Let's not kid ourselves: there's only one smartphone that really matters, the iPhone. Samsung may sell more phones overall than Apple, but it's the iPhone that is still the phone people are most interested in. The next iPhone is months away, but there's already a lot of interest in what Apple is planning, so we've rounded up all the reports and all the gossip in one place:
Multiple reports say Apple is going to release a 4.7-inch iPhone. The current iPhone is four inches. That's small compared to most Android phones. Even 4.7 inches is small nowadays. Samsung's Galaxy S5 is 5.1 inches, and HTC's One is five inches.
This is the wildcard for Apple. It's reportedly looking at releasing a 5.5-inch iPhone in addition to the 4.7-inch iPhone. It's hard to believe Apple would really release a phablet, since it's only released small phones. We hope it's true, because phablets may be a little goofy-looking, but they're quite lovely to use. The iPhone is more tablet than phone, so why not give it a giant screen? Apple is said to be struggling with the 5.5-inch screen, and it's supposedly delayed right now.
What will it look like (photo, above)? No one other than Jony Ive knows right now.
The iPhone 6 will supposedly be thinner. Why? We're not sure. The iPhone 5S is plenty thin, but Apple just loves making things thinner.
The new screen will be sharper. Apple isn't just making it bigger, but also increasing the resolution of the display, according to multiple reports. It will supposedly use something called "quantum dots", which leads to a super-high-resolution display.
One of Apple's partners, Broadcom, introduced a new wi-fi chip, which should make its way into the iPhone 6. Our own Kyle Russell wrote: "Broadcom claims that the new chip will double performance for video and music downloads, improve upload speeds at big public events like concerts, increase wi-fi range, and improve battery life."
The display could be made of scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Apple could make a more durable screen. It has a factory in Mesa, Arizona that is reportedly able to produce sapphire-based iPhone screens. Sapphire is the second-strongest glassy material after diamonds.
Apple will reportedly add "optical image stabilization" to the camera, which makes photos more steady, and thus of higher quality.
That takes care of the hardware. Here's some new software that might come with the phone:
We're expecting Apple to update Apple Maps so it includes transit directions.
We're also expecting Healthbook, which would be like Apple's passbook application, except for health information:
Apple is reportedly going to start manufacturing the 4.7-inch phone in May of 2014, and we're expecting a release to the general public in September of 2014.But here's the overwhelming evidence Apple is building something big:
Rico says he's saving up...
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