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June 3, 2008
With just a week to go before WWDC, the 3G iPhone rumor mill is pretty much on fire. Some rumors are just crazy, but most seem likely, so here is your roundup to get you excited.
• It’ll be announced during the WWDC keynote
I buy this one. I don’t think at this point Apple could delay the announcement, even if they hadn’t initially planned on it. Apple would suffer seriously if they don’t announce it.
• It’ll ship on the same day as the announcement
I am not sure about this one. If this were the case, images of the phone would have leaked out, since once the Apple store employees, and more likely the at&t employees open the boxes pictures will appear in about 32 seconds.
• Battery life will be improved
I think this is a must.. I get great battery life off my current iPhone, but I know with all the added features, 3G and GPS being the biggest battery suckers, they will have to increase the life.
• Twice the current memory - 16GB and 32GB
Again, I think this will be an obvious, Apple never releases anything without beefing it up..
• It’ll have GPS
I am not too sure about this. I haven’t seen anything conclusive on whether it will have the hardware inside to support GPS, and while I think it would be nice, the WiFi option has worked well for me so far.
• Front-facing Camera
meh… I don’t care one way or the other on this one. I can see the obvious video calling aspect of it, but it is doubtful that I would ever use it. I think I have used the built i-sight camera on my MacBook Pro once and that was just because my nephew was playing with Photo Booth.
• Stereo Bluetooth support.
The fact that stereo bluetooth (A2DP) support hasn’t been on the iPhone from day one is crazy. Music and wireless are Apple’s thing, now. They go together well, so even though the ruomrs on this have been quieter, this is one of my top 5 most anticipated features and since Leopard comes out of the box with A2DP support, Apple’s at least has proven it is a feature they are interested in.
• 3 megapixel Camera
It should be at least 3 mega pixels. The current iPhone rocks a 2 megapixel camera. The SGOLD3 chipset rumored to be in use on the 3G iPhone supports up to 5. Any thing less than a full megapixel bump would be an under utilization of the current hardware.
• It’ll be 22% slimmer
Steve Jobs is more obsessed with thin then a cracker fed super model blowing in the wind, so I completely believe this. 22% sounds like a whole lot, but it only shaves it down to around 9.1 mm - still a bit thicker than the iPod touch.
Like any good rumor, apply salt liberally, but these are all just a collection of what I think are the most reasonable rumors.
Think I’ve hit them all? Did I miss something? Drop a comment!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 8:32 am
Good roundup of speculation! I can’t wait to have it in my hand.