14 DAY TRIAL // MacRumors has picked up on a few stories coming out of Chinese forum Weiphone over the past two weeks, noting that, “The reports are starting to spread.” Particularly, the reports mention a next-generation iPhone with 32 gigs of storage capacity, a 600MHz CPU (up from 400MHz), 256 RAM, and a better camera, among other mouth-watering specs.
Based on the alleged leaked screenshot taken on what is called a “next generation iPhone,” the device has a model number of “MB717LL,” which MacRumors dubs as “new” on the scene. Taking into account the plausible 32GB of storage space, as well as the original poster's claims, the new iPhone would sport the following specs, according to MacRumors:
– 600MHz CPU Speed (up from 400MHz); – 256MB RAM (up from 128MB); – Digital Compass and FM; – 3.2-megapixel camera with auto focus; – 32GB size; – No major changes in battery, screen and external casing.
The site continues to outline that the source has no track record for accurate information, but that the Chinese forum hosting the leaked imagery has been “a common source of early photos of recent Apple releases, including the unibody MacBook and MacBook Pro casings.”
Perhaps noteworthy is that the people at TheBoyGeniusReport (who previously leaked accurate imagery of iPhone OS findings) have recently posted a couple of intriguing screenshots purporting to be a debugging menu from the latest beta of iPhone OS 3.0, which seemingly confirm the built-in magnetometer (digital compass) support. The find directly hints at a new device model.
According to MacRumors again, one of the images in particular was most intriguing, as it depicted a menu that would control a digital compass (magnetometer), which is rumored to be introduced with a new iPhone model. The digital compass would allow the user to point the (new) iPhone at an object, at which point the software would combine GPS, the accelerometer and magnetometer information to tell the user what he / she is looking at.