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The upcoming iPhone is the REAL iPhone 4!

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iPad 2

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Mar 4, 2011
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4" Inch Screen
4 Cores (2 a9 cpu cores, and 2 sgx543 gpu cores)
4G Antenna (every new highend smartphone is offering 4G, Apple will follow suit)
4x the speed (the same speed increase advertized from the iPad 1 to the iPad 2)
64GB of storage

This upcoming revamp looks to be the biggest jump forward of any one iPhone generation.

It's a shame the name iPhone 4 is already taken. It would be perfect for the upcoming iPhone.

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And the cool part is, those specs are pretty much exactly what the iPhone needs hardware wise, in order to be the perfect smartphone.

Software wise, it still needs revamped notifications, wireless/ota itunes, and a file system that you can use to drag and drop media into. Not like on a Mac where you see system files and other stuff, but just a users home folder. A place that all apps can access and load and save files from/to. That way if you have a document, it doesn't have to exist inside of each app in order to access it. (1 copy in DropBox, 1 in Pages, 1 in DocsToGo, etc.) Also it means that Apples apps would be able to share files with DropBox or any other file syncing service. Then we can rid of the file sharing in iTunes and instead just have the disk show up as an external drive. And users would be free to drag and drop videos and photos from any PC directly into the iPhone's video/photos folder without having to go through iTunes and syncing everything.

It sucks that the users can't just simply drag and drop a video from a friend's computer into the Phone. It's also a shame that when plugged in, W7/OSX do not recognize and use the iPhone as a 32GB/64GB Mass/USB Storage Device with access to the file system. Adding a file system would let users add files (via Bluetooth, iTunes apps, Dropbox and other Apps), delete and rename music, videos from their iPhones directly. It would let users download files from Safari(or other apps) and store them on the phone in a centralized location, then be able to access them without Safari on my Mac/PC for easy file sharing/swapping. And it would let us organize the 100+ photos and videos on our iPhones into separate folders/albums. It would even let people delete individual text messages and phone calls. And most importantly it would let people organize videos, music, photos (into albums), and documents (PDF, DOC, PAGES), and other files and easily add them as email attachments on the phone itself.

But rest assured, those will be coming too. ;)

XboxEvolved said:
I think the OP had a great post and eventually probably most of what you wish will happen, but Apple is all about incremental improvements. Below is a quick list of what I think is likely what will happen. Before I get to that let me say, I have a friend that works in the industry at RIM who is very knowledgeable about the ins and outs of the industry. When I asked him a few months ago if 4G was possible by June on iPhone he kind of laughed it off and said "Yeah maybe if they waited until this fall but summer it would make them look stupid." Sure enough a few months later we are getting a lot of these rumors that Apple may actually be waiting until September which makes more sense. Here is just my quick list of predictions:

-iPhone "4G" or "5" as the likely branding.

-4G capable with a base price of $200

-Comes in 2 main flavors on Verizon, AT&T, possibly Sprint (as could be another reason waiting until fall) at $200 32GB, $300 64GB (or 16/32 I say the memory bump would be a 50/50 thing honestly) with black or white

-iPhone 4 now only 16GB (or 8GB) at $100 on both Verizon and AT&T

-Cosmetically little will change

-Main feature Apple will focus on most is the camera, 4G, and Facetime over network, and the fact that it will do it over any network and device. Due to 4G they may raise the fees again.

-The camera on the back at least will greatly improve being the 9MP Sony sensor rumored/confirmed possibly with 1080P

-4' screen could happen but it would have to not sacrifice the industrial design, and would have to scale in accordance with applications from developers.

-Innards will consist of the same graphics and cpu as iPad 2 with a 1Ghz dual core. Memory however will be bumped to 1GB (just as was the case with iPad 1 being 256MB ram, iPhone 4 being 512MB, etc)

As for iOS5 I dunno. I would suspect something to do with the cloud, better push, better notification system, a "personalized" Home screen similar to Android but done in a very Apple way. Perhaps more improvements towards true multitasking, I would suspect an "Apple TV app" could be in the works. An adapter and/or compatibility with Thunderbolt as well.
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iPad 2 said:
4" Inch Screen
4 Cores (2 a9 cpu cores, and 2 sgx543 gpu cores)
4G Antenna
4x the speed

It's a shame the name iPhone 4 is already taken. It would be perfect for the upcoming iPhone.
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I don't think it'll have a 4G antenna, but that's a nice coincidence!
It also shouldn't have the banner as "the biggest leap since the original" because every new iPhone is the biggest leap since the original :rolleyes:
 
iPad 2 said:
And the cool part is, those specs are pretty much exactly what the iPhone needs hardware wise, in order to be the perfect smartphone.
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The perfect smartphone for you perhaps, but not for everyone. It is doubtful that you will see any of those specs in the next iPhone.
 
ucfgrad93 said:
The perfect smartphone for you perhaps, but not for everyone. It is doubtful that you will see any of those specs in the next iPhone.
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Other than maybe a few minor tweaks here and there, what else could anyone really ask for?

It is pretty much a guarentee that pretty much all those specs WILL be in the next iPhone.

The next iPhone will offer an A5 with a 4x speed increase same as the iPad 2(2 a9 cpu cores, and 2 sgx543 gpu cores), that much is certain.
People have been clamoring for a 4" inch screen for over an year now, and the rumors are widespread that Apple is getting ready to meet that wish.
Every new high end smartphone is offering 4G nowadays, Apple will follow suit.
 
iPad 2 said:
Other than maybe a few minor tweaks here and there, what else could anyone really ask for?
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Not everyone wants a 4" inch screen. There have been several polls here and many people want to stay at the current 3.5 inch screen. Just because you want it, doesn't mean everyone else does.

iPad 2 said:
It is pretty much a guarentee that pretty much all those specs WILL be in the next iPhone.
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Do you have some proof of that, or are you just stating opinion as fact?:rolleyes:
 
ucfgrad93 said:
Not everyone wants a 4" inch screen. There have been several polls here and many people want to stay at the current 3.5 inch screen. Just because you want it, doesn't mean everyone else does.
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According to the poll conducted on here, 20% of iPhone users want to stay at the current 3.5 inch screen. The other 80% desperately want a 4" screen.

Personally I think most of those 20% were trolling, and those that aren't should just stick with the iPhone 4 if they like browsing the web and viewing videos on a tiny 3.5" screen so much.
 
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iPad 2 said:
Other than maybe a few minor tweaks here and there, what else could anyone really ask for?

It is pretty much a guarentee that pretty much all those specs WILL be in the next iPhone.

The next iPhone will offer an A5 with a 4x speed increase same as the iPad 2(2 a9 cpu cores, and 2 sgx543 gpu cores), that much is certain.
People have been clamoring for a 4" inch screen for over an year now, and the rumors are widespread that Apple is getting ready to meet that wish.
Every new high end smartphone is offering 4G nowadays, Apple will follow suit.
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I don't see where the "guarantee" is...your cousin who works for Apple?
 
As sure as the sun will rise tomorrow, the next iPhone will feature an A5 chip (same as the iPad 2).

How is that for a guarantee?
 
And you likewise have no proof that the sun will come up tomorrow. :p

You can't see the future, you make predictions based on established patterns. And the established pattern is that the sun will come up tomorrow and the iPhone 5 will have an A5 chip in it just like the iPad 2.
 
iPad 2 said:
You can't see the future, you make predictions based on established patterns.
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The established pattern is that it certainly won't have 4G. Look what Apple did with 3G. They waited until the battery life wasn't abysmal. 4G chips are fairly new, are hogs and 4G isn't widespread enough for it to matter yet. Give it a year.
 
Sweet jesus.... This is the dumbest thread I've ever seen. Hope OP is trolling, for his sake. If not, wow, theres so much here that is untrue. As for the people quoting statistics from polls on this site, they don't count for anything, the population of iPhone users is vastly larger than this forum. Polls here are in no way representative of what the majority wants.
 
QuarterSwede said:
The established pattern is that it certainly won't have 4G. Look what Apple did with 3G. They waited until the battery life wasn't abysmal. 4G chips are fairly new and are hogs.
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They waited till 3G was an year old before putting it into the iPhone. The first 4G phones started showing up an year ago. The timing fits.

And no, they're not hogs. Not sure where you're getting that info.
 
iPad 2 said:
They waited till 3G was an year old before putting it into the iPhone. The first 4G phones started showing up an year ago. The timing fits.

And no, they're not hogs. Not sure where you're getting that info.
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No, they waited a year later than everyone wanted them to. By the time it came out 3G had been around for two. I'll be shocked if the next iPhone has 4G.
 
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