A front-facing iPhone camera means video calling, but it’s also a sign of something bigger. Combined with other recent leaks, it means that Apple is bringing iChat to the iPhone. Everything about voice calling may be about to change. More »
The iPhone 4G? iPhone 4? iPhone HD? Simply “iPhone”? There’s plenty we still don’t know about Apple’s upcoming handset, like the name for instance, but thanks to an unprecedented leak and a whole bunch of peripheral rumors, we’ve got just about the most info you could hope for going into a major Apple launch. Follow along after the break as we parse through what we know, what we’ve heard, and what we hope for in the next iPhone.
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Apple’s next iPhone: what we know (and what we don’t) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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There’s a reason why more people haven’t seen the next iPhones before Steve Jobs makes an announcement: They’re in disguise. More »
It’s been pretty low-key, so we totally understand if you haven’t heard anything about it yet, but it turns out there’s a next-gen iPhone floating around somewhere outside Apple’s sphere of reality-distorting influence. We’ll spare you the backstory there, but Gizmodo saw fit to do a little non-destructive (more on that in a moment) teardown of the device today. There’s actually not that much to see or learn from it, but we couldn’t help but notice the prominently-placed translucent tab underneath the battery imploring only “authorized service providers” to proceed, which we figure is a pretty strong sign that Apple will continue its nefarious legacy of blocking owners from managing their own juice — a fact that’s corroborated by Giz‘s claim that it takes the removal of two screws and a suction cup to get in there anyhow. As for the delicate, decidedly un-iFixit-like nature of the teardown, the site explains that it didn’t want to “damage the connections beyond repair,” and since the silicon is all buried under a tightly-manufactured metal plate, we don’t get to learn whether the phone’s rocking an A4 processor right out of the iPad parts bin. Of course, worst case, we expect to know that tidbit at the launch event — or, failing that, mere moments after the suckers go on sale when the first retail units donate their bodies to science. Hang on tight, everyone.
Next-gen iPhone splayed, battery probably not meant to be replaced by the unwashed masses originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We took apart the next iPhone. More »
A controlled leak? The lost iPhone planted by Apple? You have no idea how Apple PR works—and how, like it or not, Gizmodo finally beat them at their own game. More »
It’s such an obvious question: Why couldn’t Apple track this phone down? As it turns out, they may have had two chances to get it back—and blown them both. More »
Well, how can I explain this? I got some interesting calls today. It was Apple. And they wanted their phone back. More »
The Gourmet Haus Staudt. A nice place to enjoy good German lagers. And if you are an Apple Software Engineer named Gray Powell, it’s also a nice place to make the honest mistake of losing the next-generation iPhone. UPDATED More »
Well, we told you so. The fourth-generation iPhone prototype that leaked its way out into the world over the weekend has found its way to Gizmodo, and they’ve examined it exhaustively enough to prove that it’s the real thing. Not only does it show up in iTunes, Xcode, and System Profiler, but it has different product identifiers than the 3G or 3GS, and it’s packed with Apple-labeled components inside. Unfortunately, they couldn’t get it to boot out of recovery mode, but a number of new features and changes are evident just by holding it. Obviously, it’s thinner than the 3GS, with smaller internal components and a larger battery inside the metal frame. There’s also a front-facing camera, a larger and better camera with a flash on the back, a higher-res display that’s slightly smaller than the current models, a second mic for noise cancellation, and that new back, which Giz seems a bit confused about but we’re fairly sure is glass or ceramic. It’s also three grams heavier than a 3GS, with a 16 percent larger battery and the same new MicroSIM slot used in the iPad.
We’re also told the phone was found running iPhone OS 4.0 but that it was remotely killed before Giz could actually see it, and that they can’t get it to boot because it requires a bespoke build of the OS. We’re assuming Apple’s hot on the trail of this thing, so hit the source link while you can and check a couple more pics after the break.
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Apple’s 4th-generation iPhone revealed originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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