Purcher reports, “Note this specific Apple statement below: ‘Although Apple has begun to market the device publicly, these documents reveal technical and design information that has not been publically disclosed in such marketing and that is protected by Apple as confidential and proprietary secrets.'”
Full article, with Apple’s letter to the FCC, here.
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I don’t believe there’s anything to see here.
First off, I would think any major surprise would’ve been revealed by any number of the iPhone 4s that were popping up all over the place prior to the WWDC keynote.
Apple will sometimes offer some minor surprises, but not major ones (like CDMA or anything like that). A minor surprise would be something like software…or for example, Apple hasn’t publicly announced or marketed that the iPhone 4 has 512MB of RAM. This information only came out to developers who signed an NDA.
There are secrets and then there are SECRETS. One is a competitive advantage that can keep the competition in the dark and allow you to surprise and wow an audience when you reveal it. But the other is just a techincal/legal formality. I believe this letter addresses the latter.
Look at the date on the letter. This was sent prior to the keynote, so of course Apple didn’t want details to be leaked at that time. Who knows if they now care after the keynote?
Another major factor is that some things need to be patented and must be done prior to the information being public. This often is the real purpose of an NDA…not that they care if the info gets out, but that it hasn’t been patented yet so the NDA offers some protection. The same applies to the FCC.
It’s also worth noticing the last line of the letter. Even after commercial release of the product, Apple wants the FCC to withhold the information.
Actually, I heard that it’s an anti-gravity field generator. Get enough iPhone 4’s together, and it’s on to Mars…
The camera doubles as a mini projector in inversion mode.
The Vietnamese site said it had a 4G radio at 2 different frequencies.
The letter, MacSlut, was prior to the keynote but Apple knew what they were going to reveal and display on their site. That’s why the letter states that “Apple has begun to market the device” but then says that the documents to the FCC still contain info not revealed. So you’re sleuthing isn’t logical as you think. Also, things need to be patented prior to the info….? MacSlut, Apple is years ahead of the process with patents so once again you’re yapping in the wind to sound smart. You’re not as smart as you think. The permenant confidentiality line is standard with Apple and that’s true, some stuff we’ll never know about.
Sprint 4G?
Breathalyzer?
As others have pointed out, the glass back is ready to support multitouch. Game makers will use it for additional controls — should be pretty cool.
But everyday apps will benefit from this too… imagine typing on the keyboard and being able to “shift” for upper/lowercase, or switch between Alpha, Numeric and Symbol keyboard layouts without loosing a beat.
Sorry, Macslut, there’s obviously a slide out keyboard, a ginsu knife functionality, and telekenesis augmentation. It’s so obvious. Geez.
ONE MORE THING…
Beam me up… Scotty!
Scent sensors. MatchMaking software with pheromones, cooking with just the right herb …
Is it possible that a lot of the dropped calls and other such things we blame AT&T;for are actually partly a design flaw in previous iPhone designs, which iPhone 4 corrects with it’s placement of antennas? Maybe some of the documentation discloses this, and Apple doesn’t want that out for as long as possible.
How do you spell R*E*L*I*E*F ????
C*D*M*A
Maybe AWS, so that T-Mobile could sell the iPhone? T-Mobile is making a big effort to expand their 3G capability this summer, and it would also help to explain the anomalous AT&T;marketing activities.
It’s an eight track player! I can’t wait to jam in C.W. McCall. “Looks like we’ve got ourselves a convoy!”
More evidence for the T-Mobile iPhone: T-Mobile’s Twitter site has started a guessing game.
Clue #1 What do T-Mobile and the best-selling PC game of all time have in common?
Sims 3 in on the iPhone.
Clue #2 It’s super slim but full of muscle.
Sounds like the iPhone 4 to me.
The 45-day time window would give Apple the opportunity to announce T-Mobile as an authorized carrier on August 1 or shortly thereafter.
Of course, Sims 3 is also on Android, so take a grain of salt.
How about a damn radio transmitter so I can get rid of the stupid cables in my car!
By the way, if iPhone 4 is AWS-capable, it could be used by the Canadian companies WIND-mobile and Mobilicity. This would help to explain the recent story about Apple selling iPhone 4s unlocked in Canada.
Apple would not put CDMA parts in all iPhone 4’s it sells, when the majority of owners will have no use for such a feature. Even customers who live in the U.S. and can potentially use CDMA will mostly buy it with a two-year ATT contract.
However, it is possible that the internal design supports building CDMA iPhones (instead of the usual iPhone), and examining the pictures would make this apparent.
But I think this is just “standard operating procedure” for Apple, and it is no big deal.
It’s a robot in disguise!
Oh no, that must be the ‘Kin’. Because it looks like a truck.
45 days from June 7 is July 22. Not too late for the 30 day cancel-for-any-reason window for new ATT contract? Hmmm. Read those finely printed words carefully, o ye joyous of June 24.
it..it…it could be anything!! It could be a bowling alley!!!
ACH! If there were CDMA circuits inside as well as GSM there would be no way that this version would be the smallest iPhone yet!
Think before you post. ™
Finally, they got the G5 processor to make the iPhone snappy!
Who else hides GOOD stuff about their products from the public?