All I know is that Apple better wow me with iPhone OS 4.0/iPhone 4G or I'm jumping ship to the first Android phone for AT&T.
I think SJ acknowledged these numbers when he said iPhone updates would be aggressive in the future. I have a feeling Apple has been holding its fire since the original iPhone shipped until real competition emerged. Now that it's here I expect Apple to come out with guns a blazin'. Yee haw.
I'm not sure what else it needs.
I too am starting to think about a new iPhone. I've been happy with my original 2G, (purchased here on MR) however it is nearly 3 years old.
Some UI elements have been starting to irritate me, so I jailbroke it a few months ago, which caused some new issues. (On the whole, I prefer it jailbroken, so I won't un-jailbreak it.)
If the new iPhone has a front camera, and can use 3G for webchat, I'm in there. I'd buy two - one for me and one for my partner as we want to use videochat. (without spending $1/£1/minute for mobile carrier videochat)
iPhone Software
Phone- Show location call is coming from while phone is ringing
Use iMovie 3D maps animation to pinpoint location call is
coming from
Ability to record calls with legal disclaimers
Ability to transfer calls
Ability to change voice with legal disclaimers
Hold music/audio/clip can play when hold is pressed
Settings- On, Off, Vibrate then ring, ring then vibrate options instead
of on/off toggle
Repeating alert for missed calls
SMS custom tones
Messages- Time stamp for every message
Way to cancel outgoing messages
Emoji enabled by default
Character counter
Phone App- Way to remove individual missed calls
Way to forward voice messages
Way to save voice messages to iTunes or similar
Ability set custom voicemail recordings and ringback tones based on caller and time in app
Ability to select (custom) hold music/audio/clip based on caller
Calendar- Week view
Ability to change the calendar an event is on after it has
been created
Clock- Alarm clock mode
Ability to set different volume for alarms than music
volume (e.g. falling asleep to low volume music and have
the volume high for the alarm ringer)
Contacts- Coverflow
Album view
Lock Screen- Password or passcode options
Display name of phone
Information @ at a glance; summary
Home screen- Landscape ability (3.2...)
Notes/Mail- In C,C,P pop-up include Style, Size, Font, Color options
Dual pane mail in portrait mode
Other- Ability to turn off, stop, or freeze accelerometer
Ability to record video screencasts
Ability to screen share/remotely control other iPhones
Notification bar improvements
Notification improvements
Allowance of other apps to use iPod/headset controls
Multitasking ability based on existing dock
Glass appearance of dock
Allow custom backgrounds (coming in 3.2...)
Built in iChat
Video ringtones (that can be customized for callers/groups)
iPod- Tags
Subgenres
Synchronized Lyrics
Auto EQ based on genre
Multi-Artist support (songs can be listed under multiple artists)
iPhone Hardware
Higher MP rear-facing camera with flash and zoom
Front-facing camera
Fingerprint reader
Solar panel
Projector
Bluetooth 3.0
USB 3.0
OLED
Matte backing, color options
Indicator light(s) around home button and power button
N wireless
Faster 3G/4G/WiMax
NFC/RFID
TV tuner with app
FM/HD radio with app
FM transmitter
Wireless charging capability
Stereo speakers
IR with universal remote app
You can't really use the number of iPhones Apple sold as an accurate representation of the number actually used in the hands of consumers.
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I think SJ acknowledged these numbers when he said iPhone updates would be aggressive in the future. I have a feeling Apple has been holding its fire since the original iPhone shipped until real competition emerged. Now that it's here I expect Apple to come out with guns a blazin'. Yee haw.
More importantly it's time for them to expand the range of models. They seem to be forgetting that fashion is much more of a factor with mobile phones than it is with computers. Some people go through 3-4 phones a year, as if they were sneakers. The iPhone is just one model, the design has barely changed -- we had the aluminum version for one year, the plastic one for one year and then an identical plastic exterior for year three. It's old hat, the charm of novelty has been totally erased -- nobody wants to see your new phone if it's an iPhone and nobody wants to see your stupid magnetometer show-off apps anymore. This of course doesn't mean sh*t to those of us who outgrew that schoolyard crap decades ago, our criteria are more or less strictly utilitarian, but insecure kids who buy gadgets for the cool factor make up a surprisingly large chunk of the buyers. Apple addressed that on the iPod front by releasing tons of different models in a wide range of colors, and they updated them so fast nobody could keep up. But the iPod still got old. If Apple wants to secure more iPhone customers beyond the mature/utilitarian ones, they'd better act soon.It's time for Apple to shorten the upgrade cycle.
Do it soon, I'm now out of contract and there's no way I'm upgrading to the 3GS knowing there's a new model on the way.![]()
At this point, I am glad I switched to the droid. Its better than the 3Gs in pretty much every aspect except the app store.
With that said, competition is great, and I fully expect the iPhone 4G to convert me back <3 Its probably going to be amazing.
iPhone down, Nokia UP!
So much for the dimise of Nokia!
All I know is that Apple better wow me with iPhone OS 4.0/iPhone 4G or I'm jumping ship to the first Android phone for AT&T.
Apple market share slippy tell me one thing. Apple has reach its saturation point in the market. It is not really go gain much more market share and mostly its growth in units sold will be that of the pass with growth of the smart phone market.
perhaps it's the other way around?![]()
I pray to any and all gods that joeshell is trying to be sarcastic. You throw all of that into a phone in June and you have a $1,500 phone.
USB 3: Because everybody has a USB 3 port
Bluetooth 3: I didn't know it existed before two seconds ago, and why stop with Bluetooth 4 is ready?
4G/WiMax: You want to include a battery-sucking 4G radio for a network with zero nodes on AT&T and only available in four cities on Sprint? How's this going to affect battery life?
HD radio, stereo speakers, OLED, front-facing camera, fingerprint reader, solar panels: You forgot to add a flux capacitor