AT&T execs said touting new, faster iPhone for mid-June
One or more of AT&T's more senior officials have reportedly slipped important details about the next iPhone, including a June unveiling and a continued emphasis on speed.
Confidently declaring that the information he has obtained is "100% confirmed," Boy Genius says he has heard a formal unveiling for the third iPhone is due in mid-June and that AT&T is now familiar enough with the process that a mid-year iPhone update is "becoming a tradition" at the carrier.
While it's not quite known how familiar the management-level source (or sources) might be with what's contained in the new iPhone, a distinct pattern in the remarks centers on the speed of the handset. According to the remarks, the next model "will be faster" and may well support AT&T's planned upgrade to 7.2Mbps 3G scheduled for this year.
AT&T is also purportedly keen to illustrate how many of the old arguments against the iPhone will have gone away. Customers should buy a smartphone from AT&T based on their personal tastes, according to the carrier, and "the gap in capability should be filled" with the new release -- although it's far from clear whether this refers to in-the-metal features or else the features added through the iPhone 3.0 firmware that will also apply to older iPhone models.
The statements also echo AT&T's vision of integration with TV services and claim an iPhone app is in development that would let users steer the video recorders for AT&T's U-verse digital TV.
Although none of the statements individually challenge existing reports, their believed origins at AT&T do point to a near-repeat of the strategy taken for last year's iPhone 3G, which again was announced in mid-June and revolved around Internet access.
The mention of a June schedule also isn't exclusive to AT&T; UAE provider Etisalat matter-of-factly stated that it would get the next iPhone in June.
Confidently declaring that the information he has obtained is "100% confirmed," Boy Genius says he has heard a formal unveiling for the third iPhone is due in mid-June and that AT&T is now familiar enough with the process that a mid-year iPhone update is "becoming a tradition" at the carrier.
While it's not quite known how familiar the management-level source (or sources) might be with what's contained in the new iPhone, a distinct pattern in the remarks centers on the speed of the handset. According to the remarks, the next model "will be faster" and may well support AT&T's planned upgrade to 7.2Mbps 3G scheduled for this year.
AT&T is also purportedly keen to illustrate how many of the old arguments against the iPhone will have gone away. Customers should buy a smartphone from AT&T based on their personal tastes, according to the carrier, and "the gap in capability should be filled" with the new release -- although it's far from clear whether this refers to in-the-metal features or else the features added through the iPhone 3.0 firmware that will also apply to older iPhone models.
The statements also echo AT&T's vision of integration with TV services and claim an iPhone app is in development that would let users steer the video recorders for AT&T's U-verse digital TV.
Although none of the statements individually challenge existing reports, their believed origins at AT&T do point to a near-repeat of the strategy taken for last year's iPhone 3G, which again was announced in mid-June and revolved around Internet access.
The mention of a June schedule also isn't exclusive to AT&T; UAE provider Etisalat matter-of-factly stated that it would get the next iPhone in June.
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The Moscone event schedule still isn't showing anything for Moscone West during June 15 - 19.
.....The hsupa standard also increases download speed a bit. The good thing about hsupa is that AT&T's network already supports it an should be good to go from day one since it is already in wide use.
I still wonder why everyone is talking about 7.2mbpa hsdpa download or 80211n in reference to the 'higher sped' rumor of the next iPhone. While both do make sense, it seems the next logical progression of the technology is to get hsupa (the fast low latency upload aide of HSPA) into smartphones. Currently it is mostly available in 3G modems - I don't believe any smartphones currently on the mArket have it yet. The hsupa standard also increases download speed a bit. The good thing about hsupa is that AT&T's network already supports it an should be good to go from day one since it is already in wide use by 3G modems.
There are existing HSUPA handsets and many more coming onto the market in the next few months. WIth (my next phone) the full featured and very small Nokia E55 coming onto the market by June at a list price of 250 euros and triband HSUPA (10Mb DL, 2Mb UL), Apple needs to stay competitive on the performance side.
802.11n doesn't make sense at all. You don't see it in handhelds because it's implementation is not optimised for power or size, nor is it integrated into wireless chip sets. This might have something to do with the standard not even being approved.
Really, you don't need a crystal ball to work out that the iPhone will be updated in June and that it'll be faster. News of other features would be more interesting.
802.11n doesn't make sense at all. You don't see it in handhelds because it's implementation is not optimised for power or size, nor is it integrated into wireless chip sets. This might have something to do with the standard not even being approved.
Stopping to think about it, you are absolutely right. Not only would the power be a problem, the need for multiple antennae would probably rule it out. Perhaps they will find a way to implement N without boosting power consumption or needing MIMO antennae just to maintain compatibility with N only networks, especially those only running on the alternate ~5 Ghz spectrum.
802.11n doesn't make sense at all. You don't see it in handhelds because it's implementation is not optimised for power or size, nor is it integrated into wireless chip sets. This might have something to do with the standard not even being approved.
Really, you don't need a crystal ball to work out that the iPhone will be updated in June and that it'll be faster. News of other features would be more interesting.
I agree, plus is the processor fast enough to even handle the data that would come in at "N" speeds? I don't see any application at this point in time which would require "N", to think how many PC's out there are still running at "G" speeds...
I agree, plus is the processor fast enough to even handle the data that would come in at "N" speeds? I don't see any application at this point in time which would require "N", to think how many PC's out there are still running at "G" speeds...
What? This makes no sense at all.
Except for the 'and' conjunction this could be referring to the CPU or the overall system speed, but I don't know if that is just how AI wrote up the article.
What? This makes no sense at all.
Sure it does. The ability for the current system to handel Rx/Tx data from an 802.11n is not possible. It can't even process the maximum allowable bandwidth data of 802.11g.
Might as well make it a universal remote for all DVRs. Not surprised this is would come about but just surprised Apple doesn't do this for the AppleTV. Would be nice to use the keyboard on the iPhone over the AppleTVs key entry. How about adding Safari to the AppleTV eh?
Sure it does. The ability for the current system to handel Rx/Tx data from an 802.11n is not possible. It can't even process the maximum allowable bandwidth data of 802.11g.
Thanks Solipsism.
Is there more information about this line: "According to the remarks, the next model "will be faster" ..."?
Except for the 'and' conjunction this could be referring to the CPU or the overall system speed, but I don't know if that is just how AI wrote up the article.
Sure it does. The ability for the current system to handel Rx/Tx data from an 802.11n is not possible. It can't even process the maximum allowable bandwidth data of 802.11g.
Arh... thx, no wonder why 802.11g is god damn slow even when i right next to the router.
But cant those be processed by the controller itself rather then a genric CPU?
Remember why the original iPhone was released in January.
Am I missing something, or wouldn't Apple have had to apply for FCC approval by now if they were releasing anything in June?
Remember why the original iPhone was released in January.
It was announced, not released in January. If I remember correctly Apple was able to keep a lot of the FCC stuff secret with both versions of the phone until the last minute. I forget how or what the exception is, but you can make a request to the FCC to keep everything quite until the product is ready for release, if it falls under certain criteria.
Arh... thx, no wonder why 802.11g is god damn slow even when i right next to the router.
But cant those be processed by the controller itself rather then a genric CPU?
It depends on what you're talking about. Stuff like web page rendering, image decoding and so on is currently limited by the CPU. Maybe some of that might be offloaded to the GPU with upcoming models. I have no idea where the wireless decryption is handled, that could be a burden on the CPU, or on the wireless chip, another possibility to think about, even if it's not a big load, maybe it's still there.
I agree, plus is the processor fast enough to even handle the data that would come in at "N" speeds? I don't see any application at this point in time which would require "N", to think how many PC's out there are still running at "G" speeds...
But doesn't "n" get better range and a more stable connection? If someone were trying to keep their LAN at peak efficiency, devices using older standards would hold back the network performance.
I don't have an Apple TV but I thought that Remote on the iPhone could control it and even use the keyboard, at least I have read that around the traps.
As for 7.2 HSPDA, well that would at least let the iPhone start to barely use the Telstra 3G network capacity. LOL it would also let the iPhone eat through Telstra's 150Meg ($10) a month download limit heaps faster.
Nothing really surprising in this article. It's not long now, and we'll all know why we will want to line up again to be the first.
The statements also echo AT&T's vision of integration with TV services and claim an iPhone app is in development that would let users steer the video recorders for AT&T's U-verse digital TV.
This is MMS, I presume.
Might as well make it a universal remote for all DVRs. Not surprised this is would come about but just surprised Apple doesn't do this for the AppleTV. Would be nice to use the keyboard on the iPhone over the AppleTVs key entry. How about adding Safari to the AppleTV eh?
That'd all be fun. Safari on the AppleTV, full and easy navigation of AppleTV content via the Apple remote. A universal remote for EVERYTHING would be good too... give me an IR repeater to aim at my stereo, and control everything via the iPhone touch interface?
But the keyboard on the iPhone does replace AppleTV's key entry already. You have to use the Apple IR remote to get to the search pages, but once there the Apple touch remote will pop up the keyboard and you can type.
I'm still pretty excited, I'm still on the original iPhone (3G wasn't an interesting upgrade to me) so will be upgrading immediately when I can!