Everyone knows how secretive Apple has been about the soon to be released iPhone 3G S. It was stated that the “S” stood for “speed,” but other than that, Apple wasn’t talking. They weren’t even willing to be very forthcoming at WWDC.
Palm, I’m sure, was just as curious what their competition looked like. Now, thanks to a leak on the Netherlands T-Mobile site, we know.
According to the info posted on the site, the newest iPhone has a 600 MHz processesor and a whopping 256MB of RAM. This is quite an impressive leap from their current offerings, the iPhone and iPod Touch, which ran at 412MHz and 532MHz. The Touch had been the fastest device in the competing lineup before the 3G S came along.
The iPhone 3G S is also thought to be using the new PowerVR SGX graphics processing unit, which will give support to OpenGL ES 2.0. Because of this kick in performance, developers may now have to step it up too and now support these device capabilities in their apps.
Regardless of how good it sounds like the 3G S is going to be, when it actually hits the market, and everyone gets their greedy little hands on one we are still going to see the iPhone/Pre wars continue. It will be “Wow! I can do this,” right up there with “This thing isn’t near as impressive as they made out.” The hoopla explosion surrounding the release should indeed be amusing to watch.
I’m still curious: Palm Pre or iPhone 3G S? What’s your pick?
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Palm Pre because it has really good multitasking. Otherwise the iPhone is better (although I don't like the iPhone look, just a wall of apps. I'd like to see a home screen with a few widgets that I use which always update, like weather and a rss feed). This new phone is a bit lackluster and I will wait until next year to see what they come out with.