2010 iPhone to have Multicore Processor?

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

So what's your excuse?

[yakob89]

I am personally don't see why people who had a 3G would upgrade to the 3Gs but to each's own. I also cant wait to see what is in store for next years WWDC and see the new 4th gen iPhone I will most surely be rocking that!!

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

Originally Posted by yakob89

I am personally don't see why people who had a 3G would upgrade to the 3Gs but to each's own. I also cant wait to see what is in store for next years WWDC and see the new 4th gen iPhone I will most surely be rocking that!!

So what happens if next year's iPhone isn't the end-all be-all upgrade you expected? Do you wait until 2011?

[bluedrib]

i will be getting any new iphone they come up with as long as its an improvement an not a "more affordable model" i bought the 3gs on a discount and the wife has the 3g. when the new one comes out she will be elligible for the upgrade and i will get her upgrade and she will get my 3gs. she is just happy having any iphone so it does not matter to her to get the new one as long as its in new condition. we keep ours screen protected and in hard plastic cases.

[Murdomac]

Easy for me, I went from a nokia 'makes calls' to the 3Gs so I am very happy, if a 4th gen phone came out next year I would probably wait at least 6 months before considering it anyway,to make sure the bugs were ironed out, and by that time my contract would be up anyway.

Couple of things they should be looking at though is an easier/cheaper upgrade path and also to make the actual phone part of the phone better, I find the volume is not high enough and the signal reciever not as good as the cheap'n'cheerfull Nokia.

[djwindsor]

I think the biggest improvement that the 3Gs offers is the doubling of the ram from 128 to 256. This is what makes the phone lag free. I was in the Apple store about a week ago and I conducted a non scientific test and had my 3G next to the store's 3Gs. I turned off WIFI on both phones and loaded programs, web pages etc. As far as the web goes, not much difference on page load times. OTOH, programs do load faster and the entire UI is much smoother. My eligible upgrade date is mid September and I will NOT be upgrading. I know that whatever comes out in June/July 2010 will be better than the 3Gs. I would hate to have to shell out more money just 9 months after getting the 3Gs.

[Napoleon_PhoneApart]

I think most 3GS owners have noticed a marked increase in speed when loading web pages. For me, the difference is night and day over my 3G.

[Divyesh]

IF this will be 2010.. probability that this will be announced on January Macworld?? or any Apple kick off event since they will no longer participating in the Macworld.

[Get_Zwole]

Originally Posted by Napoleon_PhoneApart

I think most 3GS owners have noticed a marked increase in speed when loading web pages. For me, the difference is night and day over my 3G.

Literally twice as fast at least. My best friend has a 3g and he hates me for getting the 3gS we compare them all the time and the difference is huge. Just opening big apps or loading a large web page its a huge difference.

[fury]

Originally Posted by Rockky

Could someone please tell me....what in effect does this multicore have on the functioning of the Iphone.
Thanks

My understanding of it is something like this...

1. Smaller manufacturing process (45 nm transistors, vs. 65 nm now), so it takes less power to begin with.
2. Multiple cores, so cores can be selectively shut off when not needed, and kicked into gear when needed.
3. Perform tasks quicker so there's less "user" time (i.e. the screen is on for less time since it gets the job done quicker).
4. Possibly allow more efficient multitasking, so maybe third party apps can officially run in the background (wishful thinking).

Although, in regards to #3, the 3GS already performs most tasks of that nature fairly quickly, so an improvement may not be as pronounced in this area as it was from the 3G