Comments on: UPDATED: iPhone 3.0: Code References iPhone Gen 3 and 4 Hardware? And iPod touch Gen 3? And iProd 0? iFPGA?

By: Mark Waugh

Mark Waugh — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:49:07 +0000

I'm pretty much know there will be new iPhone hardware. Apple is likely always working a generation. Thanks mate.

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By: iTim12

iTim12 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:28:44 +0000

No matter how many times Apple upgrades their iPods and iPhones, there is really no chance in a HD version of each anytime soon. Simply, cuz it cost too much. A camera I could see happening. An OLED display, I cannot. Samsung will be the leader in OLED displays like in their Impression Phone. Who knows though. Wait n see what happens.

By: SprVenge

SprVenge — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:53:34 +0000

Microsoft Word/Xcell/Ppt. Would be great... But their microsoft, and this is an apple phone!

More likely an apple equivalent or something like openoffice!

By: Tenor146

Tenor146 — Sun, 10 May 2009 15:42:43 +0000

I'm wondering if it would be possible for apple to integrate it's technology for the 8 hour battery on the MBP on a smaller scale for the iPhone. This would really bump up battery life while OLED technology and new lower power chips would continue to save power.

By: Kc

Kc — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:06:34 +0000

Needs more memory and better battery life, hopefully OLED but also a new design would liven everyones spirits and make everyone take notice again. Oh and the camera of course

By: CLINTRON

CLINTRON — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:59:29 +0000

•Qwerty keyboard •Better Battery Life •Microsoft Word/Excell •Better Camera with More Options •Etc.

By: graztd

graztd — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:08:12 +0000

hope the new iPhone comes out after my 18 month contract. :-p. Sure we will here something in may/June like we did with the 2gen iphone

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:36:20 +0000

I Disagree, .... DONKEY Kong was da betta game!

By: cardfan

cardfan — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:18:36 +0000

I so want an ipod touch HD.

By: iBamse

iBamse — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:38:10 +0000

@Steve - exactly!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:26:04 +0000

@Scott:

No...

3.0 only shows that the first iPhone wouldn't even be coming out until this summer if it was "able to do what it should have out the box." I'm glad there was a lacking iPhone in 2007, rather than waiting until 2009 for a first gen to be "what it should be."

They spent a lot of time innovating the old-style functions that have behaved in klunky old-style ways on other phones (and still do). But, now that they've revolutionized that, it's on to more features to surpass the other guys.

My god, it's like inventing a time machine and having everyone bitch because there's no cup holders.

By: iBamse

iBamse — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:07:40 +0000

@Scott - I strongly disagree. There is only one single function that was advertised before the release of the 3G that will not be implemented until 3.0 - national Swedish keyboard. The rest of the phone is just as advertised, which means it is and has always been more or less exactly the way it should have been.

With release of 3.0 there will be very little left to complain about. Except for fixing that keyboard that should have been there all the time, they also added a whole heap of new functionality that the device was never promoted as being able to provide.

IF there is a new hardware revision (2,1) this summer, I believe that the reason for it being a major revision is that there will be a higher resolution screen.

By: john

john — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:38:14 +0000

nobody mentioned better battery life?

By: The Reptile

The Reptile — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:31:56 +0000

My guess is that they are planning to split production at some point in time between 3G and LTE. Makes sense. They sell the iPhone in over 75 countries. Not all carriers in all countries will migrate to LTE as soon as the equipment becomes available. So Apple will likely have to launch a iPhone some year really soon that is compatible with both and sell 3G to 3G carriers and LTE to LTE carriers.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:01:49 +0000

This seems like an ongoing thing with Apple. And, it seems like 3.0 proves this, at least to me. Apple released the iPhone 2 years ago, and as cool as it was, it was lacking alot. Along comes 3G....and the same lacking. Now, Apple puts out a few upgrades, but no major changes. Meanwhile, the complaints build. Seems Apple knew this phone was lacking what the people wanted, but had a problem. And the fact that 3.0 will not work in the original phones sort of proves that out. All of the "fixes" that should have been there from the start would not work on the original phones, and for some reason, Apple was trying to "keep them even". Guess they didn't want the "old" phones to seem "less". Now, since they have been on the market for 2 years, and at ATT you can upgrade after 18 months, they are sort of forcing the issue. My probem with it is that they made us wait, while shutting the door on apps that could have fixed these holes. I have had my 3G since July, and seems like it will be almost exactly a year for it to be able to do what it should have out the box. 3.0 shows that it could have been done at any time.

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:39:34 +0000

@Steve - well, mate, its not ENTIRELY offtopic since the topic is gen3 and gen 4 iPhone hardware ))

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:38:40 +0000

I suspect that we will see a new processor, possibly multicore, new multicore graphics (given the support for OpenCL, you could have a single core main processor and offload work to the graphics cores as needed), a bump in RAM and internal storage and the new screen. I suspect there will also be an 800-ish x 480 screen, possibly OLED and a further refinement of the speaker is definitely not out of the question (also a more matte back).

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:29:44 +0000

And so begins another off-topic wish list.... :roll

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:22:17 +0000

I want.. External storage via sdhc/xc slot. And btw video recording is a little more hardware than software. Writing video to the internal storage risks wearing it out. External storage fixes this All I want from the camera is autofocus and more options. Megapixels are irrelevant. I really would like a faster processor (which is likely in the cards if they're talking about hd), more ROM memory (or RAM whichever is more significant). Another thng I'd like is mobile finder, and the ability to hide items on the homescreen that aren't used often.

By: Fern

Fern — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:21:36 +0000

How about better speakers? Speakerphone sucks on both the 1st and 2nd gen iPhones.

By: Terry

Terry — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:17:16 +0000

BGR is reporting that the next iPhone could be using OLED technology for the screen.

By: zeagus

zeagus — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:14:19 +0000

"the only ones i know of"

Ah, the inevitable "that I know of". There actually ARE other people talking about a higher res screen as a possibility/likelihood for the 2,1 iPhone. I doubt its THE thing that leads to the 2,1 designation, but I think its relatively safe to assume a higher res screen as that's the way forward. I might add that it could be some form of OLED to save juice and look all prettified, but I don't understand why one WOULDN'T expect a higher res screen. There was lots of talk of 800x480 or 854x480 stuff in development at the time the original iPhone came out and now there are plenty of 800x480s that were shown off at MWC this year. Its not far-fetched at all.

By: j

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:00:21 +0000

seriously?, what is up with all this "iphone HD" crap? sorry, i dont want to sound rude but you guys are the only ones i know of that are predicting this. and IMHO, i really dont think that would be necessary and dont think it would be a big enough change for the device. as in if there were a new device, and it did happen to have higher res screen, it would come along with other features and not be the main selling point (ie 3G) everybody wanted 3g on the iphone and we got 3g, not very many people would care about HD. theres just never been any sort of complaint, none.

but my point is that it just doesnt seem likely to me

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:33:22 +0000

Personally, I still don't compare the iPhone to iPods. What's so hard about cranking out new iPods every year? Cranking out a new iPhone every year, however, is a different story... IMO.

By: iPhoneMilk

iPhoneMilk — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:25:06 +0000

guys what if they are just throwing around all these #'s just to leave us guessing? kind of seems like a brilliant way to spread around disinformation and rumor talk.

By: iPhone 3G

iPhone 3G — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:15:39 +0000

omg, I'm excited, 'tho all I'd want is 32GB and A BETTER CAMERA and video recording thrown in (even though I know it's software related)

what else could apple throw in to a 2,1 or 3,1?