As rumors about Apple’s next iteration of the iPhone go, this one’s got legs — and you may watch a short video of the purported next-generation iPhone.
At the weekend, web resources have published three photos of the next generation iPhone, as well as a weird tale of the phone being found hidden inside an iPhone 3G case on the floor of a bar in San Jose. Now Gizmodo has a long post based on extensive hands-on time with the same phone–though it is said to be up highway 101 in Redwood City. Giz has taken a photo of it, shot video of it and dismantled it. As we don’t surely know whether this is precisely the phone that will probably be released by Apple in the next few months, it seems unimaginable that it’s a Chinese clone or a hoax or any of the other things the phone might be other than a real Apple prototype.
According to Gizmodo the phone is stuck at the “Connect to iTunes” screen probably because Apple disabled it remotely–but here we have available information:
- It has a bigger rear camera with flash
- It is equipped with a front-facing camera
- It is eauipped with a better, higher-resolution screen
- It has an all-new industrial design– more angular and thinner, made from a new material that could be glass, ceramic or plastic–more in tune with the iPad than the iPhone 3GS
- The volume buttons are discrete (Giz theorizes it so one can double as a camera button)
- Like in the iPad, a smaller MicroSIM card is used in the device
- It has a big battery and weighs more than the 3GS
All of this is plausible, and much of it is compatible with earlier rumors from reliable sources. It adds up to what would seem to be a major upgrade,especially with iPhone OS 4 onboard. Even though Giz doesn’t provide any information about the major specifications such as the RAM, CPU and flash storage.
There are accurate rumors about upcoming Apple products. There are cases when spy shots leak. However I can hardly remember another case of a major product landing in the hands of a media outlet weeks before Apple was ready to talk announce it. The handset is Apple’s property for sure–I am curious if it’ll make an attempt to get it back, and what the repercussions will be for whoever was supposed to be taking care of it?
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