Eldar Murtazin: "Foxconn received order for next generation iPhone"
By Thomas Ricker 
posted December 10th 2009 6:01AM
posted December 10th 2009 6:01AM
You've heard of Twitter, right? What about Eldar Murtazin, heard of him? He's editor in chief of Mobile Review and the ultimate insider when it come to all things mobile. So when we see a Tweet like this: We're inclined to believe it's true and certainly give Eldar's statement more weight than a random analyst note. Besides, if Apple's going to keep up the mid-year iPhone refresh cycle then the timing's just about right, eh?"Foxconn received order for next generation iphone"
@loving
Pools closed.
@loving Well, you make a compelling sales pitch, and your spelling and grammar is amazing. I am off to sign up....
@loving
Is there an app or map for that?
Please more memory please more memory please more memory...
@(Unverified)
I think if Apple goes with new data center and cloud storage, I'd say that device internal memory growth might slow down. A 64GB iPhone would seem to have as much memory as 90% of the users would ever need (at least for the next several years). There was a rumor that even the tablet will only have 64 GB of memory. It's hard to imagine Apple doubling memory size every year unless some radical new storage medium is discovered.
@Average White Boy Yeah, if only there was some law that predicted how fast computing & memory capacity would double.
@Average White Boy I think he meant more RAM -> Third party app multitasking
@(Unverified)
64GB will allow me to ditch my Ipod and go Iphone only.
@(Unverified)
+1 for the awesome sarcasm!
Please a blackberry messenger like, multitasking, the "extra camera", more battery life.
@LowestRanked : I just saw this comment on Gizmodo.
10:32 AM
"The problem with a front facing camera is, how are you going to take pictures, unless they add an LCD screen in the back. I don't know if that would fit in with Apple's design philosophy."
what what in the butt?
@LowestRanked
Lets hope that person stays on gizmodo
@LowestRanked
woah, now. why would apple add things that made the product better??
Well, I for one am SHOCKED that Apple are planning to bring out a new iPhone model some time in the future.
@xbit haha, yeah. Who would've thought?
@xbit
Yeah, this is a complete surprise for me as well. But after hearing of this, i asked my well-informed contacts if there is any truth to these rumours. They confirmed that it is all true and even supplied me with an EXCLUSIVE leaked concept image of the coming iPhone 4G
and here it is: http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/2181/iphone4g.png
what's an iphone?
@(Unverified)
Could this mean it'll be announced in January? But they aren't having Macworld expos anymore... hmm....
@(Unverified)
Why would apple want to make a phone that looks like a Zune? If it looks anything like that picture than it might look good next to a lava lamp.
@Outsider
Yes, Apple would love to kill the iPhone 3gs sales half a year before the next gen comes out! :)
@xbit Agreed, I'm curious as to why this is news...we know Apple will have a new iphone out in June, and hasn't Foxconn been the manufacturer for the first 2 generations? So stands to reason they'd use Foxconn again.
@(Unverified)
Watch your back and go underground, Apple are gonna be after yo' ass
A new interface is almost a must IMO but I somehow doubt that will happen.
A physical keyboard please!
@vlad786 like that will happen. if apple added a slide out qwerty it would be touch screen.
@teapower lol
@teapower
'sup Dawg? I heard you like physical keyboards, so we decided to really make you angry by putting a touchscreen in your touchscreen, so now you can get ponder how useless that is, while you ponder how useless that is.
That would solve the purpose as well! Like this http://www.t3.com/news/t3s-01-phone-inches-closer-to-perfection?=37221
@vlad786
A physical keyboard might confuse 90% of the iPhone userbase. Way too many buttons, man.
I can has multitasking and high res screen?
@Polpus
Yeah, if it doesn't have higher resolution screen, FM-radio and multitasking I'm not interested. Proper file manager would be nice too, let alone microSD slot, proper bluetooth file transfers, front facing camera and such. I'm not going to downgrade from my Nokia N80 (pixel density is awesome on it).
@Polpus
NO but you can has retake 3rd grade English.
@trevinlovett Ok, but I can has cheezburger then?
@Polpus
Maybe. You can an hero?
@trevinlovett
learn2meme
Add ability to change battery MYSELF on the wishlist.
Always wondering why everyone is going to get nuts about it every year again and again. It's their product cycle god damned...
the link is broken, remove the second "http"
There is one change I want in the next iPhone.
Make it not exist.
@revoltracers why?
@revoltracers Best. Comment. Ever.
@revoltracers I liked how both comments got downranked lol
I've held off the first 3 iPhone partially due to "some" of their short coming and the fact that I usually buy Nokia/WinMo/RIM(Not in that order). But when I was starting to think about getting a the 4Gen iPhone I hold back mainly due to the fact that IMHO the UI will be the same just spec upgrade, And I am waiting to see what WinMo-7 will be(I want WinMo-7 the most) and where Android will be and even where WebOS will stand.
In the end this year will be a awesome year for mobile tech and every gadget person out their.
@Federaly If they radically changed the OS, then it wouldn't be an iPhone. It's why the iPhone is such a great product. Perhaps it's time for you to experience why for yourself. Android is NO iPhone OS! It has much of the functionality, but the smooth, slick, cohesive, user-friendly experience is simply not there! iTunes is very much a part of that experience and the comprehensive, seamless backing-up and integration with contacts, apps, etc... is also a large part of it. Android also lacks this. Think Mac. They never radically change that OS, and why would they? It's why so many people love using them. It's why Win 7 has been designed to work so much like it. It works and it's slick. They certainly will be retaining it for future iPhone releases, and I'm glad of it.
@(Unverified)
I personally never "owned" a iPhone though fellow colleagues and my missus had one so I have "experienced" the UI as you said, and I want them to actually make it slick and intuitive. The current iteration of the iPhone UI is just big buttons for capacitive screen. I like the look of Androids/HTC Sense UI and I am enjoying the latest-up-to-date builds of WinMo 6.5 and I find I can personalize it.
@(Unverified) what are you talking about? all the iPhone interface is is well buttons on a screen. android is friendly as hell. I have my phone backed up all the time and well frankly its a heck of a lot more customizable.
How is this breaking news... I thought companies don't upgrade their products.
@unseen .. Because it's related to Apple, idiot!
/sarcasm
@unseen
Well, if you thought they didn't upgrade their products, wouldn't you find it to be big news?
Given Eldar's recent behavior and the shenanigans he pulled in regards to the N900 he's lost all the respect I had for him as a high-authority source, analyst and reviewer.
In regards to the new iphone; given how they updated the ipod range and that they have been releasing a new model every summer for the past 3 years, why is this a story?
(& just to be clear this is in no ways meant to be a diss @ Thomas).