All iPhone 5 speculation/rumours/wants thread

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Raymond Lin said:
You sound shocked lol

It happened before so it's likely to happen again.

Apple are never really on the cutting edge of technology, they are good at design and integrating EXISTING technology. Hence 4G being it's infancy is a pipe dream. The camera took 3 generations to match my old Nokia N95 too.

Then again....I didn't see the retina display upcoming.
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I do agree about the integration of EXISTING technology but 'Apple are never really on the cutting edge of technology' REALLY.

iPad, Retina display, unibody design, iOS to name but a few.
 
I would like to see a light on the phone to let me know if there is a message or email waiting when it is on the table... something like on the front of the MBP near the infra red receiver (dims and glows when in sleep mode) or like the battery guage on the side of the MBP... apart from that I am happy
 
Most of the changes I want to see are iOS based so in terms of hardware, i'd be happy with an "S" style bump - some extra performance all around and that'd do me fine.

As for iOS - it's about time Apple allowed themes for the home screen, so that you can change things like icons, the clock, etc. etc.
 
The only thing I find underwhelming on my iPhone4 is the camera. It's okay for a smart phone, but it's still pretty pants as far as cameras go. The problem is they are never going to sacrifice the form of the phone for the sake of taking better pictures, so it's probably always going to be average.

I think the iPad2 is going to give us a lot of clues about what to expect from the iPhone5. It makes sense to keep parity between the two.

I also think the iPhone5 might be the start of Apple dropping backwards compatibility for major iOS versions altogether, i.e. iOS 5 for iPhone5 only.
 
I would like:

- a similar design to the iphone 4
- a slightly bigger screen
- dual core cpu
- more ram
- larger hdd

If it had all the above, I'd be seriously tempted to sell the iphone 4. :D
 
I like the screen the size it is right now... Any bigger is too big.

I can't see them adding anything new apart from an FM transmitter maybe?

The 4 isn't that much faster than the 3GS, so I think a speed bump would be nice... Same speed as the iPad maybe?
 
I'd quite like it to come with Android on it :D

Cereal tho, I'd quite like to see Apple ease up on their control freak approach to user access. I'd also like for them to address the pain that is using iTunes in Windows. Finally I'd like to see tethering even if it's specifically locked to your iPad or other Apple devices. I don't think that there is too much they can do with the OS look or the hardware design, it's already the best looking and most user friendly out there. I'd just like to see them ease up on treating their users like muppets.

...i was only half joking about the android thing... sweetest hardware with Android would be a seriously sweet phone...
 
A bit of an upgrade or tweek to the OS would be nice. Obviously the iPhone design works, but it's menus and such are starting to look a little dated compared to the competition.

Of course it needs to be backwards compatible with previous models... but also you won't be able to get the full features of the new OS without upgrading to the latest phone.... the Apple way.
 
I think the screen could possibly become smaller...

But that depends on how successful the new nano is... I could see them possibly producing a smaller handset... Maybe not as the iPhone 5 but as the iPhone 4N (nano) or iPhone 5N depending on how far down the pipeline it goes...

I personally wouldn't want this but I could see some people wanting a smaller handset...
 
Nexus said:
A bit of an upgrade or tweek to the OS would be nice. Obviously the iPhone design works, but it's menus and such are starting to look a little dated compared to the competition.

Of course it needs to be backwards compatible with previous models... but also you won't be able to get the full features of the new OS without upgrading to the latest phone.... the Apple way.
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I think the problem is that Apple have designed themselves into a corner. The already have the hardware design about right and the UI is what I would personally consider to be the most logical and user friendly out there (multitasking bar not withstanding). The risk they are running with introducing changes is that they could actually make the UI worse. As much of an Android fan as I am it is entirely undeniable that Apple have created one hell of a device. It's just a shame that a yob like Jobs is such a control freak when it comes to the user experience. IMO of course.
 
SteveOBHave said:
I think the problem is that Apple have designed themselves into a corner. The already have the hardware design about right and the UI is what I would personally consider to be the most logical and user friendly out there (multitasking bar not withstanding). The risk they are running with introducing changes is that they could actually make the UI worse. As much of an Android fan as I am it is entirely undeniable that Apple have created one hell of a device. It's just a shame that a yob like Jobs is such a control freak when it comes to the user experience. IMO of course.
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While the restrictions do seem intrusive, I doubt the iPhone would work as well as it does if everything was open, and also I doubt that there would be as many developers...

That said, if you really like Android I remember seeing an article where someone put Android on to an iPhone...
 
Concorde Rules said:
iPhone 4S is almost certainly what your going to get.
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Exactly. People tend to get more and more hyped up about Apple announcements only to then moan that they didn't get <insert silly feature here>

theheyes said:
I also think the iPhone5 might be the start of Apple dropping backwards compatibility for major iOS versions altogether, i.e. iOS 5 for iPhone5 only.
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Never. Apple will support two models just like they do now. Current and last gen. Imagine the uproar if iPhone 4 users got told they couldn't have iOS5.
 
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