[Merged] iPhone 5 / 2011 iPhone speculation thread

Vegastouch said:
First three phones look pretty much the same and the iPhone 2G was the best built phone of the 3 by far.....wait, of the 4 by far. Get a case and it dont dent. Mine didnt.
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meh. the black plastic bit on the bottom was squeaky and not flush, on mine and many others', and the bezel was uneven in spots, resulting in sharp edges. good lookin phone mind you, but no where near as solid/refined as the 4 IMO.
 
My predictions for the iPhone 6 (4GD)

* 3D Display
* LTE
* Better Battery Life
* 64GB
* Gesture Control via Front Camera
* Better Antenna

Believe :eek:
 
mcdj said:
meh. the black plastic bit on the bottom was squeaky and not flush, on mine and many others', and the bezel was uneven in spots, resulting in sharp edges. good lookin phone mind you, but no where near as solid/refined as the 4 IMO.
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Iphone 4 looks nice but solid? Seems like it is a bit of a china doll with all the reports of them breaking even hitting the carpet from less than 2'.

2G is the best built phone by far. Hate to say it but it is.
 
-2.8GHz quad core CPU
-32GB of RAM
-4K resolution 3D screen
-20MP front facing camera
-30MP rear camera
-4K 3D out
-256GB of flash memory

Ok I was bored.

Being serious though, I don't really know. I expect to see 64GB of flash memory, better battery life perhaps, maybe an improved front facing camera, more RAM perhaps. I don't even have an iPhone 4 yet (release it in Canada soon Eh!?).
 
Vegastouch said:
Iphone 4 looks nice but solid? Seems like it is a bit of a china doll with all the reports of them breaking even hitting the carpet from less than 2'.

2G is the best built phone by far. Hate to say it but it is.
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Well I guess if you're going by the drop test, yes the 4 is fragile. As one who tends not to drop things, I was referring more to build feel. A Leica M9 is more fragile than a Canon 5D, but the Leica is infinitely more solid feeling.

In terms of dropping, the one phone I did drop was the 3G, onto concrete, and it suffered a mere scrape...no shattered glass like a 4 would likely have, but also no dented aluminum like the 2G would certainly have sustained.
 
Macnator said:
-2.8GHz quad core CPU
-32GB of RAM
-4K resolution 3D screen
-20MP front facing camera
-30MP rear camera
-4K 3D out
-256GB of flash memory
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Well shoot. I guess I could use my new MacBook Pro as an external monitor for my iPhone. Wait, my MBP doesn't support 3D. Well damn, my i7 MBP has now become crap, just like my 3Gs. ;)
 
I've been thinking about this... and I don't think there will be an iPhone exclusive conference next year. They'll probably do something like a thin covering for the antenna and upgraded memory... but I suspect it will be a new tv related product (which maybe will be a 'home hub' too) that the June event will be reserved for.

solar panel rear in 2012.
 
The iPhone 5/iOS 5 topic

Okay it's early, but what features do you think the iPhone 5 will get?

I'd say:
- small hardware antenna update to fix the grip of death,
- same design,
- 32GB and 64GB model!,
- colors! like the iPods, I am dead sure that it won't be long before Apple releases iPhones in different colors, they could spend an entire year just promoting the new iPhones in colors.

And in iOS 5 :
- I think that they could work on adding a big thing on the main menu. Like a big panel coming from the top (like for the backups in Mac OS X),
- a few pimping options like being able to remove the names of the Apps,
- something happening when holding the phone horizontally in the main menu.

Any ideas?
 
I like the idea of "pimping options."

I wanna bitch slap my iPhone so bad, but I'm afraid it'll break the glass.

So perhaps in the new iteration the glass won't be prone to breaking, so I can beat that ass.

I hope I don't get modded for this, but the OP started it.:D
 
Colors

Aucun Express said:
Okay it's early, but what features do you think the iPhone 5 will get?

I'd say:
- small hardware antenna update to fix the grip of death,
- same design,
- 32GB and 64GB model!,
- colors! like the iPods, I am dead sure that it won't be long before Apple releases iPhones in different colors, they could spend an entire year just promoting the new iPhones in colors.

My comment would be that if they offer Iphones (5) in different colors, they are going to have to make it much less fragile than the Iphone 4 because people at not gong to want to put a case on it.


And in iOS 5 :
- I think that they could work on adding a big thing on the main menu. Like a big panel coming from the top (like for the backups in Mac OS X),
- a few pimping options like being able to remove the names of the Apps,
- something happening whe holding the phone vertically in the main menu.

Any ideas?
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My comment would be that if they are going to make Iphones in different colors, they are going to have to make it much less fragile than the Iphone 4, because people are not going to want to put a protective case on it.
 
Touchscreen on the back of the phone with special gestures, 64gb, Apple A5(?) processor based on the dual-core Arm Cortex A9 processors, 8mp camera, slightly improved battery life, HD video out, possible RFID support that would also include wireless payment options for their new iPay service, based on the 150+ million iTunes accounts that are already linked to credit card data.

As for iOS 5, we will likely see an overhaul to the appearance of the UI. The iPhone interface is growing stale. The light blue pinstripes need to go! I'd also expect better file management and connectivity with the cloud, along with faster code execution via the new xCode 4, which according to AppleInsider, allows iOS code to run up to 60% faster with better memory management, which should mean better applications that crash less often. We will also likely see a more streamlined notification interface. Maybe also dynamically updated application icons, like the calendar now, but for other icons like weather, with an API for developers to use backgrounding to change them on the fly to present useful information to the user. Lastly, I would expect some sort of dashboard like implementation. Maybe a landing screen, maybe able to be activated on the lock screen, maybe that is also a part of the new notification system. It would allow users to view all their latest information, including news feeds, mail, texts, weather, calendar for the day, and to-dos all in a convenient location. They might also bring some of that location based icon stuff from the patents in.
 
I doubt next years iteration will be called the "iPhone 5". Something along the lines of how the 3G went to the 3GS. It'll be a minor tech bump and something will be done about the antenna to shut people up but nothing too drastic. My 2 cents -- which are worthless -- thanks for reading.
 
An app that allows you to store files from your computer (mentioned in another thread). Colors would be nice. S4 processor <waits for an Audi owner/enthusiast to say "I see what you did thar!!">.
 
How about

macduke said:
Touchscreen on the back of the phone with special gestures, 64gb, Apple A5(?) processor based on the dual-core Arm Cortex A9 processors, 8mp camera, slightly improved battery life, HD video out, possible RFID support that would also include wireless payment options for their new iPay service, based on the 150+ million iTunes accounts that are already linked to credit card data.

As for iOS 5, we will likely see an overhaul to the appearance of the UI. The iPhone interface is growing stale. The light blue pinstripes need to go! I'd also expect better file management and connectivity with the cloud, along with faster code execution via the new xCode 4, which according to AppleInsider, allows iOS code to run up to 60% faster with better memory management, which should mean better applications that crash less often. We will also likely see a more streamlined notification interface. Maybe also dynamically updated application icons, like the calendar now, but for other icons like weather, with an API for developers to use backgrounding to change them on the fly to present useful information to the user. Lastly, I would expect some sort of dashboard like implementation. Maybe a landing screen, maybe able to be activated on the lock screen, maybe that is also a part of the new notification system. It would allow users to view all their latest information, including news feeds, mail, texts, weather, calendar for the day, and to-dos all in a convenient location. They might also bring some of that location based icon stuff from the patents in.
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How about:
1) How about the ability to save any email attachment, even if the phone cannot open it. Also, ability to attach any file type in an email. This functionality is in nearly every other smart phone on the market.

2) How about a finger print sensor that would replace, or be an option to a password.

3) How about a bar code scanner that works, as part of the OS.

4) How about a business card scanner that works, as part of the OS.

5) How about flash support in the OS.

6) How about a diagnostics mode in the OS, that would allow users to fix some of the simple issues that some people have.

7) How about the ability in the OS to wireless sync any and all data the user would like to. This would likely be over Mobile Me.

Your ideas are very good. Especially the one about using the back of the phone. Actually, they could, if the phone has a dual processor, have an option whereby one core is dedicated to the front, and the other to the back, with both fully functional. This could be shut off, and both cores would be dedicated to the front, except for the limited function/functions (whatever they would be) provided on the back.
 
Omegaman69 said:
How about:

2) How about a finger print sensor that would replace, or be an option to a password.

5) How about flash support in the OS.

7) How about the ability in the OS to wireless sync any and all data the user would like to. This would likely be over Mobile Me.
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These. Plus Custom SMS tones. Seriously, why haven't custom sms tones been added yet?
 
color red would be nice. a bigger screen, 4 inch. Front camera, 3 megapixel, back camera 8 mega pixel. 64 gig, 128 gig. facetime over 3g. streaming videos. retina display, of course. more voice controls. Better folders. app stores purchases put in que better downloading. Have us scroll down to see our notifications and scroll up for social networking like integrated facebook or whatever. Apple search would be nice. I am appling to see if Legend of seeker will have a season 3.
 
iOS5 needs

Notifications done better.
Now we have a ton of apps all pushing events onto a small blue rectangle, it would be good to have some way of accumulating presenting and acting on the notifications.

Files done better.
iWork Apps, iBooks, Mail, GoodReader - call all generate and act on a variety of files.
Hiding the file system from users is usually a good thing. But the iPad particularly could benefit from a more manual way of managing files. The current work-arounds (specifying files in iTunes) are inelegant.

The photo library might be a model for this. All image-type-apps can get images and place images in the photo library. If this model were extended to PDFs, Pages docs - and so on. It would be good. This file soup needs to be synced to an external place.

Ideally, that place would be Dropbox, but in all probability it will be iDisk

C.
 
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