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Rumored iPhone "2,1" hardware in the wild

The first hints came in October of last year, according to Pinch Media -- devices reporting themselves as "iPhone 2,1" began showing up in the company's logs, as they ran applications which include the free Pinch Analytics usage tracking libraries. Appearances were very spotty at first, but became more frequent in December, and almost all the hits were in the San Francisco Bay area ... not coincidentally, the home base for Apple's engineering teams.

While it's not surprising that Apple would be working on a new iPhone version -- even letting it out on the road to test AT&T signal reception -- it is a little bit of a surprise that the device ID wouldn't be spoofed to feign the appearance of an older device. MacRumors notes that the 2,1 designation is already visible in the iPhone firmware, and AppleInsider suggests that the first-digit rollup may mean bigger architectural changes than a simple speed bump and restyling.

We can think of a lot of features that would be great to see an iPhone hardware revision -- video recording capabilities would be high on the list, along with better battery life -- but no way yet to know what's coming in 2,1 or when it might show up in a production model. The beat goes on.

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sandra


at the min im not very happy with the iphone,ever since i downloaded the 8.1 i cant use my iphone on my pc as it crashes,

April 22 2009 at 11:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Emerson Fortune

Improved battery life before anything else, for me the battery is the iPhone's greatest persistent failure!

April 04 2009 at 5:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ethan

Is it a new iphone (itself) or is it just new software because everywhere i look it says something different

February 24 2009 at 5:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Apodemus11

What's with this iPhone nano crap? It ain't gonna happen, in a speech Jobs even said there will only ever be one model of the iPhone at any one time, just like how they withdrew the first generation phone when the 3G came out, and I don't think many people want a crippling screen size. And this whole iPhone with a physical keyboard...iPhone is a vision, it's a way, in the keynote for iPhone launch Jobs dissed the heck out of physical keyboards, people don't get it....Apple do what they want to do, not what we want them, and I like that personally but if you want a physical keyboard or a small form factor iPhone is not for you, there are a ton of phones out there with plenty of features that will befit any user...people just want some kind of Jesus phone, and it just won't happen because you can't please everyone.

February 13 2009 at 9:50 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan

I'd like to see the wallpaper behind the icons, not just when someone calls or the screen is locked.

February 01 2009 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Vince

I want full open bluetooth, video recording, COPY AND PASTE, a better camera, and although not necessary, I think they could improve the GPS a lot.

January 31 2009 at 4:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tys

I'd like at least 32 GB storage. Faster processor and more RAM, to hopefully make everything snappier and allow us to run apps in the background.
Also better battery life.
I can't believe people actually want a physical keyboard. It's so elegant to have a keyboard that pops up when and only when it's needed, and that it's specific to what you're doing.
It would get real tedious to have to slide or flip out the keyboard just to type something.
I doubt Apple would do a physical keyboard, but if they do it would be deal-breaker for me. Reminds of of that Star Trek Movie where Scotty uses a 20th century computer: "Oh, a keyboard, how quaint!"

January 30 2009 at 12:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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JoeB

Agreed. No effin' pop out keyboard, please. We ain't 16 and lusting for Nokias.

January 31 2009 at 12:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ryry

Yup, i agree. Physical keyboards are not for the iPhone.

January 31 2009 at 3:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gene

Um... is anyone else at all disturbed that there is a piece of software by a third party which, when inserted into an app without our knowledge, tracks our whereabouts and reports it back to the developer? I mean, obviously AT&T can do this which is scary enough, but now every fart app could be reporting back to its maniacal maker.

January 30 2009 at 12:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
jtd

Kiss jailbreak goodbye until the devteam figures out the new bootloader :(

emil: Your snarky comment implies a hardware keyboard, like a two-button mouse, is out of place on a mobile device.

We don't really need to explain to you how stupid this is, do we?

January 30 2009 at 10:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Level 5

Hardware keyboard, a small LED flash for the (video enabled) camera, copy/paste and I'm sold. The rest can be fixed with jailbreak.

January 30 2009 at 9:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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emil

Maybe they should add a two-button mouse while they're adding the hardware keyboard.

January 30 2009 at 9:30 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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