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Next Generation iPhone Bezel Revealed?

i know a lot of you don't get the video call thing, but if a camera on the iphone is coupled with skype (even if only wifi) that would be awesome for me.

As someone who lives in another country from my family and friends video calls are great. to be able to jump on my wifi, kick back and not worry about a computer would be a huge plus for me. can walk around easier while chatting etc. very useful for me.

just because a feature doesn't seem useful for you doesn't mean there are not other people who would really appreciate it.
 
Agolden said:
Well, you would be video chatting with people that have laptops or desktops. And, I think it is possible that they are doing the front facing cam because apple always does cool stuff like this first. But, there is no software in the 3.0 betas that would allow video chat, ya know? There might be a front cam for taking pics of you and yourself to send with mms. Either way, if there is a front cam, there is no software for video chat yet... from apple at least.... (app store)
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As you said, Apple would do it, they would NEVER let a third party or some crap app on the App Store do iChat lol! No way they would let a killer app like iChat for iPhone be done by someone else! :rolleyes:

You are right, there is nothing in 3.0. I have had it for quite a while now. That should be proof enough for you that it will not happen this year.

And as far as the laptops and desktops, not that that would never happen, but it kind of defeats the purpose of mobility. The intent would be for iChatting to happen iPhone to iPhone. iPhone's to Macs would be secondary.

I'm not trying to get you down, I'm just being realistic. I have been wanting iChat on the iPhone from the beginning but the time is not yet. 1-2 years with either HSPA 7.2 or LTE. Depends on what Apple does with exclusivity with AT&T and Verizon's LTE network.

I personally think iChat will be THE FEATURE of iPhone 4G! Everything aligns for that timing, with the networks, exclusivity, proprietary chips from PA Semi coming to fruition, the iPhone OS doing major video handling, etc.
 
My Rendition of Next Gen iPhone

My Rendition of Next Gen iPhone.

How the new iPhone would look like according to some rumors.:p

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Rethink your first assumptions

I find it odd that the new bezel assumptions don't add up with the icons that were found the other day. In those icons, the earpiece is in the standard location of the current model phone. Now, I don't think this is inconsistency. I'd expect that the notch at the top isn't replacing the earpiece, but instead is a repositioning of the loudspeaker for speakerphone and watching videos. The downward-facing speaker kinda sucks, especially in areas with an above-average ambient noise level. Opinions?

Oh, and they could technically keep the downward facing speaker, also, and use the two speakers to broadcast stereo sound when the phone is in a horizontal orientation.
 
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