Ah, but alas AT&T is also going to be rolling out 4G LTE, albeit later than Verizon will. If the next iPhone supports 4G and isn't locked to AT&T, it's just including a new technology slightly preemptively and offering the option to people that are within Verizon's LTE network.
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Apple Starts Field Testing Next Generation iPhone (3,1)
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Ah, but alas AT&T is also going to be rolling out 4G LTE, albeit later than Verizon will. If the next iPhone supports 4G and isn't locked to AT&T, it's just including a new technology slightly preemptively and offering the option to people that are within Verizon's LTE network.
Apple will not be selling a phone that can work on multiple networks unless it will also be sold on those multiple networks. So if Apple releases an iPhone in 2010 that supports 4G, then it will be sold by Verizon (in addition to maybe AT&T). And if Verizon is going to sell a 4G iPhone, it will have to be dual-mode and support its older 3G EVDO network. Which contradicts the other post's ridiculous prediction that said it will not support CDMA. Verizon will not sell a phone that only works in a handful of cities. And if the next iPhone stays exclusively with AT&T, it will not support 4G because of the reasons I gave in my last post. My previous post was only to show the illogical prediction of the previous poster. Where he/she said that the next iPhone will not support CDMA and it will support 4G. Both of those predictions cannot simultaneously come true.
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I saw that news posting today about the $49 refurbished 3GS phones, and I decided to pass and wait for the new one this summer to replace my original 3G. I am glad I waited one more day. This is good news. I hope the next iPhone is revolutionary and puts the current 3GS to shame. 
I saw that news posting today about the $49 refurbished 3GS phones, and I decided to pass and wait for the new one this summer to replace my original 3G. I am glad I waited one more day. This is good news. I hope the next iPhone is revolutionary and puts the current 3GS to shame.
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw that news posting today about the $49 refurbished 3GS phones, and I decided to pass and wait for the new one this summer to replace my original 3G. I am glad I waited one more day. This is good news. I hope the next iPhone is revolutionary and puts the current 3GS to shame.
This really shouldn't change anything considering they are always testing the a new model. No matter what you'll be waiting til next June. The only interesting part is the 3,1 designation which would signify a somewhat significant jump like the 3G to 3GS.
Just give me 64gb and enough ram so Safari doesn't have to reload pages when you've got multiple tabs open and I'll be happy.
Held off upgrading my 3G simply because the leap from 3G to 3GS wasn't that much - an upgrade every other year is the best way to go imo, in July/August I'll be poised
Held off upgrading my 3G simply because the leap from 3G to 3GS wasn't that much - an upgrade every other year is the best way to go imo, in July/August I'll be poised
Well Apple can't always account for the stupidity of the US Government
Even with a phone with removable batteries you might not want to take them out. My old Nokia used to clear the list of recent numbers called when the battery was removed, many older phones reset the clock when the battery was removed.
Any idea why they have this stupid rule? Is it to prevent you taking photos of the inside of the building or do they think you can use it to detonate a bomb?
Your old 1st Gen didn't have GPS, which I doubt would ever work through an Aluminum back..
Battery Life
The thing needs a better a battery or a replaceable one. I'm not sure how fast the technology is moving, but to me, this is the most important thing.
When I leave the house at 5AM, I drive 1 1/2 to work, the whole drive the phone is mostly plugged into the cig lighter charger. Get out of car at 6:30 and start the day. When I get back in car at 5 PM, we've already had the 20% warning - and I run my 3GS (and 3G before that) with 3G shut off - The phone would die about 3 PM otherwise.
I have no music on my iPhone, No Videos, No Games and use it only to make/receive calls and check and send emails (Gmail, MobileMe, and corporate mail through exchange).... I do use the camera from time to time (stills only) if I'm at a job site.
IMO, there is something lacking about a phone that runs out of steam in 10 1/2 hours of basic use..
The thing needs a better a battery or a replaceable one. I'm not sure how fast the technology is moving, but to me, this is the most important thing.
When I leave the house at 5AM, I drive 1 1/2 to work, the whole drive the phone is mostly plugged into the cig lighter charger. Get out of car at 6:30 and start the day. When I get back in car at 5 PM, we've already had the 20% warning - and I run my 3GS (and 3G before that) with 3G shut off - The phone would die about 3 PM otherwise.
I have no music on my iPhone, No Videos, No Games and use it only to make/receive calls and check and send emails (Gmail, MobileMe, and corporate mail through exchange).... I do use the camera from time to time (stills only) if I'm at a job site.
IMO, there is something lacking about a phone that runs out of steam in 10 1/2 hours of basic use..
Hardware doesn't mean squat for most of the iPhone users.. A usable low spec phone will beat a top spec phone with mediocre usability any day.
Many manufacturers are forgetting this. Just look at Nokia, LG or Samsung. They make some decent phones with better specs than the iPhone 3G, but I didn't see that many people walking around with these phones while I was in NYC this week. Why? Just ask some of the people that own these things:
Bad menu's and ****** or lacking third party software availibility..
I'd love some iPhone multitasking. At the very least between the mail app and safari. Summer 2010... or sooner - I hope...
Case
Change the case, preferably back to aluminum, please
If the casing isn't changed, I am afraid I am going to have to chuck the iPhone in favor of another cell phone, which I would hate to do. However, I absolutely hate the current crack-prone case, and will be left with no choice than to make the switch.
Jude
Change the case, preferably back to aluminum, please
If the casing isn't changed, I am afraid I am going to have to chuck the iPhone in favor of another cell phone, which I would hate to do. However, I absolutely hate the current crack-prone case, and will be left with no choice than to make the switch.
Jude
Change the case, preferably back to aluminum, please
If the casing isn't changed, I am afraid I am going to have to chuck the iPhone in favor of another cell phone, which I would hate to do. However, I absolutely hate the current crack-prone case, and will be left with no choice than to make the switch.
Jude
I'm a bit shocked that you would dump the iPhone based solely on the case. So nothing else matters to you? Not the UI? Not the built in apps? Not the app store?
No offense but where do some of you come from?
Verizon? No thank you.
Smaller screen? What? Bigger, or the same. This thing already suffers from too small a screen for what it does. How do you expect anyone over 40 to use one? Not that I expect 14 year olds to think about that, but still.
Removable battery? No thank you. Unnecessary headache. Charge your phone.
How about some improvements, instead of ideas that would ruin the iPhone:
PA Semi/Apple designed chip clocking over 1GHz.
1 GB RAM
802.11N
32/64 gb standard storage at $199/299.
5 MP camera w/ better lens (if they can't do it, then no biggie)
640x480 resolution on a 3.5 x 2.5" screen.
HD video output via mini display port.** This one is a wish, and I label it as such, so that people understand that its completely unreasonable (as long as this thing called TV exists)
Verizon? No thank you.
Smaller screen? What? Bigger, or the same. This thing already suffers from too small a screen for what it does. How do you expect anyone over 40 to use one? Not that I expect 14 year olds to think about that, but still.
Removable battery? No thank you. Unnecessary headache. Charge your phone.
How about some improvements, instead of ideas that would ruin the iPhone:
PA Semi/Apple designed chip clocking over 1GHz.
1 GB RAM
802.11N
32/64 gb standard storage at $199/299.
5 MP camera w/ better lens (if they can't do it, then no biggie)
640x480 resolution on a 3.5 x 2.5" screen.
HD video output via mini display port.** This one is a wish, and I label it as such, so that people understand that its completely unreasonable (as long as this thing called
TV exists)Change the case, preferably back to aluminum, please
If the casing isn't changed, I am afraid I am going to have to chuck the iPhone in favor of another cell phone, which I would hate to do. However, I absolutely hate the current crack-prone case, and will be left with no choice than to make the switch.
Jude
I can't even begin to wrap my head around how this matters. They changed the case because the original design was flawed. Yeah it looked pretty. It didn't work nearly as well as the second or third gen. Keeping the same case does a lot for third party accessories. This is a huge benefit for consumers. How is this not understood?
Why would I be happy if next year's iPhone doesn't fit in my car mount or my dock as the last two have? I'm sorry, but the physical case is the LEAST important aspect of the entire device. If it ranks near the top for you, then I can't say you have anyone's best interest at heart.
And yet, as someone who has owned all 3 generations of iPhone, I can undoubtedly say that 3GS is the best phone purchase I've ever made, AND, is much more substantial upgrade over the 3G, than the 3G was over the 1st gen.
Not kidding. The performance alone is worth every penny. Then again, many people don't use their iPhone anywhere near its intended purpose, and more still believe aesthetics to somehow contribute to the features of the device.
If thats the case, I'll trade you my 3 bedroom house with no furniture for your 3 bedroom with all of its furniture. By your logic, and others, its essentially the same thing so why not.
I disagree with the reasoning for the lack of Verizon CDMA support. There are plenty of CDMA/HSDPA hybrid chips in production now. However, there are NO LTE chips in production now. And field testing for such a chip takes months to years. The chips would have to be ready right NOW, lots of testing done to take out the bugs, and be ready for mass production all by mid-2010. From what I've read, Qualcomm has announced chips, but none are ready for mass-production (and remember this stuff is ordered months in advance, Apple doesn't want delays). Plus, we also have to realize that Apple has shied away from new network technology in the past, simply because they chipsets weren't mature (3G chips).
Plus, the number of LTE networks that will exist in 2010 are few and far between. Which means that those chips will be expensive. I don't see LTE support until 2011 when more carriers are on board. More carriers means more phones, more phones means more chips, and more chips means decreased cost.
Lastly, battery capacity is a function of space. Battery technology hasn't advanced that much in the last few years (certainly not at the cell phone level). If Apple intends on keeping the same size phone, then battery capacity will not drastically increase.