Accompanying a report that Verizon may begin selling a new iPhone are rumors Apple is developing a new handset dubbed the iPhone HD. The new handset would be powered by the same A4 processor as the iPad and include a forward-facing camera suitable for teleconferencing.
The iPhone HD reportedly would take several steps toward the iPad, distancing itself from previous versions of the popular Apple phone. Like the iPad, the iPhone HD apparently would use Apple’s custom-built 1GHz A4 processor. The A4 is the result of Apple’s $278 million acquisition of fabless chip designer P.A. Semi. The new iPhone would also sport a 960×640 screen, double that of the 320×480 display on current Apple handsets, reports suggest. The move is seen as responding to Android-based handsets with screen resolutions around 480×800.
In addition to details on the processor, display and camera, Gruber also reiterated what AppleInsider reported earlier this month: Apple's iPhone 4.0 software will add multitasking support for third-party applications. A forward-facing camera for videoconferencing is a feature that some users have desired in the iPhone for years. In the months of build-up to the iPad's unveiling, many reports alleged that the device would include a forward-facing camera, and forward-facing camera on an iPhone-like device. The application described technology for superior picture and video recording performance on mobile devices.
Gruber's posting was prompted by a report from the Journal that alleged Apple is working on two new iPhone models, including a CDMA-capable model for release on the Verizon network in the U.S. In January, AppleInsider received word that Apple was shopping for LED flash components to potentially add a camera flash to the fourth-generation iPhone.
Another rumor, this one from Engadget, suggests the iPhone HD could be unveiled on Tuesday, June 22, ahead of the WWDC 2010 expected between June 28 and July 2.
The iPhone HD reportedly would take several steps toward the iPad, distancing itself from previous versions of the popular Apple phone. Like the iPad, the iPhone HD apparently would use Apple’s custom-built 1GHz A4 processor. The A4 is the result of Apple’s $278 million acquisition of fabless chip designer P.A. Semi. The new iPhone would also sport a 960×640 screen, double that of the 320×480 display on current Apple handsets, reports suggest. The move is seen as responding to Android-based handsets with screen resolutions around 480×800.
In addition to details on the processor, display and camera, Gruber also reiterated what AppleInsider reported earlier this month: Apple's iPhone 4.0 software will add multitasking support for third-party applications. A forward-facing camera for videoconferencing is a feature that some users have desired in the iPhone for years. In the months of build-up to the iPad's unveiling, many reports alleged that the device would include a forward-facing camera, and forward-facing camera on an iPhone-like device. The application described technology for superior picture and video recording performance on mobile devices.
Gruber's posting was prompted by a report from the Journal that alleged Apple is working on two new iPhone models, including a CDMA-capable model for release on the Verizon network in the U.S. In January, AppleInsider received word that Apple was shopping for LED flash components to potentially add a camera flash to the fourth-generation iPhone.
Another rumor, this one from Engadget, suggests the iPhone HD could be unveiled on Tuesday, June 22, ahead of the WWDC 2010 expected between June 28 and July 2.
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