Apple iPhone 3.0 : 10 Things You Need To Know

(8) Focus on Features

The third version of the iPhone will see Apple focus even more on features rather than specifications. Why? It will bring in more revenues for the company and will provide a unique user environment. The iPhone is already an audio/video platform with iTunes, a software/gaming environment with App Store and fundamentally a voice device. What's next? "Platformitizing" the iPhone: Social networking and eBooks are still missing from the mix.

(9) HSDPA 3G

This is also another area where Apple is currently lagging behind the competition. Since the company has to make the iPhone foolproof for the next 12 months, it is highly probable that it will integrate HSDPA 3G speeds which would allow the iPhone to download content at up to a maximum theoretical speed of 7.2Mbps.

(10) Batttery

Macrumors apparently got a picture of the back of Apple's forthcoming iPhone back in February last month which had a noticeable difference to the last generation model. It was black matte. Now another matte lack phone is the Palm Pre. Pre engineers chose this material to make sure that the iPhone rival could grip the inductive charging base effectively. If Pre has done it, why not Apple?