Intel Inside Future iPhone?

[EagerDragon]

Well this is more than likely! One of the reasons Apple does not have 3g right now I believe is that 3g drains power like no other. So hopefully the implementation of 3g will also be the implementation of new battery technologies, like those new lithiums?? I think thats what they are.

well anyway, it will be awesome!

I think Steve said something about expecting new 3G technology around summer 2008.

 

[hulugu]

I agree 100% on gps, but why 802.11n? Its not like you're doing file transfers. The only reason I have in mind is so that the rest of my network can remain in N mode when the iPhone connects.

I agree with you here, GPS and 3G are great additions, but 802.11n might not be worth it, unless your network is 'n' only.

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I think it is simpler than that. Apple rushed the iPhone out the door. Sure thay has a bunch on interesting tech, but not as a choerent product....

While the iPhone needs some polish, I disagree with your point that it's not a coherent product. Having used one for several weeks I can honestly say that the whole widget works quite well and that the ideas are relatively well-executed.

I'd like cut-n-paste, a real SDK for developers, and a number of other refinements (Safari is great, but it does occasionally just quit on me), but I don't accept the idea that the iPhone isn't a 'coherent' product, there's far too much thought in the device for that kind of judgement.

 

[ryanchandl]

These are wat i wan the future iphone has:

1. HSDPA
2. Memory Card Slot
3. 3rd Party Applications

 

[gnasher729]

Competition goes both ways

Intel would probably be happy for Apple to use this chip, but ARM is not sleeping either: The new ARM Cortex-A9 chips should be available earlier, and you get four ARM cores, multi-scalar and OOO execution, running at 1000 MHz, up to 8000 MIPS, fully synthesizable, and using about 250 milliwatt.

Since MacOS X runs on ARM, and applications just compile (if you use a slightly patched version of XCode), I think Apple would consider this chip for an ultra-portable.

 

[Thomas2006]

Talk about putting all of your eggs into one basket. Would it be a good thing for Apple to rely on only one chip manufacturer? I suppose it would make it easier for the company to write code for a single, consistent platform (other than something additional, like ARM) but......

I think Intel is way too big to be considered "one basket". Apple developed OS X in parallel, for both the PPC and x86, and it would not surprise me if they also had AMD machines in a lab, "just in case". Apple recommends using the Accelerate.framework instead of manually coding AltiVec/SSE instructions so if a different CPU is used the application does not need to be changed.

 

[abrooks]

I think Steve said something about expecting new 3G technology around summer 2008.

Jobs noted that Apple was working on a 3G iPhone but made no mention of when it would be released, wouldn't be a smart thing to do if Apple want to sell iPhones now