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3G iPhone To Include GPS, Be Only Slightly Thicker
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Please, no no no no! That thing in the picture is so ugly. I love the brushed metal back on the current iPhone. Please, Apple, don't change it!
How is this on par with the past, product updates are not normally announced ahead of time as sales would really tank. Just like the MacBook Pros getting the updates, one day we don't have it, the next day we do.
I could be wrong, but that is my guess of how they are doing this. If they do announce at WWDC, it would be shipping today or within a few days.
If they do make the iPhone back out of aluminum, they can alway put an antenna as a loop around where the back and front meet. Do the same for the wifi and GPS antenna. You have now theoretically solved the antenna not liking metal problem. And just to make sure its exposed enough, have the antennas be part of the case. I am not sure if that would work, but it seems to be a layman's sound reasoning.
Do not pee pee yourself if I am wrong. I am admitting I probably am.
Do not pee pee yourself if I am wrong. I am admitting I probably am.
Although I do like the old model iPhone backing...GPS and 3G...yeah the government can just make my federal rebate check out to Apple Inc. Thanks.
I concur
That thing in the photo blows! I mean it really does look like a piece of crap. It looks like a possible Zune phone.
Please apple, we are all waiting for something fantastic that won't cost the earth. Don't screw it up!
That thing in the photo blows! I mean it really does look like a piece of crap. It looks like a possible Zune phone.
Please apple, we are all waiting for something fantastic that won't cost the earth. Don't screw it up!
Please tell me where you work so I can avoid that place like the plague!
"The customer is always right... while they can hear you, after that they are a *##°!£$^@£^@%^&@(^"
In order of importance for me...
3G
Custom apps (I know their coming)
Flash & >2MP camera
GPS
32GB
... that would be the perfect iPhone
Apple aren't stupid enough to make the back shinny and black IF the material would look crappy with finger prints. and getting thicker seems to go against their like for thinness, but if they need it to add all these cool features... they just might do it!
3G
Apps Store
GPS
Large Storeage
Video Camera
That is most important to me, with all of those I will use this phone for years.
Apps Store
GPS
Large Storeage
Video Camera
That is most important to me, with all of those I will use this phone for years.
Bring it on. My credit card is ready when you are.
I'm ready...We can go together maybe? I love the iPhones oh so much...
I prefer the all black look, but I also think the old iPhone was the best looking phone I've seen. So IMO they've gone from best to better (ooo iPhone mockup thread reference).
GPS. w00t! I could really do with that. Especially with Google Maps + 3G + Multitouch + GPS. I won't need a TomTom.
I'd also like a higher res cam. Nothing spectacular, just something to take adequate profile pics and snapshots when my SLR is at home.
Hopefully it jumps to 32gb too since I could then lose my 80gb 5.5G iPod from hikes and adventures. Keep all my music on the iPhone and just 80gb of videos on the iPod.
Really looking forward to this now. By the time June comes around I'll have a nice new job so hopefully Apple will give me something to spend my money on.
GPS. w00t! I could really do with that. Especially with Google Maps + 3G + Multitouch + GPS. I won't need a TomTom.
I'd also like a higher res cam. Nothing spectacular, just something to take adequate profile pics and snapshots when my SLR is at home.
Hopefully it jumps to 32gb too since I could then lose my 80gb 5.5G iPod from hikes and adventures. Keep all my music on the iPhone and just 80gb of videos on the iPod.
Really looking forward to this now. By the time June comes around I'll have a nice new job so hopefully Apple will give me something to spend my money on.
Oh if i can tether too... screw the gps... i don't get lost where i have cell phone service... but it does make for good bragging rights.
The existing back is a weak spot on the phone. I keep mine in a case, but the case has a small opening on the bottom to allow you to push the phone out. So, this area on the back of my phone is scuffed up- I guess just from that little open area rubbing against my jeans. This happened even with being very careful. The front, on the other hand, is perfect since it is glass.
I always thought that if you were going to make something that gets wear- at least make it so that it wears well. For example, Does the wear on a pair of jeans really look worse after a few washings, or does it give it character? Does a little ding in hardwood floors look so bad? On the other hand, a rip in vinyl flooring looks like crap, and a pair of dress pants that has faded look pretty bad too.
I'm not sure what this implies for gadgets though. Make them out of denim and wood?
I always thought that if you were going to make something that gets wear- at least make it so that it wears well. For example, Does the wear on a pair of jeans really look worse after a few washings, or does it give it character? Does a little ding in hardwood floors look so bad? On the other hand, a rip in vinyl flooring looks like crap, and a pair of dress pants that has faded look pretty bad too.
I'm not sure what this implies for gadgets though. Make them out of denim and wood?
Verizon has unlimited calling anytime - anywhere in the U.S. for $99. Who needs rollover minutes?
The ability to tether would be the only thing that would make me upgrade. I don't care about GPS (the Google maps feature is fine); I don't care about 3G by itself (EDGE/Wi-Fi is fine). But if I could tether and access 3G/EDGE with my Macbook through my iPhone, Steve can have another $600 of my money. And AT&T could have a little bit more each month, too, if necessary.
Has anyone heard anything about tethering??? (aside from the spazzy jailbroken tether "option")
2nd Gen iPhone already being tested?
In reading the Engadget article it mentions that " we've got it on authority that the second-gen iPhone is already well into testing" Could this mean that a first production sample is already over at the FCC getting approval?
Based on what happened last year, the 1st gen iPhone was submitted for FCC approval around early February and news of it hit the Net around the middle of May. Normally, the FCC can grant a 45 day confidentially period to a Manufacturer if they request it until the report is made public. Apple probably needed the time to finish up the software code, programs, production,etc. which don't require FCC approval if you make any changes.
Teh testing that the FCC would do would be mostly for te radio components (i.e the 3G chipset, wi-fi. bluetooth, GPS). Teh CC doesn't care if the device actually is usable or not, they only care if the transmitters don't affect other devices.
The type of testing that Engadget hints at is more about the quality of service of the phone and how it interacts with the software.
My guess is that the 2nd gen iPhone has already been submitted for FCC approval (and may have already gotten it) and that now they are testing out the new elements being integrated (2.0 software, GPS, other secret stuff, etc)
In reading the Engadget article it mentions that " we've got it on authority that the second-gen iPhone is already well into testing" Could this mean that a first production sample is already over at the FCC getting approval?
Based on what happened last year, the 1st gen iPhone was submitted for FCC approval around early February and news of it hit the Net around the middle of May. Normally, the FCC can grant a 45 day confidentially period to a Manufacturer if they request it until the report is made public. Apple probably needed the time to finish up the software code, programs, production,etc. which don't require FCC approval if you make any changes.
Teh testing that the FCC would do would be mostly for te radio components (i.e the 3G chipset, wi-fi. bluetooth, GPS). Teh CC doesn't care if the device actually is usable or not, they only care if the transmitters don't affect other devices.
The type of testing that Engadget hints at is more about the quality of service of the phone and how it interacts with the software.
My guess is that the 2nd gen iPhone has already been submitted for FCC approval (and may have already gotten it) and that now they are testing out the new elements being integrated (2.0 software, GPS, other secret stuff, etc)
True, but compare the wireless range of the MB to the MBP and you'll see that the plastic MB has a much farther wireless range then the metal MBP does.
I still dislike it
The capacity increase just might be enough to get me to finally buy an iPhone...
Oh video camera is a big one I forgot.
And sending files over bluetooth!!
When your comparing phones with friends, the iPhone clearly wins.
Then people send pictures to each other... and suddenly the iPhone looses it's cool when you have to opt out.
Hi everyone,
First posting today. You made me to do that.
I'm baffled that no one really thinks out of the Box, Apple-like.
The Magic Word here is
CERAMICS.
Lightweight, scratch-resistant and no Problems with Signal reception (microwave dish, anyone !?)
And the Photo Shows exactly that.
Although Carbon Fiber would be cool, but could Not be polished this way.
First posting today. You made me to do that.
I'm baffled that no one really thinks out of the Box, Apple-like.
The Magic Word here is
CERAMICS.
Lightweight, scratch-resistant and no Problems with Signal reception (microwave dish, anyone !?)
And the Photo Shows exactly that.
Although Carbon Fiber would be cool, but could Not be polished this way.