![The next iPhone is slated to be unveiled June 8 (Monday).
My solid guarantees are faster processors, best-in-class battery life and video recording abilities.
Those are the things I (and any other pundit) believe are most likely. I’m no longer certain about what I drafted below two-and-a-half months ago regarding splitting the model line into phones with different features. While there is a tad of evidence, as well as precedent in the iPod timeline, absolute price is really the marketshare switch at the moment. Price was also the motive no one seemed to predict for last year’s WWDC, when the most serious change was not adding GPS or 3G antennae but a 50% price cut.
$199 is the contract-signing price to meet for the iPhone’s competitors right now. They are holding the likes of Palm, which just released the very amazing-looking Pre at that price, by the throat with their ability to drop that lower. And Palm has everything to lose.
My bet: 50% better iPhone for the same great price, but lower entry AT&T plan rates.
Also, we’ll likely see what Snow Leopard (10.6) is really going to look like. This new look is codenamed Marble. (The styling cues in the current Leopard (10.5) are a mix of past themes, but predominantly the Unified-grey-heavy style.)
Some 2.5-months-away predictions include:
A staggering of the models into different lines/abilities. It was a little more than two years after the iPod was launched that the iPod mini was unleashed — a move that ultimately turned a slam-dunk into shattering-the-backboard-to-end-the-game. I do not believe this means the creation of a smaller model, only the addition of peripheral ability such as a much higher quality camera lens or the aforementioned video capabilities. iPod photo was a questionable marketing idea (it only meant that it had a color screen and could show you tiny photos or a slideshow on a television with the proper cables). “iPhone video/iPhone photo” may not be. Additionally this dampens the expectations of what could become a yearly expectation of epic proportions for Apple’s monolith of a device.
My weaker prediction is that Steve Jobs doesn’t surprise everyone and show up to take the wraps off and make the keynote speech. Their efforts to separate him from the company’s viability, public face and daydreams may need another high-profile unveiling that features his absence. [Notably, this past January’s Macworld event had the far-less-exciting VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, do the leading presentation.]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/rSLxaA86Kljiyui57YTdyHDho1_500.png "The next iPhone is slated to be unveiled June 8 (Monday).
My solid guarantees are faster processors, best-in-class battery life and video recording abilities.
Those are the things I (and any other pundit) believe are most likely. I’m no longer certain about what I drafted below two-and-a-half months ago regarding splitting the model line into phones with different features. While there is a tad of evidence, as well as precedent in the iPod timeline, absolute price is really the marketshare switch at the moment. Price was also the motive no one seemed to predict for last year’s WWDC, when the most serious change was not adding GPS or 3G antennae but a 50% price cut.
$199 is the contract-signing price to meet for the iPhone’s competitors right now. They are holding the likes of Palm, which just released the very amazing-looking Pre at that price, by the throat with their ability to drop that lower. And Palm has everything to lose.
My bet: 50% better iPhone for the same great price, but lower entry AT&T plan rates.
Also, we’ll likely see what Snow Leopard (10.6) is really going to look like. This new look is codenamed Marble. (The styling cues in the current Leopard (10.5) are a mix of past themes, but predominantly the Unified-grey-heavy style.)
Some 2.5-months-away predictions include:
A staggering of the models into different lines/abilities. It was a little more than two years after the iPod was launched that the iPod mini was unleashed — a move that ultimately turned a slam-dunk into shattering-the-backboard-to-end-the-game. I do not believe this means the creation of a smaller model, only the addition of peripheral ability such as a much higher quality camera lens or the aforementioned video capabilities. iPod photo was a questionable marketing idea (it only meant that it had a color screen and could show you tiny photos or a slideshow on a television with the proper cables). “iPhone video/iPhone photo” may not be. Additionally this dampens the expectations of what could become a yearly expectation of epic proportions for Apple’s monolith of a device.
My weaker prediction is that Steve Jobs doesn’t surprise everyone and show up to take the wraps off and make the keynote speech. Their efforts to separate him from the company’s viability, public face and daydreams may need another high-profile unveiling that features his absence. [Notably, this past January’s Macworld event had the far-less-exciting VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, do the leading presentation.]")
The next iPhone is slated to be unveiled June 8 (Monday).
My solid guarantees are faster processors, best-in-class battery life and video recording abilities.
Those are the things I (and any other pundit) believe are most likely. I’m no longer certain about what I drafted below two-and-a-half months ago regarding splitting the model line into phones with different features. While there is a tad of evidence, as well as precedent in the iPod timeline, absolute price is really the marketshare switch at the moment. Price was also the motive no one seemed to predict for last year’s WWDC, when the most serious change was not adding GPS or 3G antennae but a 50% price cut.
$199 is the contract-signing price to meet for the iPhone’s competitors right now. They are holding the likes of Palm, which just released the very amazing-looking Pre at that price, by the throat with their ability to drop that lower. And Palm has everything to lose.
My bet: 50% better iPhone for the same great price, but lower entry AT&T plan rates.
Also, we’ll likely see what Snow Leopard (10.6) is really going to look like. This new look is codenamed Marble. (The styling cues in the current Leopard (10.5) are a mix of past themes, but predominantly the Unified-grey-heavy style.)
Some 2.5-months-away predictions include:
- A staggering of the models into different lines/abilities. It was a little more than two years after the iPod was launched that the iPod mini was unleashed — a move that ultimately turned a slam-dunk into shattering-the-backboard-to-end-the-game. I do not believe this means the creation of a smaller model, only the addition of peripheral ability such as a much higher quality camera lens or the aforementioned video capabilities. iPod photo was a questionable marketing idea (it only meant that it had a color screen and could show you tiny photos or a slideshow on a television with the proper cables). “iPhone video/iPhone photo” may not be.
Additionally this dampens the expectations of what could become a yearly expectation of epic proportions for Apple’s monolith of a device.My weaker prediction is that Steve Jobs doesn’t surprise everyone and show up to take the wraps off and make the keynote speech. Their efforts to separate him from the company’s viability, public face and daydreams may need another high-profile unveiling that features his absence. [Notably, this past January’s Macworld event had the far-less-exciting VP of marketing, Phil Schiller, do the leading presentation.]
