.And any change to the physical size of the display will stretch or shrink the elements if they are designed for a different size display. Size refers to length and height, or the diagonal of the two, not to the numerical value of pixels along the x and y axis or multiplication of the two.
How many apps depend on the absolute distance not changing as opposed to the relative distance not changing? I've never seen a ruler app.
As long as Apple doesn't change the ratio of pixels (480:320) and doesn't change the physical screen shape ratio (2.5:4" or whatever the 3.5" diagonal screen currently is, height and width wise), developers are fine.
The problem with Android is that the screen shape changes on different devices. That's the problem.
How many apps depend on the absolute distance not changing as opposed to the relative distance not changing? I've never seen a ruler app.
As long as Apple doesn't change the ratio of pixels (480:320) and doesn't change the physical screen shape ratio (2.5:4" or whatever the 3.5" diagonal screen currently is, height and width wise), developers are fine.
The problem with Android is that the screen shape changes on different devices. That's the problem.
Not many, but do you really think Apple will keep the same size resolution and change the display size without adjusting the UI for the I/O? Have you not hear them talk about the effort that goes into making sure an icon is pixel perfect. There UI is everything on iOS.
Note the iPad. They didn?t simply scale the iPhone/Touch UI to fit the new size, resoltuion, and aspect ratio. They changes the entire UI to idealize it for the iPad. The icons are not simply larger using the same number of pixels as the iPhone. They aren?t spaced apart with the same number pixels. It?s familiar but it?s idealized for the UI. Apple doesn?t take this lightly, and why shoudl they when the display is both the primary output and input.
The iIPhone 4 was the number 1 selling phone in 2010 and still outsells every model of Android phone on the market. It has been out 8 months..
Since all you android fans made the same claim when it was released, I assume it just doesn't matter. If you see a person holding a phone they purchased in the past 18 months, it is more likely an iPhone then anything else.
Btw since you will now try to say something about app platform. If you see someone using third party app on their smartphone, there is about a 90% chance it is an iPhone.
A new report claims recent rumors of a minor revision to Apple's next-generation iPhone are inaccurate, positing instead that Apple will completely redesign the handset to possibly include a "gesture area" home button and a 3.7-inch edge-to-edge screen ...
I'm so sick of the extreme back and forth on this. I like rumors and speculation as much as the next person, and I love my Apple gear, but this release more than most is getting worse over time. It is supposed to start out very general and broad as to what might be coming, and then slowly narrow the focus of expected form and features until we have a close idea of what's coming. But this release seems to be doing the opposite. The valley of predictions seems to be widening on a near-daily basis.
I'm glad that the update says that several sources have come forward to say this is inaccurate, but the fact that this was printed at all seems ridiculous. I know that Apple can't come out and say what is coming and when, but I think they should at least make it a priority to publicly shoot down the more over the top rumors. Especially the ones coming from well known tech pundits like Topolsky.
I think they should allow themselves to come out for example and say something like "hey everyone, this report that came out today saying that the iPhone5 will have a super retina display with 8 core processor, 5 gb of ram, 160gb flash storage, and a death ray is completely bogus and is not coming out. Ever." This doesn't give out anything that is coming, but at least will keep things in check a bit. This is all just getting annoying. And the fact that we likely have 5-6 months more of this makes it even worse.
My bet is that rumor would be partly correct, but many would be off base, judging from prior record. One of those that may not come true is the multitouch gesture for the home button. It is just too small and redundant with the multitouch screen functionalities.
What is most likely to happen during 2011 to early 2012:
The antenna will be redesigned
The glass back will be replaced, most likely metallic black, and silver white but not shinny?
The first two would also cause a redesign of the enclosing body, back to more curvy back like the iPad2 not the MBA
The screen resolution will be the same
More powerful processors
iOS5 upgrade
thinner but only very slightly?
improved battery life but only slightly
Further camera sensors upgrades and/or functionalities
Same prices, the current iPhone 4 will be reduced in price to $99 for the basic
improved features and functionalities in conjunction with NC facility activation
No 4G (more likely in 2012, if not later)
Maybe to less likely
Apple may expand the CDMA iPhone to other countries
Improved enterprise functionalities and features
Because of the popularity of the $49 3Gs, Apple may decide to retain this as the "affordable iPhone" just like the affordable white MacBook. This would be less likely but possible.
Desirabe but less likely?
Universal iPhone?
solar power features to extend battery life (maybe a future feature)
Apple Ecosystems
Aren't you late for school? Didn't your mum tell you to finish your homework before you go posting on the internets?
I'm so sick of the extreme back and forth on this. I like rumors and speculation as much as the next person, and I love my Apple gear, but this release more than most is getting worse over time. It is supposed to start out very general and broad as to what might be coming, and then slowly narrow the focus of expected form and features until we have a close idea of what's coming. But this release seems to be doing the opposite. The valley of predictions seems to be widening on a near-daily basis.
Take any rumour or undisclosed source with a grain of salt, even from the major newspapers. Form your own opinion as to what you think is most likely.At
this point, I think the Autumn release is pretty solid which means, if true, that the shipping device is nearly a half year away. Now consider the rumours about the previous iPhones as if it?s only January. I can?t recall any solidified rumours as of January for the next iPhone.
They will. Unless the rumor mill goes nuts with lots of dodgy images of various 'body parts' appeveiny over the next few weeks, that is. Personally I think ip5 will look much the same as ip4. Ip6 will mark a bigger change in the same way it took 2 generations for the 3G to radically change.
I think this is a safe bet also.
What people are perhaps forgetting is that there is a third possibility also which is indicated by Apple's past performance with products like the iPod and the MacBook Air. The first iteration of an Apple product is often a kind of "crazy beta" that looks quite different from what the product eventually morphs into (iPhone 1.0, MacBook Air 1.0, iPod 1.0), then usually somewhere around the second or third iteration they hit the design they were looking for all along (iPhone4, MacBook Air 2, iPod 3), and then they run with that almost for the entire life of the product.
iPhone 4 could be just such a design.
The point is they don't generally do fins and fancy paint-jobs until the product is mature and they need to add interest with flashy things because there isn't anything else to do. In the beginning, what they are trying to do is find that single perfect design for the product, the "best" way to solve the problems of the product category.
Looked at this way, the basic design of the iPhone 4 could be with us as long as the classic iPod design was (years and years and years), because there is no reason to substantially change it if it's the best.
Take any rumour or undisclosed source with a grain of salt, even from the major newspapers. Form your own opinion as to what you think is most likely.At
this point, I think the Autumn release is pretty solid which means, if true, that the shipping device is nearly a half year away. Now consider the rumours about the previous iPhones as if it?s only January. I can?t recall any solidified rumours as of January for the next iPhone.
I hear what you are saying, and normally this would be correct. However, my point is that as opposed to the scope of information slowly narrowing, it seems to be expanding. I'm just frustrated by this widening gap. Not to mention that we have to deal with it for likely an extra 3-4 months compared to past years.
I hear what you are saying, and normally this would be correct. However, my point is that as opposed to the scope of information slowly narrowing, it seems to be expanding. I'm just frustrated by this widening gap. Not to mention that we have to deal with it for likely an extra 3-4 months compared to past years.
Unfortunately you either you have to change the way you read rumours or the way you interpret them.
A new report claims recent rumors of a minor revision to Apple's next-generation iPhone are inaccurate, positing instead that Apple will completely redesign the handset to possibly include a "gesture area" home button and a 3.7-inch edge-to-edge screen [Update: This report has since been deemed inaccurate]....
Just in case there are folks that still believe in this thing, a good way to analyse it is to do so from the point of view of a designer. The design question is always what does each change in the design give you and what does each change take away from the original?
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing
takes away - some of the reception
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general.
So yeah a new iPhone that gives you nothing over the current model (design-wise) other than a slightly bigger screen, and has drawbacks like worse reception, worse battery life and complete incompatibility with all programs and cases (among other problems).
Even if the downside of the changes can be mitigated, the reason they won't be made in the first place, is that they do absolutely nothing for the phone or the end user. Good designers don't introduce changes into products for cosmetic reasons, or for laughs, they do so because it makes the product a better product. None of these changes do that, they just look "cool" (to some eyes).
Unfortunately you either you have to change the way you read rumours or the way you interpret them.
This isn't my first rodeo. I know how it works, or at least how it has worked in the past. It just feels very different for this particular product release. Maybe since the iP4 got lost in a bar and all the juicy secrets got out early, Apple is in overkill mode to not let even the slightest detail out. Maybe they are even having certain people in the tech community (Topolsky?) disseminate confusing and/or contradictory info on purpose to keep everyone off balance. It is this imbalance that I take issue with and have to learn to deal with I suppose. At least for the time being.
Just in case there are folks that still believe in this thing, a good way to analyse it is to do so from the point of view of a designer. The design question is always what does each change in the design give you and what does each change take away from the original?
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing
takes away - some of the reception
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general.
So yeah a new iPhone that gives you nothing over the current model (design-wise) other than a slightly bigger screen, and has drawbacks like worse reception, worse battery life and complete incompatibility with all programs and cases (among other problems).
Even if the downside of the changes can be mitigated, the reason they won't be made in the first place, is that they do absolutely nothing for the phone or the end user. Good designers don't introduce changes into products for cosmetic reasons, or for laughs, they do so because it makes the product a better product. None of these changes do that, they just look "cool" (to some eyes).
Your strategy is interesting, and seems to be a good way to sift through the garbage. I do disagree on some of your assessments though:
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing (addresses iP4 antenna issues (both real and perceived)
takes away - some of the reception (perhaps, but if Apple did away with the band, they would find a design that worked)
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception (if not done properly, it would reduce/eliminate reception, so they would either have the Apple logo serve as a conduit, or have a plastic area (like orig iPhone) to solve this.
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock. (The iPad 2 has a thinner and tapered back, but still is mainly flat, which eliminates most of your concerns. It's dock connector, while a bit harder to access is still accessible. They could make this work if they wanted. The battery issue might be the achilles heel here, but new battery tech could also solve it.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general. (New designs always render previous cases unusable. Apple would never keep a design just so past cases could be used.)
An edge-to-edge display is a completely stupid rumor. Not only would it be difficult to engineer and manufacture, but it would be far more fragile and nearly impossible to hold without accidentally touching the sides of the display.
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.And any change to the physical size of the display will stretch or shrink the elements if they are designed for a different size display. Size refers to length and height, or the diagonal of the two, not to the numerical value of pixels along the x and y axis or multiplication of the two.
How many apps depend on the absolute distance not changing as opposed to the relative distance not changing? I've never seen a ruler app.
As long as Apple doesn't change the ratio of pixels (480:320) and doesn't change the physical screen shape ratio (2.5:4" or whatever the 3.5" diagonal screen currently is, height and width wise), developers are fine.
The problem with Android is that the screen shape changes on different devices. That's the problem.
How many apps depend on the absolute distance not changing as opposed to the relative distance not changing? I've never seen a ruler app.
As long as Apple doesn't change the ratio of pixels (480:320) and doesn't change the physical screen shape ratio (2.5:4" or whatever the 3.5" diagonal screen currently is, height and width wise), developers are fine.
The problem with Android is that the screen shape changes on different devices. That's the problem.
Not many, but do you really think Apple will keep the same size resolution and change the display size without adjusting the UI for the I/O? Have you not hear them talk about the effort that goes into making sure an icon is pixel perfect. There UI is everything on iOS.
Note the iPad. They didn?t simply scale the iPhone/Touch UI to fit the new size, resoltuion, and aspect ratio. They changes the entire UI to idealize it for the iPad. The icons are not simply larger using the same number of pixels as the iPhone. They aren?t spaced apart with the same number pixels. It?s familiar but it?s idealized for the UI. Apple doesn?t take this lightly, and why shoudl they when the display is both the primary output and input.
BTW, it?s 3:2. This is well known!
Its outdated before its even out.
Android rules.
The iIPhone 4 was the number 1 selling phone in 2010 and still outsells every model of Android phone on the market. It has been out 8 months..
Since all you android fans made the same claim when it was released, I assume it just doesn't matter. If you see a person holding a phone they purchased in the past 18 months, it is more likely an iPhone then anything else.
Btw since you will now try to say something about app platform. If you see someone using third party app on their smartphone, there is about a 90% chance it is an iPhone.
A new report claims recent rumors of a minor revision to Apple's next-generation iPhone are inaccurate, positing instead that Apple will completely redesign the handset to possibly include a "gesture area" home button and a 3.7-inch edge-to-edge screen ...
Joshua Topolsky jumps the shark.
I'm glad that the update says that several sources have come forward to say this is inaccurate, but the fact that this was printed at all seems ridiculous. I know that Apple can't come out and say what is coming and when, but I think they should at least make it a priority to publicly shoot down the more over the top rumors. Especially the ones coming from well known tech pundits like Topolsky.
I think they should allow themselves to come out for example and say something like "hey everyone, this report that came out today saying that the iPhone5 will have a super retina display with 8 core processor, 5 gb of ram, 160gb flash storage, and a death ray is completely bogus and is not coming out. Ever." This doesn't give out anything that is coming, but at least will keep things in check a bit. This is all just getting annoying. And the fact that we likely have 5-6 months more of this makes it even worse.
My bet is that rumor would be partly correct, but many would be off base, judging from prior record. One of those that may not come true is the multitouch gesture for the home button. It is just too small and redundant with the multitouch screen functionalities.
What is most likely to happen during 2011 to early 2012:
- The antenna will be redesigned
- The glass back will be replaced, most likely metallic black, and silver white but not shinny?
- The first two would also cause a redesign of the enclosing body, back to more curvy back like the iPad2 not the MBA
- The screen resolution will be the same
- More powerful processors
- iOS5 upgrade
- thinner but only very slightly?
- improved battery life but only slightly
- Further camera sensors upgrades and/or functionalities
- Same prices, the current iPhone 4 will be reduced in price to $99 for the basic
- improved features and functionalities in conjunction with NC facility activation
- No 4G (more likely in 2012, if not later)
Maybe to less likely- Apple may expand the CDMA iPhone to other countries
- Improved enterprise functionalities and features
- Because of the popularity of the $49 3Gs, Apple may decide to retain this as the "affordable iPhone" just like the affordable white MacBook. This would be less likely but possible.
Desirabe but less likely?- Universal iPhone?
- solar power features to extend battery life (maybe a future feature)
Apple EcosystemsAren't you late for school? Didn't your mum tell you to finish your homework before you go posting on the internets?
I'm so sick of the extreme back and forth on this. I like rumors and speculation as much as the next person, and I love my Apple gear, but this release more than most is getting worse over time. It is supposed to start out very general and broad as to what might be coming, and then slowly narrow the focus of expected form and features until we have a close idea of what's coming. But this release seems to be doing the opposite. The valley of predictions seems to be widening on a near-daily basis.
Take any rumour or undisclosed source with a grain of salt, even from the major newspapers. Form your own opinion as to what you think is most likely.At
this point, I think the Autumn release is pretty solid which means, if true, that the shipping device is nearly a half year away. Now consider the rumours about the previous iPhones as if it?s only January. I can?t recall any solidified rumours as of January for the next iPhone.
They will. Unless the rumor mill goes nuts with lots of dodgy images of various 'body parts' appeveiny over the next few weeks, that is. Personally I think ip5 will look much the same as ip4. Ip6 will mark a bigger change in the same way it took 2 generations for the 3G to radically change.
I think this is a safe bet also.
What people are perhaps forgetting is that there is a third possibility also which is indicated by Apple's past performance with products like the iPod and the MacBook Air. The first iteration of an Apple product is often a kind of "crazy beta" that looks quite different from what the product eventually morphs into (iPhone 1.0, MacBook Air 1.0, iPod 1.0), then usually somewhere around the second or third iteration they hit the design they were looking for all along (iPhone4, MacBook Air 2, iPod 3), and then they run with that almost for the entire life of the product.
iPhone 4 could be just such a design.
The point is they don't generally do fins and fancy paint-jobs until the product is mature and they need to add interest with flashy things because there isn't anything else to do. In the beginning, what they are trying to do is find that single perfect design for the product, the "best" way to solve the problems of the product category.
Looked at this way, the basic design of the iPhone 4 could be with us as long as the classic iPod design was (years and years and years), because there is no reason to substantially change it if it's the best.
My aunt heard at bingo that this rumor is true.
Was she playing bingo on her iPhone?
Take any rumour or undisclosed source with a grain of salt, even from the major newspapers. Form your own opinion as to what you think is most likely.At
this point, I think the Autumn release is pretty solid which means, if true, that the shipping device is nearly a half year away. Now consider the rumours about the previous iPhones as if it?s only January. I can?t recall any solidified rumours as of January for the next iPhone.
I hear what you are saying, and normally this would be correct. However, my point is that as opposed to the scope of information slowly narrowing, it seems to be expanding. I'm just frustrated by this widening gap. Not to mention that we have to deal with it for likely an extra 3-4 months compared to past years.
I hear what you are saying, and normally this would be correct. However, my point is that as opposed to the scope of information slowly narrowing, it seems to be expanding. I'm just frustrated by this widening gap. Not to mention that we have to deal with it for likely an extra 3-4 months compared to past years.
Unfortunately you either you have to change the way you read rumours or the way you interpret them.
A new report claims recent rumors of a minor revision to Apple's next-generation iPhone are inaccurate, positing instead that Apple will completely redesign the handset to possibly include a "gesture area" home button and a 3.7-inch edge-to-edge screen [Update: This report has since been deemed inaccurate]....
Just in case there are folks that still believe in this thing, a good way to analyse it is to do so from the point of view of a designer. The design question is always what does each change in the design give you and what does each change take away from the original?
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing
takes away - some of the reception
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general.
So yeah a new iPhone that gives you nothing over the current model (design-wise) other than a slightly bigger screen, and has drawbacks like worse reception, worse battery life and complete incompatibility with all programs and cases (among other problems).
Even if the downside of the changes can be mitigated, the reason they won't be made in the first place, is that they do absolutely nothing for the phone or the end user. Good designers don't introduce changes into products for cosmetic reasons, or for laughs, they do so because it makes the product a better product. None of these changes do that, they just look "cool" (to some eyes).
Unfortunately you either you have to change the way you read rumours or the way you interpret them.
This isn't my first rodeo. I know how it works, or at least how it has worked in the past. It just feels very different for this particular product release. Maybe since the iP4 got lost in a bar and all the juicy secrets got out early, Apple is in overkill mode to not let even the slightest detail out. Maybe they are even having certain people in the tech community (Topolsky?) disseminate confusing and/or contradictory info on purpose to keep everyone off balance. It is this imbalance that I take issue with and have to learn to deal with I suppose. At least for the time being.
Just in case there are folks that still believe in this thing, a good way to analyse it is to do so from the point of view of a designer. The design question is always what does each change in the design give you and what does each change take away from the original?
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing
takes away - some of the reception
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general.
So yeah a new iPhone that gives you nothing over the current model (design-wise) other than a slightly bigger screen, and has drawbacks like worse reception, worse battery life and complete incompatibility with all programs and cases (among other problems).
Even if the downside of the changes can be mitigated, the reason they won't be made in the first place, is that they do absolutely nothing for the phone or the end user. Good designers don't introduce changes into products for cosmetic reasons, or for laughs, they do so because it makes the product a better product. None of these changes do that, they just look "cool" (to some eyes).
Your strategy is interesting, and seems to be a good way to sift through the garbage. I do disagree on some of your assessments though:
removing antenna band:
gives you - nothing (addresses iP4 antenna issues (both real and perceived)
takes away - some of the reception (perhaps, but if Apple did away with the band, they would find a design that worked)
changing back to metal:
gives you - unbreakable back
takes away - all the reception (if not done properly, it would reduce/eliminate reception, so they would either have the Apple logo serve as a conduit, or have a plastic area (like orig iPhone) to solve this.
changing shape to thin teardrop:
gives you - thinner phone
takes away - connector dock is harder to get at/use, speakers have to be relocated/changed, phone is top heavy, thumb typing (the main data entry for the phone), is almost impossible, battery is smaller/weaker, phone is harder to hold, phone won't lay flat on table, phone won't stand up on table, phone hard to place in dock. (The iPad 2 has a thinner and tapered back, but still is mainly flat, which eliminates most of your concerns. It's dock connector, while a bit harder to access is still accessible. They could make this work if they wanted. The battery issue might be the achilles heel here, but new battery tech could also solve it.
bigger screen:
gives you - slightly bigger screen
takes away - ability to use most cases, incompatible with all current applications, easier to touch something on screen by mistake, harder to use in general. (New designs always render previous cases unusable. Apple would never keep a design just so past cases could be used.)
Looks like a fake.
Of course it's not real. It's a mockup as stated in the article
The Next iPhone, iPhone 5, will be....
an iphone nano, with a 2.5 inch screen
no wait, a bigger iphone with a 4 inch screen
no wait, an iphone with a 4.5 inch screen
no wait, an iphone with a 3.7 inch screen
no wait, an iphone 4G LTE
no wait, an iphone without 4G LTE
no wait, an iphone with HSPA+, which is kinda 4G-ish
no wait, an iphone with a dual CDMA/GSM "world phone" chip
no wait, an iphone that is GSM only (sorry Verizon)
no wait, an iphone that is CDMA only (sorry ATT)
no wait, an iphone that is thinner
no wait, an iphone that is thicker
no wait, an iphone with NFC/RFID
no wait, an iphone with biometrics
Boy, I can't wait for the next crop of iphone 5 rumors! *sarcasm*
Are you guys hearing more of a June or Sept release for the 5? If it sept, why the delay? Is is because they haven't sold as many 4's as of now?.
Sept.
Too many variables to know.
Haven't sold as many 4's as compared to what?
The next five months are sure going to be fun! Already we've had this so far:
The Next iPhone, iPhone 5, will be....
an iphone nano, with a 2.5 inch screen
no wait, a bigger iphone with a 4 inch screen
no wait, an iphone with a 4.5 inch screen
no wait, an iphone with a 3.7 inch screen
no wait, an iphone 4G LTE
no wait, an iphone without 4G LTE
no wait, an iphone with HSPA+, which is kinda 4G-ish
no wait, an iphone with a dual CDMA/GSM "world phone" chip
no wait, an iphone that is GSM only (sorry Verizon)
no wait, an iphone that is CDMA only (sorry ATT)
no wait, an iphone that is thinner
no wait, an iphone that is thicker
no wait, an iphone with NFC/RFID
no wait, an iphone with biometrics
Boy, I can't wait for the next crop of iphone 5 rumors! *sarcasm*
An excellent summation.
What would we do with our time if we couldn't waste it looking for new rumors.