This year I decided to ditch my iPhone (ducks and takes cover) for Android (Nexus One) and love it. It is missing some apps (GRINDR, Pocket Tunes for Howard Stern), but overall, im happier with Android than I ever was with the iPhone. I dont think Apple can win me back unless they deliver something so mindblowing, I just gotta have it….but doubt it. Those days are gone.

In fact, the leak may be done deliberately to create the hype..

I get your point… I guess a lot depends on the new OS. As for myself, you can nickname me "lemming" ready to jump off the iPhone cliffs

personally, i think the leak was intentional, for that exact purpose; to make the hype that much more hyped.

not really, specs wise the new iphone will have a 1ghz a4 proc, 512ram, 5mp camera, 1.3 front, roughly 3.5in lcd screen with wvga res. all of these specs are already matched or surpassed by the evo 4g and many other current high end smartphones. and yes i realize that my phone is 2 years old, though i have used a friend's 3gs. My argument was not that my phone would be the same as the new iphone hardwarewise, it was that it would be the same software wise. Very little has changed between iphone os 2 and iphone os 4.

(continued from my previous post) I will not argue that what the iphone has is very polished, but it is far to limiting for someone who actually knows how to use computers and phones. The iphone coddles a user, not allowing them to fully customize their own phone or play outside the closed itunes app ecosystem. Also I find it surprising that you state that every HTC model is only slightly different, thus inferring that iphone models are always a huge change. The iphone hasn't really changed much since it's first inception, other than a modest bump in specs every update. Same goes for the OS, it is pretty much the same as it was since the 3G came out, with each new addition adding only minor updates that should have been there from day one.

Only select apps will be able to run in the background, as judged worthy of apple. Others will be kept in a memory suspend state. Flash may grow out of use eventually, but right now, and for AT LEAST the next five years, it is the mainstay for rich multimedia content on the web. Also Html 5 is not a format, nor was it created by apple. it has potential but is currently not widely enough adopted, nor can it provide the same level of content that flash can currently provide. And the fact that you said that android is a close replica of the Iphone OS shows how little you really know about OS's. android is based off of linux, whereas Iphone os is loosely based off of osx. Furthermore you can do infinitely more with an android phone than an iphone. It is impossible to even go into an iphones filesystem without jailbraking and ssh'ing into the phone through a desktop computer. With android it is freely avalable to those who wish to utilize it.

you realize your iPhone is 2 years old with outdated technology? It cannot be compared to the new android phone tech wise… I'm guessing the 4g will catch up quite handily

The os 4 is mult-tasking not suspended state. In order for an application to continue to run in the background it has to be running, that entails multiple-tAsking. Also flash will be out of date before long. Apples html5 format will be taking over he market soon. Apples refusal to budge, alongside with then flooding the market with countless millions of their mobile devices will inspire, and has inspired the market to adapt to apple. Oh and btw, android is very close replica ofthe iPhone OS. Believe it or not there is not much more that it can do, and none of the android phones work as seemlessly as an iPhone. The fact remains that although the iPhone had less abilities than other smart phones on the market, it still crushes the market. That's because what it does do, it does better than anythig else. Also google and HTC don't put much focus on a single product. They're pumping out new product every month, every model just slightly different from another one.

On the contrary Charlotte, for a smartphone the iphone is very limited. You can only get apps from the app store, you can’t delve very deep into the core of the os (without jailbreaking, and even then…), you can’t change the UI, you can’t multitask (what iphone os 4 has is suspend state, NOT multitasking), there is no flash, nor will there ever be. The list goes on and on.

And yes, before you say anything, I have used an Iphone before. I currently own a 3g and will be switching to an HTC Evo next month (with android).

+1 I also dont think it would be revolutionary but like you it would be my first one too. Or I may finally shift from Windows to Android.

after using the iphone everything else seems like a waste of time

I'm pumped as well – but it's an upgraded iPhone, not a revolutionary mobile / data device like the first generation iPhone was.

I agree millions will be sold – but "millions" isn't "revolutionary" for Apple products.

SMARTEST THING I'VE HEARD ALL DAY I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO THINK THIS

Johnny :

I know I’ll be waiting in line this year at the apple store in Southlake, Texas.
then again, I’ve waited in line every year for the new upgraded iPhone.
but this iphone actually has a new look, it’s what makes it so unique and better than the others.
don’t forget about it take HD videos and having a BETTER screen and play HD video, if the rumor is true..