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Rumor: New iPhone July 17th; OLED, Doubled Storage & Battery Capacity

Submitted by Edward Kirk on May 19, 2009 - 2:58pm.
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iPhone rumor site Apple iPhone Apps is claiming to have information that a new iPhone will be launched on July 17. They also posted several unreleased specifications, including storage capacity increases, higher camera quality, better battery life, an OLED screen, and minor alterations of the physical appearance.

  • 32GB and 16GB storage (up from the current 16GB and 8GB models)
  • $199 and $299 price points to be maintained
  • 3.2-megapixel camera (up from the current 2-megapixel camera)
  • Video-recording and editing capabilities
  • Ability to send a picture & video via MMS
  • Discontinuation of the metal band surrounding the edge of the device
  • OLED screen
  • 1.5 times the battery life of the current models
  • Double the RAM and processing power
  • Built-in FM transmitter
  • Apple logo on back will glow
  • Rubber-tread backing
  • Sleeker design
  • Built-in compass
  • The camera, GPS, compass and Google map combined will identify photo and inform about photo locations
  • Turn-by-turn directions

While some of these are plausible, some of them like the OLED screen, increased battery power and doubled storage capacity are pretty unlikely.

[via Apple iPhone Apps]

not too bad

Submitted by rotter69 on May 19, 2009 - 4:35pm.
well if the oled is used it may extend battery life alot, but on the other hand there is no way apple would use a glowing apple on the back because it would take power to run it.

Ability to send a picture & video via MMS? (3.0 i belive is dooing this on its own).

knowing apple, it will have a larger hard drive and come in red or something and thats it. lol..

Submitted by Kevin Dunahee on May 19, 2009 - 8:12pm.
Double storage capacity is more unlikely than the FM transmitter? Yikes. And rubber backing? That doesn't sound very Apple at all.

Submitted by Izzard on May 20, 2009 - 6:51am.
Surely you mean "While some of these are plausible, some of them like the OLED screen, increased battery power and doubled storage capacity are pretty likely."

Submitted by iPhown on May 20, 2009 - 1:17pm.
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Surely you mean "While some of these are plausible, some of them like the OLED screen, increased battery power and doubled storage capacity are pretty likely."
I was thinking the same, but I don't see the OLED screen as being "likely". Possible, yes. But not likely, IMO. Increased batter and double storage capacity are THE most likely, and MMS is a software issue while this topic is about the next iPhone hardware...

Anyways, that would be awesome if all of this (except the glowing apple...WTF? XD) were true, but the glowing apple kinda just ruined the validity of this source.

Glowing Apple

Submitted by Aanderson9048 on May 20, 2009 - 5:42pm.
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Originally Posted by rotter69 View Post
well if the oled is used it may extend battery life alot, but on the other hand there is no way apple would use a glowing apple on the back because it would take power to run it.

Ability to send a picture & video via MMS? (3.0 i belive is dooing this on its own).

knowing apple, it will have a larger hard drive and come in red or something and thats it. lol..
It wouldn't take a lot of power to run the glowing apple because they would use the light from the screen to make it glow, like on macbooks.

Submitted by iPhown on May 20, 2009 - 7:02pm.
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Originally Posted by Aanderson9048 View Post
It wouldn't take a lot of power to run the glowing apple because they would use the light from the screen to make it glow, like on macbooks.
Not MY point though. I think it would just look ugly. + even if it only uses a little bit of power, the iPhone doesn't have much and a glowing apple on the back would just be a waste.

Submitted by Izzard on May 21, 2009 - 10:04am.
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Originally Posted by iPhown View Post
I was thinking the same, but I don't see the OLED screen as being "likely". Possible, yes. But not likely...
Agreed - don't think we'll ever divine the true meaning behind that last line of the article

On the other hand - OLED screens are not the mystical creatures of the future they once were. There are plenty of small-screen devices using them already and if anyone's going to bring them to the mass market, it'll be Apple. I wouldn't write this particular rumour off just yet.