Yeah I'll be just fine with my iPhone4 sans the POS phone function and my first gen iPad.
I'll more than likely just be taking a 1 year vacation from Apple returning when they come out with a LTE phone.
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Bloomberg Confirms September iPhone 5 Launch, Hi-Res iPad 3?
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Yeah I'll be just fine with my iPhone4 sans the POS phone function and my first gen iPad.
I'll more than likely just be taking a 1 year vacation from Apple returning when they come out with a LTE phone.
OK, your going to have to explain the rational behind your disappointment. Are you normally disappointed when things get upgraded?
Sure, I'll explain. It's not actually an upgrade.
All other things being equal adding megapixels gives you the following advantages:
1. You can make larger prints
2. You can crop tighter
HOWEVER:
There are limitations with the lens and sensor. Putting more MP on the same sized sensor creates higher pixel density. We are at a saturation point with the current 5MP sensor where adding pixels will add substantial noise and therefore degrade the image quality. 8 MP on the current sensor is a downgrade. At best, coupled with in-camera processing algorithms to deal with the noise, it's a lateral move. It requires concessions to be made.
You can't simply stick in a bigger sensor, either. You are limited by the focal length, which is dictated by the thickness of the device. Adding a DSLR-sized sensor to deal with noise requires the attachment of a DSLR sized lens. There is no magic way around this.
Focal Length:
http://www.dpreview.com/learn/?/Glos..._Length_01.htm
To those that want even more MP. You have to ask yourselves; what's the biggest print you've ever made with your iPhone and do you plan to do that with any regularity? I'm betting the answer will be "small prints" or "none at all". So, no advantage realized with the downside of more noise.
Here is another way of looking at it. Imagine if we're talking about stereo amplifiers. You have one with 1000 watts of power (which you rarely use to potential) and, for the sake of numbers, you want an "upgrade" to 2000 watts of power. However, you'll have to deal with more distortion at ALL listening levels. Do you really want that? "More" is a downgrade.
So I'll take the perfectly good pictures of the current camera. Who really wants larger file sizes without any substantial benefit?
Hey Bloomberg
First, your source says "the details aren't public." So why do YOU think it's a good idea to make them public? Have you no sense of right and wrong at all?
Second, Bloomberg, you've said almost nothing. Gee, the new iPhone will be faster and have a better camera? Anyone could have guessed that months ago. That's hardly a scoop.
MacRumors: the fact that Bloomberg says the same thing that someone else says about an Apple release is not the same as "confirming" it. Only Apple can "confirm" it.
First, your source says "the details aren't public." So why do YOU think it's a good idea to make them public? Have you no sense of right and wrong at all?
Second, Bloomberg, you've said almost nothing. Gee, the new iPhone will be faster and have a better camera? Anyone could have guessed that months ago. That's hardly a scoop.
MacRumors: the fact that Bloomberg says the same thing that someone else says about an Apple release is not the same as "confirming" it. Only Apple can "confirm" it.
Might be just me, but I would trust a big news corp like bloomberg when it comes to early rumors like these. They have a reputation to uphold, after all.
...before the iphone4 resolution had you ever even considered the ipad's res? no. wasnt a big deal, was it?
The iphone is the best and freshest looking looking cell there is. Its the best phone in the entire plant!! of Earth!!
Dude i can sell u an ipad for 250
a 2nd gen w/facetime & smart cover all for 250 sealed brandnew never been opened@!!
The whole thing is starting to get interesting. My initial read of my tea leaves had me leaning toward a mild update like a 4S. However, my VZW sources have me thinking bigger now.
They've been exceedingly tight lipped as usual but it's what I read between the lines that has me hopeful that we may be surprised. The China Mobile tidbit is also interesting...
I'd not fall out of my chair if they dropped something like this on us
They've been exceedingly tight lipped as usual but it's what I read between the lines that has me hopeful that we may be surprised. The China Mobile tidbit is also interesting...
I'd not fall out of my chair if they dropped something like this on us
Didn't Apple sell almost 2 million iPhone 4's opening weekend in the states?
Also keep in mind that Samsung are Korean so demand for their products will always be particularly high on their turf.
Yeah, I was disappointed to hear Sept after BGR put out an August release - I GOTTA get my 3GS upgraded!!!
I kinda speculated that perhaps this is a 4S that we heard rumors about, maybe for the Verison market and a less expensive alternative to AT&T customers than the iPhone 5.
But what the hell do I know? I just read the rumors, I don't need to make them up. lol
Maybe I fail at reading, but I've read that article many times and I don't see where they state that the new iphone 5 will closely resemble the iphone 4...........
Bloomberg says the new iphone will have an A5 CPU and advanced camera. Nothing about an iphone 4 design.
In the article about the 'cheaper' iphone in development, it is said that phone will look like an iphone 4.
So the iphone 5, could still be a redesign.
So Bloomberg is saying 2 phones are in development: a new phone with an A5 and 8 meg camera and a cheaper iphone that has the design of an iphone 4.
Bloomberg says the new iphone will have an A5 CPU and advanced camera. Nothing about an iphone 4 design.
In the article about the 'cheaper' iphone in development, it is said that phone will look like an iphone 4.
So the iphone 5, could still be a redesign.
So Bloomberg is saying 2 phones are in development: a new phone with an A5 and 8 meg camera and a cheaper iphone that has the design of an iphone 4.
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Again...
Again... What part of "Year of the iPad 2" don't you understand? I can see an iPhone update, but not an iPad. Also, I can see it not being called iPhone "5."
Again... What part of "Year of the iPad 2" don't you understand? I can see an iPhone update, but not an iPad. Also, I can see it not being called iPhone "5."
This sounds strangely like what Apple has been doing the last few years. Impossible! A 'new' iPhone that's completely redesigned and another 'new' one that's very reminiscent of the prior year...crazy!
I'm not saying I think there will be an iPad 3 this year, but there have been several rumors that bubbled up saying exactly that. And seeing as how the iPad 2 update was barely enough to consider a new version, you can't argue that it's impossible.
Also, nobody is saying that's what the iPhone will be called. But until there's a proper name for it, that's what everyone is going to call it, since it is in fact the fifth generation iPhone.
High res iPad and i'm in!! The current resolution is way too low. After staring and my i4 it looks horrendous!
I don't know, part of me would be more than happy with the same design as the 4, I mean come on it's one of the best designs for a mobile phone ever in my opinion and I really do like the glass. Whereas the other part of me wants a change but to think about potentially having the plastic back doesn't really interest me as much.
Not quite sure why this post has brought negative feedback. CNN is reporting some former exec from Apple saying that they will indeed be making a TV. That is just a rumor but this is a rumor site.
Bloomberg has a reputation all right, when it comes to aapl rumors. However, it certainly isn't a good one.