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I originally posted this in another similar thread but here is what my predictions are:
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.
