3G iPhone rumor roundup
Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:33AM EDT
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The smoke surrounding the long-anticipated iPhone 2.0—this time with 3G—is finally starting to clear. Here’s a cheat sheet on the latest rumors.
Slim and trim: The TG Daily story goes on to say that the new iPhone will be a bit thinner than its predecessor—about 2.5 mm thinner, to be exact—and will shed some of the “plasticky” elements of the first phone’s shell (vague, I know, but that’s the word). Also, the battery will likely still be sealed in the iPhone case, according to TG Daily.
GPS, stereo Bluetooth: Some enterprising hackers have been poking around leaked betas of the upcoming iPhone 2.0 firmware, and they’ve found some interesting nuggets of info. Among them: indications that the 3G iPhone will support full-on GPS, along with support for stereo Bluetooth headsets.
New chipset: Also found in the code for the new iPhone firmware: hints of an updated Infineon chipset that supports 3G (well, yeah), a five-megapixel camera (up from two megapixels on the original iPhone), and the DVB-H mobile video standard (more popular in Europe than here in the States, so I wouldn’t get too excited about that one). Engadget Mobile notes that the new processor would have the same speed as its predecessor, and that just because the new chipset supports features like a 5MP camera doesn't mean the new iPhone will actually get them.
Screen captures, image saving on Safari: Yet another gem from the leaked iPhone firmware, this time pointing to a mobile Safari feature that would let you take screen captures of Web pages and save individual images from a given page. According to iPhone Buzz, it would work like this: You’d touch and hold the image you want to save, and then you’d get a dialog asking whether you want to save the image or visit its URL. If you want to save, the image would get stored in a photo album on the iPhone.
Anyway, that’s the latest—and keep in mind that these are all rumors, folks. I’m sure more details will surface as we get closer to June.
So, what do you think? Any features you’re craving that aren’t listed here? What do you think about the pricing rumors? Fire away!
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2 Posted by magpagbst on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:03PM EDT Report Abuse
no . . . you are screwed . . . never buy first generation stuff from apple . . . unless you have an expendable income . . . first gen adopters typically are beta-testers for apple . . .
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3 Posted by brain_dead2020 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:12PM EDT Report Abuse
i'm psyched about the 3G feature, the increase in capacity and the stereo bluetooth and the GPS feature, making it a complete handhenld device, i just hope it all pushes through, one question though how will the transfer of personal data, including sim data from the version 1 iphone be moved to the version 2 iphone? i'm a little hazy on this part
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4 Posted by eric_nigg on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:55PM EDT Report Abuse
Apple has changed not only the phone market (even in how companies work with cell phone networks) but they have influenced culture in so many ways in the last 10 years! That is unreal! From ipods to the invention of the podcast! Which is a rebirth of radio! And, there is no other company out there that has really taken technology and merged them with art. Apple is sexy and almost every other tech company has failed on look and interface. PC is a loosing breed.
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5 Posted by jmunoz209 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:37PM EDT Report Abuse
What about Flash support? I hope they strike a deal with adobe to add flash to safari, if they do add flash along with 3g then the phone would finally be complete with everything needed.
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6 Posted by oyetti on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:47PM EDT Report Abuse
Would you be able to sent one text to multiple addresses with one send click?
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7 Posted by ozman.mirza on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:47PM EDT Report Abuse
I was hugely dissappointed to find out that the iphone doesn't support a wallet feature inside the phone, blackberry have it, so do nokia and sony ericsson, it is one of the key features that i look for in a handset, in case some are wondering exactly what the wallet feature is, within the phone it is a password or pin protected file in which you can keep your pin numbers, account numbers and other passwords, basically private information, I phoned apple and asked them and they said the only thing they have at the moment is the key lock feature on the phone which is unlocked via a pin number, which you can set to automatically lock every minute, this would mean i would have to type my pin in everytime i want to use the phone which is a pain, like the other phones in the market, apple really needs to add this feature in the iphone, it is a big selling point for me personally and i would of thought for some others out there.
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8 Posted by ttisot on Thu Sep 3, 2009 10:23PM EDT Report Abuse
June cannot get here fast enough
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9 Posted by phi623 on Thu Sep 3, 2009 8:09PM EDT Report Abuse
MMS
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10 Posted by kalel1mda on Thu Sep 3, 2009 4:46PM EDT Report Abuse
As a percentage, rate the validity/accuracy of these rumors? i.e. price-85% sure. As with the nature of any rumor, we must keep in mind it is just that, rumors. Apple blows...until June!!!
1 Posted by m.cecil@sbcglobal.net on Thu Sep 3, 2009 7:01PM EDT Report Abuse
Will the current iPhone be able to download these new features. I want 3G!