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Mon, Dec 01, 2008 - 01:05 PM EST  —  AAPL: 89.80 (-2.87, -3.1%)  |  NASDAQ: 1440.63 (-94.94, -6.18%)

RUMOR: Apple’s next-gen iPhone to be 22-percent thinner with 3G and GPS
Monday, June 02, 2008 - 06:10 PM EST

Wired's Leander Kahney claims to have a "hot tip from a programmer at a major software publisher who claims to have seen the specs" for Apple's next-gen iPhone, including:

• 3G
• GPS
• 2 x memory (16GB and 32GB)
• 22 percent thinner
• Better battery life

Full article here.

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Jun 02, 08 - 05:12 pm Comment from: Hentercenter

even more rumors and speculation about the iPhone, i say stop with the rumors, we've heard 'em all by now...

Jun 02, 08 - 05:16 pm Comment from: JAYGEE

I'm not going to bother reading rumors about WWDC and the iPhone anymore. It's next week, so I'm just going to wait and see what Apple pulls out of their hat smile

Jun 02, 08 - 05:16 pm Comment from: Ross Kimes

Well to me that would be the perfect iPhone. We all know about 3G coming, but GPS and 32GB would finish off my V2.0 wish list. Being thinner and having better battery life is just icing on the cake.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:16 pm Comment from: t

I'm excited - I hope that it is cheaper $$$..

Jun 02, 08 - 05:22 pm Comment from: they forgot

screen resolution is 1920 x 1080i

with built in projector that wirelessly transmits the signal to up 20 other devices

it is replacing the u2 stage show and is $99 with no contract

Jun 02, 08 - 05:23 pm Comment from: RT

@t

You are just sounding greedy now wink

Jun 02, 08 - 05:24 pm Comment from: Jimbo von Winskinheimer

What about snappier?!?!?! Isn't it going to be snappier?!?!?!?!

Jun 02, 08 - 05:29 pm Comment from: dual screen

with 18 hour battery life

free apple care for 3 years with replacement

types while you talk

best of all steve hand delivers it to you for only $9.99 extra

Jun 02, 08 - 05:29 pm Comment from: iMaki

Dream specs fo sho! Make it so #1!

Jun 02, 08 - 05:34 pm Comment from: Some Dude

I hear it's gonna have frickin' laser beams!

Jun 02, 08 - 05:37 pm Comment from: tom

and it should be made of GOLD!

Jun 02, 08 - 05:40 pm Comment from: ericdano

I'd expect nothing less from Apple. They consistently deliver better, thinner products all the time. Look at the history of the iPod.......

I'm just waiting for the software for my OLD iPhone......

Jun 02, 08 - 05:44 pm Comment from: CheekyGit

And the next version after this one will be wafer thin.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:46 pm Comment from: qka

It will also be powered by a nuclear fusion reactor that emits no waste.

In other words, I'll wait until it is announced, and believe it when they announce it.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:47 pm Comment from: emenny81

Hopefully the SpeakerPhone is better

Jun 02, 08 - 05:47 pm Comment from: Roomiers

puzzling - you all don´t like rumors, but you read this one and even take the time to comment on it.
if you don´t like a rumor, don´t click on it to open it up.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:56 pm Comment from: shen

i heard that it includes a personal anti-gravity field.

....but only in the top end model.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:58 pm Comment from: Mark

I hope it has an easily replaceable battery.

Jun 02, 08 - 05:59 pm Comment from: Doc4i

It emits a strange glow that adds years to your life...

Jun 02, 08 - 06:02 pm Comment from: Doc4i

Best of all you'll have it for THREE WHOLE MONTHS before the price is slashed by 50%.

Jun 02, 08 - 06:11 pm Comment from: Jim of D

Yeah, right...

Jun 02, 08 - 06:18 pm Comment from: Spark

22% slimmer?!! Hell, I'll be able to shave with it!

Jun 02, 08 - 06:26 pm Comment from: Forrest, Forrest Gump

¡And it will blend!

Jun 02, 08 - 06:29 pm Comment from: BC Kelly

Since can never:

Be too thin

Too fast

Nor have too much memory


Sounds like the new iPhone will be a Rhodes Scholar Super-Model getting the Gold Medal in the 100 M dash at the Olympics while winning on Jeopardy



BC

Jun 02, 08 - 06:30 pm Comment from: TowerTone

And a rectal thermometer?

Jun 02, 08 - 06:32 pm Comment from: Forrest, Forrest Gump

Also, the package will include an envelope addressed to Balmy @ Redmond with a Prosac inside, suppository shaped and a letter to monkey boy:
"Dear Monkey Boy:
The prosac is for you to get calm when you see the sales of Zune compared with those figures of the iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone. It is suppository shaped so you...
Can stick it up your ...
Best Regards grin"

Jun 02, 08 - 06:36 pm Comment from: Mr. Reeee

While I appreciate thin as much as anyone, I would appreciate a LONG battery life MUCH more!

So Apple, yeah optimize and shrink the iPhone's guts as much as possible, stir in all the battery sucking goodies you can (Bluetooth, GPS, 3G, etc.) but put a kick-ass, loooooooooong life battery in the damn thing!

THAT will REALLY blow people away! Guaranteed!

Jun 02, 08 - 06:43 pm Comment from: Evil Twin

Skinny iPhone with Big ... em ... never mind

Jun 02, 08 - 06:57 pm Comment from: Missy Pants

That rumour is bogus.
Obviously, the new iPhone will be 22% larger, have a flip-out keyboard, an FM receiver, and it will 'squirt'.
- All the smartest Blum-ian analysts have said so.

Jun 02, 08 - 07:07 pm Comment from: Roy W.

A much more important rumor is that Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green are coming back to the Tar Heels next year!!!!

Jun 02, 08 - 07:21 pm Comment from: rumors

I like how so many have stated no more rumors about features, I'll wait until it's announced.

The iPhone 2 is still a rumor at this point.

Jun 02, 08 - 07:21 pm Comment from: Quad Core

"22% slimmer?!! Hell, I'll be able to shave with it!"

Or cut cake

Jun 02, 08 - 07:39 pm Comment from: Ampar

By the end of the month, Bo Diddley will be 22% thinner too.

Jun 02, 08 - 07:57 pm Comment from: Big Mac Attack

Dude, I don't even think it needs to be thinner! And it doesn't need GPS. It already has something comparable.

Just give me a 3 megapixel or better camera, better Bluetooth interactivity with my Mac, and 3G capability.

Jun 02, 08 - 08:00 pm Comment from: Lars KS Olsen

For me an FM tuner inside iPhone will be the killer app

Jun 02, 08 - 08:01 pm Comment from: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

It's already the most expensive phone in the world and it doesn't have a keyboard, which means you can't do email, which makes it not a very good business machine.

Now, uh, it may sell very well, you know, mmmm, uh, we have our strategy, and I look at where we are, and I like it. I like it a lot.

Jun 02, 08 - 08:02 pm Comment from: @ Lars KS Olsen

Wake up and smell the 21st century.

Jun 02, 08 - 08:04 pm Comment from: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer

Even I can't understand our decision to put an FM tuner in Zune.

Jun 02, 08 - 08:54 pm Comment from: ron

.mac has been down for hours.

Jun 02, 08 - 09:25 pm Comment from: MikeR

Ron,
.Mac has been down since it was introduced.

Jun 02, 08 - 10:19 pm Comment from: freebeer

MacDailyNews - are you keeping track of all the predictions you're propagating and will you give us a run down on who was wrong and who were BS come next week, for future rumor control reference?

Jun 02, 08 - 10:34 pm Comment from: Fashionista

@Ampar- Yves St. Laurent as well. Sad day in the fashion world. The last of the true "great masters" (imo) is no more.

Jun 02, 08 - 10:59 pm Comment from: mike

Just wondering. Maybe the reason they're changing the name of .Mac is because........

They're getting a TON of hits to http://www.mac.com and none of those people want a freaking .mac subscription. They're PC users checking for Macs.

In addition to the other reasons for changing the name (which was a corny rip off of... *shudder* MS)

Jun 03, 08 - 01:51 am Comment from: almux

An HP employee will even be able to cut his birthday cake with it!
...How incredibly smart are these guys!...

Jun 03, 08 - 02:26 am Comment from: Mike Caine

John Gruber at Daring Fireball found that 'Me.Com' appears to be owned by Apple.

I wonder if me-too.com is owned by Microsoft?

Jun 03, 08 - 05:56 am Comment from: Cubert

@Mike Caine,
Thanks for the early morning smile!

smile

Jun 03, 08 - 07:58 am Comment from: M@c

22% thinner?

Won't that make it more fragile?

Jun 03, 08 - 08:43 am Comment from: @M@c

the touch is significantly thinner and is very sturdy.

Jun 03, 08 - 11:16 am Comment from: Rudge

Hasn't Leander Kahney ever signed a non-disclosure agreement? Apple wouldn't let her 100 miles from their next generation iPhone. And now, they never will.

Jun 03, 08 - 03:04 pm Comment from: Ampar

"Hasn't Leander Kahney ever signed a non-disclosure agreement? Apple wouldn't let her 100 miles from their next generation iPhone."

Leander Kahney is male and a father of four.

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