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Apple iPhone - To Be, or Not to Be?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-is-the-question dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With the Apple WWDC looming on Monday, the internet once again beats itself silly over what Steve Jobs has in store. At the most fanciful end of the scale, there's talk of the Apple iPhone, to which CNET says, 'keep on dreaming', and Gizmodo says, 'no visible evidence'. The only solid evidence of an iPhone, beyond the endless mocked-up images, is the discovery of hidden phone-related code in a recent iPod updater. Macrumors has some info on what the keynote may contain -- and there's no mention of an iPhone. So, as the rumor mill continues to grind over the weekend, let the predictions begin. Is there an Apple iPhone, or is there not?"

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  1. Ipod click wheel, by 4solarisinfo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    meet rotary phone dial....

    After all, everything old is new again right?

  2. Re:I really doubt it by clifyt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It happens already...

    My phone goes dead every few days and I'm screwed until I can plug it in.

    I'd imagine for a phone, Apple would HAVE to have removable batteries -- even if its something they don't want. I know the battery pack in my 1st Gen iPod were pretty big, much bigger than my Sony Ericsson -- but I could image something that was a trade off...the standard integrated battery, with a backpack that could only be used for the phone component.

    Gets a bit complicated, and I don't like complicated, but I'm not an industrial designer -- I just know what I like :-)

    And all in all, this is probably why we haven't seen a phone from Apple yet...they know all about these issues and won't release something until they have it reasonably figured out...

    I do know that I use to get around 7 or 8 hours of listening time on my iPod 5 years ago. I only get about 1 now -- pretty much the same as my last SE phone after a couple years after it started losing charges (i.e., which is why I don't plug my new one in every night -- trying to keep the battery memory down).

    The battery replacement for my phone was $45, the battery for my iPod is $20 (which I have purchased and popped open my player before it got here to see how hard it would be, and only took me 5 minutes from the instructions on the site with 2 flatblade screwdrivers). Sadly, the SE replacement battery lasted all of 6 months before it was down to 1 hour talk time AGAIN...the battery I bought for the iPod claims to be 50% more play time than the original. Gotta ask, who is ripping off who with the battery issue...