Chaim, Harry, and Justin will still be around to clean up the mess after the dust settles, and since our invitations to the event must have gotten lost in our spam folders, here are 12 ways you can catch live coverage of Apple’s iPhone 5 announcement:
All Things D
Anandtech
Ars Technica
CNET
Engadget
GDGT
The Loop
Macrumors
Macworld
Tech Crunch
TUAW
The Verge
Apple prognosticator and inThirty contributor Drew Pitchford is laying his predictions on the line for the upcoming iPhone:
The New iPhone
- Leaked pictures accurately depict the external design including the 8 pin connector. The connector will be orientation independent.
- Thinner with front and back flush with the antennae band. Guessing thinness at 7.6 mm.
- Unibody construction
- 16:9, 4 inch screen. Resolution: 1136 X 640
- 8 MP camera with f/2.2 aperture
- panorama mode for camera
- 16:9 HD video recording
- 16:9 photos
- 720p HD front camera
- LTE
- Shrunken A5X chip built on the 32nm process that is being used in the revamped iPad 2.- Better graphics than the 4S but not as good as in the new iPad.
Battery Life:
- 9 Hours Talk time
- 6 Hours LTE browsing
- 8 Hours 3G browsing
- 10 Hours wifi
- 40 Hours music
- 10 Hours video
- 250 Standby
Pricing and Storage:
- 8gb iPhone 4 free
- 8gb iPhone 4S $99
- 16gb new iPhone $199
- 32gb new iPhone $299
- 64gb new iPhone $399
All offered with 2 year contracts on Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T
The September 12 event will be limited to iPhone and iOS 6 only. No updates to iPads or iPods.
Drew’s early predictions for iOS 6 can be found here.
Yes, aside from the occasional poem about Chaim, we primarily talk things out on inThirty. But, leading up to WWDC, inThirty guest, levelheaded but voracious consumer of Apple rumors, friend of Tim Cook’s (sort of), and all-around nice guy Drew Pitchford was good enough to layout his prediction for iOS 6 using the written word. Knowing Drew, he probably typed the list in Pages on his new iPad:
10 tent-pole features (in no particular order)
1) Revamped maps app with content provided by Apple servers
2) Expanded Apple widgets in Notification Center
3) Facebook integration
4) Expanded iCloud integration: the music app syncing between iOS devices, video stream, etc.
5) Better inter-app communication
6) Camera app improvements: timer, rapid shots, etc.
7) Mail app improvements: maybe a “delete all” option finally?
8) Safari improvements: file upload in Safari, omni-bar
9) Retouched UI colors to match the Lion’s
10) 3rd party access to Siri and expansion of its functionality
Thanks Drew!
Checkout our show on product predictions for WWDC 2012 here.
Twas the middle of October, with a chill in the air,
When Google did say Nexus was nearly there.
And Chaim he did cheer & Chaim he did shout,
For he did truly believe his new phone would soon be about.
But the weeks they dragged on,
The rumors did ramble,
And Chaim he did fret.
To Costco he came,
And from Costco he went.
“No no” said the phone lady “it’s not here just yet”
Citing blogs & posts Chaim did protest,
But alas, there was no Nexus to get.
At last ’twas the day Verizon promised did arrive.
Chaim got out of work, and went for a drive.
To Costco he returned, eager and spry.
But alas he was told: “Sorry, you do not qualify.”
Twenty dollars he was told the additional cost,
And to a Verizon store he must travel
Without voice guidance he surely would have been lost!
But his wits did not unravel.
And so back in the warmth of his house
He did face unlock & he did Google hangout.
Then dear Chaim locked his Nexus away for the night,
Warm in his knowledge that it was the best,
At least until he’d had a good night’s rest.
–Michael Degusta | http://theunderstatement.com
