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If the range of new iPhones is going to be as wide as it appears, it's game over for Pre even before its released.
Chapter 11 time for Palm.
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Four iPhone Models Ranging From 4 GB to 32 GB Coming?
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If the range of new iPhones is going to be as wide as it appears, it's game over for Pre even before its released.
Chapter 11 time for Palm.
And the fine print says (paraphrasing), not actual product image.
Yeah, realized that afterwards.
But idk... the "specifications" look boring on that. 2mp, 4gb..etc. *yawn* not a 3rd gen phone.
Hopefully the "higher-up" iPhones will look better.
That is, of course, if any of this is true.
Well, I don't think someone who can't even spell FERRARI should be going on and on about brand dilution.
The only people that seem concerned about brand dilution are the tweens, teens and twenty something who think that an iPhone is some kind of status symbol.
You guys need to appreciate that the iPhone is a gateway drug for Apple. It is almost certainly driving increased market share of other Apple products like Macs, Apple TV, etc. In fact, two of my friends now have Macs, and I have a Mac simply due to the iPhone being far better than any other Smart Phone any of us have owned.
Getting iPhones with OS X in more peoples hands would be a BIG WIN for Apple, as it would likely result in more sales of other Apple products, and increasing OS X market share in the laptop/desktop/TV spaces.
Yeah, realized that afterwards.
But idk... the "specifications" look boring on that. 2mp, 4gb..etc. *yawn* not a 3rd gen phone.
Hopefully the "higher-up" iPhones will look better.
That is, of course, if any of this is true.
That's just the 4GB model for 99 bucks. I'm sure the 199/299/399 ones will have better spec. We all know its not going to have a 2.0MP camera on the higher-up models. 4GB is probably the basic one.
This is definitely going to happen.
via daring fireball via Newsweek:
Apple will definitely try to go for market share by releasing a low end iPhone. No question.
via daring fireball via Newsweek:
Apple will definitely try to go for market share by releasing a low end iPhone. No question.
And you can bet that Apple will leak one more BIG detail of the new iPhone right before the Pre goes on sale to prompt buyers to wait on the iPhone.
Apple are marketing masters. I've already stopped considering any other phone I may have been thinking about when I read todays news about the iPhone.So with video calling, there must be a front facing camera on the iPhone...
I think it is much less a problem of display scalability, and more a problem of touch UI and hardware performance. That virtual keyboard is as PHYSICALLY small as it can be. If there is a smaller form factor iPhone, the apps will have to behave differently on either platform. That is more work for developers.
In a smaller iPhone, the processor & battery will undoubtedly suffer performance decreases.
This is much harder to get around than simple UI design. Developers would have to make low performance apps that run on both, or high performance apps that work only on the standard iPhone.
I think its very unlikely that Apple would introduce this much confusion into their very successful system. It's not unthinkable however, this is the company that up and switched their core processing architecture in one fell swoop.
Hello Macrumors newbie!
While you may find a statement of fact conceited (it's impossible, as facts do not have emotions), it is generally true. I don't know what the dividing line is in terms of income, where most iPhone owners earn above that line, but yes, most iPhone owners are wealthy. Sorry!
As would I. In fact, when the Mac Netbook is released, we'll all have forgotten about the paltry 4GB iPhone Nano, basking instead in a Netbook Nirvana:
"...The silence ground my soul keen like a spear.
My bare thought, whetted as a sword, cut sheer
Through time and life and flesh and death, to clear
My way unto Netbook Nirvana...
...O Suns, O Rains, O Day and Night, O Chance,
O Time besprent with seven-hued circumstance,
I float above ye all into the trance
That draws me nigh to Netbook Nirvana."
With apologies to:
Sidney Lanier
I really apple do NOT do this. With different models, although the 4GB model can be cheaper, or around the same price as th current iphone 3G 8GB model, this means they would most certainly put the 16GB or so called 32GB at a much less affordable price. Meaning customers who want to upgrade but don't want to spend anymore then they currently have to will get no video camera and no compass addition etc. It wouldn't be worth upgrading. I'm strongly against this this. We will have to see...
iPhone 4, 8, 16 and 32 gig....
This is really quite interesting, especially from the UK mobile market perspective. The iPhone seems to be more expensive in the US on AT&T, whereas in the UK the 3G version has been free on with a good contract of 18 months. We also have a big culture of "pay as you go" mobile phones. You buy the hardware out right, then pay for "top ups" as and when you need it. O2 offer a pay as you go tariff which works out to around £18 per month for around 150 minutes and 300 texts and unlimited data. The £18 is without unlimited free wi-fi, but that can be added for another £7.50 per month. To get this you need either a second hand iPhone, or purchase a pay as you go version for £349.
Cue WWDC 2009:
iPhone Nano 4 gig and 8 gig. Based on the form factor of the original iPhone, except available in colours a la the iPod Nano. possibly with the camera bumped to 3.2 mega pixels. Edge connectivity, no GPS no Compass etc. The people who this would be marketed at, especially in the UK would not be too bothered about the 4gig or 8gig, they will want some of the more basic features that the iPhone can offer without wanting to shell out £350. These will be available pay as you go for between £100 and £200. 3.0 software would be available and work on this one.
iPhone 3rd Generation, matt finish back, available black or white in 16 gig or 32gig. This version has all the hardware bells and whistles.
How about three wild suggestions:
iPhone - 4 gig & 8 gig
MacPhone Pro - 16 gig & 32 gig
The Mac Tablet functions in conjunction with and iPhone that slides or connects into it, possibly in a wireless fashion but acts as a remote display rather than a fully functional unit...
This is really quite interesting, especially from the UK mobile market perspective. The iPhone seems to be more expensive in the US on AT&T, whereas in the UK the 3G version has been free on with a good contract of 18 months. We also have a big culture of "pay as you go" mobile phones. You buy the hardware out right, then pay for "top ups" as and when you need it. O2 offer a pay as you go tariff which works out to around £18 per month for around 150 minutes and 300 texts and unlimited data. The £18 is without unlimited free wi-fi, but that can be added for another £7.50 per month. To get this you need either a second hand iPhone, or purchase a pay as you go version for £349.
Cue WWDC 2009:
iPhone Nano 4 gig and 8 gig. Based on the form factor of the original iPhone, except available in colours a la the iPod Nano. possibly with the camera bumped to 3.2 mega pixels. Edge connectivity, no GPS no Compass etc. The people who this would be marketed at, especially in the UK would not be too bothered about the 4gig or 8gig, they will want some of the more basic features that the iPhone can offer without wanting to shell out £350. These will be available pay as you go for between £100 and £200. 3.0 software would be available and work on this one.
iPhone 3rd Generation, matt finish back, available black or white in 16 gig or 32gig. This version has all the hardware bells and whistles.
How about three wild suggestions:
iPhone - 4 gig & 8 gig
MacPhone Pro - 16 gig & 32 gig
The Mac Tablet functions in conjunction with and iPhone that slides or connects into it, possibly in a wireless fashion but acts as a remote display rather than a fully functional unit...
Makes Sense
I had a feeling something like this was going to happen when MacRumors had the story a couple of months ago about how Apple increased the amount of 8gb flash chips they were buying and how they became the #1 buyer in the world of them.... it didn't make sense that they would do that and then all of a sudden cut off the 8gb iphone for the upcoming 16 and 32 gb in the new model. That, as well as the fact that Apple wants the hit the $100 and below market. The 4gb and 8 gb would be perfect for that if the next 16 and 32 took the spots of the current 8 and 16.
Smart move for Apple. They're going to kill the smartphone market all over again.
I had a feeling something like this was going to happen when MacRumors had the story a couple of months ago about how Apple increased the amount of 8gb flash chips they were buying and how they became the #1 buyer in the world of them.... it didn't make sense that they would do that and then all of a sudden cut off the 8gb iphone for the upcoming 16 and 32 gb in the new model. That, as well as the fact that Apple wants the hit the $100 and below market. The 4gb and 8 gb would be perfect for that if the next 16 and 32 took the spots of the current 8 and 16.
Smart move for Apple. They're going to kill the smartphone market all over again.
*crosses fingers* I hope they go in that direction.
I cannot wait to get my hands on a 32GB iPhone!
This is absolutely a GREAT article that explains exactly why the most likely thing for Apple do is NOT protect their turf with the high end iPhone but to increase the product family to bring more users in at the entry level (original iPhone features) while offering great new features and functionality for those users wanting the best technology they have to offer.
http://daringfireball.net/2009/05/verizon_iphone_rumors
LOL
No offense, but I think this is quite a naive statement.
Most people I know who have iPhones couldn't care less about apple and have never heard of OSX, and in fact are not really interested in computers they just like the iPhone because it's a cool phone.
so will the 4, 8, 16 & 32gb will still be with AT&T in the US?
I'll understand that china will have a cdma version but I still wounded will AT&T still have exclusive rights to the iPhone (I hope so)
I'll understand that china will have a cdma version but I still wounded will AT&T still have exclusive rights to the iPhone (I hope so)
So they are going to either 1: Add a front facing camera, yet not up the MP on the other camera which seems really weird 2: Expect people to use the regular camera for video calling....I just don't get ithttp://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/06/01/fidos-2009-roadmap-leaked/
looks like there might actually be ichat video calling
Perhaps...
4GB = 3.2 MP camera
8GB = 3.2 MP camera
16GB = 5.0 MP camera (+iChat FFC)
32GB = 5.0 MP camrea (+iChat FFC)
scale away
The iPhone will scale images with a pinch... yet everyone is arguing "apps are not designed to scale up or down." Scaling down is such a simple task for the iPhone to do with a simple software upgrade, and the new models will have different hardware that may make this easier. They could definitley go smaller with very little hassle.
I can't speak to upscaling. Going to a higher resolution would get grainy, but scaling down... come on!
My beef would be that some apps already are hard enough at the current screen size. Like Bejewled. Some apps aren't big finger friendly.
I can buy into a 4g for China or as a GoPhone. There was a very probable rumor a month or so ago (sorry can't find link) about AT&T training documents on a prepaid iPhone. But I can't imagine they'd sell it cheap without a contract if it is true.
The iPhone will scale images with a pinch... yet everyone is arguing "apps are not designed to scale up or down." Scaling down is such a simple task for the iPhone to do with a simple software upgrade, and the new models will have different hardware that may make this easier. They could definitley go smaller with very little hassle.
I can't speak to upscaling. Going to a higher resolution would get grainy, but scaling down... come on!
My beef would be that some apps already are hard enough at the current screen size. Like Bejewled. Some apps aren't big finger friendly.
I can buy into a 4g for China or as a GoPhone. There was a very probable rumor a month or so ago (sorry can't find link) about AT&T training documents on a prepaid iPhone. But I can't imagine they'd sell it cheap without a contract if it is true.
I would be one to think that product differentiation is exactly what they would not want to do, and personally believe this to be false. I see no way that they will be doing anything except adding a wider range of capacities.
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