How long before the "next" generation of iphone?
I have been hearing the rumor that there will be another iphone out in either October or January. I was thinking of getting an iphone now, but if new ones will be out in either October or January I know know that I want to pluck down $600 if the current iphone will be obsolete that soon. If that is the case, that is a lot of money you are basically throwing away, just to have the latest phone technology. I went and looked at one today and thought that it was just incredible. I went home and keep thinking about it and reading articles, which then started to worry me. Can anyone shed some light on these rumors?
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That said, here's my guess work at a hardware revision if they really want to sell 10 million units.
Nothing will happen until demand peaks. However, I think that Apple will face a huge demand for a version with hard buttons so that it can be used with one hand.
I have serious doubts you'll see that happen. It breaks the whole paradigm they're trying to establish.
i won't get a phone without "voice recognition" because what's the use of bluetooth when driving i have already heard that "dialing" and making a call is multi step......
what things require hardware upgrade and which require only software upgrade???
maybe you guys in the know can create a list that's not just specualtion (someone on these boards said 3g was a software upgrade--which i don't believe.)
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I don't see hard buttons ever. I think they'll win or admit defeat with the touch screen.
I have serious doubts you'll see that happen. It breaks the whole paradigm they're trying to establish.
i think a "apple" voice recognition solution is what's needed. you'd think all that could come from voice recognition.
(someone on these boards said 3g was a software upgrade--which i don't believe.)
No you are correct. 3G requires a different chip than 2G.
What I do see though is a touch-screen OSX iPod by around x-mas. Demand will be high for something like this if it's at the current price point and Apple will have had a few months to test out the form factor, sw and everything else from the iPhone release.