pcmag.com— A new image straight from an Apple source who's field-testing the iPhone 4.0 firmware highlights a new "Video Calls Debugging" section in the phone's Settings.
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When you compare them to Android phones, the new upgrades seem lackluster. For the past several years, each phone that was released that was to compete with the iPhone was ALWAYS met with skepticism by Apple fanboys. It didnt have this, or that, or wasnt the iPhone OS or a stylish Apple design. Many of the new features on the new iPhone can be found on the Sprint HTC EVO phone and it goes several steps further and has options that Apple REFUSES to adopt (not talking about Flash Video here). Not a Sprint fan here, but they do have an awesome phone that will match nearly every feature. So will it kick serious ass? Sure, many Apple users will buy this new phone. But to expect it to kick ass against other phones? Good luck, because by the end of the year you'll be seeing more HTV EVO like phones, with slightly better features on other carriers.
I don't think it's that unbelievable that Apple will have video calling in the next iPhone. If they are that concerned about quality, they will limit it to WiFi only.My question is, will this be limited to iPhone to iPhone calls? Or will a video call to someone on their computer with a webcam be possible? If they had an app that allowed iPhone to iChat calling, would it even use cell minutes? Wouldn't that make it a data only connection?
Note you haven't seen the screen. And design is in the eye of the beholder. The new iPhone looks kind of Krups-y to me. It's even thinner than the 3GS, and you don't know what an Apple device is like until you hold it. So, what does the new Android system(s) have that you want? Make a list. Explain it to your non-tech friends, if you have any. Watch their eyes glaze over.
@swift2: Skype is equally capable, but being that it's an Apple solution and they already make a desktop chat client, IMO it only makes sense that they'd use their own solution that they control 100% of to support a major feature of their new flagship product.
spacem00seMay 24, 2010
When you compare them to Android phones, the new upgrades seem lackluster. For the past several years, each phone that was released that was to compete with the iPhone was ALWAYS met with skepticism by Apple fanboys. It didnt have this, or that, or wasnt the iPhone OS or a stylish Apple design. Many of the new features on the new iPhone can be found on the Sprint HTC EVO phone and it goes several steps further and has options that Apple REFUSES to adopt (not talking about Flash Video here). Not a Sprint fan here, but they do have an awesome phone that will match nearly every feature. So will it kick serious ass? Sure, many Apple users will buy this new phone. But to expect it to kick ass against other phones? Good luck, because by the end of the year you'll be seeing more HTV EVO like phones, with slightly better features on other carriers.
groberts1980May 24, 2010
I don't think it's that unbelievable that Apple will have video calling in the next iPhone. If they are that concerned about quality, they will limit it to WiFi only.My question is, will this be limited to iPhone to iPhone calls? Or will a video call to someone on their computer with a webcam be possible? If they had an app that allowed iPhone to iChat calling, would it even use cell minutes? Wouldn't that make it a data only connection?
swift2May 24, 2010
Note you haven't seen the screen. And design is in the eye of the beholder. The new iPhone looks kind of Krups-y to me. It's even thinner than the 3GS, and you don't know what an Apple device is like until you hold it. So, what does the new Android system(s) have that you want? Make a list. Explain it to your non-tech friends, if you have any. Watch their eyes glaze over.
charlotte_webMay 24, 2010
Pat, I'd like to buy a vowel... is there a "U"?
danielphermousMay 25, 2010
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bigsteveMay 25, 2010
@swift2: Skype is equally capable, but being that it's an Apple solution and they already make a desktop chat client, IMO it only makes sense that they'd use their own solution that they control 100% of to support a major feature of their new flagship product.