Rumor: New iPhone to come out this year

Kam · Mar 24, 2009

can att get me a damn signal in buildings.

i hate how other people have signals, and i cant get a damn thing.

STIX · Mar 24, 2009

Trust me the new Iphone upgrade will be very worth the wait. Shhhh!!

VooDooPope · Mar 24, 2009

I have a 1g iPhone and never have any trouble with it or the att service. It kicks verizions ass.

theogcasey · Mar 24, 2009

I love my iPhone 3G. There is no way in hell I upgrade my phone just for it to get updated AGAIN in 2010. That's my only knock on Apple products... The shortest shelf life imaginable. I might as well wait for this thing to crap out on me. I can't say I'm surprised by this news though.

CrazyDave · Mar 24, 2009

^^^ I second that. Would be interested to see the new one, but like my ol' original, can live without precise 3g, and the speed is fine for me. (plus data plan on the old ones is $10 cheaper I think).

Chuck 4 · Mar 24, 2009

Figures...I just bought a 3g about 3 weeks ago...

BrieflySpeaking · Mar 24, 2009

Whats the big deal with these "cool" things. Yall bunch of geeks, lol.

The_Yoyo · Mar 24, 2009

i upgraded from the original 2g edge iphone to a 3g phone the day the 3g came out last year

the only way i am going to upgrade my 3g phone is if the new iphone is also a phaser of some sort as well other than that i am more than happy with my phone right now.

ItsMyFault · Mar 24, 2009

Here's some more info on it that I found..

We can’t tell you where or who, but pretty high up in AT&T’s food chain, the following was reported to be said:

* New iPhone announcement around mid-June (duh)
* New iPhone will be faster and have a more seamless experience unmatched by any device (could be just talking about 3.0, but we think it’s also a new iPhone)
* U-Verse iPhone application; will allow control of your home DVR (play, pause, rewind, etc.)
* The annual iPhone launch is “becoming a tradition.”
* Nothing official is being confirmed, but they said that people should prep for an exciting time this summer.
* AT&T is said to be working with Apple to create a unified product with an unparalleled experience across all their products and services.
* Apple’s 3.0 software should tell us where the iPhone platform is going… uh, k?
* They said customers shouldn’t need to choose from AT&T’s high-end devices because of features, they should choose based on preferences. The gap in capability should be filled with the new iPhone. Ok, bets on slide out QWERTY, autofocus camera, video sharing, blah blah?
* Seems like the higher speed HSDPA (7.2Mbps) is being hinted at too which should confirm the earlier rumors of the new Infineon chipset.
* The $99 3G netbook will start selling this summer, and the first one won’t be a Windows OS.

For clarification, the above is 100% confirmed.
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http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/03/23/att-new-iphone-will-be-hot-son/

JayZ750 · Mar 24, 2009

ItsMyFault said:

Nothing official is being confirmed, but they said that people should prep for an exciting time this summer.
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wow, that's awesome news. can't wait till it goes official!

rockbox · Mar 24, 2009

I really want the touch screen netbook if it more like the iphone.

ItsMyFault · Apr 2, 2009

Here are some more rumors added...

A little-known equity research firm is out with a new report this week which could potentially shed some color on recent discoveries in Apple's iPhone 3.0 beta software that suggest two architecturally unique iPhones may be in the cards for this spring.

"Our checks confirm that two versions of iPhones will be introduced this year," Lazard Capital Markets semiconductors analyst Daniel Amir wrote in the opening paragraph of the report. "Production of the new phones should start at the beginning of April and will ramp in May."

More specifically, the analyst said both models are likely to be introduced this June, with one representing a "high-end" version and the other a "low-end" version.

But unlike analyst reports earlier this year, which suggested Apple was developing a scaled down iPhone in addition to a new high-end model as part of a volume play, Amir said he believes the two models will target different geographical regions rather than different classes of consumers.

"We believe it is possible that the two phones will be aimed at different regions," he wrote. "The high-end version is expected in North America and Europe, and the low-end version may be for the BRIC countries [Brazil, Russia, India, and China] or China only."

Amir said the high-end version will have video capability, a better camera and 32GB of storage while the low-end version will include less storage, no video functions, and possibly lack Wi-Fi -- a move which could potentially cater to the demands of Chinese wireless carriers.

It was reported last fall that China Mobile was asking for Apple to deliver iPhones with both Wi-Fi and 3G disabled. However, Apple has thus far failed to reach an agreement to deliver the iPhone to China with China Mobile and is more recently reported to have been seen at the bargaining table with the carrier's smaller rival, China Unicom.

Assuming there's some truth to Amir's report, it could possibly explain why references to two distinct iPhone models were recently uncovered in the first external beta of iPhone Software 3.0, namely "iPhone 2,1" and "iPhone 3,1."

Apple makes changes to the first numeral in these kind of identifier strings to distinguish products from their predecessors or family members only when there's a significant architectural difference between the two. Despite some cosmetic changes, the original iPhone and iPhone 3G were largely based on the same component architecture, and are thus identified by the strings "iPhone 1,1" and iPhone 1,2."

As part of his report this week, Amir also told clients that iPhone shipments for the first calendar quarter of the year ending tomorrow could come in as high as 4 million thanks to record shipments for the month of March.

"Our checks suggest that March iPhone shipments have been much stronger than previously expected and may reach 1.5 million units, which is the highest level over the past five months," he said. "Total iPhone shipments in [first quarter of 2009] are therefore tracking slightly higher than Street expectations of 3-3.5 million units and could reach 3.8 to 4 million units."

Based on a similar round of checks, the analyst said second quarter shipments could surge as high as 8 million units, a range well above Street expectations. This would reportedly include 5 million of the current iPhone 3G models that would be sold between the months of April and June.

"April shipments, including both the current and new versions of the iPhone, could increase 40%-50% month-over-month, and be up another 20%-30% month-over-month in May," he wrote. "Accounting for the new versions of the iPhone shipping in April, total iPhone shipments in [the second quarter] could reach 7-8 million units, which equates to approximately 3-4 times last year’s shipments during the same period."

Amir provided no explanation on how he believes Apple will manage to sell 5 million existing iPhone 3Gs in the three-month period when consumers are likely to delay their smartphone purchases in anticipation of new iPhone models.
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http://www.appleinsider.com/article...istinct_iphone_models_nearing_production.html

ItsMyFault · Apr 4, 2009

Here is some more info on the new iPhone

Report: Apple's next iPhone to sport 3.2-megapixel camera

Apple has placed orders with a local component supplier for new parts that suggest it will upgrade the iPhone's camera to 3.2-megapixels when it introduces new models a bit later this year.

Citing its usual 'market sources,' Taiwanese rumor site DigiTimes claims Apple has tapped Sunnyvale, Calif.-based OmniVision to supply it with 3.2-megapixel CMOS image sensors for the next iPhone, which is expected in the coming months.

The report adds some corroboration to an earlier AppleInsider report, which similarly cited sources as saying the iPhone maker was due to include a higher-resolution camera with its upcoming handsets that would also be capable of capturing video.

http://www.appleinsider.com/article...ext_iphone_to_sport_3_2_megapixel_camera.html

Both the original iPhone and the iPhone 3G shipped with a 2-megapixel camera and neither version supports video recording.

There has also been some anecdotal, albeit unintentional, evidence provided by Apple that hints at iPhones with new video features. In particular, a MobileMe control panel that shipped as part of the first beta of iPhone Software 3.0 included a screen labeled "Publish Video," presumably to facilitate uploads of videos captured with the upcoming device to users' MobileMe websites.

Separately, DigiTimes claims that OmniVision "is also said to have secured 5-megapixel CIS orders for another Apple product expected to be launched later in the year." The fabless CMOS image sensor designer reportedly beat out STMicroelectronics and Aptina Imaging for the orders.
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ItsMyFault · May 17, 2009

Thought I'd bring this thread back as the WWDC is about 3-4 weeks away. Anyone going to buy the new iPhone?

KingCheetah · May 17, 2009

The iPhone Grande' -- coming this Fall...

vaioavan63 · May 17, 2009

VooDooPope said:

I have a 1g iPhone and never have any trouble with it or the att service. It kicks verizions ass.
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I got a 3g iphone and it kicks ass, haven't had a dropped call yet. Had sprint before it and gottttdamn it would drop calls like crazy I actually slammed my phone on the concrete it pissed me off so much. AT&T FTW.

JeopardE · May 17, 2009

I guess Apple is *really* worried about the Palm Pre now.

Uprising · May 17, 2009

Anyone ever tried one of these? Having an HD 720p capable camera on a phone is amazing.

Samsung i8910 Omnia HD 16GB Black

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Samsung-OMNIA-HD-i8910-Review-review-r_2148.html

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Can't really find much about it. Guessing it's international only, seems to be in Europe.....

Guessing it's not out yet either.

ItsMyFault · May 17, 2009

Yeah, the Omnia wasn't very popular because of it's price. The review was alright, it wasn't anything spectacular because of it's OS.

mateo · May 17, 2009

I just wish they'd port to Verizon. ATT sucks on the East Coast.

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