Tomorrow is the big day! As you can see on the right, there are only
a few hours left until the big announcement. What’s going to be
announced? Well, I have my opinions…
I’m pretty confident that the name of the 3rd iPhone will be called
“iPhone Video”. There’s strong evidence in the iPhone 3.0 Beta
firmwares to support this:
This
screenshot seems pretty real to me. It would make total sense to have
one app run both the still image camera and the video camera. Just
toggling the switch into video mode would change the button to a red
dot kinda like the red light on the front of most video cameras.
There’s a lot more that goes along with video, one of the best is a
new camera/lens. A big rumor is an upgrade to the camera to 3.2MP and
the addition of auto focus. This would be really nice for me because
right now I carry a DSLR and a Flip Video along with my iPhone. I would
like the iPhone to replace the Flip. I doubt it will ever replace the
big digital camera. I NEED ZOOM!
Other screenshots show MobileMe video features and even one with
buttons that allow for minor editing of the video right on the iPhone.
A big wish of mine is the front facing camera to make video phone
calls. This seems to good to be true. Maybe someday with the 4G/LTE
network. I really do think there will be video recording with the new
iPhone.
There are rumors of physical changes to the device too. One is
replacement of the chrome bezel to black. I’m not sure why Apple would
do this. Both first iPhones have the chrome. Not really a big deal to
me but I guess it’s false. Another thing I don’t think is going to
happen is the rubberized back. I used to have a incase rubber case for
my iPhone, and while it did help me hold onto he iPhone, it made it
hard to get in and out of my pocket. I think Apple will continue to
resort to cases to allow the user to customize them.
There are all kinds of rumors flying around about the price of the
next set of iPhones. The biggest one is a $99 4GB model. This would be
a big seller for the device, but the monthly plan is the bigger concern
too. There are, of course, rumors about the data plans becoming cheaper
too. I think the $99 iPhone is very likely (with a 2 year contract of
course). Data plans changing would be nice, but anything less than
unlimited SMS/MMS and Data are not going to happen with me.
Standard feature upgrades like more battery life, speed, memory, storage, OS update all seem expected.
Some final features for our list may be good ideas, but I just don’t
see happening. They include a glowing Apple logo on the back, dedicated
shutter button, background running apps, Adobe flash, 802.11n, FM
Transmitter and a compass. How about the return of Steve Jobs? (also a
rumor)
I’m sure there are more and more but we’ll get to that tomorrow.
We’ll be live blogging all the info we can get, tomorrow, noon central
time. Goodnight, sweet dreams.
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