Comments on: WWDC 2009 Scheduled for May… or June?

By: me

me — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:54:11 +0000

new iphone is on the way no doubt about that

By: Nikolas Williams

Nikolas Williams — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:41:37 +0000

2009*** sorry lol

By: Nikolas Williams

Nikolas Williams — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:40:40 +0000

It would be too quick for a new iphone to come out im hoping on it but im thinking more towards the end of 2008 for a new release

By: matty

matty — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 19:52:44 +0000

I’d like to see them add a stylus that can be used to write notes with in t a notepad appl.

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:59:26 +0000

Cardfan, I don’t always agree with you but I think you’re right on in that last post.

By: cardfan

cardfan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:05:21 +0000

Apple doesn't need a major update this June. The Pre? They should ignore em and let Palm/Sprint struggle to launch it. Apple shouldn't give them a mention in the least directly or indirectly. That only serves to give em PR.

Speculation has it that next year we'll be on the bounce from the recession. That would be best for a major major upgrade. Apple has nothing to worry about this year if they just do minor changes. Certainly not from the likes of an Omnia or Touch Pro2 or Diamond2. Who cares if they improved specs? It's still the same WM OS and platform.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:39:58 +0000

@ Steve

iPod hardware is updated nearly every year. I would expect the same from the iphone. Recession or not, a new iPhone has a great chance in June. Hopefully, we get to see something awesome.

By: STUstone08

STUstone08 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:24:12 +0000

New iPhone please

By: Hakala

Hakala — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:14:04 +0000

Edit: there would have to be a lot of communication between Apple and developers that most likely would have been leaked or will be leaked.

By: Hakala

Hakala — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:12:05 +0000

@Russ When u make the iPhone screen bigger it’s no longer considered a mobile phone but rather an oversized box with a screen. Sure who wouldn’t like a bigger screen but do you really want to carry it with you all the time. Now higher resulution on the other hand sure that’s always good to have but think of all the apps built on a 480 by 320 res. format all have to be reformated to fit the higher res. screen. Sure it would be nice to have but there would have to be a lot of communication between apple and developers.

By: killer

killer — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:01:14 +0000

Apple is smart. They know when to upgrade obviously. I’m pretty sure they have done their homework. Steve Jobs is a visionary which is one who claims to experience a vision or apparition connected to the supernatural. At times this involves seeing into the future. He’s not some guy who just listens to people and changes his mind on when to upgrade. Apple are one of the best marketers in the world and know they exactly what their doing. Upgrade or no upgrade, you know it’s for the best.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:59:53 +0000

@Russ:

Those companies you mentioned only make phones. Apple makes lots of other products and never upgrades any of them to new models every year. However, since mobile phone technology does moves so much faster, it's fair to argue that the iPhone could possibly be upgraded far more often than Apple's other products. But a new iPhone every year? I just don't see it happening. I hope I'm wrong and you're right. I'd love it if they make a new model every year.

By: Russ

Russ — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:45:23 +0000

you guys really think there will be no hardware upgrades? i just find that hard to believe… most of the iphone compeditors have already announced there upgrades for this year…. ominia hd, htc pro 2, htc diomond 2, n97 , palm pre, all these phones have better screen resolution and most have bigger screeens aswell.. idk about you guys but i want a bigger screeen with higher resolution, poss thinner, with more memory option. besides adding 3g last year the iphones hardware is basically the same… thats 2 year old technology , i want an update

By: Hakala

Hakala — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:27:34 +0000

Apple is a very symmetrical company though so if we’re going to see any huge iPhone 3G updates it should be coming in June. If you pay close attention, you will see that they try to update their products at the same time of the year as previous years. But I’m hoping for a huge software update like customizeable themes and as previously mentioned native video recorder, mms send/recieve, multitasking for apps, improved syncing and minor bug fixes.

By: Jason D

Jason D — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:03:09 +0000

Memory bump, MMS (both send AND receive), native video cam would all be nice. If they hit those, I’m gassed.

By: diaz2010

diaz2010 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:44:00 +0000

@Sam I think Apple still gets the full price of the iPhone it’s AT&T that is subsidizing it to get the low price. Right?

By: cardfan

cardfan — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:24:36 +0000

Minor refresh, storage bump, very minor software changes.

By: Jeffdc5

Jeffdc5 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:15:12 +0000

I don’t think phil will announce anything iphone related. The iphone is steve’s baby and nobody can hype it like he can. We will see new software for sure but nothing mind blowing.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:08:06 +0000

I don’t think there will be a hardware upgrade because of the recession. Apple makes it’s money by selling a LOT of units. The cost to make an iPhone and the low cost they now sell them at means they need to sell millions to make a large profit, and since the iPhone 3G is very complete in terms of hardware it’s unlikely we’ll see a new iPhone until 2010 if AT&T can get their LTE network up by then. If AT&T can’t get the LTE(4G) network by 2010, there will probably be an iPhone pro type phone, with better hardware features like more ram, 1ghz processor and/or expandable memory.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:42:58 +0000

I think we'll see iCal ToDos with sync, a file system with search, Notes sync, Mail search, and some big improvements between apps and MobileMe (Photo, iDisk).

Of course, I think well see a lot more than that, but those are the basic things that seem the most likely to me.

I don't think well see a new iPhone.

By: Tunnelrunner

Tunnelrunner — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:07:41 +0000

Since I’m kind of on a tight budget and don’t want/need to buy new hardware, I’m hoping for a sweet software update.

By: iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 09:10:03 +0000

I want AppStore to drop it’s criterea and let jailbreak apps in, however I know that will NEVER happen

By: frog

frog — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:29:53 +0000

I hope for some form of multi-tasking, even if it’s limited in software (so will apply to current iPhones) For hardware, I only want better battery life. Being thinner would be kinds cool, but not necessary.