Could the following mean that we are a really really long way, like years, away from ever seeing a 2nd revision iPhone? and when one is released what might a 2nd rev. include? oh and by the way, My apologies for the pounding headaches I may have just given to those that may be thinking, "how can you possibly be serious about asking questions about a 2nd revision iPhone when the 1st one hasn't even shipped yet".
So revisions (generations) to a portable product such as the iPod have materialized over the years naturally as technologies got better, potential demand for smaller, slimmer, bigger hard drives, video playback, etc etc. Each revision in an iPod has seen a significant change and improvement over the previous revision. And within each revision a line of models within that revision ie, a 20g versions a 40g version and a 60g version.
However, is the iPhone much different? I think it may be very different.
Sure we could see other models within this generation of iPhone ie, an iPhone jr. less drive space maybe, or an iPhone Pro model, slightly larger, more pro applications maybe, and a larger hard drive or something to that effect. So what goes into a 2nd revision?
Keep in mind there are certain capabilities this device will probably never see because it's really not the direction Apple would probably want to go with a device. So no garage door opening capabilities etc.
Well it seems like when looking at the iPhones hardware, there are certain marketable limits it is very close to as is. For instance, the screen can't get much larger. 1 or more inches larger and it would just be too cumbersome and oddly for most people to want to carry around as a phone. It can't get much slimmer as it's already less than a half inch thick. Ok maybe it could get slightly slimmer but is that enough to justify a 2nd rev? what's the promo going to look like for that one, iPhone just went from .46" thick to .30".
Core animation on it and video playback and the speed at which it loads things seems very fluid on it as it is now. So a speedier processor for what? It's not like their marketing the iPhone's proccessor speed anyhow so an upgrade in that direction doesn't seem likely soon. the new iPhone 2.0ghz? nah.
What about software? It seems like the biggest improvements could come from software installed on the iPhone. Apps that run on the iPhone and the iPhone OS. That is very possible however, even if you did have to pay to upgrade to iPhone OS Lite 2.0 how much could it possibly cost? 50bucks aroundish?
So what significant changes/improvements a 2nd revision iPhone?
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