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Next iPhone: Double Resolution Display, Front Camera, Multi-Tasking?

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sorry to bring this up.. but does the iphone get updated more frequently than the mbp?
 
I just hope they let us do certain things with the springboard to take advantage of the awesome screen. Just add a widget section in the app store and watch the apps flyyyy.
 
econgeek said:
I'm not aware of Gruber ever having inside information. I believe he has no sources at apple who feed him stuff. He may have friends there who tell him things like how the rank and file Apple employees feel about Google, but he doesn't have anyone at Apple who feeds him specs for upcoming products.

He is, like most rumor mongers just giving informed speculation. IF he happens to be right, then it is luck or smart speculating.

This is so prevelant in mac rumors that I'm tempted to start a speculation site-- just so that I can get the words down first, and then track how they propagate thru the web as people report them as "rumors" they got from an "inside source".

Gruber enjoys pretending like he has "sources", but he doesn't. He's just a douchebag seeking attention.
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He does have sources within Apple. In fact there is probably no other writer/blogger that knows as much of what is going on inside Apple. If you don't like him, fine, but far more often than not he's on the mark.
 
I think the iPod and iPhone should merge, making it so that iPod users have all the options minus the phone... seems like it would be a good move for all.
 
Wow. Can the macrumors editors read? Clearly Gruber was joking about the lack of specificity, not stating that these features would be there.
 
arn said:
Gruber has a pretty good track record:

https://www.macrumors.com/2010/01/12/john-gruber-no-camera-on-apple-tablet/
https://www.macrumors.com/2009/06/07/iphone-3gs-marble-delayed-tablet-exists/
https://www.macrumors.com/2009/10/19/rumors-of-new-apple-hardware-tomorrow-swirling/

which is why we post his rumors to the front page.

arn
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Every single one of those links has Gruber speculating about stuff, and the only inside information he had was that it was going to be called the 3GS. Likely something he got from a trademark filing.

Many of his assertions are either obvious (faster processor, more flash storage were true about the previous releases as well) or simply guesses (its easy to predict that Apple will release an imac and a macbook when they are both lines that were long in the tooth at the time.)

I know you've met him, but you give him too much credit.

Every single one of the predictions in this story is an obvious upgrade.
-- A4 - obviously if they have made custom silicon better to use them across the line and spread the R&D costs over more units. R&D is the highest cost for semiconductors, especially custom.
-- Double Resolution Display-- this is an obvious next step given that competitors are coming out with higher resolution displays, the iPhone is 3 years old, and apple has already demonstrated the feature in the ipad
-- Third party multitasking- another obvious one, though it won't really be the multitasking everyone's asking for. It will be a limited sandbox where some code can run in an environment tightly controlled by apple. Thus "apps" will be able to run in the background and do polling, etc, but not be able to take too much horsepower or use the network too much. I can even predict that these apps will have some ability to update status info on the homescreen or a dashboard like interface. (EG: facebook will be able to put the latest FB status message from a friend or GMAIL will put the latest email you've gotten, the first few lines of text, on the homescreen.) BTW, if that happens are you going to decide that I have an inside source? This is just me speculating based on what apple has already done. But put it out there as a rumor and people believe I know insiders, right?!
-- Front facing camera. A perennial feature request from the mac rumor mongers that does not make much real sense.

When the new iPhone doesn't have a front facing camera, will you strike gruber from your reliable rumors list? Or will he get to slide because he was "obviously being sarcastic"?
 
muskratboy said:
just so everyone knows, i've been claiming the "double resolution display" for months now. :p
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If by months you mean since before January 28th, then good on you. That's some smart speculating.

If after January 28th, less credit because Apple demoed the feature running in the iPhone OS essentially on that date.

Makes it kind of a no-brainer, but still the kind of thing you have to be smart to recognize. (EG: which is why we don't have all these rumors about it running around, unlike the front facing camera rumor.)
 
str1f3 said:
He does have sources within Apple. In fact there is probably no other writer/blogger that knows as much of what is going on inside Apple. If you don't like him, fine, but far more often than not he's on the mark.
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Arn just linked to three instances where he made wrong predictions or his rumors were completely obvious.
 
econgeek said:
Every single one of those links has Gruber speculating about stuff, and the only inside information he had was that it was going to be called the 3GS. Likely something he got from a trademark filing.

Many of his assertions are either obvious (faster processor, more flash storage were true about the previous releases as well) or simply guesses
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Give me a break. Just about everyone thought the iPad would have a camera. No one was "guessing" that it wouldn't have a camera. That would have been a terrible guess if he didn't have inside info.

You're just making yourself look foolish now.

He's never right!
[proof]
Those don't count!
 
Velorium said:
Last time I checked double means 2x not 4x. You and the article poster must mean that the resolution would be quadrupled.
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Resolution is doubling.

Number of pixels is quadrupling.

960x640 = 614,000
480x320 = 153,600

Which is 4 times as many pixels.
 
Velorium said:
Last time I checked double means 2x not 4x. You and the article poster must mean that the resolution would be quadrupled.
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Think about it, doubling the resolution means 4 times the pixels.

If you double the number of pixels horizontally and then double them vertically, the original number of pixels fit in a quarter of the screen.
 
Eriamjh1138@DAN said:
What the frack is a "double-resolution" display? Its either 960x640 or it isn't.

The A4 chip promises to make it snappy.
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Current iPhone display: 480x320.
480*2 = 960
320*2 = 640
= 960x640.

Not *really* that hard?


Anyways, I doubt it'll be double resolution. That would make items onscreen microscopic, and impossible to touch. Then developers would have to up the size of everything, negating the effect of a higher res display. Why bother?! It's fine how it is, IMO.
Plus, the more dots a processor has to put out, the lower the frame rate. So, use an A4 chip with same 480x320 display = awesome frame rates.

Anyways, I am not interested in a new iPhone. 3GS is good. I just want a MBP update, already! It will be my first Apple laptop, and I'm getting impatient... *twiddles thumbs hopefully*
 
cmaier said:
Wow. Can the macrumors editors read? Clearly Gruber was joking about the lack of specificity, not stating that these features would be there.
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That's just how he rolls.

arn
 
those would be cool.

best yet, good bye ATT, you and your lousy service! (from wsj)
New iPhone Could End AT&T's U.S. Monopoly

Apple Inc. plans to begin producing this year a new iPhone that could allow U.S. phone carriers other than AT&T Inc. to sell the iconic gadget, said people briefed by the company.

The new iPhone would work on a type of wireless network called CDMA, these people said. CDMA is used by Verizon Wireless, AT&T's main competitor, as well as Sprint Nextel Corp. and a handful of cellular operators in countries including South Korea and Japan. The vast majority of carriers world-wide, including AT&T, use another technology called GSM.

Apple is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on another model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless. WSJ's Julia Angwin and Simon Constable discuss.

With Apple developing a phone with CDMA capability, its exclusive U.S. arrangement with AT&T dating to 2007 appears set to end.

Verizon Wireless, owned by Verizon Communications Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC, declined to comment. An AT&T spokesman said: "There has been lots of incorrect speculation on CDMA iPhones for a long time. We haven't seen one yet and only Apple knows when that might occur." Apple declined to comment.

Separately, Apple plans to release a new version of its current iPhone this summer, continuing its practice of annual upgrades at about the same time of year, said people briefed on the matter. The model is likely to be thinner and have a faster processor, two people familiar with the device said.

For AT&T, the Apple relationship has been crucial, helping to make the carrier the U.S. leader in lucrative smart-phone market share. According to comScore Inc., AT&T has over 43% of all U.S. smart-phone customers, compared with 23% for Verizon. These customers are especially attractive because they generally pay higher monthly rates for data plans.
For several quarters, AT&T's growth has come almost single-handedly from the iPhone. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the carrier said it activated 3.1 million new iPhones. In comparison, it counted only a net total of 2.7 million new subscribers as some customers moved from other phones to iPhones.

"You're not going to lose the iPhone [exclusivity] and make up growth somewhere else without bearing the cost," said Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. research analyst Craig Moffett.
The people briefed on the matter said the upgraded GSM iPhone is being made by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which produced Apple's previous iPhones. The CDMA iPhone model is being made by Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan's ASUSTeK Computer Inc., said these people.

One person familiar with the situation said Pegatron is scheduled to start mass producing CDMA iPhones in September. Other people said, however, that the schedule could change and the phone may not be available to consumers immediately after production begins.
Representatives of Pegatron and Hon Hai declined to comment.

Verizon has publicly stated its interest in the iPhone, but people familiar with the situation said Apple originally decided against developing a phone for Verizon to keep its development process simple, since the technologies are incompatible.

Verizon also is upgrading its network to a higher-speed technology, so Apple has said it believed CDMA was a short-term technology. Apple later changed its mind as it realized Verizon's upgrade would take longer than expected, said people familiar with the situation.

Making the iPhone available through Verizon, which has over 91 million customers, as well as potentially other CDMA carriers could open up a significant new market. In 2009, iPhone sales globally rose 83% to 25.1 million, far outpacing the 20% to 25% growth in smart phones sales overall, according to Bernstein. But since Apple already dominates smart-phone sales through existing partners, "sooner rather than later, Apple is going to have to look to find incremental distribution," said Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi. He estimates Verizon could help Apple nearly double the number of iPhone users in the U.S.

AT&T's relationship with Apple, a lucrative deal arranged by Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, shows how such a partnership with other carriers could present challenges.

Analysts estimate AT&T pays Apple more than $600 per phone, but sells most of them for $199 or less. Heavy iPhone users have also put an enormous load on AT&T's wireless network, pushing the carrier to a breaking point in some markets such as New York and San Francisco.
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troop231 said:
So how big will the screen be? I hope not the current size :(
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That's like the fifth time you've posted the same question in this thread.

The iPhone won't be much larger (if at all) than the current form. There is a rumour of a slightly taller factor, but nothing drastic.

Why would you want a substantially larger iPhone? Will be heavier and bulkier to carry around..
 
econgeek said:
I'm not aware of Gruber ever having inside information. I believe he has no sources at apple who feed him stuff. He may have friends there who tell him things like how the rank and file Apple employees feel about Google, but he doesn't have anyone at Apple who feeds him specs for upcoming products.

He is, like most rumor mongers just giving informed speculation. IF he happens to be right, then it is luck or smart speculating.
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He called the last revisions of Mac Minis (including the server model), as well as the Magic Mouse when they weren't on anybody's radar.

Who knows who or what they are, but he's got sources.
 
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