Comments on: Time to think about the iPhone 4G

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Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:25:51 +0000

[...] did a great job of covering the evolution of existing architectural features and hardware capabilities. I would like to add my own 5 cents on what I would like to see that could be very cool, useful, [...]

By: Veit

Veit — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:32:47 +0000

Jai,
on the processor: It takes a long time to get a new processor out – I don’t think their PA based processor will be ready. And they will need dual-core since it will give them more performance at equal or better battery life.
You might be right on LTE – that was my long-shot bet. Although I think Verizon will want to push the envelope when they announce. They want the crowd to “wow”, not to “hmmm” or even laugh. It might turn out that Apple plays this safe, though, and only announce higher-speed HSPA.
On memory size – if video goes 720p or higher, they will need more memory. Maybe they will offer 64GB as a third option, but I see 64 GB in next year’s line-up.
On form-factor: I cannot believe they will go candy-bar style, but my guess is we will know by Macworld. All of their 3rd party developers would have to re-architect their software to different display dimensions or at least support variable display dimensions. They would have to give them quite some heads-up – not sure if they announce by Macworld that all of their developers would be ready by July. Another factor there is the “iPad”. If they announce an iPad in 2010, devs will have to re-architect anyway. So my guess would be that the iPad comes first (probably WWDC as well) and form factor changes for the iPhone come at a later point.

By: Jai

Jai — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:23:00 +0000

it wont be 32 n 64 GB it will be 16 n 32 GB on average it takes 2 years to shrink enough n stuff more in the same density or space. LTE on VzW will be EXTREMELY limited on 2010 so I don’t see an LTE version out then, it will probably be HSPA 14MBPS or 21, it could be capable of it as there are “software defined” to handle multiple air interface technologies but die size it’s not yet there for that type of device and forget about CDMA capabilities, Apple simply will not invest R&D resources for 2 networks alone. Processor wise anything can happen, remember PA SEMI, Apple didn’t buy to let it rot… form factor will likely change, 3 years on the same form factor for a mobile device is not healthy and apple knows it, true that on the rest of their devices once they hit a sweet spot they stay there for long but on devices like the iPhone the form factor does show age, that it will be candy bar style yes more than likely but not same exact shape, material or colors… 5MPX camera is a possibility…