“There are several reports suggesting that Apple has begun final production of its next-generation iPhone already, but we have learned from a trusted source that this isn’t quite true,” Jonathan S. Geller reports for BGR.
“Apple goes through multiple stages before a product is manufactured, and two of these include the ‘engineering verification test’ stage and the ‘design verification test’ phase,” Geller reports. “Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone is currently in the EVT3 stage, the third revision of the engineering test stage, and has not yet entered the DVT stage.”
Geller reports, “Additionally, we have confirmation that the units Apple is currently testing have 1GB of RAM, doubled from the iPhone 4S’s 512MB, and integrated 4G LTE radios. We can also confirm that NFC hardware is present in the phones as well. We’re expecting Apple’s new iPhone to be released at the end of September or early October.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
Astoshining! Who could’ve predicted this?
With a gig of ram, it should be quite Snappy! 🙂
There is no issue with RAM in iPhone 4/4S, it is already snappy. The only reason why iPad 3 got 1 GB RAM is huge screen resolution, which required increase of video buffer from 64 to 256 MB. iPhone will not have any much increased resolution, hence additional RAM is not necessary — especially if 4G LTE will be supported.
NFC is not needed either. iPhone 4S already supports super low consuming communication Bluetooth 4.0, so whatever functions Apple might want the phone to do can already be implemented without NFC.
Finally, BGR is tabloid garbage outlet. There is nothing that could connect things like “reality” and “confirmed”, if it comes through there.
The “snappy” comment is part of a running joke on this site. No implication of the 4S being, er, unsnappy.
God point about BGR
Or “good”
Good God man, make up your mind!
NFC not needed, because it’s already got Bluetooth 4?
So Bluetooth 4 is capable of communicating with NFC equipment is it?
Thought not.
There is not much NFC equipment so far, so there is no problem with making BT 4.0 equipment.
I have read on this site that RAM is always on. What would be the advantage of the increase without more battery power?
Ah. This is obviously some strange usage of the word “confirmed” that I wasn’t previously aware of.
Indeed.
I am confirming your suspicion….
Indeed, I am fairly certain that nothing is “confirmed” until Apple says it is.
Yes. The specs are confirmed, according to an anonymous rumor.
Timed as a going away present for Hussein. LOL.
Huh 😁
Well, two of those specs are pretty much a given anyway, given the existence of the iPad. 1Gb RAM and 4G don’t need a crystal ball, NFC; well, I can see why Apple might include it, to future-proof the device, (I hesitate to call it a phone, now, as that’s a secondary or tertiary function for many owners), but many countries have no significant infrastructure to use it, the UK being a good example.
please hurry… i’m feeling weak… evil is whispering “galaxy s III” in my ear… i’m getting weaker by the week.
You’re not getting weak, you’re getting senile.
I confirm that it has been confirmed by some conform source!
Buying a Samsung with Android would make you complicit in a stolen product that is “Android”. Not to mention the other stolen/copied parts of the design that is in any Samdung product.
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Next iPhone confirmed to have 1GB of RAM, 4G LTE and NFC, says rumour.
lol
I’m just happy the the LTE radio is integrated. I hate carrying around external LTE radios for my phone.
Yeah, ain’t that a bitch?
I remember back before they integrated the speaker. Carrying around a Sony Xplode 6×9 was a real pain in the keister too,
The worst part was riding that darn bus.
Rosa Parks is happy too.
AT&T had better get off the dime and start lighting up LTE in more cities.
The question is, what will the new iPhone be named? Will they follow the pattern the recently set with the iPad and change the name to just the “new” iPhone?