Here’s a graphical representation I put together of the dozens of rumors that have been circulating over the past few months regarding the third generation iPhone that’s likely to be announced next week at WWDC 2009 (our keynote liveblog details can be found here). Click the image for a higher resolution version. There’s a few notes for this one:
* I’ve put some source numbers beside each arrow, these are the references for each rumor and are published at the bottom of this post.
* The rumors (such as release date and price) that don’t really match a particular part of the iPhone’s hardware/software have been placed at a random point on the back of the iPhone.
* The prediction key is based entirely on my own opinion, and is by no means accurate.
Of course, if anything else develops between now and Phil’s keynote, I’ll be listing them here, so be sure to check back before the day, and remember, we’ll be covering the keynote live right here on TGR, click here for the details. – r.
Update: It seems this has generated quite some interest around the internet with more than 10,000 people visiting per day – thanks for your views, tweets and pings!
Update 2: The great folks over at iPodizados.com have translated the graphic into Spanish. Check it out here!
Source list:
1: http://blog.gadgetlite.com/2009/04/10/gen-iphone-percentage-battery/
2: http://stuff.tv/News/iPhone-30-to-have-Nike-pre-installed/12418/
4: http://gizmodo.com/5200034/next-generation-iphone-may-have-fm-transmission-capabilities
7: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/07/digital-compass-magnetometer-confirmed-in-next-iphone/
9: http://daringfireball.net/2009/05/the_next_iphone
11: http://www.allaboutiphone.net/2009/05/iphone-30-and-video-recording-now-with-youtube-uploading/
12: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/26/next-generation-iphone-case-to-have-matte-finish-enhanced-3g/
14: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/01/31/adobe-and-apple-working-on-flash-for-iphone/
15: http://9to5mac.com/hong-kong-iphone-3
17: http://www.9to5mac.com/iphone-video-conferencing
18: http://www.9to5mac.com/broadcom-BCM4329-iphone-802.11n-FM
19: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/27/new-comparison-photo-of-matte-iphone-enclosure/
20: http://www.chinaontrade.com/iphone-4g-spare-parts-c-69.html
22: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/next-gen-iphone-specs-launch-date-revealed/
23: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/15/apple-is-indeed-talking-about-opening-iphone-background-tasks/
24: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ByteOfTheApple/blog/archives/2009/04/making_movies_t.html
25: http://www.phonenews.com/apple-consolidating-av-cables-ahead-of-iphone-hd-launch-7648/
This is a amazing roundup of the rumors. This must have taken quite a bit of sorting. Great job!
lot of hard work put into this. You must either be buying or selling them :^)
This is great! There are some things that I would love to see in a new iPhone and others that I think would be missteps.
Great job, though!
Loved it, tweeted accordingly
you are amazing boy. this shows that there is no limit to creativity and imagination.
Wow!
What about the MMS support? Attaching pictures to texts?
Hi Alan, this has already been announced as a feature of the 3.0 software update for iPhone 3G. The graphic above only shows rumors and unconfirmed information. Thanks for the comment!
This is good stuff. at first glance you’d think this was the new features and part of a feature sheet.
I’ve taken the list of above features along with a few known new features and created a set of Bingo cards for the expected announcement next week.
I don’t have anywhere to host it, but i’ll be happy to email it so someone if they can host.
Hi Jeremy,
The Green Room would be more than happy to host your WWDC bingo cards at our site, with credit to you. Please feel free to contact us via email by clicking the ‘contact’ link at the top of this page!
You forgot the green light on the front that two independent “factory shots” show as a recording indicator.