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SamGabbay

SamGabbay

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There are so many rumors & leaks about the new hardware but no leaks about the software. Last year, didn't we see references to Siri in iOS 5? I mean the only thing we really saw in ios 6 was the fact that we could stretch the screen to a 16:9 ratio. Don't get me wrong, I am hopeful for the best but if there was going to be a new software feature wouldn't we have seen it in iOS 6?
 
I am hoping we will see something new in iOS 6 that won't be available on older iPhones because the hardware wasn't capable. For the iPhone 4 it was FaceTime (3GS obviously didn't have a front facing camera), for 4S it was Siri (something with the Microphone...the iPhone 4 also lagged with typing on MacRumors, so it probably won't survive with Siri).
 
dontwalkhand said:
I am hoping we will see something new in iOS 6 that won't be available on older iPhones because the hardware wasn't capable. For the iPhone 4 it was FaceTime (3GS obviously didn't have a front facing camera), for 4S it was Siri (something with the Microphone...the iPhone 4 also lagged with typing on MacRumors, so it probably won't survive with Siri).
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Wasn't Siri already on the cydia for the 4 and worked fine?
 
Can you guess why there is no software leaks but there are hardware leaks? Maybe because software is handled in house and hardware is handled by many vendors..... makes sense to me.
 
SamGabbay said:
There are so many rumors & leaks about the new hardware but no leaks about the software. Last year, didn't we see references to Siri in iOS 5? I mean the only thing we really saw in ios 6 was the fact that we could stretch the screen to a 16:9 ratio. Don't get me wrong, I am hopeful for the best but if there was going to be a new software feature wouldn't we have seen it in iOS 6?
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Yea but there's were still rumors of a voice service so it wasn't a complete surprise
 
Dwalls90 said:
Siri wasn't a complete surprise because everyone knew they acquired the Siri nuance technology and ther were rumors throughout the summer.
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That's what I'm saying. This year there hasnt been much. Sure, Apple bought AuthenTech but there hasn't been any references to a fingerprint technology intergrated within the OS.
 
SamGabbay said:
That's what I'm saying. This year there hasnt been much. Sure, Apple bought AuthenTech but there hasn't been any references to a fingerprint technology intergrated within the OS.
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In your intial post you make an argument that we had no idea Siri was coming in iOS 5, when in fact, there were many leaks and rumors that indicated it was in the making:

SamGabbay said:
There are so many rumors & leaks about the new hardware but no leaks about the software. Last year, didn't we see references to Siri in iOS 5? I mean the only thing we really saw in ios 6 was the fact that we could stretch the screen to a 16:9 ratio. Don't get me wrong, I am hopeful for the best but if there was going to be a new software feature wouldn't we have seen it in iOS 6?
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We didn't see direct references in iOS 5 (I'm not sure how true this is, but don't care to research further), but we still knew it was coming based on a multitude of every other rumor possible indicating this would be the case.

The biggest give away was Apple acquiring Siri in April 2010, a year and a half before the 4S was released with Siri.

- http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital...er-into-voice-activated-search-with-siri-buy/

We won't see AuthenTech technology until the new iPhone in 2013, as Apple just acquired them a month ago.

- http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-07-27/apple-buys-authentec-Inc/56534418/1
 
miamialley said:
LOVE vague thread titles such as this one.
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other favorite titles of mine include...

iphone?

iOS

help

when did...

how do i

it's worth noting that many posts with these types of subject lines include words within such as...

welp

should of

"I've owned all 5 iPhone's"

and sentences like...

But!

As if!

duz ne1 no were teh batry covr 4 teh nu ifone iz loc8d?
 
I bet the new iPhone will have the ability to capture still images while shooting video (Like the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S3 & One X) and make it an iPhone 5-only new feature.
 
1080p said:
I bet the new iPhone will have the ability to capture still images while shooting video (Like the Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S3 & One X) and make it an iPhone 5-only new feature.
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Why do I have the feeling that you are right...
 
MattInOz said:
While I agree the tech Apple acquired AuthenTech for won't be in the new iPhone. The fingerprint sensor was well known and shipping (ready to ship?). So it may not be the tech that peeked Apples interest. So could still be considered fair game.
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YES! I love this kinda stuff. Gets me pumped up
 
MattInOz said:
While I agree the tech Apple acquired AuthenTech for won't be in the new iPhone. The fingerprint sensor was well known and shipping (ready to ship?). So it may not be the tech that peeked Apples interest. So could still be considered fair game.
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Siri was already an app implemented in iOS 1.5 years before Apple found it suitable to toss into their own phone as a beta.

Just because AuthenTech has a ready to ship product, you know Apple will take the next year to integrate it into their own device rather than tossing it in last minute.

The only way I could see AuthenTech landing in this year's phone is if they have been integrating it all along and chose to make the acquisition last minute to avoid the rumor mill from churning out talk like this.
 
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