Its funny how the actual phone was leaked, seems a little “fishy,” at least to me. Apple has been known to do some weird things in the passed that might get one of their products “leaked” to the media. The design of the phone seems like it might be more sturdy, the buttons on the site look to be more spread apart for easier use. It is also much skinnier and ’supposedly’ a little bit of a smaller screen, the better it would fit into a pocket. A draw back that I observed is that it is more ‘boxy’ and less corners, what first came into my head is “Will this feel natural in my hand having sharper edges.” Even to begin with all the other iPhone’s don’t feel “natural” in your hand this just may make it worse, but there aren’t any smart phones on the market today, that comes to mind that will ‘feel good’ in your hands. Hardware on the phone seems to be improved, rumored that the A4 chip is powering the new phone (same chip powering the iPad). The components size have all decreased to fit the new body style, except the battery which looks huge (hopefully more battery life!!!). Most people are happy to see a front facing camera. I’m not 100% sure how the markets and business will embrace this technology, but its pretty certain that you will be able to do conference calls with video, Skype is going to be happy about this one. I can imagine sitting on a plane or backseat of a car talking to a group of people in a meeting that I couldn’t make. Even taking pictures of yourself will be so much easier, obviously. I have not heard anything on the memory of if there is any increases in that department, hopefully there is with the new iPhone OS 4 that is soon to be released. That brings me to my last topic, software. iPhone OS 4 is going to be awesome, but for the current versions of the iPhone (3G & 3GS), I think they may be to slow for multitasking and running more than 1 game at a time, granted the technology is still there. The 4th Gen. I think is going to handle it fairly well, if not better than expected. We also will FINALLY get to put a background on our home screen, I am sick of looking that the black behind the icons. I thought it was coming with the capability for backgrounds after the iPad had a way to change the background (without jail breaking it). That is what I believe to be the important items to be released on the new iPhone and OS 4
