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Apple Preparing 'Thinner and Lighter' iPhone for Third Quarter Launch

Personally I don't see the need to make it much thinner, it is thin enough as it is. I guess if they do and I decide to buy it I'll just put a case on it to make it thick enough to actually hold

bocaboy said:
I wonder if Apple will consider offering the iPhone 4 at a reduced price, as they did the 3Gs? I think the 4 is a great phone, and would jump at the chance to buy another one for my wife, but at a reduced price.
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I'm sure they will, probably at a similar price to the 3GS.
 
bocaboy said:
I wonder if Apple will consider offering the iPhone 4 at a reduced price, as they did the 3Gs? I think the 4 is a great phone, and would jump at the chance to buy another one for my wife, but at a reduced price.
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Don't worry. iPhone 4 will be sold for a few more years while the price tag continues to fall. The investment required to get iPhone 4 off the guard will only provide better margins for Apple as time goes on and production costs fall.
 
At what point are they making it so much thinner and lighter that it is at the expense of expanding the device's capability and power? Personally I think they are perfectly thin and light as it is. I would rather have more battery life, more ram, more gpu power, etc.

I was really hoping for a larger screen, but if it is indeed lighter, it doesn't sound like it.
 
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bocaboy said:
I wonder if Apple will consider offering the iPhone 4 at a reduced price, as they did the 3Gs? I think the 4 is a great phone, and would jump at the chance to buy another one for my wife, but at a reduced price.
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There is already talk about Verizon dropping the price of th 16gb by $50. I would hope Apple will be dropping the price if the unlocked 4 as well.
 
I love the dueling rumors: no major revisions, thinner & lighter, no iPhone, A5 with better camera, etc. I'm pretty sure they are all guessing and talking crap, like us.
 
Any thinness and lightness is probably going to be realized by replacing the back panel glass with a composite, and thinning the front glass as well. Those are by far the most heavy components in the phone so it makes sense that's where they're focusing. My guess is form factor for everything else will stay the same.
 
wvmb said:
Apple has to realize that if they do not include LTE, this will give the android sets a big marketing advantage. Perhaps it will be a real advantage for only a relatively few people, but marketing is powerful..... Because of this, I'm thinking that if they do not include it, it will be for a very good reason.
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Most of the world doesn't use LTE, plus there are no LTE chips currently that are efficient. Until these two issues have been addressed, don't expect to see it in an Apple phone. HSPA+ is likely since I think a number of GSM networks across countries have it deployed.

Does that screw over Verizon users? Well yes, but on the global scale they're a minority, and Apple doesn't cater to minorities.
 
It will be interesting to see if LTE is added, I don't know what its like in most of Apples major markets, but its not really here in the UK yet. With other makers, notably for Android adding it in, I'd be suprised if Apple leaves it out, but I don't know how big a selling point it would be for users if it doesn't make a material difference for your usage.
 
wvmb said:
Apple has to realize that if they do not include LTE, this will give the android sets a big marketing advantage. Perhaps it will be a real advantage for only a relatively few people, but marketing is powerful..... Because of this, I'm thinking that if they do not include it, it will be for a very good reason.
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Agreed. I really hope they are working it out and keeping under wraps. if they can pull off the LTE, I think that will sway a lot of people towards them. I'm afraid they won't because of the spotty coverage it has at the moment...

(Steve Jobs please give me LTE. it would help my work productivity ten fold, and it would help me convince more android users to switch!)

even if it doesn't- i'll still go after it. I use my 4 in pretty much any way you can, and upgraded specs/camera is enough for me. (and my wife wants my phone- more justification to get the better one!!!!)
 
Patrick J said:
It's going to start being a pain to hold if it gets any thinner. I hate how thin the iPod touch is. It looks cool, but not that functional.
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I'm actually kind of surprised they didn't throw in "oh, and it will be rounded and look like the iPod touch" like they do every year. Come on, rumour-mongers, you're dropping the ball!

bushido said:
the iPhone 4 is fat compared to the latest smartphones
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Huh? The iPhone is 9.3mm, so I'm guessing you're talking about the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc, which is 8.7mm in the middle and 10mm at the edges? Or maybe the Samsung Galaxy S II, which is 8.49mm and bulges to 9.3mm at the bottom? And this is with phones that are already far wider and taller than the iPhone due to the >4" screens? And they're made of thin plastic and not glass? And it's over a year after the iPhone came out and these phones haven't even fully launched yet?

Apple's engineering is mind-blowing no matter how you cut it.
 
Thinner and lighter I can live without. I want something groundbreaking before shell out hundreds of bucks again in such a short time. Frankly, I like the form factor of the iPhone 4. It's less of a phone than a small computer, so it's just right for me.:D
 
wvmb said:
Apple has to realize that if they do not include LTE, this will give the android sets a big marketing advantage. Perhaps it will be a real advantage for only a relatively few people, but marketing is powerful..... Because of this, I'm thinking that if they do not include it, it will be for a very good reason.
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doesn't Apple just now own half the LTE patents? You try walking around on one leg...:D
 
Please, Apple, Please, hurry up and release this dud and get to work on the next, real phone device with LTE.

I'm pleading.

All the sheep will line up and extend their contract for whatever you crap out in September, and you will make a mint.
Just don't delay the real iPhone 5.
 
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Can't wait, hope I can preorder an unlocked one. Don't know how they can make it any thinner, they must have spent tens of millions on engineering the thing.
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All that money and they couldnt even position the antennae correctly. lets hope theyve actually done some real world testing this time instead of trying to blag us all with a specially designed super test facility.
 
hismikeness said:
Add a case to it, or even a bumper, and it adds a little bulk overall. If it was bulky to begin with...
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Here we go again. Making up for Apples screw ups.

Hey, no problem you can put a cheap case on it & Presto, like Magic it'll make phone calls.

No problem, put a case on it so it's ergonomic and easy to use.

Buy this & that, re-engineer it so it works,
That's not Apples job, theirs is allowing us the privilege of giving them our money.

Oh, and be sure you sign the contract that promises you will conceal all its faults and send Apple three closed referral sales, OR Apple will confiscate yours.
 
it really upsets me that i have a 2 year contract with a year left, & a new iphone is comin out, hope they early upgrade me again. Doesnt surprise me but they shouldve just waited til 2012.
im hoping for it to fool everyone and they come out with a 'prepay' model and not a full fledge iphone, that could be a reason for a late release rather then the standard June/July, cause its not worthy to be released on the Iconic iPhone release bracket, but who am I to be talking smack, im just a wishful thinker.:apple:
 
Ooh, ooh! *raising hand*

Mock-up time!

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Can't wait, hope I can preorder an unlocked one. Don't know how they can make it any thinner, they must have spent tens of millions on engineering the thing.
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Actually, just $10 million. It's called Liquidmetal. Look at your iPhone four from a sideways angle. Look at how thick the glass is. Now imagine instead of having the rear be glass, it is super thin Liquidmetal. Now also imagine the aluminum antenna is also Liquidmetal that is thinner but the same strength. This is how they make the phone thinner.
 
wvmb said:
Apple has to realize that if they do not include LTE, this will give the android sets a big marketing advantage. Perhaps it will be a real advantage for only a relatively few people, but marketing is powerful..... Because of this, I'm thinking that if they do not include it, it will be for a very good reason.
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If Apple doesn't include LTE in the next iPhone it will be because the technology hasn't yet matured to the point where it meets Apple's rigorous quality standards. That is the major reason I have an iPhone - I know that whatever features it has will actually work. I'd rather have reliable 3G than 4G that's twice as fast but only 10% of the time, with the other 90% of the time making me wish I didn't buy the phone.

Every time I see the commercial for that stupid 3D phone I want to throw something at the TV.

(To provide some background, I'm a recovering Blackberry Storm user. If you've ever tried to use one of those paperweights, you understand. :) )
 
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