Mr. Preg hit it pretty square here.
This theme has been discussed over and over but her ei answer once again,
Wait, Why wait?
-3g (even if you dont use it)
Very likely to be a highly over rated feature on the new phone.
-Possible larger capacities
Another real possibility. Especially as the iPhone becomes a much larger part of iPod sales. Remember Steve J. went the cell phone route because he saw the iPod market evaporating once people became comfortable with the idea of a music playing cell phone. I see this feature as a far bigger draw than 3G. If Apple can stuff 32 to 64 Giga Bytes of storage into the next generation iPhone I see it being a huge seller.
I'd certainly like to see this on an optional model. Especially if Apple can make arrangements for internally stored maps. The problem is that GPS is most useful tome when I'm far from a cell or WiFi connection.
-Possibly new digital camera and video chat camera
I see this as a given. The question becomes just how much of an improvement will we see. There is a huge amount of research going into cell camera technology at the moment. If Apple can lock in the right tech it could result in a huge improvement to the camera.
-A small possibilitty of new OLED displays (in other words more space for hardware and better display).
The situation here is the same as with the camera. A lot of research going into OLED. The real possibility of a folding iPhone becomes a reality. There is even a company expecting to have a cell Phone with a roll out screen this year. The potential is huge here also, but the question remains is Apple ready to switch to something so new.
-Smal small possibility maybe a feedback touchscreen
Personally I feel this is a waste of time and a huge reliability problem. I'm not sure why people feel this is a requirement. Frankly I fear the people that want this are the same ones that use a cell phone while driving.
-A new design even if is similer it might look better
-Minor hardware updates.
Possibly significant updates. This of course is a difficult thing to guess at because Apple has many options including a high value phone and a lower value one.
and even if you dont like any of these or half of thse dont come the current models will be a lot cheaper... you cn still buy one of the old for less.
Possibly the best reason of all. If Apple decides to keep the current iphone in the line up it might become much cheaper. If we are lucky AT&T might even offer a better plan for the low end model. By the way I don't think they will necessarily keep the current model as is but I do believe we will see a line up of iPhones very soon. The low end would offer features similar to what we have now.
In any event I got out the soldering iron to rework my old cell phone so that it would last a few months longer. That worked so I'm not pressed to buy hardware, which is the best position to be in.
Dave
