5 Features The iPhone 4G Needs Right Now

[tommysch]

[citation][nom]2ms[/nom]Did Tom's Hardware get bought by Google or MS or something? Every article seems to either be completely about how evil Apple is, or full of back-handed remarks about how evil Apple is.It's childish.[/citation]

The truth hurts?

Your such a sad panda now?

 

[tayb]

[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]Visually the iPhone looks great. I just don't like their OS. Also AT&T as the main carrier? It's like Apple is taking advantage of their uneducated fanbase and is getting a good share of all those $120 monthly bills since Apple customers would buy a bottled water bottle for 20$ if it had an Apple Sticker on it.[/citation]

Voted down for assuming Apple fanbase is uneducated. What a stupid comment.

 

[jmchien]

OLED or AMOLED screen... and 5MP probably won't cut it... need at least 6MP... and camera flash would be nice

 

[tayb]

[citation][nom]dgingeri[/nom]2 things I think are paramount for Apple to include in their next iPhone:1. micro SD card slot2. replaceable batteryWithout those, the iPhone falls very flat. Anything else mentioned is moot without those 2.[/citation]

Replaceable battery is moot. Not once in ~10 years of owning cell phones have I ever replaced a battery. Not once. People keep complaining about this but no one will actually use it. If you really need the extra battery buy a case that has a battery, they make them. I too would like to see a micro SD card slot but I just don't see it happening. No one would buy higher capacity models.

 

[tosvus]

I have the iPhone3G but I'll be looking at Android if it is going to support Flash. I'm tired of not getting the content I expect when surfing on the phone..

 

[nevertell]

Actually, I'd love some linux support, or at least the chance to put whatever OS you want besides IphoneOS.

 

[Guest]

Apple is playing catch up now. All they are going to do is up the storage, screen size/resolution and pack in an A4 derivative. You know where that gets them....on par with most of current gen Android devices (Evo, Nexus one,etc) So I assume they will be forced to play up the video calling big time and try and sell it as a new must have feature. Which only the stupid will fall for.... And then this fall the next wave of Android devices will come (Tegra2 based) and out do the Iphone and we will be right back here...with the Iphone needing to catch up.

 

[Alexzander_Lexx]

That doesn't look like the Apple Design to me. If the Ipad looks round shaped why is this looking like an ugly squared car GPS.

 

[Gian124]

[citation][nom]tayb[/nom]Replaceable battery is moot...[/citation]

Well, some people prefer to have multiple batteries *charged* and ready to swap out when they will be away from a charging station for a while. Especially considering the power drain associated with all the audio/video capabilities of the phone. If you want to use the iPhone as a portable media player... without the risk of a dead battery, thus lost communication, a removable (e.g. back up battery) would be nice... opposed to the bulky add-on battery back-up devices that are currently available.

Not essential in some people's daily usage, but it would be nice to have the option to replace the battery.

 

[cscott_it]

[citation][nom]2ms[/nom]Did Tom's Hardware get bought by Google or MS or something? Every article seems to either be completely about how evil Apple is, or full of back-handed remarks about how evil Apple is.It's childish.[/citation]

I swear there was an article recently written by Tom's that mentioned this mentality....

 

[mlopinto2k1]

What's going on with that "Nano-Film" they are putting on CMOS sensors? I think Apple could benefit from trying out some new-age technology. 21MP camera anyone?

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]cscott_it[/nom]I swear there was an article recently written by Tom's that mentioned this mentality....[/citation]LOL. Awesome.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]alexzander_lexx[/nom]That doesn't look like the Apple Design to me. If the Ipad looks round shaped why is this looking like an ugly squared car GPS.[/citation]I think it looks pretty sweet. It looks sturdy. Ready to "work".

 

[vant]

I'd like more battery, OLED (more efficient), faster GUI (3GS is just a tiny bit slower then iPad), and less radiation.

Could care less about capacity, removable battery (I'll take a larger battery over a removable one), OS, and removable storage.

 

[Audiose]

@Tayb:

You said: Replaceable battery is moot. Not once in ~10 years of owning cell phones have I ever replaced a battery. Not once. People keep complaining about this but no one will actually use it. If you really need the extra battery buy a case that has a battery, they make them.

The benefit of having a removeable battery is not just the ability to obtain a higher-capacity battery, it is the ability to remove the battery when the phone freezes (which my old iPhone did just like any other phone). Removing the battery would clear any cache, logs, etc (including stored cell network connections) and allow a reset. What is not desirable about that?

 

[paigeinfull]

Ok let's see we need a bigger screen at a higher resolution and more battery life? You do realize that the screen alone sucks up probably like half the power of the total phone already right? Some of these comments are ridiculous you simply can't pack that many features into a tiny phone unless you want a 2 pound battery.
You can't really fault apple for not having an open source OS, especially since it is actually good IMO, but their tyrannical control over apps is too far. All that is moot though if you just jailbreak the thing which makes it competitive with any android phone on the market.

 

[Ehsan w]

"the unlimited calling plan is priced at $70 per month. The data plan adds $30 and the messaging plan another $20, for a total of $120 per month."

holy SH*T....wtf...
I can't believe they even sold one iphone there... the average here in the Netherlands is 45,- euro's a month (120,- for phone), if you want more 65,- a month(60,-). Nobody here gets the 110,- model....

 

[tgsa]

Interestingly enough, the Gizmodo article stated the phone used a micro-sim card, but failed to mention if there was a specific carrier associated with the sim card. Since nobody currently uses these sim-cards and Verizon doesn't currently use sim cards (as far as I know), I wonder if it's a hint that maybe Verizon might be getting there iPhone soon?

 

[teknic111]

Give the iPhone the capability to play HD content along with an HDMI output and I'd be one happy camper!!

 

[zachary k]

you forget, FLASH!

 

[mlopinto2k1]

[citation][nom]zachary k[/nom]you forget, FLASH![/citation]Good luck!

 

[evillman]

Price is really wrong. Nexus for only $550.

 

[kelemvor4]

[citation][nom]insider3[/nom]Apple customers would buy a bottled water bottle for 20$ if it had an Apple Sticker on it.[/citation]
You're a genius. Apple would make a killing selling bottled water, and apple fanboys would definitely buy it because of its superior quality and easy open spout!

 

[jason-g]

I'd love to see an LTE version of the iPhone. In the past, when Apple adopted a technology, they'd stick with it regardless of whether it was great (SCSI, GUI, laser printers, USB) or a dud (single-button mice, for example). While Verizon's planned LTE roll-out seems a little late for the next generation of iPhone, it'd be a way of ditching AT&T while leaving a little bit of plausible deniability (AT&T's supposed to migrate to LTE eventually, too).

 

[majorgeek]

I say lower the monthly fees I refuse to pay $75 a month.