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Our friend Apocalypso at Symbian Freak opened nice little discussion regarding new IPhone here is what he have to say about it:
What is so great about? Design? Yeah I have to admit that it looks nice but who really care about? Screen is large and nice, resolution is awesome but stretched over the 3,5” screens doesn’t looks so impressive IMO, anyway its undoubtedly great screen. Storage? OK, 4 or 8 GB sounds impressive, respect it but there are already phones with same or even larger capacity? How about keypad?! For what purpose you’ll use phone without keypad!? Are you really, really ready to use such a phone in a daily life? I have tried Nokia N90 platform and it’s the kick in the ass without external keyboard.
How about connectivity options? EDGE? How about 3g? Or HSDPA? How about imaging? Crappy 2mpx camera that lack flash and auto focus? How about optic? Picture quality? Is it capable to capture video and how about quality? How about for factor? Classic monoblock that lack keypad? How abut signal reception, call quality and other cell related features? This is their first cell phone I’m not very optimistic about?
- How about miniUSB or TV out?
- How about GPS with downloadable maps free of charge?
- How about is the 2nd camera?
- How about stereo speakers!?
- How about OS and UI?
- How about 3rd party application and games, actually is it possible to add soft at all?
- Where’re the located dedicated camera and multimedia keys?
So, please, please tell me what is so great about!? Features before all guys, features before all, this phone is completely inferior to great Nokia N95 or even not so good N93i!? OK it looks nice and it has great screen and that’s all about IMO. N800 has incomparable better screen but I know it is large and it isn’t phone, actually I just want to say that we can expect Nseries phone with better screen maybe even before the end of this year.
Even the IPhone isn't out yet Amazon is already making offers: Apple 8GB iPhone (Cingular)
There are not much information concerning the hardware part, so let's analyze them a bit more in details:
- the widescreen and its sensor make the iPod a really true iPod video,
as third-parties video players already available on the market.
- it is based on a touch screen using multitouch input technology as
already introduced with Appel notebook trackpad. One will have to see
if the display is not damaged or altered by fingers when using the
iPhone intensively.
- the operating system is OSX, and the availability date forecasted for
June, makes it quite possible that the iPhone is running on Mac OSX
Leopard Mobile.
- - Storage capacity are identical to the current iPod nano models, here
Apple wants to avoid business interferences between iPod nano models
and the iPhone.
- the 2Mpixels camera is a standard for most high-ends smart phone,
currently some models from Sony-Ericsson features higher resolution
camera.
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- Concerning mobile phone network it is a quad-band device, making it
GSM compatible almost worldwide. It feature Wi-Fi (only b/g), EDGE and
BT wireless system, really good points for users, as one will be able
to call for free even when being in foreign countries if you can get a
free wireless hotspot.
If GSM technology is perfect for the US market, in Europe and even more
in Japan, mobile networks are using more advanced systems known as
UMTS/3G or even higher as the forthcoming HSPDA, HSUPA, HSPA (aka 3.5,
3.75, 3.9 G respectively) in Japan. Bandwidth intensive applications
will benefit of such fast mobile networks, making it possible for true
Mobile iTS.
Now, if the availability of the iPhone in
June for the US is linked to Leopard development, one could also
imagine that introduction in other countries is delayed for several
additional reasons. One of them could be the required modifications to
fit with the more advance mobile networks. At the opposite, with the
current development of wifi hotspot, Apple might have decided to bet on
free or cheap hotspots as a better way to go compared to the expensive
3G or 3.5G networks.
In USA, the iPhone will be exclusively distributed
by Apple 8GB iPhone (Cingular),
but bundles with a 2-years contract. It remains also unclear if prices
announced by SJ yesterday are those applied by Cingular and including
the usual discount when getting a bundle phone+contract from a mobile
phone network provider: 4GB model 499 USD and 8GB 599 USD. Or, it is
the target prices from the AppleStore, and US consumers can expect
discount from Cingular bundled offer?
Last but not least, there are no details concerning the hardware. It
could be due to a not fully defined hardware specifications yet, as it
could evolved in the future depending on component availability. It
could also be due to a team work with several partners, using CPU
and/or graphical chipset manufacturers which have not officially
announced those products yet. If the CPU will probably be signed by
Intel (explaining also why Apple did not develop an iPhone earlier,
probably an ARM CPU or a even a CoreDuo ULV?), the question remains
opened concerning the graphical chipset. One can imagine an integrated
solution CPU + chipset from Intel, or a mobility chipset from ATI or
nVidia, as it is known that such solutions are currently being
developed by both companies.
One should also remember that this iPhone will probably have additional
features that will come when SJ will be able to unveil more functions
directly linked to OSX Mobile. Games will of course be available, and
recent openly announced interest of Electronic Arts to develop games
for Apple iPod-like devices might be a hint.
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