Author Topic: Iphone (Read 27353 times)

nickmitch · « **Reply #50 on:** April 19, 2010, 12:18:42 PM »

So, Gizmodo feels pretty confident that they got their hands on the next iPhone. Any thoughts?

RABicle · « **Reply #51 on:** April 19, 2010, 01:31:52 PM »

This is the most legit apple leak I've ever seen ever. No part of me doubts them. That is iPhone 4 and it's the natural progression (read: picking up features that are already standard) of the phone.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #52 on:** April 19, 2010, 05:51:40 PM »

Maybe I just haven't been paying attention to phones enough, but I don't think front-facing cameras for video chat is standard on phones these days.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #53 on:** April 19, 2010, 06:01:06 PM »

It isn't, but the HTC EVO 4G(Sprints version of a suped up HTC HD2) was the first US phone to have the feature announced. It supposedly comes out in May or June.

D_Average · « **Reply #54 on:** April 19, 2010, 06:51:25 PM »

I saw this this morning and I'm convinced. This is a bigger leak than the psp go. Should be interesting to see how it Apple reacts.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #55 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:05:47 PM »

Gizmodo are pure morons if this is real. It is illegal to buy something you know is stolen (which is the case here). Apple has a problem though. If this IS real (which we don't know), they would be admitting it's real if they sued Gizmodo. On the other hand, Apple could just wait until they unveil the next iPhone and then sue Gizmodo. Either way, Gizmodo is in big legal trouble because they knew it was stolen and bought it anyways.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #56 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:23:18 PM »

If it was found and then sold, it it really considered stolen?

I think it's some sort of publicity stunt though.
Wasn't the story something about a guy getting drunk and leaving it at a bar or something like that?

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #57 on:** April 19, 2010, 07:30:54 PM »

The person who "sold" it to Gizmodo did not legally have the right to sell it (they supposedly found it in a bathroom), so it is stolen. If this is real, the Apple employee who lost it will also be in big trouble (getting fired is certain, maybe a lawsuit too).

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #58 on:** April 19, 2010, 08:03:31 PM »

This is a controlled leak. Gizmodo got it because Apple specifically and purposely let them have it. They may have used an intermediary, or this may just be the story Apple is making them use in exchange for the exclusive.

D_Average · « **Reply #59 on:** April 19, 2010, 10:49:43 PM »

This is actually a HUGE scoop for Gizmodo. You don't see real scoops much these days, but they NAILED it here.

I'm sure moral was low at Engadget today. Pity.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #60 on:** April 19, 2010, 11:01:01 PM »

It doesn't count as a scoop if it's given to you by the company. Still, it's getting them a ton of traffic, and that's what really counts.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #61 on:** April 20, 2010, 10:58:32 AM »

This is not a scoop. There is no way this was accidental, and it's definitely more than a coincidence that this happened just a couple days after Verizon officially announced the DROID Incredible.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #62 on:** April 20, 2010, 04:40:40 PM »

I've got to wonder how Apple will top this next year. From a hardware standpoint I can't think of anything more you could want other than maybe a MicroSD slot, which has no chance of happening (although I would have said the same thing about a user-removable battery before this). Rumors are saying maybe an 8 megapixel camera, but the jump from 5 to 8 isn't really a big deal. Probably a processor and RAM bump, but like the 3GS that wouldn't be taken advantage of until later.

nickmitch · « **Reply #63 on:** April 20, 2010, 11:22:39 PM »

They'll top it this year the way they topped it last year: same form factor, better internals. That was the main thing with the 3GS. Faster, more space, add compas, add focus to camera and BAM new device.

I'm sure iPhone HDS or 4GS will basically be the equivalent.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #64 on:** April 21, 2010, 12:02:24 AM »

They'll top it the same way they do every year: make it barely better than the previous version, but make you look like an asshole if you still have last year's model. It definitely looks better though, I will give them that. 960x640 (not confirmed) would be ridiculous for a 3.5" screen - as in completely unnecessary, especially when the 30 billion apps were designed with the 480x320 resolution screen in mind. 800x480 is plenty of pixels.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #65 on:** April 21, 2010, 12:14:11 AM »

So when the Droid has a higher resolution than the iPhone it's a big deal and a sign of its superiority, but then when Apple makes the iPhone better than any Android phone in that regard it's completely unnecessary? Also worth noting, doubling the resolution of the iPhone should mean that it has the same resolution as the iPad (which is, admittedly, a bit ridiculous), and that could help both platforms.

EDIT: To say that this is barely better than last year's model is stupid. The 3GS was barely better than the 3G, at least in practical terms (although it's going to seem a lot better in comparison when its beefier processor and double the RAM can do multitasking and the 3G can't); the 3G was a huge improvement over the original. Apple seems to stagger the big releases, doing major updates every couple years, probably having something to do with the fact that all of their customers are on two year contracts.

EDIT 2: I'm finding this increasingly funny; it's almost like Apple's just trolling everyone. They hype up the iPad, essentially a big iPhone, and now the new iPhone is, in several ways, a small iPad.

D_Average · « **Reply #66 on:** April 21, 2010, 01:09:28 AM »

So I glad I didn't upgrade last month. My Edge iphone now has parts of the screen that don't work, but I've learned to adapt, do I decided to wait it out a few months. I just had a feeling the next iPhone would be a much bigger update than last years model.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #67 on:** April 21, 2010, 05:04:39 AM »

How Android won the format war....

Quote

One concerned Apple customer wrote to Steve Jobs:

Steve,
I was converted to Apple products with the announcement of the iPhone 3G. (My friends have been trying to convince me for years.) Since then I’ve purchased 4 iPhones, 2 computers, several routers, and miscellaneous other items. Unfortunately, I’m really starting to have a philosophical issue with your company. It appears that more and more Apple is determining for it’s consumers what content they should be able to receive. For instance, the blocking of Mark Fiore’s comic app (due to being political satire) or blocking of what Apple considers to be porn.

I’m all for keeping porn out of kids hands. Heck – I’m all for ensuring that I don’t have to see it unless I want to. But… that’s what parental controls are for. Put these types of apps into categories and allow them to be blocked by their parents should they want to.

Apple’s role isn’t moral police – Apple’s role is to design and produce really cool gadgets that do what the consumer wants them to do.

Thanks for listening

-Matthew

Steve Jobs replied:

Fiore’s app will be in the store shortly. That was a mistake. However, we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone. Folks who want porn can buy and Android phone.

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/steve-jobs-google-android-iphone-porn,news-6522.html
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/04/20/steve-jobs-android-iphone-porn

D_Average · « **Reply #68 on:** April 21, 2010, 11:10:54 AM »

Actually, its pretty easy to get porn on the iPhone.

nickmitch · « **Reply #69 on:** April 21, 2010, 09:39:35 PM »

Yeah, I was gonna say the same thing.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #70 on:** April 21, 2010, 09:56:33 PM »

It's not stupid to say it's barely better. Each year the iPhone gets incrementally better than the one they released before it, and millions of people buy it, including people who will pay ETF's to get one since they already bought last year's model (which works very well for Apple and AT&T). There is absolutely no reason that the iPhone 3GS couldn't have been the first iPhone model that was released, or at least the iPhone 3G could have been the original iPhone, and could have had video recording, MMS, etc, from the beginning.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #71 on:** April 21, 2010, 10:27:40 PM »

Okay; what features are missing from the iPhone 4 that you think Apple is holding back for next year's model? It may have taken them longer than it should have, but I think Apple has pretty much caught up in terms of features.

BranDonk Kong · « **Reply #72 on:** April 21, 2010, 11:05:26 PM »

And that is the major problem. Every time they launch a new model, review say how great it is that "finally the iPhone has..." when it's all stuff that should have been there all along. I can't say what's missing, they'll have to launch it first. Notably missing will still be Flash support, though.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #73 on:** April 21, 2010, 11:45:37 PM »

I was talking about hardware features; Flash is a software issue. Flash is incredibly overrated, though. I have 50 tabs open in Firefox right now, and while I think a couple of them may use Flash, both the ones I can think of already have dedicated apps. Silverlight would mean more to me than Flash, but since Netflix has an app the only thing I'd need that for is Xbox.com.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #74 on:** April 22, 2010, 04:40:31 PM »

In news that's kind of cool that it's possible, but there's no reason anyone would do it other than to prove it's possible, hackers have successfully installed the Android OS on a jailbroken iPhone.

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Author Topic: Iphone (Read 27353 times)