Comments on Mac Predictions: 3G iPhone

You could be the real fake steve jobs.Good thought...

2008-05-12T22:57:00.000+01:00

You could be the real fake steve jobs.
Good thoughts.

Agreed, a mobile phone can't have an all metal enc...

2008-05-12T12:23:00.000+01:00

Agreed, a mobile phone can't have an all metal enclosure - it will need to have a plastic component over the antenna. Sorry - I meant to cover that in the original post, but I didn't. As you say though, both the Touch and the iPhone already do this - their reception is fine, and so there isn't a technical need for more plastic. Since Apple's design direction is heading towards metal and away from plastic, it give us reason to doubt the all-plastic rumor.

I think there is a very good reason for leaving th...

2008-05-12T12:09:00.000+01:00

I think there is a very good reason for leaving the iPhone's metal casing in favor of plastic: the current metal solution makes it difficult to get good signal reception on any network (GSM/EDGE/3E/WiFi) because metal absorbs RF power! That's why the current iterations of iPhone and iPod touch have plastic parts in their back shell. Come to think of reception quality: GPS reception is virtually impossible if the antenna is covered by metal parts. So the (possible) addition of GPS and Apples striving for low power consuption (as little RF power as possible) could make it necessary to switch the material of the case to a plastic one.

I completely agree with all the opinions referring...

2008-05-12T03:14:00.000+01:00

I completely agree with all the opinions referring to the 3G iPhone. I believe the "Apple Rumors Community" has been through a dry couple of weeks and there's nothing else to discuss but the imminent release of the new iPhone. Personally I'm sick of all this hype about it, I think the iPhone is amazing as well as the iPod Touch but please! EVERY single day a new rumor with "more clues about 3G". Seriously WE KNOW it's comming.

I feel Apple has somehow neglected its Macintosh products (I know they are constantly "refreshing" them but just that) and has been focusing soo badly on this other devices that I look back to the days of iMac G4, Ti PowerBook, and wish for them to come back (the innovation, not the products themselves hehe).

I guess I'm kind of bored of those "refreshes" and the lack of "from the ground up" if you know what I mean.