We already know there is going to be faster 3G on this one because AT&T is upgrading there network.
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Chinese Forum Poster Claims Next Generation iPhone Details
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We already know there is going to be faster 3G on this one because AT&T is upgrading there network.
Good enough for me, I can't wait to buy it! Hopefully the back is matte black like we saw in the leaked photo. 
This explains why that is: http://www.techimo.com/forum/storag...sizes-why-you-dont-get-all-space-you-pay.html
Its because how the OS and the hardware manufacturer counts a GB is different.
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.
Won't happen unless they figure out how to handle reception..
I always wondered why the chrome ring around the phone can't be the antenna itself? Why do we need a plastic back? Doesn't the signal penetrate the front glass?
haha no. he is some technical boring stuff, the manufacturers of hard drives measure GB using decimal counting instead of binary, such as using powers of 10 instead of 2, which means 1GB for them is 1000MB instead of 1024MB and 1000KB is a MB instead of 1024, etc... blah blah blah you actually start with less so around 29 would be correct.
HA-Ha
FM!!! Yeah - Right
Although, it could be used to play over the radio.... Useful for GPS stuff + General music. If it has an FM receiver/transmitter anyway, why not make use of it and make one more selling point?
FM!!! Yeah - Right
Although, it could be used to play over the radio.... Useful for GPS stuff + General music. If it has an FM receiver/transmitter anyway, why not make use of it and make one more selling point?
a couple points...
1) the performance of a CPU is far more complicated than just "whats the speed". It's very likely the next iPhone will use a chip based around an ARM Cortex-A8 core instead of the older ARM11architecture. The Cortex-A8 (which can run at speeds up to 1.0Ghz) can be more than twice as fast as the ARM11 at the *same clock speed* (depending on the application.) So even a 600mhz Cortex-A8 (coincidentally exactly what the Palm Pre uses) would be far faster than the 400mhz ARM11 in the current iPhone 3G.
Also, the ARM core is only one part of the performance equation. Depending on the manufacturer and model, SoCs also can have additional floating point units, SIMD units, DSPs, and other components that affect performance.
2) No mention of the GPU. Similar to the ARM core, it is likely that the new iPhone will use the next-generation of graphics processors from Imagination. The current iPhone uses the PowerVR "MBX lite" and the next-generation is the PowerVR SGX. Unlike the MBX, the SGX comes in a half-dozen models that are progressively more powerful. Depending on the one that gets choosen for the new iPhone, its graphics chip should be 1.5x-3x faster than the current one.
1) the performance of a CPU is far more complicated than just "whats the speed". It's very likely the next iPhone will use a chip based around an ARM Cortex-A8 core instead of the older ARM11architecture. The Cortex-A8 (which can run at speeds up to 1.0Ghz) can be more than twice as fast as the ARM11 at the *same clock speed* (depending on the application.) So even a 600mhz Cortex-A8 (coincidentally exactly what the Palm Pre uses) would be far faster than the 400mhz ARM11 in the current iPhone 3G.
Also, the ARM core is only one part of the performance equation. Depending on the manufacturer and model, SoCs also can have additional floating point units, SIMD units, DSPs, and other components that affect performance.
2) No mention of the GPU. Similar to the ARM core, it is likely that the new iPhone will use the next-generation of graphics processors from Imagination. The current iPhone uses the PowerVR "MBX lite" and the next-generation is the PowerVR SGX. Unlike the MBX, the SGX comes in a half-dozen models that are progressively more powerful. Depending on the one that gets choosen for the new iPhone, its graphics chip should be 1.5x-3x faster than the current one.
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
FYI, the upgraded 3G network is NOT called 3G 2.0! It's called 3.5G, 3.5G is capable of going up to 20 Mb/s. AT&T is prepping the 3.5G to run at 7.2 Mb/s for the v3 iPhone launch. Furthermore AT&T plans to roll out 3.5G @ 20 Mb/s starting in December.
Most likely the 20 Mb/s will only be available for data cards, though there's a chance we'll see it in the new iPhone this summer. (don't hold your breath)
I believe 3.2MP is probably the sweet spot. Cramming too many pixels into a tiny sensor (the smaller the pixels the less light they can capture and the more amplification they require) means poorer low light performance and more noise. Sure there are phones out there that have more megapixels but the good ones have larger optics and larger sensors but are also thicker than the iPhone.
Very clever indeed.
Although I'm not sure how comfortable I am with the idea that the antennae are pointed directly at my face
At the frequency that I use my phone against my face, I'll grow a sibling out of my cheek in a few years.
Meh. If those specs are true, it's not even enough to get me to upgrade from my original (EDGE) iPhone. And I do want to upgrade. A faster CPU is nice, but some web pages can take over 10x as long to load as on a desktop machine, using WiFi even.
I'll wait for 3.5G/4G data, an 800 MHz CPU (or multicore), and a higher resolution screen (720x480 would be good). I'm much more excited about the 3.0 software and mythical "media tablet" than the new iPhone hardware described here.
I'll wait for 3.5G/4G data, an 800 MHz CPU (or multicore), and a higher resolution screen (720x480 would be good). I'm much more excited about the 3.0 software and mythical "media tablet" than the new iPhone hardware described here.
They can't change the screen resolution.
It would kill most of the apps in the Appstore.
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I call BS, I know how to use photoshop cs3/4 really well and creating something like this is way too easy.
I call BS, I know how to use photoshop cs3/4 really well and creating something like this is way too easy.
Great news, I love that the memory is shown to be doubled. I hope this turns out to be true....
more memory yahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! (happy dance, lol)
but for real i need more proof