Larger capacity iPod touch/iPhone

[limike28]

I am sure that Apple will move iPhone to 3G when the time is right, and they have worked out issues, (ie battery life). If you remember they did a similar thing with adding video to the iPod. Everyone was pushing for video, but Apple didn't rush into it. Doing something just to say you did it can be a dangerous thing if you don't do it right.

As far as dilluting the iPhone name, I would expect at some time there may be more than one version of the iPhone. However, in Apple fashion I am sure this will be a very limited scope.

[Ferdinand]

Originally Posted by Captain Code

What's the battery life on the 3G phones though? From what I've heard you basically have to recharge the phones every day because the battery doesn't last that long.

Well I cant speak for all phones in Austria, let alone Europe but most 3G (actually called UMTS btw) phones hold for approx. 3 days. If you don't use it a lot then maybe 5 days.

Originally Posted by Captain Code

Then because li-ion batteries only last for about 300 charge cycles and they're dead, Apple would definitely have to offer a user replaceable battery because the battery would be dead in a year.

iPhones use li-ion batteries? Most phones don't though because my 9 year old Nokia still recharges and holds around a week (though just with GSM).

[Captain Code]

Originally Posted by Ferdinand

iPhones use li-ion batteries? Most phones don't though because my 9 year old Nokia still recharges and holds around a week (though just with GSM).

I don't know specifically about the iPhone because I can't buy one here but my cell phone uses li-ion and the computers usually use lithium polymer which has a life fairly similar to li-ion of 300-500 charge cycles depending on the manufacturer.

I would guess it's probably li-polymer.

[Ferdinand]

Originally Posted by Captain Code

I would guess it's probably li-polymer.

I've never heard of li-polymer, but I guess it must be.

How long does a normal iPhone actually hold? I guess with the big touch-screen not very long! And WLAN also uses a lot of power.

[Captain Code]

I'm not sure how long it lasts, maybe someone that has one can comment on that. And surprisingly the wifi chipset takes less power than the 3G chipset does.

[Qion]

My 8GB iPhone usually gives me about 4.5 hours of web browsing with no music, 3.5 hours with music (256Kb/s VBR), and 20 hours of audio playback. I've found that the standby time is absolute rubbish, seeing that I have to charge the damn thing from 70% every morning. I don't even try leaving it on for two days in a row. I have never been on a call for more than two hours, so I can't really give an estimate on that, but I will say Apple's reported 8 hours is probably wrong.

[ApeintheShell]

All it takes is a visit to wikipedia. I thought you knew that by now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iphone