Chinese Forum Poster Claims Next Generation iPhone Details

[HiRez]

They can't change the screen resolution.

It would kill most of the apps in the Appstore.

It would break many apps, but only those of lazy developers. Apple repeats often "do not assume a fixed resolution" and urges developers to dynamically calculate their layout based on the device's current resolution. Eventually the iPhone screen is going to have to change, especially if iPhone OS branches out to other mobile devices like this theoretical media tablet. If a developer is smart and tests his/her app, their applications should instantly adapt beautifully to a larger resolution. The only thing I don't see happening is the screen resolution getting smaller. If that happens, things would really get ugly because most of the iPhone's UI widgets have a minimum size (or at least minimum usable size for fingers). This is one reason I seriously doubt a mini/micro iPhone with a tiny screen will ever appear. The current UI wouldn't work on it and I really doubt Apple wants to come up with a whole separate mini UI and fragment the app store with different versions of everything.

 

[eron]

The Chinese poster actually mentioned more than what was said in the first post:

http://www.weiphone.com/thread-346414-1-1.html

澄清一下即将上市的新一代iphone的配置
首先，外观和3G iphone是一模一样的，只是后盖下方的小字也是和apple logo镀的一样的材料，看着很亮
再说配置：在3G iphone的基础上CPU的主频提高到600MHz，RAM 256M, 目前是CPU 400MHz，128M RAM，运行速度确实提高了！
摄像头是320W 自动对焦，还多了电子指南针（compass），FM
新增32GB版本，网上说的home键会发光纯属扯淡，软体版本是3.0
今天这个人发个帖子说是这样，明天那个人又说是那样，我只想带来一些真实的信息让大家心里踏实些
信不信无所谓，等新产品上市了自然会得到证明
对于那些动不动就骂人的坛友，请问你们有什么发言权???
你们看过吗？摸过吗？用过吗？测过吗？
请你们骂人前三思！
今年6月份新产品上市后自然而然一个个响亮的耳光会扇在你们脸上，再说，我没必要发这个帖子骗人败坏自己的ID，大家可以记住patapon200这个ID，如果有半点虚假信息，到时候被口水淹死我也认了！（patapon，一个PSP游戏，呵呵）

针对大家很关心的屏幕大小，分辨率和电池的问题，我说一下：
屏幕还是3.5寸，480*320，电池嘛……没有任何变化，挺遗憾的。

算了，这么多人支持，放一张图，啥都不说了

Other than what was mentioned:

• Same physical exterior except the writings at the back being the same as the 'shiny' Apple logo.
• Same screen resolution and size, same battery

Another Chinese poster mentioned that the thread starter is not from Foxconn but AT&T.

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What the poster mentioned about the back of the phone coincides with an earlier 'leaked photo".

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/650773/

However, if the photos are true, then the Chinese poster (probably from AT&T) most likely have an old plastic prototype version. It's kinda hard to miss the matt black/metal case. It's highly likely as all they have to test at AT&T is the network and usage, less so on the 'hardware'. Meanwhile designers and manufacturers can work on a better case.

 

[leonstafford]

I also understand from this screen that he lives on a planet where it is 184 degrees Centigrade!

I think we can wait and see,
the guy on the chinese iphone forum was told he is a test engineer from FOXCONN which is manufacturer for iphone
he also said:
1st gen internal code ：M68
2nd gen internal code：N82
3rd gen internal code：N88（currently is under PVT=Process Validation Test）

that's what i got from the that forum
here is the source

C'mon, "this is Apple". That may mean overpriced, limited options to some. But for an Apple guy from back in the day, I half-expect them to do something innovating.

Apple is now making good money, but that they have always been making what they believe to be the best devices. Thanks to limitations of Winblows now becoming evident, more people are getting a taste of the

 

[eron]

I also understand from this screen that he lives on a planet where it is 184 degrees Centigrade!

That's his popularity score.

 

[beg_ne]

Man, oh man... Apple is all and only about iPhone these days!

100% accurate and true.

The most recent update to their other hardware was just to increase prices (same prices though everyone else is lowering theirs) and can't even get a point update through the door so people can start using Airport, graphics etc. for real. Time Machine Capsules are expensive and still overheats etc. etc.

Wait, what were we just saying? Oh yes, Apple doesn't do anything other than the iPhone, god those guys suck so much. They shouldn't even call themselves people anymore, they should be iphoneple.

...and all they can really come up with is a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus... yey, that is really impressive in it's own way. = LMAO!

Yes, because 3.2 MP is just HORRIBLE! I think iPhone needs eleventythousand megapaxels!!!! It's obvious, cuz like everyone else in the world has that already! Plus we all NEEEEEED moar pixels than that because some guy said it somewhere on a cool internet forum.

 

[bit_bucket]

I'm excited and would buy it for the memory and storage bumps. Everything else is just icing on the cake. These things, if true along with iPhone 3.0 would make for a more awesome iPhone.

 

[omegaphil6]

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

 

[leonstafford]

Insert conspiracy theory here:

I seriously doubt a mini/micro iPhone with a tiny screen will ever appear. The current UI wouldn't work on it and I really doubt Apple wants to come up with a whole separate mini UI and fragment the app store with different versions of everything.

I think we will continue to be suprised by how well Apple knows computers.

As above, Apple's development platform is still scratchy and has an sharp learning curve, but I think too the aim may be for completely scalable apps which will once again put them many years ahead of the competition, many using Java and almost all coding for specific devices but with code which can't simply be installed on the other.

If Apple releases 3 more models which can all run the same Apps as the iPhone, a developer has 3 more revenue streams without any extra coding!

Try doing that on the Android platform! (if it still exists....)

It won't be long until OS X apps are in iTunes too and we see apps which can run on the portable devices and OS X just as easily.

I think that's why the release of 10.6 Snow Leopard is all about scalable, portable software. Scalable down to the iPhones and scalable up to clusters of machines using GPU power to take over the world connect us all the the mega Google network by wrapping our heads in foil and ....

sorry, too much caffeine

 

[NetScheduler]

Here's your camera:

and here's your sexyness:

Choose one

Couldn't agree more. The trolls here who are not mindless fanboys actually think performance matters. I want a device that is "sexy" , "elegant", "just gorgeous" and whose back looks better than the front of the other guys.

Seriously, you can keep you "sexyness" - I love my iPhone and I love my Macs but I don't make excuses when Apple cheapens their products. I love the "a 3.2 mp camera with good optics is actually better than a 6mp with crappy optics" excuse you guys love to type... No Kidding??? Here's a revelation for you guys - a 6mp camera with good optics will blow away a 3.2mp camera with good optics...

And that's exactly what a state of the art multimedia device ought to have in 2009....

 

[celtikmind]

100% accurate and true.




Wait, what were we just saying? Oh yes, Apple doesn't do anything other than the iPhone, god those guys suck so much. They shouldn't even call themselves people anymore, they should be iphoneple.



Yes, because 3.2 MP is just HORRIBLE! I think iPhone needs eleventythousand megapaxels!!!! It's obvious, cuz like everyone else in the world has that already! Plus we all NEEEEEED moar pixels than that because some guy said it somewhere on a cool internet forum.

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

 

[9822679]

Man you guys will complain and moan about everything


I would rather have false claims with a screengrab , at least this sounds more believable.

than false claims with CLEARLY fake photoshop.

 

[Dragonos]

Other iPhone model leak.

This Pic seems to show a larger model as well.

 

[mudenza]

Plus we all NEEEEEED moar pixels than that because some guy said it somewhere on a cool internet forum.

No, because it is the industry standard. For most parts of the world, anyways.

 

[boyneverstop]

from the source, the "words" on the back of the iphone will use similar metal style as the apple logo. cool!

 

[The Phazer]

Hmm.

FM would be great, and I've waxed lyrical about how good a magnetometer would be before. More RAM will be great for Safari (it might remember webpages when swapping!), but I really would have liked to have seen 512MB - particularily if we're ever going to get a Flash plugin. Broadly speaking other hardware increases are nice, but nothing surprising.

3.2 Mp for a camera doesn't mean very much. Autofocus will be great news, but ultimately it'll live or die on the quality of the sensor, the lens and the low light performance. Sadly keeping the case the same means no flash, and no increase in the size of the lens, which will likely mean the camera is nearly as useless as it is now in practical terms. The camera will always be useless while it can't take pictures in a nightclub. It needs a flash, like any phone camera does. If there isn't a pro model with something better I really have to hope that there's at least a dock attachment Flash coming imminently.

The biggest disappiontment is that they seem to be keeping the same case, which is beginning to look a bit tired, and the curve and plastic of the back has frankly always been bloody hideous.

Bit of a mixed bag really. Can't say I'm not hopeful of a second, better model.

Phazer

 

[mudenza]

Pic/QUOTE]

160GB??

 

[The Phazer]

This Pic seems to show a larger model as well.

Erm... yeah. I find it very unlikely there's a version with 192 GB of storage coming...

Phazer

 

[rez07]

Are people forgeting the current iphone processor is already capable of running at around 600mhz (it does on the ipod touch), but is underclocked to 400mhz because of battery life? So, if the battery is the same, this rumored specs will be completely lame

The guy asking for 512mb...WHAT? What for, if multitasking is not alowed (there´s no signs of otherwise on 3.0)? To make devs even more lazier on optimizing apps ram usage?

A better battery, together with autofocus+flash on the camera, are the most needed upgrades IMO

 

[Wikinerd]

While 32GB iPhones are very likely to happen in the near future, I'm guessing this is a photoshop job... It's not like it's hard to do it...

The phone supports international languages

I would guess it's (or at least they would claim it to be) a "test" version for the manufacturer in China.

But then it's possible that someone photoshopped it with Chinese so that not so many people who actually scrutinizes the image pixel by pixel would not get a chance to do so.

 

[The Phazer]

The guy asking for 512mb...WHAT? What for, if multitasking is not alowed (there´s no signs of otherwise on 3.0)? To make devs even more lazier on optimizing apps ram usage?

512 MB should be sufficient to mean Safari can keep several tabs open at once without ever having to reload and to allow an effective Flash plug in...

256 will help, but not solve those issues.

Phazer

 

[rez07]

On a proper optimized mobile OS, 512mb is just a waste. To add it at this point, would just show weakness of Iphone OS, and make it excessevely expensive.

See what symbian can do with 128mb. Or Android.

 

[The Phazer]

On a proper optimized mobile OS, 512mb is just a waste. To add it at this point, would just show weakness of Iphone OS, and make it excessevely expensive.

See what symbian can do with 128mb. Or Android.

Frankly I don't beleive that's true with proper web browsing, and Symbian and Android's browsers are poor partially due to that lack of RAM.

Website scripting is only going to continue to grow memory overhead, and I already run in to mainstream sites which cause the iPhone to creak heavily.

Phazer

 

[Dragonos]

Erm... yeah. I find it very unlikely there's a version with 192 GB of storage coming...

Phazer

I'm just trying to prove how easy these things are to photoshop. lol.
If the Chinese forum is right I must say I'm a little disappointed about the processor. I was hoping for a dedicated GPU or a Duel Core CPU at least 1000MHz using a variable clock rate like the Mac Pro.

The chinese site Also claims that the home button will light up.
Coming soon to clarify the configuration of a new generation of iphone
First of all, the look and the 3G iphone is the same, but the small print below the back and the apple logo is the same as the plating material, looking at very bright
Repeat configuration: 3G iphone in the basis of the CPU frequency to 600MHz, RAM 256M, is now the CPU 400MHz, 128M RAM, running speed has really improved!
320W camera is autofocus, but also more than an electronic compass (compass), FM
New 32GB version of the Internet, said the home button will light-emitting pure nonsense, software version 3.0
Today, this person made a post that this is the case, that person is said to be in tomorrow, I just want to bring some real information so that you feel more at ease
Believe it or not does not matter, and other new products to market will be natural to prove
For those who curse at every turn on the altar of Friends, may I ask what you say???
You read it? Touched it? Used it? Measured before?
Please think twice before you criticize!
In June this year after the listing of new products, naturally a loud fan in your face will face, to say, I made this post is no need to lie to corrupt their own ID, you can remember patapon200 this ID, if there is the slightest bit of false information to drowned when I was watering identified! (Pa tapon, a PSP game, huh, huh)

For we are very concerned about the screen size, resolution and the battery, I say a few words:
Or 3.5-inch screen, 480 * 320, batteries do ... ... there is no change, very regrettable.

Well, so many people support take a map, do not want to啥都

 

[Coroe]

An omission of the OLED screen would really suck.

C'mon, Sony and Samsung are already using them.

 

[politik]

I'm just trying to prove how easy these things are to photoshop. lol.button will light up.

The photo you posted wasn't a photoshop, it's a shot of someone who modded their firmware.

After many, many leaks over the past few years, I call truth to this. It always looks fake without a distortion field guys.