All Articles in 4th gen iphone

Goodbye iPad Mute Switch, Hello iPad Orientation Lock Switch

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Something has changed on Apple.com’s revamped iPad specs page — the mute switch is gone and in its place, a physical hardware button for “screen orientation lock”. That’s right, now you can sit or lounge without fear of the iPad spinning around willy-nilly every time you shift one way or ‘tother. However, you can’t quickly [...]

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iPhone 4.0 in June, “Grand Unifying” iPhone 4.1 in September?

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Following on Daring Fireball’s suggestion that iPhone 4.0 might bring the Calculator, Clock, Stocks, Weather, and Voice Memo to the iPad, The Loop Insight argues that it might just be iPhone 4.1 instead:

Phone OS 4.0 will include lots of new features, just like you would expect to see from Apple. However, It doesn’t [...]

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O2 Posts Prices for… UK Video Calls for iPhone?!

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Before we once again get our Kevin Rose-colored glasses on and hope beyond hope this is a sign the 4th generation iPhone will support video calling and/or video iChat, we’re going to hunker down and go with O2 making a bit of a mess-up on their new iPhone plan web page (above).

It does say “UK [...]

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Analyst: Apple Should Lower Price, Add New Features for 4th Gen iPhone

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Okay, that headline about how an analyst thinks Apple should lower the price and add new features next June/July when they release the 4th generation iPhone (not iPhone 4G, that’s a couple years and an LTE network away) is only semi-facetious. Apple has lowered up-front costs and increased features on every generation of iPhone, after [...]

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Rumored 4th Gen Apple iPhone Parts Show Little Design Change

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Above is a image that is claimed to belong to the upcoming 4th generation iPhone, courtesy of iPhone repair Web site iResQ. As iResQ points out, there are a few interesting things that stand out in the photo.

“The LCD appears to be factory glued to the digitizer which is more similar to the first generation [...]

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4th Generation iPhone Code Named N89; iPod touch G4, N80

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Enagdget tipsters, digging deep into the iPad’s iPhone 3.2 SDK and iPhone 3.1.3 firmware, have found more evidence of the 4th generation iPhone (likely to ship this June/July) namely it’s code name — N89.

Buried way inside the platform simulator lies a set of folders dedicated to specific models of iPhone OS-ready devices, including [...]

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4th Gen iPhone Peeked in Engadget iPad Leak?

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The night before Steve Jobs introduced the world to the iPad, Engadget scored pictures of the device — but did they score a picture of the 4th generation iPhone as well? That’s what AppleInsider claims:

People with an impeccable track record in matters such as these say the iPhone in below photo, published by [...]

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iPad Uses Micro-SIM for 3G. What is it and Will the 4th Gen iPhone Get It?

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The 3G version of the iPad is unlocked, so if your carrier supports micro-SIM, it should “just work”. Wait… what? Steve Jobs dropped the micro-SIM comment so matter-of-factly during the iPad introduction that it took us a moment to process — Micro-SIM, aka 3FF or 3rd generation SIM card [Wikipedia link]. Yeah, don’t have one [...]

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AT&T Preparing Network for “Unannounced” Devices — iTablet, 4th Gen iPhone?

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Boy Genius‘ sources have been hearing that AT&T has been meeting with their regional executives to discuss network changes that will soon be taking place in order to handle the load of “unannounced” devices that will use “heavy data”.

iTablet and/or 4th generation iPhone perhaps?

“Heavy data” use has led AT&T to talk about tiered data [...]

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OLED/AMOLED Not Realistic for iTablet, How About for 4th Gen iPhone?

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Ars made some waves in the iTablet rumor pool this morning, taking a look and determining that a 10″ OLED (organic light emitting diode) or AMOLED (active matrix light emitting diode) aren’t realistic given current supply constraints. Basically, only Samsung and LG are equipped to make the panel, and According to Barry Young, Managing Director [...]

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