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#2 ·
I know I would definitely get use out of the front facing camera. I think it's a great feature. The screen for me is just the nature of the business.. technology advances and it gets shoved into new products..
 
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if they can add features and not bump the cost, why not? that's the way it works, tech costs go down as the product is amortized and more can be added at the same entry point. re. the front facing camera, don't know if i'd use it for chat but it'd be great to have it for self-portraits/videos.
 
#16 ·
Do you have young kids and parents? I'm willing to bet that your parents want to see your kids when they talk to them.

I want video chat to use the rear facing camera. That way I can show my kids playing to their grandparents. They want to see the kids, not me.
 
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I too couldn't care less about a front-facing camera. People want one for the iPad too, but I can't see holding up that 1.5lb 10" screen in front of my face (at home OR on the road) anymore than I can see holding up my iPhone to see the other person. What's the point?

Faster processor/better battery will be great - and the faux-multitasking (another almost-useless feature, IMHO) will at least silence the critics.
 
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I'm not too excited about the front facing camera either, but I totally disagree about the "faux-multitasking". Haven't you ever been in an app and wanted to briefly switch out for a minute? Just one example: I'm using a GPS app for monitoring my cycling, but I want to switch out to use the maps app without losing my GPS tracking (speed, route, etc). Another example: I'm listening to the CBC radio app and I want to check my email. This kind of thing happens to me all the time.

BTW: I think Apple did the right thing by creating an API that allows backgrounding in a controlled manner so a backgrounded app can avoid doing things that take up CPU cycles for no reason (ie. updating the graphics screen, etc).
 
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If there is a front facing camera (almost a certainty), then that will be in addition to the regular camera, and it will be fairly low res (optimized for video chat). So no, you don't need to flip it over. Also, the new iPhone will probably have a much higher resolution camera with an LED flash. The higher resolution won't necessarily make the overall image quality better (lenses may be the limiting factor) but it will certainly help with digital zooming.
 
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My 3G is old, and sluggish. As someone who considers themselves an iPhone gamer, there are games coming out right now that are beginning to push the hardware limitations of the 3G a little too much. Simply put, my phone is two years old and it's becoming dated. On top of that, the 3G models aren't going to get multitasking support, which would tip the scale for me either way. Can't say I'm excited for a front facing camera though (although, I really, really, am excited about the higher megapixel count)
 
#23 ·
The higher res screen is a big one for me. I read on my iPod touch, and will be getting the new iPhone.

Type is so very small in many cases, and the higher res screen will make it MUCH easier to read. And even when the type is adjustable in an eBook app, a person will be able to read longer with less fatigue with a higher res screen.

Plus, iBooks is coming out for the iPhone as well, another reason to get as good quality text as possible.

In answer to the the original poster, the only thing I am not all that enamoured about is the front facing camera, although it might be fun once in a while.

Battery life is my main concern.
 
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I think that the big limitation on the 2G/3G generation of iPhones is the amount of on board RAM. Both of them have 128MB, while the 3GS has 256MB, and the new iPhone (which I will call 4G, just to differentiate, I don't know what it will be officially called) is rumored to have 512MB. A freshly started (from Full power off to power on) 3G has only about 36-38MB free, when I look at it using iStat. The new states in iPhone OS4 will place a lot of demands on the amount of on board RAM, which may explain why the 3G cannot multi-task (according to Apple).

I'd like to see iPhone OS 4 have an option to suspend an app (while keeping it in memory) and also close down an app (remove it completely from memory). As it is, with 3.1.3, if you use a number of apps, there is memory leackage to the point where the amount of free memory gets down to as low at 2-4MB. That is the point where the 3G becomes sluggish, and needs to be cold started. I'd also like to see Safari cache pages.

Kostas
 
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That is the point where the 3G becomes sluggish, and needs to be cold started. I'd also like to see Safari cache pages.

Kostas
In my case I was ready to toss my 3G out the window because of EXTREME sluggishness (like text lagging several seconds behind my typing), and cold starting did not solve anything. Eventually I found the problem and with a few simple steps got everything working smoothly again. I've linked to my post below in case anyone else is having that problem. If you are and you can fix it like this, it will seem like you have a new phone!

http://www.ehmac.ca/ipod-itunes-iphone-apple-tv/86629-iphone-sometimes-extremely-sluggish-possible-solution.html#post964150
 
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There have been rumours of 512MB but the rumoured pictures have shown 256MB, the same as the iPad. So, it's not a sure thing by a long shot that the new iPhone will have 512MB. I hope so, for future use, but if they only put half in the iPad, I'm not holding my breath.
 
#32 ·
Just one app can screw things up.

Do a restore. It's sometimes amazing what a restore will do.

If that doesn't help, then delete any apps you don't use and others you don't mind losing the data on. Some apps screw things up, especially the data they save.

Then do a backup, which will give you something to restore from that doesn't have the corrupt data.

Do a restore. Then if it is working well, install one app at a time that you want to reinstall and see if you can tell which one might have caused the slow down. Or, you might reinstall all of them and everything will be fine since you've gotten rid of the corrupt data.

Sometimes it's a good idea to restore the Settings to all of the defaults too, writing down what all your settings were, and then backing up, and restoring from that backup, and then redoing your settings.
 
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