As you say we can never be too sure with Apple but prick our brains out over speculating.
I got this:
“Breakthrough” Liquidmetal Apple gadget at least 5 years away
And I'd like iPhone to resemble the magic mouse for a change, it feels great in the hand and honestly Apple's been stuck with iPod touch base design for too long now.
Its time for something refreshing, either bring out the liquidmetal chasis or magic mouse, 4S was a big disappointment.
That was an interesting article, all I can say at this point is that we will have to wait & see. Rumors about Apple can traditionally end up being horribly wrong, I guess both of us know that. That's why the most we can do right now is keep in touch with further news regarding the phone.
As for the iPhone 4S, it may have been a disappointment to those who expected an all new design but I kind of guessed based on the earlier generation iPhones that Apple would stick to the same design. In any case it sold pretty well, though I didn't upgrade to it. I am still on the iPhone 4 & I plan to upgrade to 5 next.
Regarding the magic mouse design, Apple likes to make design that are for the most part elegant & beautiful. I know that beauty is subjective, but a phone shaped like that won't even remain steady if you laid it on its back lol. It looks way too much like a toy, & I personally don't feel most business customers would care for it keeping in mind that Apple is trying to target business customers more these days. In fact the phone they release has to appeal to most market segments, & frankly I just don't see that design appealing to most people; not even me.
Apple wants to do a massive hardware specification upgrade for it's next phone & it's ability to do that would be hampered if it chose the magic mouse design. Placing all the components within that frame would be a tough task, I don't even know if a 8 mega pixel camera lens can fit in that concept. Don't take my word for it though, most concept designers talk about what kind of hardware their concepts would support so for the most accurate details we would have to refer to that.
Liquid metal is a marketing gimmick to say Alloy.
I agree, but it's still a pretty cool name; it will manage to receive all the publicity it was intended to.
Samsung Galaxy S3 comes out today in London. 4.7" Screen, 1.5 Ghz Quad Core processor, 12 MP camera, 320dpi screen. Forget the Iphone. Its for people who want to do dumb things on smart phones.
Was that comment even necessary? I try to avoid flame wars & respect other people's choices, but to compare that ugly, buggy, fragmented, & insecure OS to iOS is something that will even anger God himself.
The iPhone & iOS is all about the experience; its applications, its design, the OS itself all work together to give you that experience. There are many advantages to iOS over Android, firstly the lack of fragmentation. With Android you have all these different user interfaces attempting to do nothing other than reinventing the wheel. All of those interface especially the TouchWiz UI make me want to puke, it's only Ice Cream Sandwich that has got a decent & well designed interface. Then again unless you buy the Galaxy Nexus, you won't be allowed to use the vanilla appearance on your S3 without using a vanilla ROM.
Applications for Android are of lower quality, in fact that was to be expected when you have all these different phones with varying hardware specifications. It's very difficult for developers to develop apps that run perfectly on all these devices. If that's not believable for you then read about why WP7 has such a strict hardware specification guideline. Android phones give an extremely varied experience depending upon the phone you buy & even then the lack of good quality apps is a major blow against it.
Google gets served (by grumpy Android users) - News - Know Your Cell
Google
The Android market place isn't as secure as the AppStore, basically Apple has strict checks to ensure not only the quality but the safety of the application itself. This guarantees that I can feel safe while trying out any application on iOS. Sure there are exceptions to the rule, but it's definitely not as bad as Android. Almost any loser is allowed to write Apps for Android & then post it in the market place, that itself is the height of stupidity.
Trojan Apps Hijack Android App Store | Identity Theft Expert Speaker John Sileo
Google responds to Android app store security with stronger scanning measures | ESET ThreatBlog
Corporations love iOS more than BlackBerry OS; Android seen as a security risk
Besides your precious Android is nothing but the equivalent of a poor man's iPhone. In Steve Jobs own words it's nothing but a stolen product. If it wasn't for the iPhone Android would be even worse than it's now.
Android: Before and After the iPhone | TechnoBuffalo
This is the 1st Google Android prototype:
It wasn't released however & Google ended up releasing this:
Do you know what made Google change? It's another device that was released in 2007's summer that influenced them a lot; the device is this:
That's enough Android bashing for now I guess.
