Our prediction: Steve Jobs will not wear this red scarf during his WWDC keynote. But he should.
Wow. It seems like only yesterday we were making shockingly accurate predictions about the iPad. Now it’s time to do the same for the new iPhone that Steve Jobs is sure to unveil at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference 2010 (WWDC) on Monday. Lots of others have weighed with their guesses on the new iPhone and other announcements already, but no one’s got the sterling Apple-prediction reputation we do (except maybe John Gruber) or the guts and gumption to call out specifics like we do.
Also, now would be a good time to note that in light of the whole “lost” iPhone prototype kerfuffle (on which Steve Jobs shared his thoughts earlier this week), Gizmodo has not been invited to Steve’s keynote. In fact, they’re looking for moles/ringers to be their eyes and ears. We certainly hope they got their $5,000 worth.
On with the show! As always, please remember that our predictions are based on nothing whatsoever save our whims, and are for “entertainment” purposes only.
- Name: iPhone HD
- Appearance: A lot like this, but also available in white
- Storage: 16GB/32GB/64GB
- Price: $199/$299/$399 (with a 2-year AT&T contract)
- Screen: Same size as current iPhone, but twice the resolution
- Camera: 5 megapixel with LED flash and 720p video recording
- Synching: a revamped, free MobileMe and a new, Lala-based iTunes.com with could streaming
- Carriers: in the US, just AT&T (we’d love to be wrong here)
- Other Stuff: Video chat via front-facing camera (WiFi only), glass back is not a touch controller
- Availability: Saturday, June 19
- Surprise features in iPhone OS 4
Other things we think we might see:
- New Mac Mini with HDMI
- A new Apple TV with substantially updated software and capabilities
- A Verizon iPad? (something totally unexpected has to be announced, right?)
There you have it: our sterling record is officially on the line. Don’t forget to check back after the announcement for our scorecard so we can toot our own horn/hang our heads in shame. (Our prediction: horn tooting!)
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Weak. All this is is a collection of predictions made by Giz/Mashable and many others today.
And bet your ass Giz got their money worth on that iPhone. Estimates are 10 million page views on that article alone. Even if they made 1 cent per page view (which it is much more) they would have doubled their money.
Hi Gary!
Thanks for your comments. I’m sorry you feel this post is “weak.” While we make many of the same predictions as Gizmodo (but without hedging ourselves with “probabilities” like they do) and others, they’re likely the same predictions any reasonable person might make given the information that’s out there. (For the record this is also why it’s funny that we brag about our excellent prediction record.) Also, I hadn’t seen anything on Mashable prior to writing this, and I can’t recall seeing anyone naming specifics like prices, storage sizes and release dates. (I’m sure they’re out there, but we came up with this stuff on our own). Of course, we hedged a little too on a few things, but we’re proud we actually made concrete predictions.
As for Gizmodo doubling their $5,000 outlay in pageview revenues, you may well be right, but over the long term it’s still fair to question whether or not being cut off from the Apple hype machine (and presumably things like review units and invites to product announcements) will wind up costing Giz more than it made on the one-time-deal that was the “found” iPhone. All this of course, is assuming Gizmodo/Gawker aren’t found liable in court and/or prosecuted for buying the phone, which at this point seems like a very real possibility.
Thanks again for reading,
Sam
Good thorough ideas here.I’d like to suggest taking a look at a lot around the idea of french fries. What are your thoughts?