Expectations of Apple’s iPhone 4G
Rumors surrounding the highly anticipated Apple iPhone 4G are spreading like wildfire all over the Internet. I’m sure tight-lipped Steve Jobs loves every minute of it. Who needs a multi-million dollar marketing campaign when people all over the Internet are talking about buying the phone before it or its specs have even been officially released?
If the rumors are true, according to phonesreview.co.uk’s article, New iPhone 4G: Release Date and 2010 Expectations, “The new iPhone 4G is expected to feature a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, which will help low-light picture-taking abilities, improved SGX545 graphics processor core, compatible with OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, OpenCL and OpenGL 3.2, improved battery and OLED screen, we also mentioned not so long ago about the new iPhone featuring 64GB NAND flash memory, and could there possibly be a front-facing camera.” There are also rumors of a built-in FM transmitter and a GPS, camera, compass and Google map combination that will identify a photograph’s location and provide information about the location to the user. In addition, the external look is expected to have a comparatively sleeker design with a rubber-tread backing and a glowing Apple logo on the rear of the phone.
The biggest change, however, has to do with the Apple ambitions to expand to multiple carriers. AT&T is allegedly losing exclusivity to the iPhone. As “iPhone is Apple’s biggest money maker,” according to Robert Holland, author of iPhone 4G, Apple Still Has Secrets, opening the iPhone to multiple carriers will immediately expand their market and sales. In fact, phonesreview.co.uk’s article revealed that, “Verizon wireless has already stated they have beefed up their network to cope with additional iPhone traffic which leads one to believe that they too believe they will eventually gain the iPhone, perhaps iPhone 4G 2010.” While Apple has benefited from their exclusivity deal with AT&T, it doesn’t make sense for Apple to continue to limit iPhone profits by restricting them to one carrier. Many have tried to predict when Apple will put the iPhone 4G’s on the market. First the iPhone 4G was rumored to be released in April, then it was May, but really it will probably be mid-summer which is when Apple has traditionally released its previous iPhones.
