Katie MarsalCiting "a programmer at a major software publisher," Kahney adds that the handset should also sport better battery life than the "up to 8 hours" of talk time advertised alongside its predecessor. It will also include GPS and twice the amount of NAND flash memory: either 16GB or 32GB.
What's more, Kahney's tipster claims Apple will allow subsidies on the new model as a means of attracting some of Research in Motion's existing and would-be Blackberry customers.
He points to an article by the UK's TimesOnline, which cites a UBS Investment Research analyst as saying the device could be available in Britain for as little as £100 (or ~$200) beginning in July.
Still, Kahney hedges his bets with a warning that he has not confirmed the integrity of the information offered up by his tipster.
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113 Comments
Sounds good.
22 percent thinner is almost a quarter knocked off the thickness, that would be quite an accomplishment considering what is getting crammed inside.
Technology aye.
Sounds good.
22 percent thinner is almost a quarter knocked off the thickness, that would be quite an accomplishment considering what is getting crammed inside.
Technology aye.
I hope this rumour isn't correct. I want more battery life.
I hope this rumour isn't correct. I want more battery life.
Did you not read the part about having better battery life?
Even if you could fit a battery with longer battey in an iPhone with the same thickness as the current model, it might add more weight.
Did you not read the part about having better battery life?
Even if you could fit a battery with longer battey in an iPhone with the same thickness, it might add more weight.
Sure did!
1) The current iPhone battery is poor for all day internet use.
2) This will be even poorer with 3G internet use.
3) Better doesn't imply good or great.
4) I want the battery life that is lost from reducing the size of an already small PMP/MID.
3G, 20% thinner, *and* better battery life?
Yeah, right.