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4G iPhone rumours start to surface (Fourth Generation)

By Kate O'Brien on January 10, 2010 in Asides, Mobile News, Various News

Remember last week when former Senior Marketing Manager at Apple John Martellaro stated that it was common practice to have “controlled leaks” of some of the upcoming Apple products. He said “I know, because when I was a Senior Marketing Manager at Apple, I was instructed to do some controlled leaks. The way it works is that a senior exec will come in and say, “We need to release this specific information. John, do you have a trusted friend at a major outlet? If so, call him/her and have a conversation. Idly mention this information and suggest that if it were published, that would be nice. No e-mails!”

The rumours are now swirling of the next generation of the iPhone to have several updates, starting with a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash. AppleInsider is reporting that Philips’ Lumileds Lighting sector is leading the pack for “tens of millions” of LEDs. More rumours have spread around the processor. TheStreet.com reports Apple signed a contract with Qualcomm to supply an EV-DO chip for Verizon: “Apple has chosen Qualcomm as its chip supplier [3G wireless technology chip for EV-DO] for the new version of the iPhone headed to Verizon this summer”.

Want more? How about limited multitasking ability? Remember a few months ago there was “Springboard” that popped up. It gave you the ability to see all your apps on one page rather than scrolling through several pages. Rumours are that a new home might be finally coming that ill have multitasking.

All of these rumours would be incredibly cool if they truly happened… the truth will eventually surface.
(Thanks Larry!)

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Discussion

13 comments for “4G iPhone rumours start to surface (Fourth Generation)”

  1. from what i understand there is currently a way to add multi tasking through apps but to have it native would be great. I am looking forward to them implementing a Led on the front for notification likes the Blackberries. Also to have a camera on the front for Ichat…
    Im am looking to pick up my 16GB 3GS today and toss my Storm out the window. bye bye BBM :(

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    Posted by Anthony Grant | January 10, 2010, 12:11 pm

  2. i want to get the 3Gs when it comes out with Virgin but if theres going to be an updated iPhone 4 or 5 months after then i don’t know if i should wait or not

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    Posted by Colin | January 10, 2010, 12:34 pm

  3. Well…

    ’4G’ is inaccurate, because the ’3G’ referred to the network, not the iteration.

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    Posted by Spencer Sumner | January 10, 2010, 1:17 pm

  4. I thought 3G referred to third generation. Thus 4G being the fourth generation.

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    Posted by shaun | January 10, 2010, 2:09 pm

  5. 3G was the second iPhone to come out, so obviously it doesn’t refer to the product generation. It was also the first one to run on the 3G network, which is also what the 3rd product (3GS) runs on.

    So we’ll get multitasking. Yay! Only a decade after Blackberry! Maybe the usefulness will catch up sometime too.

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    Posted by Singe | January 10, 2010, 5:39 pm

  6. 3G refers to the generation of the network, not the phone. Most of the new phones offered by the providers are 3G.

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    Posted by Dave | January 10, 2010, 5:41 pm

  7. 3G stands for “Third Generation Mobile Technology. 4G would mean fourth generation mobile technology.

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    Posted by shaun | January 10, 2010, 6:26 pm

  8. I don’t think it will be iphone 4G.. they wouldn’t releace an 4th Gen phone before its supported.. there’s afew WiMax networks, but nothing covering more then a city.. LTE is what most networks are leaning toward but again I dought they would releace an LTE iphone before there’s a network it could run on…. maybe iphone 3Ge (ev-do) lol & iphone 3Gf (flash camera)

    So nice that they make people wait a year beore implementing such Minor hardware upgrades (At were standers years ago)
    Hopefully since working with Qualcomm they will allso give it at least a 1GB processor..

    Still wouldn’t take an iphone as my phone of choice, just sayin…

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    Posted by CRIMINALOGIC ® | January 10, 2010, 7:21 pm

  9. I thought there has only been 3 iphones though and the second was 3G and the third was 3GS

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    Posted by Cory | January 10, 2010, 7:26 pm

  10. 3g has nothing to do with how many iphones were released unless someone from Apple couldn’t count. It is the second model of iphone to be released

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    Posted by shaun | January 10, 2010, 8:22 pm

  11. I hope the GSM/UMTS version includes more 3G bands. They need 5 or 6 bands to cover all the commonly used bands around the world.

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    Posted by joe | January 10, 2010, 8:25 pm

  12. It’s a shame all the carriers lock us into 3 year contracts with the iPhone. It makes it difficult to upgrade to the new one unless you are willing to pay for the device outright.

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    Posted by theninjasquad | January 11, 2010, 9:17 am

  13. Hmm, in other words Apple are telling us: “Hold on folks, there’s gonna be a new iphone so don’t buy a google phone”.

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    Posted by Colin | January 11, 2010, 9:25 am

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