Chinese Forum Poster Claims Next Generation iPhone Details

[powers74]

cheap

It is

The ring is one of the antennas!

"iPhone 3G delivers UMTS, HSDPA, GSM, Wi-Fi, EDGE, GPS, and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR in one compact device — using only two antennas. Clever iPhone engineering integrates those antennas into a few unexpected places: the metal ring around the camera, the audio jack, the metal screen bezel, and the iPhone circuitry itself." - Apple.com

WHAT? How did I not know that?!

and here's your sexyness:

Choose one

Bing! Though I think I'd go for a more anodized/unibody look.

I dont care what people say... the original metal iphone DID NOT have signal issues. I want a unibody metal iphone... thin and sexy... imagine the palm rest of the unibody macbook pro being the back of your iphone! I would love no rounded edges but exactly like the unibody looks... too sexy!

The current iphone design was nice looking but doesnt have longevity. The
2g iPhone still looks better designwise and was build like a tank. I NEVER had a case on my 2g and didnt worry one bit. The plastic ones are subject to nicks and dings like crazy.

Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone Unibody iphone

Exactly, Thank you.

Perhaps we'll see Apple moving towards a consistent look with its unibody Macbooks.

A pressed aluminum case could be thinner than the current plastic yet tougher. Add an all black glass top and micro perforations for the speakers and status lights like the MB's and you've got yourself one sexy, plastic free iPhone.

I am of the persuasion that the only reason they went to plastic for G2 was price. Notice when Steve introduced the thing as having a plastic body you could have heard a pin drop? Then about five people realized and started clapping. Then Steve was like "And it has all metal buttons!" and one dude in the front row goes OOOOOHH!

I'm sort of paraphrasing from memory, but the move had to be out of price necessity, not reception. My T-mobile contract is up and I'd really like to get this G3, and I'd love to see a return to Alu. Somehow I get the sensation I will be disappointed.

You think? Whatever you're smoking - smoke less.

And send some my way!

 

[war eagle]

The original picture is fake. Look at the background color where the numbers of GB has been changed it's not the same white as stuff that was originally there.

 

[Roessnakhan]

The original picture is fake. Look at the background color where the numbers of GB has been changed it's not the same white as stuff that was originally there.

Its like that on around all the text fields. Its called image compression.

 

[vrillusions]

I am just patiently waiting for ANY iphone update. My previous iphone met it's demise in the washing machine a month or so ago and I've been working with this nokia 2600 till the new iphone gets released. The crappy text messaging is killing me, and lack of any camera at all, and can't check email, or browse the web (even at edge speeds)...

Only one more month till they hopefully announce it. Watch they pull a "will be available in July" or something

 

[ZbadhabitZ]

As one poster said earlier in this thread, this update wouldn't be that much different from the iPhone->iPhone 3G update. Other than the ability to take advantage of 3G, increased storage capacity, and GPS, the phone wasn't that much different. But plenty of first generation iPhone users camped out to buy the iPhone 3G. To go from the iPhone 3G to this "rumored" version, which would add the digital compass, increase the speed of the phone and memory (I would say a given, considering 3.0 seems to run so much slower than 2.2, more memory would be a valuable asset), storage capacity, and improve the camera (and add video, though as already pointed out, this would be a software implementation so it's not shocking this source didn't comment on that), this seems like a major change to me.

Twice already, Apple has had hundreds of thousands of people camp out overnight to spend hundreds of dollars on their phones. I highly doubt they'd come out with a lackluster product that wouldn't have iPhone 3G users dumping their phones to spend a few hundred on a new phone. They achieved their goal; they got millions upon millions of customers to switch from their networks to AT&T. Now, in my opinion, they need millions upon millions of users to extend those contracts, and drop more money. An under-the-hood upgrade alone doesn't seem logical...

 

[Randykn.]

wouldn't it be nice if apple had put up iphone with the wide colour range from nano?
those metallic colourful thing gets my attention pretty well.
just dreaming
and same goes to me.. i lost my 1st gen iphone when i was on a vacation last month and been using back my old w810i sony ericsson, i do miss the sms typing from this simple device but what the heck, no1 can possibly withstand the pain i'm going through

 

[JimAtLaw]

No that probably just means you have a weak carrier. I have NEVER experienced any drop calls and call quality has been great for me....ditto for 3G signal/speed.

Dude, 99% of us (at least here in the U.S.) have the same carrier, and this is clearly not just me. See the discussions in numerous prior threads - a huge number of people have reported serious call quality and reception problems on the iPhone 3G - the fact that you have not experienced this doesn't mean it isn't happening for the tens of thousands of other people who have. My phone goes back and forth literally from 5 bars to 1 or 0, sitting on the counter with zero movement, in my house, which is in a densely populated area less than a mile off a major freeway. And if you want to blame AT&T, fine, but since Apple offers the phone exclusively through AT&T, that's a part of the Apple product - don't act like Apple is completely divorced from the carrier here.

Speakerphone has also been fine...better than 1st gen model for sure. Media messaging is coming in 3.0.

Have you ever tried to use your speakerphone on the freeway? I have to hold it up to my ear most of the time to hear it. My 2004 LG VX8000's speaker was much, much louder, along with every other phone I've had in this decade.

However i will give you that battery could definitely be better like the E71

Well, at least we agree on something...

 

[puercaeli]

I should clarify for all those jumping on my throat about the camera...yes i am fully aware of the 'megapixel myth' and no i'm not a 'specs whore'...sheesh.

I just honestly expected them to overhaul the camera with a decent lens/flash especially given the rumors of youtube/iMovie support. It's the weakest part of an otherwise great device. Getting a decent lens (i'm not asking for 12 or even 8MP) in there doesn't require N95 bulk like it used to but i shouldn't be surprised. After all its form over function and if it doesn't fit the current form factor with perfection...its game over

Its frustrating to be out in the evening and want to take pictures only to realize 'oh wait my camera pretty much sucks' and see my friends pull out their Samsungs, SEs, Nokias (doesn't have to be an N95) and take great pics with ease and please don't tell me 'well...take a point and shoot cam if you want pics'. The iPhone is an all in one device and is marketed as such

To me 3.2MP is not much of an upgrade from the existing camera bar autofocus...it just isn't...even more so with them still not adding flash and the fact that iPhone OS 3.0 will boost the current camera as well

3.2MP is barebones 'adequate'/'fine' and frankly what it should've been on launch but they could've done better IMHO.

Its a very conservative update which probably makes sense business-wise, boost CPU & RAM to improve the device's main selling point-Apps & boost storage so people can buy/store more stuff from iTunes. The End. I hope as someone said they're only holding out for current contracts to expire before a major update. The big update thus far is the OS.

I totally agree with you I am sick of people who keeps saying 'megapixel' is not everything. Yes, megapixel is not everything but 2MP is far from being enough. I bet it is actually harder to get a 2MP than 3.2MP and 5MP cause 2MP being ruled out atm. And I am pretty sure 5MP in the current market has more detail with same noise level as iPhone 2MP. I really urge those people who think 2MP is enough to get real...

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

And I am pretty sure 5MP in the current market has more detail with same noise level as iPhone 2MP.

You just made that up...

 

[puercaeli]

Huh? Time for some digital photography 101. What really drives perceived picture quality is having a clean image. By that I mean one with good dynamic range, and most importantly, low noise. Noise is that grainy rubbish that distinguishes phone and other cheapo small cameras from prosumer or better DSLR or better kit. (Not that these don't have noise, but the threshold at which it becomes a problem is MUCH higher). My main camera is "only" 8MP but it can easily show the difference between a $100, $500 and $10000 lens. The iPhone wouldn't know if it had a coke bottle in front of it. Why? Because its sensor is so tiny that it is starved of light. Less light means lower signal to noise ratio, or in other words, more noise. And why is the sensor so tiny? Because that way they can put a 2c piece of plastic in front of it and it doesn't affect focus, due to an extremely high depth of field. The smaller the aperture, the simpler the "lens" in front can be (to the extreme of a pinhole camera that needs no lens at all).

So while a 5MP sensor might be able to be squeezed into the iPhone, what you really want is a bigger sensor (physically) to capture more light. Now, you can compensate a little for noise by using more sensors (higher MP) and then sacrificing some in the name of noise reduction (ie, make the picture smaller). That's why that tiny classroom shot someone posted looks so clean. Let's see the full size (unfiltered). But most people would never think of that. They just use whatever comes out of the camera. And anyway, it will never compensate for size!!

All this makes me wonder what "autofocus" means in the rumor. Currently, there is no focus. The depth of field and low res makes up for that. If the sensor were made bigger, you would need more elaborate optics and DOF will become an issue. But I can't see any sort of physical focus mechanism being incorporated into the iPhone.

No, Apple are better off concentrating on speeding up the video pipeline to allow full speed video, and maybe adding a front facing camera.

Auto focus is incorporated into camera module in mobile phone cameras NOT IN THE LENS like in DSLR.
Also, everyone knows bigger sensor is better but with 2MP market being marginalised it's likely there are better tech being put into 3.2MP or 5MP modules and they may have resolution & quality at the same time due to this technology. And even if the same tech is used, there would not be significant difference and iPhone is most likely to benefit from better resolution and hence more details than blurs and noises.

 

[jman800]

Doesn't make sense

From Apples point of view, they should be making the new iPhone to sell. Most people in this forum are saying they are not going to upgrade for a few upgrades, which makes sense because they are few and not exactly shockers. What makes me think this is fake is that, I just don't see Apple not, at least, changing their design for the new iPhone, they need to design to SELL not design to give a option. They need to make a iPhone that makes people want to go out and upgrade and buy it right away.

These changes are just not enough to stimulate this situation. Thus, I think there is much more to it then just these updates.

 

[cgc]

What do you plan on doing with those higher-res photos? Print billboards? 3.5MP is fine for most purposes and cramming more pixels onto an imaging chip will generate more heat which can lead to an increase in image noise. I think you have to look at the intended audience...no need to focus on things are are superfluous.

 

[4np]

This Pic seems to show a larger model as well.

nice photoshopped screenshot in an image viewer

 

[4np]

Has anyone mentioned the possibility of the new iphone coming with an OLED screen?

Only about 60 people before you

 

[daneoni]

Dude, 99% of us (at least here in the U.S.) have the same carrier, and this is clearly not just me. See the discussions in numerous prior threads - a huge number of people have reported serious call quality and reception problems on the iPhone 3G - the fact that you have not experienced this doesn't mean it isn't happening for the tens of thousands of other people who have. My phone goes back and forth literally from 5 bars to 1 or 0, sitting on the counter with zero movement, in my house, which is in a densely populated area less than a mile off a major freeway. And if you want to blame AT&T, fine, but since Apple offers the phone exclusively through AT&T, that's a part of the Apple product - don't act like Apple is completely divorced from the carrier here.

Fair enough i have heard a lot of complaints from US users but i made the carrier comment based on experiences here in the UK. Majority (at least in my immediate circle if anything) that i've come across are happy with the carrier even though it isn't the best carrier here.

Also when i went to Miami last year and roamed with my 1st gen, i recalled hardly ever getting full bars...mostly drifted between 1-4 and call quality was subpar and most times i had to resort to texting because the other person couldn't hear me

Agreed Apple & AT&T product but the carrier should pull its own weight. Then again maybe the phone's transceivers are just weak in general but since they work mostly fine here in the UK...

Have you ever tried to use your speakerphone on the freeway? I have to hold it up to my ear most of the time to hear it. My 2004 LG VX8000's speaker was much, much louder, along with every other phone I've had in this decade.

Admittedly i don't drive so my view may be biased but surely it can't be that terrible with the windows up. Whenever i use the speakerphone (although admittedly in more quiet areas) it works fine...much better than the 2.5G version

Well, at least we agree on something...

Yup that battery life definitely needs addressing.

 

[JimAtLaw]

Fair enough i have heard a lot of complaints from US users but i made the carrier comment based on experiences here in the UK. Majority (at least in my immediate circle if anything) that i've come across are happy with the carrier even though it isn't the best carrier here.

Also when i went to Miami last year and roamed with my 1st gen, i recalled hardly ever getting full bars...mostly drifted between 1-4 and call quality was subpar and most times i had to resort to texting because the other person couldn't hear me

Agreed Apple & AT&T product but the carrier should pull its own weight. Then again maybe the phone's transceivers are just weak in general but since they work mostly fine here in the UK...

Color me jealous. {Sigh}

 

[davidgrimm]

Poor Chinese

so the chinese have at&t as a carrier?

If it didn't suck enough to be in China, now they have ATT as a cell carrier. ****, those poor people can't catch a break...

 

[Sehnsucht]

If it didn't suck enough to be in China, now they have ATT as a cell carrier. ****, those poor people can't catch a break...

Ha ha

 

[Vendeesign]

I don't know

i just found on a french blog, 52 amazing Iphone concepts, maybe the upcoming one is in the list

 

[SpitzerCR]

they should make it out of wood like the "cheaper mac"

 

[Djlild7hina]

i currently have an iphone 3g white and i have a lot of cracks from who knows what.... but thats my only problem with it... and i bought a red housing and going to change it so it looks brand new again so i think im set and will skip a generation... but i'll probably want the new one

 

[peepboon]

Changing iPhones every year cant be good for the environment ;D lolz

 

[nfl46]

Well, they were right.

 

[Sky Blue]

Well, they were right.

haha, yup!

 

[Ron21]

I wonder what happened to the FM radio? Obviously this source was legit, they even have the right model number. Maybe it's there but Apple disabled it?