GB High End iPhone and a Low End Version in Works?

[1Zach1]

I hope by "camera improvements" they don't just mean cramming more megapixels into it and calling it better. I would also like to see an upgraded processor, RAM and better battery life (not "better battery life*" ).

 

[gcliv]

Verizon
5+mp camera

I'll be happy.

Please.

BTW, haters can skip the "5 year contract" and "GSM!=CDMA" posts. Let a guy dream.

 

[Deefuzz]

I just hope there is some sort of new iPhone this summer. Still rockin' my original, but I would love to see a hardware update bump so I can make the 3G jump.

 

[yamaduc]

Verizon is the ghey.
AT&T is the ghey.
Pretty much all of the US carriers stink.
I've had them all.

 

[roland.g]

With a lack of much great news this somehow becomes page 1 rather than page 2 material. as the article states, analysts are typically unreliable and yet the need to post this.

 

[faisal]

Yeah, I don't get why Apple are so tentative about camera hardware. An iPhone with a Sony Ericsson quality camera and proper MMS would be a lovely thing..

A decent camera would necessitate approximately doubling the thickness of the handset in order to accommodate the depth of lens needed. I'll also be surprised if people who care about a camera are willing to give up a side mounted physical shutter button (since the current scheme leads to all sorts of shaking). If they're willing to do that then they should invest in some sort of speed improvement like double-shutter CMOS zeroing, which would suddenly put them in the running for best camera phone out there. Also they should include a free pony.

Granted, if they do up the depth of the unit then they can also fit a lot more ram in the thing...

 

[starcke]

God I hope this comes out in June. My 1st gen just died on me this weekend... I'm rocking out a Blackjack 2 until the upgrade is released. It's a painful regression...

 

[Tallest Skil]

BTW, haters can skip the "5 year contract" and "GSM!=CDMA" posts. Let a guy dream.

The contract is only a rumor, but they'll never make a CDMA iPhone.

Also, if anyone says, "iPhone nano" at this point, they get to be the first ever on my ignore list.

 

[cjm3113]

A decent camera would necessitate approximately doubling the thickness of the handset in order to accommodate the depth of lens needed. I'll also be surprised if people who care about a camera are willing to give up a side mounted physical shutter button (since the current scheme leads to all sorts of shaking). If they're willing to do that then they should invest in some sort of speed improvement like double-shutter CMOS zeroing, which would suddenly put them in the running for best camera phone out there. Also they should include a free pony.

Granted, if they do up the depth of the unit then they can also fit a lot more ram in the thing...

I believe there are plenty of phones with better cameras that are no thicker than the iPhone. My girlfriend's enV2 comes to mind. Also, the shaking can be avoided because the picture is captured upon release.

 

[realfx]

The contract is only a rumor, but they'll never make a CDMA iPhone.

Also, if anyone says, "iPhone nano" at this point, they get to be the first ever on my ignore list.

Never huh, thats a long time.


Apple would sell more hardware and thats what Apple has always been about.

I'll Bite "iPhone Nano"

 

[iphones4evry1]

Why do they keep talking about the cost and density of flash memory? I just bought a 16GB Sandisk USB flash drive at Office Depot yesterday for $39.99. Does the 16GB iPhone really still cost $100 more than the 8GB iPhone? By today (March 2009), they need to stop talking about expense and size of flash memory and start putting it in everything, including laptop computers.

 

[Randman]

32gb and an improved camera. Video recording c'mon down.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Never huh, thats a long time.

And CDMA won't be around for a "long time".

It's being killed within the next five years.

 

[Rojo]

What if the new phone has more system RAM and allows background apps while the old one does not?

(Not that I'm expecting this, I'm just trying to guess at other "must-have" items.)

It would be nice, sure. Just like more storage is always nice. However, neither is really a "must-have" for me. (Nor is 3G, GPS or better speakers like the current version). I can get by fine without any of that. But I REALLY want an enhanced camera for the next iPhone. I'm currently carrying around an entirely separate camera for better-quality shots, but I would love it if I could just carry around the iPhone. I don't need super-advanced quality...just a little better than what it is now.

 

[plumbingandtech]

Why do they keep talking about the cost and density of flash memory? I just bought a 16GB Sandisk USB flash drive at Office Depot yesterday for $39.99. Does the 16GB iPhone really still cost $100 more than the 8GB iPhone? By today (March 2009), they need to stop talking about expense and size of flash memory and start putting it in everything, including laptop computers.

Look at the height of that device (taller then an iPhone)
and the R/W speed of that device?
and the R/W cycle life?
can it handle video? (for the rumor video upgrade in the June iphone)
can it handle many hours of use per day?
what is the heat dissipation?
..
..
...

life is complicated. so are answers.

 

[Eraserhead]

[Amir] noted, however, that the low-end version may only be available in the fast-growing, emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, while the high-end version is expected to make its way to North America and Europe.

Firstly - the similarities between the BRIC countries are practically non-existent, describing those countries together completely fails to understand them - and there are other countries which are also developing fast where the iPhone might ship. For example China is by far the most developed of the three.

If he doesn't understand this, then really how can he really have any idea about what might happen.

I think the phone in China has no Wi-Fi

The iPhone isn't (legally) shipping in China yet .

 

[omegaphil6]

Verizon is the ghey.
AT&T is the ghey.
Pretty much all of the US carriers stink.
I've had them all.

...maybe the problem is you????..,maybe

 

[newConvert]

since, I dont have one yet, any upgrades are welcome, but the only thing that I *really* want is 32gigs, that seems fairly likely at this point... This is coming from somone with only a 4gig 1gen nano. It'll seem like I have infinite space with 32gigs.

 

[niuniu]

A decent camera would necessitate approximately doubling the thickness of the handset in order to accommodate the depth of lens needed. I'll also be surprised if people who care about a camera are willing to give up a side mounted physical shutter button (since the current scheme leads to all sorts of shaking). If they're willing to do that then they should invest in some sort of speed improvement like double-shutter CMOS zeroing, which would suddenly put them in the running for best camera phone out there. Also they should include a free pony.

Granted, if they do up the depth of the unit then they can also fit a lot more ram in the thing...

You just made that up. The iPhone is 12.3mm yet the Sony T series cameras are only 15.1 mm complete with 12 megapixel..

 

[Lucky A]

low-end version may only be available in the fast-growing, emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China

I am not sure of other BRIC countries, but I don't think a low-end iPhone will fly in Russia.Half of iPhone's functionality does not work in Russia, so people are mostly buying'em as a luxury/status item. By the way, the popularity of the current iPhone 3G in Russia went way down for the same reason when it became widely available from local carriers.

 

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

What if the new phone has more system RAM

Yes, please more RAM.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

You just made that up. The iPhone is 12.3mm yet the Sony T series cameras are only 15.1 mm complete with 12 megapixel..

Oh! another person holding tight to the megapixel myth.

 

[macFanDave]

I've got the 8GB 3G. . .

and I had the 8GB 2G. The camera is conspicuously bad -- it doesn't fit the quality of the rest of the phone. It's like buying a Lexus with an 8-track player in it. And the 8-track player eats your Boston tapes! "One of these things is not like the other. . ."

I would be happy with an 8GB version of the new iPhone if, indeed, the camera is significantly better. If that dream machine ever came out, I'd demand that they'd swap me a new clear-eyed iPhone for ol' Mad-Eye.

 

[Mintin8]

Whats up with all the fake rumours about cameras Lol?

 

[Eraserhead]

I am not sure of other BRIC countries, but I don't think a low-end iPhone will fly in Russia.

Given they are all different, I'd expect the response to a legal low-end iPhone to be different. That is unless its not actually going to sell well anywhere.