Just so people don't get this ball rolling, the next iPhone WILL NOT offer 4G. AT&T will just be rolling out the first spots of its 4G network at that time. Why would Apple sacrifice battery life and cost on something that the vast majority of people won't be able to use? I've read that 4G's big year won't come until 2011 nationally. Sprint is the only one with 4G now, and it's in all of 3 or 4 cities.
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My iPhone 4G Concept
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I take it you have never used a blackberry with the LED indicator. I love it on my blackberry because if I miss a call/message what not I can tell at a glance what it is and that i have one in. For example when I am driving I do not always hear my phone but I keep my phone in my door or cup holder and the LED is blinking at me telling me I have a message/email/missed phone call based on the color of the LED. In a car it is not exactly safe to use the 1 button check. Yes even on my blackberry all I have to do is hit one button to get that information but that means I have to actively check it.
Best example is the LED is the difference between Push and pull email. On Pull email you have to check to see if you have email. On pull you are told you have email. Which would you rather have. Personally I like push because I am being told something is in my inbox.
LoL, how hard is it for some of you to understand type written word? I put my rumor in too.... it will teleport you to other "new" iPhones..... ffs www.hookedonphonics.com ....good day.
As much as I hateto come off as another "ZOMG IPHONE VERIZON CDMA" nut here's what the iPhone 4G radio should support sometime in the future whether it be 2010 or 2011:
1. LTE radio supporting 700MHz or whatever other frequency verizon and AT&T allocate
2. Quint band UMTS radio, yeah I said it folks but a phone that would support EVERY 3G frequency band in both north america and Europe ect is only fair really....so UMTS 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100. would be usable on T-Mobile in USA and would offer 3G coverage in areas of Europe that use the 900mhz spectrum for 3G now.
3. Keep the quad band GSM radio...I don't see a reason to change it.
4. Tri-band CDMA radio, so 450, 850, 1900MHz. Many contries support 450 on CDMA so that's a must.
5. Depending on which service you choose the CDMA/UMTS/GSM radio should be disabled. So if you choose sprint/verizon the gsm/umts radio should be off to save battery life by default, and if you choose T-Mobile/AT&T the CDMA radio should be off by default to safe battery. Just some ideas again I'm not speculating anything just thinking out loud
1. LTE radio supporting 700MHz or whatever other frequency verizon and AT&T allocate
2. Quint band UMTS radio, yeah I said it folks but a phone that would support EVERY 3G frequency band in both north america and Europe ect is only fair really....so UMTS 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100. would be usable on T-Mobile in USA and would offer 3G coverage in areas of Europe that use the 900mhz spectrum for 3G now.
3. Keep the quad band GSM radio...I don't see a reason to change it.
4. Tri-band CDMA radio, so 450, 850, 1900MHz. Many contries support 450 on CDMA so that's a must.
5. Depending on which service you choose the CDMA/UMTS/GSM radio should be disabled. So if you choose sprint/verizon the gsm/umts radio should be off to save battery life by default, and if you choose T-Mobile/AT&T the CDMA radio should be off by default to safe battery. Just some ideas again I'm not speculating anything just thinking out loud
Here are my rendered ideas of the next gen iPhone. The first has smaller storage and the second has larger storage based on Apple's current product line offerings..
Clever.
specs are quite good I would improve the camera to 5mp though and the images do nothing for me..... if the iPhone looked like that now I certainly wouldn't buy it, I think the current design is just right
Steve: None of these features are ready yet, of course, but the phone will launch with the basic concept you all see here, and then other features will come online 6 or 12 months after that. Absolutely spectacular features! Spared no expense!
AT&T: And we can charge anything we want. 2 thousand a phone, 10 thousand a phone, and people will pay it! And then there's the accessories, which I personally...
Steve: AT&T! AT&T! This phone wasn't meant to cater only for the super rich. Everyone in the world has the right to enjoy these features.
AT&T: Sure. They will. Wha-we'll have a coupon day... or .. something?
Steve: Ahh hahahaha, yes.
Phil: Gee the uh... lack of humility ... towards consumers that's being displayed here.... uh.. staggers me.
AT&T: Well thank you Phil, but things are a lot different than you and I had feared.
Phil: Yeah I know they're a lot worse.
AT&T: Now wait a second here, we haven't even seen the phone yet.
Steve: Nonono, AT&T, AT&T, Let him talk. There's no reason - I want to hear every viewpoint, I really do.
Phil: Yeah uh... don't you see the danger uh... Steve.. inherent to what you're doing here? The iPhone is the most awesome force this planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid who's found his dad's gun.
Steve: I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our iPhone has done things that nobody's ever done before.
AT&T: And we can charge anything we want. 2 thousand a phone, 10 thousand a phone, and people will pay it! And then there's the accessories, which I personally...
Steve: AT&T! AT&T! This phone wasn't meant to cater only for the super rich. Everyone in the world has the right to enjoy these features.
AT&T: Sure. They will. Wha-we'll have a coupon day... or .. something?
Steve: Ahh hahahaha, yes.
Phil: Gee the uh... lack of humility ... towards consumers that's being displayed here.... uh.. staggers me.
AT&T: Well thank you Phil, but things are a lot different than you and I had feared.
Phil: Yeah I know they're a lot worse.
AT&T: Now wait a second here, we haven't even seen the phone yet.
Steve: Nonono, AT&T, AT&T, Let him talk. There's no reason - I want to hear every viewpoint, I really do.
Phil: Yeah uh... don't you see the danger uh... Steve.. inherent to what you're doing here? The iPhone is the most awesome force this planet's ever seen, but you wield it like a kid who's found his dad's gun.
Steve: I don't think you're giving us our due credit. Our iPhone has done things that nobody's ever done before.
Bwahahahahahaha. ****ing priceless! Did you make that up? I'm literally suppressing a smile in the resturant I'm at and getting funny looks.
Haha. It's from Jurassic Park, when they're all sitting at the dinner table near the beginning of the movie.
Why do people want a 4 or 5 MP camera?
The pixel density on a sensor this ridiculously small results in more image noise or over aggressive in-camera noise reduction algorithms. I'd rather have a cleaner 3MP image.
Are you printing iPhone photos larger than 5x7? Are you posting online pictures 2048 x 1536.
The bigger number isn't necessarily better. Even if the competition is doing it.
Seriously, those of you demanding more MP, exactly what are you doing that necessitates this?
The pixel density on a sensor this ridiculously small results in more image noise or over aggressive in-camera noise reduction algorithms. I'd rather have a cleaner 3MP image.
Are you printing iPhone photos larger than 5x7? Are you posting online pictures 2048 x 1536.
The bigger number isn't necessarily better. Even if the competition is doing it.
Seriously, those of you demanding more MP, exactly what are you doing that necessitates this?
umm, maybe because the 3.0 homescreen looks exactly like 1.0? right when I read that, your comment failed.
because most people don't understand how technology works remotly past advertisements so they asume EVERYTHING they see on tv is true and that bigger is better. I lol every time I hear people say "VERIZON DOESNT HAVE 3G!!!!!" little do they no what the term means beyond AT&Ts "Lets shove this fancy networking term we made up consumers asses". Seriously notice how iPhone/AT&T users are more cogniscent of there "spectacular 3G super man epic connection" than vzw users are of there 1xEVDO? that's the media for you, force feeding you what they need to make cash.
+1 and QFT
I have posted something similar before. Consumers are often in "overkill" mode when it comes to computing power and things like camera megapixels.
Most users don't even print photos anymore - yet they buy 12 megapixel cameras for posting to facebook, twitter, etc. Unless you're printing posters - WAY overkill. You can get a fantastic 4x6 and even 5x7 at 3 megapixels.
Now - some features on the camera itself might be different with different models. And even more important than the megapixels is a) color reproduction (ccd - is it 1 ccd or 3 ccd, etc); also of importance is optical vs digital zoom. Optical being of WAY more importance.
But there will always be those that think they have to have the largest megapixels and the largest memory cards. I know people that they only use their computers for some light web surfing and MS Office - yet they have systems that could easily be editing decks.
So - and pardon for making this post longer than I intended - I'd rather see a lot of other options/OS additions than a better megapixel camera.
The software options for how to use the camera/video features have only BEGUN to be tapped on the iPhone. So many features could be added/supported.
The next iPhone will be the 3GF. The "F" stands for "flawless." It'll work perfectly, and have no screen/bezel issues. The only posts on MR about it will be to say how great it is, or when can I get rid of my iPhone that I have now to upgrade.
Oh, and it'll have a better battery.
Oh, and it'll have a better battery.
By then we will have mobile dual-core ARM processors (I believe.)
Not to be tough, but I stopped reading after the "starting at $199" thing.
I think they should really come out with an iPhone and an iPhone Pro (like the notebook lines) and one being less expensive without some features...and then the Pro being more expensive (like the original iPhone) but having better specs.
The iPhone 3G/S looks so tacky with the plastic back, I wish they would go back to aluminum and find some way to make it as receptive and the plastic. When I got my 3G I felt like it was a bargain toy for $300 compared to my old iPhone.
Not to be tough, but I stopped reading after the "starting at $199" thing.
I think they should really come out with an iPhone and an iPhone Pro (like the notebook lines) and one being less expensive without some features...and then the Pro being more expensive (like the original iPhone) but having better specs.
The iPhone 3G/S looks so tacky with the plastic back, I wish they would go back to aluminum and find some way to make it as receptive and the plastic. When I got my 3G I felt like it was a bargain toy for $300 compared to my old iPhone.
AT&T go away
The only way this will maintain full market strength will be if the call reception and dropping improves. The dropped calls in Phoenix is killing their market base here. I have a Verizon backup phone for when my iPhone does not work. This is not acceptable. If AT&T does not get better, The market share will start to decrease no matter what Apple does.
JMO
The only way this will maintain full market strength will be if the call reception and dropping improves. The dropped calls in Phoenix is killing their market base here. I have a Verizon backup phone for when my iPhone does not work. This is not acceptable. If AT&T does not get better, The market share will start to decrease no matter what Apple does.
JMO