What the new iPhone should have.

Well, very soon (Jan 27th I think) there is a possibility that the next gen of iPhones will be announced. Many nerds (such as myself) are getting much too excited for the announcement. After all, there is a chance there won't even be a new one. Of course, that chance is extremely slim.

I have had my iPhone 3G for 1 year 3 months so far. Longer then any other phone I have had. Now, not to say the other phones were sh*t. Quite the contrary, it's because I am a tech-nerd. A big one. Not only a tech-nerd, but I also get bored of my gadgets quick, so I basically get bored with looking at the same phone for to long (my sister and cousin on the other hand, had the same phones for around 4 years before upgrading) so naturally I am getting quite bored with the iPhone design and set up, for a few reason:

1. The design was the same as the iTouch. Essentially the reason I hated this was that, for $800-$1100(AUD) I want something that doesn't look like just every other iPod

Well, that was a short list. Really all I want in the next gen of iPhone is:

1. A new design, not just for the whole iTouch similarity, but; after 3 years Apple needs a redesign. Everything old should get a redesign. I'm thinking thinner (depth) but bigger screen, and maybe not so rounded. Corners are the future (just like Tron)

2. A second camera for video calls. That was the thing about the iPhone. They started off with no features at all. 3 years ago phones had bluetooth, video camera, and video calls. The only thing the iPhone has gotten since then, is the video camera, and even that took 2 year (2 and a half for one to go to the app store for us 2G/3G'rs)

3. Upgraded memory. This is a given. We basically know the new iPhone 4G will be 32/64Gb. I hope they include the 16Gb tho.

4. 5Mp camera. Of course, I'd want higher, with HD res, but of course we're a bit off that. Apple would never include the best, it would leave them nothing for the 5G/6G/7G and so on

5. A new menu screen. I am sick of the black. Like the design of the actual phone, the menus have stayed the same for 3 years.

And some basic app upgrades:

1. Songs as ringtones. Every other phone has this. Then again, if they bought this in, they would lose money on the overpriced ringtones they have in the store

2. Background wallpapers. Behind the apps. I'd have some other colour besides black

3. Some iPod updates. Simple ones. Better playlist creations.

I guess at the end of the day Apple will deliver. In the off chance they don't I'll be moving straight to the Nexus One (the newest Google phone, for those non techies)

And now, the countdown:

10 Days.

-Christopher Lane