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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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,
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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIs 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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat'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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI 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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI'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!"
Agreed. No effin' pop out keyboard, please. We ain't 16 and lusting for Nokias.
January 31 2009 at 12:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYup, i agree. Physical keyboards are not for the iPhone.
January 31 2009 at 3:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyUm... 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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyKiss 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?
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 Permalink rate up rate down ReplyMaybe they should add a two-button mouse while they're adding the hardware keyboard.
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