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iPhone 5 Specs

Orange furball said:
What do you mean they "have to"? I mean I understand that people expect extremely awesome displays from apple, but I think they will stick with 3.5 and the same resolution. Apple is consistent, and will most likely keep it 3.5.
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3.5 screen is gone. As is the form factor. You can't really think that they are going to keep it at 3.5 do you?

Do you read mac rumors at all? Or any Mac blog sites?:confused:
 
Widashy said:
Don't you think that 1280X720 will change the aspect ratio which would be a nightmare for Apple to solve. They have to completely revamp the iOS with all the applications.
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Hmm you're right in that case.

Maybe 1440x1080 is a better guess!
 
Dwalls90 said:
Hmm you're right in that case.

Maybe 1440x1080 is a better guess!
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So, what is that about 500 ppi?! Apple really painted themselves in a corner with this 'retina' branding. They can't go one dot under 300 or they'll never hear the end of it.
 
Sedrick said:
So, what is that about 500 ppi?! Apple really painted themselves in a corner with this 'retina' branding. They can't go one dot under 300 or they'll never hear the end of it.
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If 4", 450 PPI, if 4.5", 400 PPI
 
I personally think it's going to be a 4" screen with ipad 2 resolution. That way alot of the graphics with move over and by the time apple stops supporting the ipad 2 the iphone 4s resolution will be out the door also.
 
I could see a 1024x768 4" screen... problem is, the phone aspect ratio changes from the 4 to 5 then.

Still, it would make sense with the iPad apps.

Then again, thats a crap load of pixels to push on such a small display, which translates to more GPU/CPU cycles and much worse battery life.
 
My personal belief is that the screen will either be:
A) 4-inch, 1136x640, 16:9(ish), 326ppi
OR
B) 4.45-inch, 1280x720, 16:9, 326ppi

Bring with it a smaller version of the A5X, with the added graphics performance helping to keep the added pixels in check, and 1GB of RAM. Boom.
 
Dwalls90 said:
Try this instead:

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Display: It's highly likely the screen size will increase. In order to stay above the 4/4S PPI, it would require a screen with the suggested resolution.

PPI: Coordinates to being equal or larger than 4/4S while supporting new screen size rumors.

Storage: Apple doubles the maximum capacity options for a device every other generation, and giving flash prices, we can safely not expect a 128 GB iPhone 6

CPU: The A5X is large and consumes too much energy for a phone. There is a reason the iPad 3, which is already much larger than the iPhone, was required to be a little extra thicker. The 4S already stumbles a bit with it's battery life compared to the 4, and given the rumors of an even thinner phone, there is no way the A5X will find its way inside the iPhone 6. If Apple is waiting until the fall, the A6, which will be as fast if not faster and be more efficient, will be ready and we can safely assume they will go that route for the 6. We will see if they go with a higher processor speed or higher core option.

GPU: This is the haziest of all departments, but we can safely assume a PowerVR 6 as that is their latest offering. My guess is dual-core would suffice, but as with the CPU conundrum, it's up to Apple's geeks to way the pros and cons.

RAM: Doubled every generation, this is a given.

Camera: Increased by 2-3 MP each generation, though they may jump in MP substantially by 4 as 12 MP parts are already falling into competitor smartphones.
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This write up looks much better I would like to add couple points:

- they most likely will drop the 16GB in the next generation.....it is getting too small with the increase in size of OS....iOS 5.1.1 already decreasing todays 16GB to 13.4 on 4S....13.9 or iPhone 4.....the iPhone 4 8GB is really the lowest right now and suffers more than the iPhone 3GS with 8GB....as the size of the OS is bigger.....

- Screen: 4" or 4"+ and I am sure apple will maintain a 300+PPI for sure....

- Storage: 128GB will not happen as you mentioned above with the 4S continuing to sell with 16GB and iPhone 4 with 8GB.....I just can't see the 4S being sold with 8GB....it will be crap....getting only like 5GB to use....
Lineup can look like this:
iPhone 3GS: 8GB (I highly doubt they will continue to sell 3GS after next iPhone launch because I am pretty sure iOS 6 will not support it....we can also see iPad 1 support being dropped in iOS 6)
iPhone 4: 8GB
iPhone 4S: 16GB
iPhone 5/6: 32GB, 64GB

Unless Apple can lean/figure out how to stop/block iPad files being downloaded with every app that is designed for iPad & iPhone/iPod because thats where a good chunk of the storage goes on our iPhone's/iPod Touch's as some games right now are sitting at almost 2GB each.....

- Processor: Quad-Core will not happen....not until next iPad gets the Quad-Core then yes we can get it but right now Apple can/will make the next iPhone much faster than it is right now with just improving graphics, ram and A5X Dual-Core @ 1000MHz or A6 Dual-Core @ 1000MHz....

- Camera: I hope they don't increase the size of megapixels but instead improve the lens/optics because the size in MB/image is already pretty big.....those of you with 8/16GB notice the larger size of images the most when you run out of space so quickly.
 
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I think the above are reasonable expectations. I am definitely in for a 64GB this go around. 16GB killed me. 64 will feel like I can breath again.
 
I don't foresee the 16 gb version going. they didn't do it with the iPad and all those larger sized retina apps.
 
Steve made it a point to explain that the human eye can only discern 300 pixels when a phone is held about 12 inches from your face.

The iPhone has a 3:2 aspect ratio, and that probably wont change.

That said what does the iPhone need to do to keep the same aspect ratio, and 300+ PPI:

Scenario A: Bigger screen, higher resolution -
960x640 = 614400 pixels (sub HD Level)
3.5 = 329.65 PPI
3.7 = 311.83 PPI
3.9 = 295.84 PPI

Scenario B: Bigger screen, higher 3:2 aspect ratio friendly resolution -
1152x768 = 884736 pixels (sub HD Level)
4" = 346.13 PPI
4.2" = 329.65 PPI

Scenario C: Bigger screen, higher 3:2 aspect ratio friendly HD resolution -
1296x864 = 1119744 pixels (HD Level)
4" = 389.4 PPI
4.2" = 370.86 PPI

I'm going with scenario C.
 
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