Apple Working On 4th Generation iPhone Already?

http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10

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The Hartzell Group <> wrote:

> http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10

Of course they do. They would have started on it before the 3rd
generation version was released.

Engineering takes time, and interleaving product releases goes on all
the time.

On Nov 3, 10:47*am, Steve Hix <se...@NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
> In article
> <42aeda85-0460-47de-a908-d66df2cb9...@g23g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> *The Hartzell Group <thehartzellgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10
>
> Of course they do. They would have started on it before the 3rd
> generation version was released.
>
> Engineering takes time, and interleaving product releases goes on all
> the time.

It just seems funny that they are already working on it like 2 months
after 3rd gen was released.

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<48b80f8f-aa0f-434e-bad8->,
The Hartzell Group <> wrote:

> It just seems funny that they are already working on it like 2 months
> after 3rd gen was released.

Huh? The 3G was released in Jun 2008. The 3Gs was released in June 2009,
about 4 1/2 months ago.

And as others explained, it's not unusual at all. In fact, it would be
unusual if they had not been doing so.

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The Hartzell Group <> writes:

> http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10

That's got an astoundingly stupid caption:

"Why would Apple already be working on a new iPhone when the 3rd Gen
iPhone was just released a few months ago?"

Of *course* they're working on the next model. They were probably
working on it *before* the current model was released.


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<42aeda85-0460-47de-a908->,
The Hartzell Group <> wrote:

> http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10

Clearwire is touting an emerging "4G" cellphone/WiMax technology which
is supposedly the next generation WiMax/cellphone/wireless Internet
technology technology standard for unified fixed and mobile wireless
connectivity??? (The "???" is to signify that I'm neither qualified nor
well enough informed to express any judgement on these claims.)

<http://www.clear.com/>

<http://newsroom.clearwire.com/phoeni...l-newsArticle&
ID=1272875&highlight=>

<http://www.pcworld.com/article/15662...ig_backers.htm
l>

So, is there any connection between this "4G" label, and "4th
generation" cellphones, of the iPhone variety or otherwise?

Michelle Steiner <> wrote:

> In article
> <48b80f8f-aa0f-434e-bad8->,
> The Hartzell Group <> wrote:
>
> > It just seems funny that they are already working on it like 2 months
> > after 3rd gen was released.
>
> Huh? The 3G was released in Jun 2008. The 3Gs was released in June 2009,
> about 4 1/2 months ago.

I think "third generation" in this context was meant as "third model of
iPhone", not the model which supports 3G networks.

As such, the third iPhone model was released in June 2009. And it
doesn't surprise me at all that Apple would already be working on the
fourth model.

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In article
<48b80f8f-aa0f-434e-bad8->,
The Hartzell Group <> wrote:

> On Nov 3, 10:47*am, Steve Hix <se...@NOSPAMmac.comINVALID> wrote:
> > In article
> > <42aeda85-0460-47de-a908-d66df2cb9...@g23g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>,
> > *The Hartzell Group <thehartzellgr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >http://www.myapplefix.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=10
> >
> > Of course they do. They would have started on it before the 3rd
> > generation version was released.
> >
> > Engineering takes time, and interleaving product releases goes on all
> > the time.
>
> It just seems funny that they are already working on it like 2 months
> after 3rd gen was released.

It would be pretty gross mismanagement not to have started 6 or more
months before releasing the previous version. There are just too many
steps in product development that can't reasonably be compressed, and
which require certain specific steps be taken before you can go on to
the next phase of development. And that's ignoring parts of the
development process that run in parallel with other bits.

The wonder is that it all looks so effortless to the customer, unless
something has gone horribly wrong. Sort of like a major ballet
performance, almost all of which the customer never gets to see.

In article
<48b80f8f-aa0f-434e-bad8->,
The Hartzell Group <> wrote:

> It just seems funny that they are already working on it like 2 months
> after 3rd gen was released.

New chips can take 3 years development time - therefore planning for a
new phone (as in new chips, not just programming or looks) would need to
plan that far ahead.

HTH

Marc

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They'd be dumb if they *weren't* working on the 4th generation iPhone
already. They've probably got that in testing now and have people
working on ideas for the 5th gen phone.