new iphone rumor coming - Page 2

trnsilver · 05-12-2008, 07:45 PM

So we're taking about a 0.5G faster speed for the internet and a better camera, probably GPS integration. But besides that, it'll probably run the same new iphone 2.0 software as is being developed by the SDK?

I was going to sell mine on eBay and put the money toward the new one...seems almost a little stupid to drop another $150 or so on the new one if those are the only improvements.

Maybe I'll just wait a year for version 3?

ravman · 05-12-2008, 07:48 PM

0.5G speed improvement? Have you been living under a rock? 3G is much faster than the EDGE speeds the current iPhone is running. You cannot even start to compare EDGE with 3G. It's about 15 times faster, not 0.5 times faster.

I hit an average of 1500kbps on my company AT&T Tilt. If you're lucky, you can hit about 100kbps on an iPhone, maybe a little more if the wind is in the right direction.

Originally Posted by trnsilver

So we're taking about a 0.5G faster speed for the internet and a better camera, probably GPS integration. But besides that, it'll probably run the same new iphone 2.0 software as is being developed by the SDK?

I was going to sell mine on eBay and put the money toward the new one...seems almost a little stupid to drop another $150 or so on the new one if those are the only improvements.

Maybe I'll just wait a year for version 3?

llrickman · 05-12-2008, 08:08 PM

I was in the AT&T store here in Lubbock today and they are far from sold out of iphones and they are still selling them like crazy also the mgr there told me that AT&T put a freeze on all vacations for June with that it does sound like V2 will be released then

ravman · 05-12-2008, 09:11 PM

Sweet... I was asking the sales rep at my local AT&T store about the new iPhone. He was very reluctant to say anything, but it was very evident that something is going to happen in June. Maybe they are getting ready to sell the current iPhone in pink

Originally Posted by llrickman

I was in the AT&T store here in Lubbock today and they are far from sold out of iphones and they are still selling them like crazy also the mgr there told me that AT&T put a freeze on all vacations for June with that it does sound like V2 will be released then

Lincoln · 05-12-2008, 09:14 PM

Originally Posted by Bone

so my question is how much larger will EIC get with the release of a v2 iPhone?? There would be secound gen forums for general, mods, 3rd party apps. Pluss all the new people. Now I'm excited.

Srry to boost the thread. Accidental.

Oh boy. Lots of spam and lots of trolls to ban. What a fun time that will be.

- John

trnsilver · 05-12-2008, 10:14 PM

wow rav, pretty harsh.

What I meant was...isn't EDGE 2.5G? so wouldn't that be a 0.5G improvement?

Way to jump down my throat.

24trepid · 05-12-2008, 10:16 PM

Wouldn't there have to be an update in iTunes, prior to release
of new iphone ??

sonicwind · 05-12-2008, 10:40 PM

Originally Posted by trnsilver

wow rav, pretty harsh.

What I meant was...isn't EDGE 2.5G? so wouldn't that be a 0.5G improvement?

Way to jump down my throat.

The "G" in those stands for "Generation", it's not tied to a relational speed difference. It could be approximately .1 mb/s vs 2mb/s which would be a 2000% increase. A 15 times increase is a conservative guess. I'm sure you would have looked this up yourself, but it was probably taking to long to load the search page on your old timey Edge enabled phone.

sonicwind · 05-12-2008, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by 24trepid

Wouldn't there have to be an update in iTunes, prior to release of new iphone ??

If they release the new version in the next couple of weeks, it will be based on a later version of the 1.1 OS, not the new 2.0 OS, is my guess. Being that they are still aggressively changing interfaces in the SDK, I don't think the 2.0 OS will be ahead of schedule which would be late June, I think. So they wouldn't necessarily have to update iTunes to support any new features.

trnsilver · 05-13-2008, 01:46 AM

Originally Posted by sonicwind

The "G" in those stands for "Generation", it's not tied to a relational speed difference. It could be approximately .1 mb/s vs 2mb/s which would be a 2000% increase. A 15 times increase is a conservative guess. I'm sure you would have looked this up yourself, but it was probably taking to long to load the search page on your old timey Edge enabled phone.

Haha.

Honestly, I thought it was self-explanatory, which is why I didn't do further research. I didn't know G was generation, but I figured it was a speed.

Now that I know, it is even more tempting to upgrade. I don't care about the camera or GPS, but I only got the phone at the end of February, so I figure I owe it to myself.