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Steve Jobs' last big project: The next iPhone

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9 pointsfiesycal11 comments

The next iPhone is going to be slimmer, lighter, faster, bigger screen, has 4G, runs iOS 6, and will come in capacities of 16gb, 32gb, and 64gb.

Oh look, I can be an analyst too. And if some of those features don't make it into the next iPhone, I'll just say it's being considered for the next one.

Those wacky analysts. They say the darnedest things!

Why would it be called the five when it would be the sixth one? The four wasn't the third one.

So you're telling me that there's 359 previous versions of the Xbox?

No it seemed to me that they named it 360 to keep up with Sony in the eyes of customers. Sony is on its third console, so ms had to give the impression that it was too.

I doubt MS feels that they'd need to do with the next gen, but I wouldn't be surpassed if we get a PlayStaion 4 and Xbox 4 U or something like that.

I've been wondering about that myself.

iPhone (1) -> 3G (2) -> 3GS (3) -> 4 (4) -> 4S (4) -> ??? (5)

The 3G made sense as it isn't the third iPhone, it just marked the transition to 3G. 4 Made sense as it was actually the fourth. The 3GS and 4S were both regarded as minor upgrades, but otherwise aesthetically identical to the previous generation.

It actually wouldn't surprise me if the next version were "iPhone 4G", or something completely different altogether.

On that note, with Steve gone and running out of large cats, it's time for a new naming scheme for OS X as well.

> The 3GS and 4S were both regarded as minor upgrades, but otherwise aesthetically identical to the previous generation, and released in the fall (as opposed to summer).

Not true. The 3GS came out on June 19, 2009 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_3GS). I'm pretty sure that the 4S is the first iPhone to not come out in the summer.

Ah, you're right! Comment updated.

We won't see a new OS X naming scheme until there's a major, generational shift in what OS X is, for the same reason that the next phone, as you say, won't be called the iPhone 5.

The names wouldn't quite make sense, and a simple and easy to understand lineup of products with simple and easy to understand names are fundamental to Apple's presentation. They won't screw that up.

I'm not buying this at all. As far as I'm concerned this is just link baiting without any insider information at all.

For the record, I don't believe the next iPhone will be slimmer or have a larger screen. The former because it detracts from camera quality, and the latter because it becomes unwieldy in your hand and in your pocket. These are just the obvious things that analysts like to posit.

The apple rumour mills are already spinning at full speed for this one. Only 9 months to go! or is it 10 months?

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