News: Apple iPhone Changes For Next Generation

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The next-generation iPhone is set to bring some radical changes for users, and it will also mark a very public break-up between Apple and Google. Much-loved Google products on iOS will now disappear or be replaced with Apple variants, while hardware design changes will bring long-term improvements, but short-term headaches for some users.

The latest beta releases of iOS 6 are now giving a clearer indication of which of Google’s services Apple will drop or replace with its own, with several reports indicating upcoming design and hardware changes that you’ll have to keep in mind. Until the new iPhone is announced on September 12, as reports indicate, here are the changes being discussed and what they mean.

Bye Bye Google Maps

New Apple iOS 6 mapsApple bought several mapping companies to produce its own mapping product – replacing the Google Maps-powered Maps app. The main difference between Apple’s and Google’s maps products is that the first uses resolution independent vector maps, while the latter uses layered images for each zoom level. The advantage to Apple’s solution is that you don’t have to wait for blocks to load as you zoom in, because maps are being rendered live on the phone, which gives you a smoother experience.

Like Google Maps for Android, Apple is introducing in its iOS 6 Maps app 3D buildings and turn-by-turn (voice) navigation, but there will be one main thing missing: Google's Street View, which Apple’s app doesn’t feature. Google already has the Earth app for iOS, so it’s entirely possible the company would release a standalone Google Maps app in the App Store, just like it said it would with another soon-to-be-gone iOS app: YouTube

Sayonara YouTube

YouTube for iOSYouTube is the latest Apple-Google collaboration to be spiked from iOS, Apple confirmed. The video-watching app dates from the early days of iOS, and there simply won’t be one offered with iOS 6 by default. Instead, Google said it is developing its own YouTube iOS app, to be launched in Apple's App Store at a later date.

The lack of a YouTube app probably won’t make a big difference to users. You will be able to watch YouTube clips straight from Safari on the mobile version of the site, instead of having a link open automatically in the YouTube app automatically.

In developing its own YouTube app, Google will also have the ability to introduce advertisements in the app (something not present in the current app), and also update the app with new features more often. In Apple’s hands, the YouTube app has seen very little improvements over the years.

Adieu 30-Pin Dock Connector

Apple's older 30-pin connectorThe next-generation iPhone is expected to have a 19-pin dock connector, a change that could disrupt the accessories market that caters to the 30-pin connector currently found on the iPhone. The current 30-pin connector has been around since the first iPods, and Apple needs a smaller connector in order to make the new iPhone thinner and to incorporate a 4G radio.

However, moving to a new and smaller dock connector won’t be without its problems. While accessory manufacturers slowly start adopting the new plug as new iPhone sales grow, Apple is expected to introduce an adaptor that would make the new iPhone (and later iPads) compatible with the old-style adaptors. However, the new dock connector should also make people less reliant on using wired accessories and push sales of AirPlay-compatible accessories.

Arrivederci microSIM

iPhone 5 probably will use a smaller SIM cardAnother change designed to leave more space inside the new iPhone for components is a smaller SIM card, reports French site nowhereelse. Smaller, you say? Yes nanoSIMs are around 40 percent smaller than the microSIM cards introduced with the iPhone 4 (they measure just under one-half of an inch by 0.35 of an inch by 0.03 of an inch. Apple proposed this new standard over competing proposals from Nokia and Motorola, and the new design will offer the same functionality as current SIM cards.

While the smaller SIM card might make a difference for Apple’s internal iPhone design, for users the transition should be quite straightforward. The nanoSIM can be packaged and distributed in a way that is backwards compatible with existing SIM card designs.

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Well, what do we think?

conseeded

Poor Android.

RiRi_Xtina15

Galaxy s 3>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats what i think

Katamari

Yes

Tropez

I'm okay with it besides Google Maps. Its the best map system.

YouTube makes sense, its outdated. So I'm happy that its fully in Google's hands.

I. AX

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Originally posted by RiRi_Xtina15

Galaxy s 3>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats what i think

!!!!

Kang.

Well it sucks that there's no more YouTube or Google maps, but idc as long as all the standard features are still there.

Auris

Android will always be better

Haus

I can't wait for iOS 6 and the new iPhone

the new Maps app sounds amazing, especially turn by turn directions and the vector maps. The YouTube app can go because tbh it's useless, and I just throw it into my Utilities folder because that's where all the ****ty apps go. Apple's new dock connector will probably be Magsafe, which is heaven on my MacBook, so I'm here for that. And I don't really care about the smaller SIM card but anything to make it smaller and better

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Originally posted by RiRi_Xtina15

Galaxy s 3>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats what i think

That phone is ugly as ****, the HTC One X >>>>>

And either way Android sucks

iOS beats it by miles.

Cas

Poor Apple users.

DG1

Galaxy S2 & S3>>>

Cas

It is true that Google Maps for iPhone sucked but Google Maps for Android is the best map app and no, Apple can't top that.

Midnight

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Originally posted by RiRi_Xtina15

Galaxy s 3>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats what i think

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Originally posted by DG1

Galaxy S2 & S3>>>

We didn't ask about Failaxy S whatever edition.

I kid.

Callum

the no youtube thing doesn't make much difference cos youtube have prepped an app which will be added to the app store once ios6 is available. anyone who finds that an inconvenience is just lazy lmao

the maps thing i'm reserving an opinion until i can try it out for myself. from the images on apples website it looks like it could be just as good as googlemaps

jongshic

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Originally posted by RiRi_Xtina15

Galaxy s 3>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats what i think

Basically.

RiRi_Xtina15

iPhone sucks tbh. The software looks the same since the beginning

its so plain and boring

Android gives you all these choices to choose from. 4G LTE, Quad core devices, 4.5 + in screen. >>>>

And whats the big deal about the iPhone 5? Everything its going to have, Android had it since last year

highwayuni

Ads in the YouTube app? That's the thing I loved about it

These changes seem unnecessary apart from the maps one

The YouTube one could have been updated and the others should have been left.

Tropez

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Originally posted by Haus

I can't wait for iOS 6 and the new iPhone

the new Maps app sounds amazing, especially turn by turn directions and the vector maps. The YouTube app can go because tbh it's useless, and I just throw it into my Utilities folder because that's where all the ****ty apps go. Apple's new dock connector will probably be Magsafe, which is heaven on my MacBook, so I'm here for that. And I don't really care about the smaller SIM card but anything to make it smaller and better

That phone is ugly as ****, the HTC One X >>>>>

And either way Android sucks

iOS beats it by miles.

Well. The phones with the system just by Google (the Nexus phones) are the best. The ones you mentioned by Samsung, HTC and what not have crap and bloatware on it.

So the pure Android beats the iPhone.

EdgeOfAddiction

I need to test it out before I start to freak out.

Tropez

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Originally posted by highwayuni

Ads in the YouTube app? That's the thing I loved about it

These changes seem unnecessary apart from the maps one

The YouTube one could have been updated and the others should have been left.

Google and Apple had a 5yrs license for the app.