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Apple Ordering Components and Flash RAM for New iPhone?
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If I hear the Safari getting snappier *joke* one more time I think I might scream. It's seriously old and not funny.
Good to see more progress on the next iPhone, I just wish the rumours hadn't started so far out from June.
Engadget was a little more clear
They said: "Oh Apple, what are you up to? Just like we saw right around this time last year in preparation for Apple's new iPhone 3G and updated iPod touch, Apple is placing huge orders of NAND chips thereby threatening the supply in demand by other tier-one vendors. This time we've got DigiTimes confirming earlier reports that Apple is cornering the market on flash memory -- specifically, the Taiwanese rumor rag is reporting orders of "100 million 8Gb (8 gigabit, not gigabyte) NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics." That's twice the size of the order reported last year. The tiny memory chips are then recombined during manufacturing into the larger 16GB, 32GB, and so on capacities we expect to find in our handheld consumer electronics. Anyone still doubting new Apple handhelds in June?"
They said: "Oh Apple, what are you up to? Just like we saw right around this time last year in preparation for Apple's new iPhone 3G and updated iPod touch, Apple is placing huge orders of NAND chips thereby threatening the supply in demand by other tier-one vendors. This time we've got DigiTimes confirming earlier reports that Apple is cornering the market on flash memory -- specifically, the Taiwanese rumor rag is reporting orders of "100 million 8Gb (8 gigabit, not gigabyte) NAND flash chips mostly with Samsung Electronics." That's twice the size of the order reported last year. The tiny memory chips are then recombined during manufacturing into the larger 16GB, 32GB, and so on capacities we expect to find in our handheld consumer electronics. Anyone still doubting new Apple handhelds in June?"
Yeah, it is very old. I guess you just have to accept the fact that someone will say it every time.
We'll see a 32 GB iPhone by July 2009 and a 64 GB iPod touch by September 2009. I would NOT be surprised that Apple offers a 128 GB iPod touch, which will mean the end of the iPod classic line.
Not necessarily. I wouldn't think they would get rid of the iPod classic just yet. The low end iPod Touch costs more than the iPod classic. I think it would be a bad move to get rid of it so soon.
Well, from this thread you can probably guess the facts that:
a) Apple are ordering things
b) Safari isn't very snappy
and of course...
c) A bit is different to a byte
Why is anyone confused about the memory?
They just put in multiple chips to get higher memory. The chances of a 32 GB iPhone are extremely high.
....Snappi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3FG4EOgyU
They just put in multiple chips to get higher memory. The chances of a 32 GB iPhone are extremely high.
....Snappi?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oe3FG4EOgyU
I'd be happy to. It's called wait and see like everyone else but in the meantime speculate along w/ everyone. It's kind of like when you buy a lottery ticket. You probably won't win but it's nice to talk about what you WOULD do with all that money! LOL
there definitely seems to be a mistake with that Digitimes plubication.
They state demand for the 8gb nand went up with Apples Monstrous 100 million order however if you look at the source for this article which is the table and the graph underneath the link you will find that demand prices for 8gb nand stayed the same while it is the 16gb nand spot prices that went up.
for the april period.
Seems like they meant to say 100 million units of 16gb nand were ordered and it makes more sense.
They state demand for the 8gb nand went up with Apples Monstrous 100 million order however if you look at the source for this article which is the table and the graph underneath the link you will find that demand prices for 8gb nand stayed the same while it is the 16gb nand spot prices that went up.
for the april period.
Seems like they meant to say 100 million units of 16gb nand were ordered and it makes more sense.
Life is so confusing...
It is, but I am trying to simplify my life - hence using Macs not Windows