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MacTalk is reporting that Vodafone Australia — one of three iPhone providers in the region — sent out an advisor (below) to its retail staffers this week noting that the 16GB iPhone 3G has been marked as “End of Life†(or discontinued) by its distributor Brightpoint.
"We have just been notified that the following devices are End Of Life and that there is only a few weeks stock available from Brightpoint," the carrier said, adding that Nokia's 6121 is also on the way out. "This is an opportunity to take advantage of these devices whilst they're still available."
Meanwhile, Apple blogger John Gruber on Thursday weighed in with his expectations for the upcoming generation of iPhones, in which he cited sources who essentially corroborate most of the recent rumors surrounding the new models.
First and foremost, he backs a report first discovered by AppleInsider on a Chinese mobile forum in which an insider claimed that this year's iPhones will see their processor upgraded from 400MHz to 600MHz, have their RAM doubled to 256MB, and sport little if any exterior changes.
Also accurate, according to Gruber's sources, are plans for the handsets to include a magnetometer (digital compass), higher-resolution camera with auto focus and video recording, as well as software for basic video editing (trimming).
Per expectations, he believes the 8GB offering will fade away in favor of new 16GB and 32GB models that will be offered at the existing $199 and $299 price points with a two-year AT&T service contract.
Gruber also threw out some less reliable rumors he's heard, such as Apple rebranding all of its aluminum MacBooks as MacBook Pros, leaving the "MacBook" moniker for only its plastic models. He also claims to have picked up on some chatter about an "iPhone Mini†about 3/4ths the size of the current iPhone.
AppleInsider isn't sure what to make of these last couple of rumors but publishes them for interest's sake.
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Rebranding aluminum MacBook: MacBook Pro without a firewire port? I have my doubts. Unless they decide to bring back the firewire port.
Rebranding aluminum MacBook: MacBook Pro without a firewire port? I have my doubts. Unless they decide to bring back the firewire port.
It's more than that. The graphics subsystem is different. The displays are of inferior quality. Rumor doesn't make sense but stranger things have happened...
K
what I love is that it is highly possible that all these carriers signed a contract to keep their mouths shut about what they are told and yet they are leaking things left and right. some of them may find (assuming any of this to be true and I think in this case it could be more true than false) their contracts being cut for breach and someone else getting the gold. oops.
So much guff lately that falls into the category of the "bleedingly obvious". Apple has said that they would refresh the iPhone once a year around June, so not suprising it's being EOL'ed. They bought a company that designs low power processors and then its somehow news that they might actually be producing them and using them in their products. Updates to hardware and software that bring iPhones up to date with every other high end phone on the market.
Next news flash: "New iPhone to Make Calls!"
People who follow Apple and iPhones should get out more.
It's more than that. The graphics subsystem is different. The displays are of inferior quality. Rumor doesn't make sense but stranger things have happened...
K
There is some evidence that Apple has starting using much better, MBA-like panels in MB?s over the last month. They are using a different model number that doesn?t match the current MBA but the anecdotal evidence is that when compared to the MBA they are indistinguishable and when compared to the older unibody MBs obviously better.
If Apple decides to go the route of the 17? MBP by removing the battery and HDD panel they could increase the battery size while also allowing for more ports along the left edge of the machine. I would think that at least a FW800 and another USB port could added.
if they made me happy and removed the optical drive they could easily add a discrete GPU, but that is just a pipe dream i can?t shake.