Archive : Rumors

The iPhone 4 has been locked to T-Mobile ever since its release as they had exclusivity of the device. However it looks like that exclusivity is about to run out as the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the giant carrier is preparing for the loss of its iPhone 4 monopoly. Their citing several sources that O2 and Vodafone will be carrying the iPhone and their at “advanced stages of negotiations” So [...]

Apple are set to hold a press conference tomorrow, and while it’s set to be mainly focused on music, rumors are circulating that a possible new model of the iPhone 4 could be announced, with a new antenna to prevent any more of the antennagate problems. A recent report by Mexican Tech site Canal MX suggests a hardware fix could arrive by the end of September. Marco Quatorze, Director of Value [...]

Even though Apple sort of cleared up the whole Antennagate issue, they still haven’t addressed the issue with the proximity sensor. The problem is apparently a software issue and it causes users to accidental press buttons with their face while making a call which frequently results in accidentally ended calls. It was hoped that this issue would be fixed in iOS 4.1 as Steve Jobs did promise [...]

Now we knew China Unicom were the carriers for the iPhone 4 which goes on sale there on September 16th, but they seem to keep surprising us with a few things. First off they look set to sell the iPhone 4 with a free case to combat the antennagate issues but now rumors are reporting that they will also jailbreak the device for you as well! This is definitely the first time I’ve heard such a [...]

Apple are constantly pushing the boundaries of design and always coming up with new ideas to implement in their products, but this new patent filling will have a couple of you raising your eyebrows. According to this patent application, Apple are looking to remake the headphone jack as we know it. To put it simply, Apple doesn’t like holes or buttons on their devices, so any that can be got rid [...]

It seems China Unicom which are the official carriers for the iPhone 4 in China when it launches there next month, aren’t prepared to risk any Antenna Issues with the launch of the smartphone. Sources are telling us that China Unicom is getting ready to sell the iPhone 4 on September 16th with a complimentary case in the hopes to avoid any Antenna issues. Basically there looking to avoid all [...]

I guess it’s time for yet another Verizon iPhone rumor, and what rumor would be complete without a word in from an analyst? This time its Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros who said in a note to investors today that he expects Apple to expand the iPhone to other carriers in the US next year. Apple needs to do this if they wish to continue their high growth as the AT&T network is pretty much saturated [...]

The iPhone 4 is only on its way to China now, but we’re already hot on the rumor trail of the iPhone 5. Apple got us thinking last weekend when it hired an expert in mobile payments, and now we’ve got more fuel to add to the fire. There’s a new rumor floating around that Apple is already testing prototype iPhones which have NFC (near field communication) chips inside, which could [...]

The iPhone 3GS has only just been approved to be sold in China with Wireless and now plans for the iPhone 4 appear to be surfacing. The iPhone 4 looks set to hit stores in early September according to a report by MarketWatch and will be shortly followed by the iPad. Of course Apple are eager to get the iPhone 4 out into the worlds largest market and has just opened its second retail store in China [...]

Boy Genius Reports have been doing a little digging deep into the iOS 4 code to try and find some interesting information, and boy have they come up with the goods yet again. According to this latest information they’ve uncovered, a new iPhone model and new iPad are getting ready to be field tested. The code they’ve found refers to new code names of iPhone3,2, iPhone3,3, and iProd2,1 and [...]