Hey everyone, long time no speak
Anyway I've been doing a little thinking (a hard task for me :L) and it occurred to me, Is it possible that we won't see much in the way of internal adjustments in the way of the iPhone G4/HD - whatever you want to call it.
If you think about it, iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G are very similar internally, same processor, same amount of RAM same everything except for the 3G Radio and of course the processor was clocked up a bit when iPhone OS 2.0 came out.
2 years after the 2G came out we saw the 3GS, everything inside changed, newer processor, more RAM, better battery etc.
This meant that those who adopted the 2G in 2007 on a 24 month contract would upgrade to something more than just the 2G with a different back and a bit of 3G to make internet on the go that bit quicker.
The 3GS' upgrade meant Developers had more to play with and so they did, I found this horrible as it made my 3G laggy (I used on 3.0 only so I cannot comment on 2.0 speeds)
Whilst financially if the G4 got a internal upgrade and this happened again Apple would not be too worried as people will complain and then give up and get one before the end of their contract paying more for it, carrier happy, Apple happy, customer alright with it, happy at the faster phone.
But there were hints that the 3GS chipset could handle HD 720p recording as soon as it came out and now the 4.0 beta showing this is almost certainly going to happen with the G4, could it be the same chipset?
Whilst the iPad came out with its 1GHz super speedy Processor it was a bigger device, bigger battery and more for the heat to dissipate. Battery has always been an issue for Apple and I'm sure device heat as well, so it is unlikely we'll see that kind of speed in the G4, we may see that processor just underclocked to a speed similar to the 3GS and maybe the 3GS clocked up a bit so they are at a similar speed, much like the 2G and 3G. But the iPad also has 256MB RAM, same as the 3GS, the 3GS seems to run multi-tasking fine on the 3GS, but then real world results are based on stock apps, for all we know the device used at the developer preview was a G4 in disguise :L and as multi-tasking is coming to the iPad as well, Apple seem to believe Multi-tasking will run fine on a device which handles higher demanding apps.
Going by current devices, previous happenings and all I think we will see very little change in the way of Internal Hardware, if the 3GS is fine with Multi-tasking at the moment and the iPad will run fine, then why not keep it that way for the moment. As they say, don't fix what ain't broken.
But I may be wrong, what do you guys think?
If you think about it, iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G are very similar internally, same processor, same amount of RAM same everything except for the 3G Radio and of course the processor was clocked up a bit when iPhone OS 2.0 came out.
2 years after the 2G came out we saw the 3GS, everything inside changed, newer processor, more RAM, better battery etc.
This meant that those who adopted the 2G in 2007 on a 24 month contract would upgrade to something more than just the 2G with a different back and a bit of 3G to make internet on the go that bit quicker.
The 3GS' upgrade meant Developers had more to play with and so they did, I found this horrible as it made my 3G laggy (I used on 3.0 only so I cannot comment on 2.0 speeds)
Whilst financially if the G4 got a internal upgrade and this happened again Apple would not be too worried as people will complain and then give up and get one before the end of their contract paying more for it, carrier happy, Apple happy, customer alright with it, happy at the faster phone.
But there were hints that the 3GS chipset could handle HD 720p recording as soon as it came out and now the 4.0 beta showing this is almost certainly going to happen with the G4, could it be the same chipset?
Whilst the iPad came out with its 1GHz super speedy Processor it was a bigger device, bigger battery and more for the heat to dissipate. Battery has always been an issue for Apple and I'm sure device heat as well, so it is unlikely we'll see that kind of speed in the G4, we may see that processor just underclocked to a speed similar to the 3GS and maybe the 3GS clocked up a bit so they are at a similar speed, much like the 2G and 3G. But the iPad also has 256MB RAM, same as the 3GS, the 3GS seems to run multi-tasking fine on the 3GS, but then real world results are based on stock apps, for all we know the device used at the developer preview was a G4 in disguise :L and as multi-tasking is coming to the iPad as well, Apple seem to believe Multi-tasking will run fine on a device which handles higher demanding apps.
Going by current devices, previous happenings and all I think we will see very little change in the way of Internal Hardware, if the 3GS is fine with Multi-tasking at the moment and the iPad will run fine, then why not keep it that way for the moment. As they say, don't fix what ain't broken.
But I may be wrong, what do you guys think?