Mat Brady designed a brilliant iPhone concept, called Elite, that features a slideout QWERTY keypad and 60 GB of memory. Not only that, but he also sent the design to Mister Steve Jobs, accompanying it with a bold message.
iPhone Elite comes with a 16:9 ratio display, that supports a 640 x 360 pixels resolution, a 5 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, video capture support, image stabilization, red eye reduction, timer and flash. There’s also a 1 megapixel videocall camera at the front, which makes this iPhone the product we were hoping for, the first time it was announced.
As if this design wasn’t enough, there’s also a second concept called the iPhone Pro, a modification of the original Elite, done by Jesus Diaz. He fixed the keyboard, made it more user friendly and added a d-pad plus gaming buttons, which make this handset the perfect Nintendo DS rival.
Apple is expected to begin production on a high-end iPhone with 32GB of flash memory and a low-end 3G version this spring, according to a research report released Tuesday by Lazard Capital Markets analyst.
Production is anticipated to begin in April and ramp up in May, and the new phones could be announced in June, Daniel Amir, a Lazard Capital Markets analyst, said in his report.
He noted, however, that the low-end version may only be available in the fast-growing, emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, while the high-end version is expected to make its way to North America and Europe.
The low-end version is expected to run on a 3G network, rather than on Wi-Fi, while the high-end version is anticipated to double its storage capacity from 16GB to 32GB of NAND flash memory and feature improvements to its camera, Amir noted in his report, citing checks with Apple's iPhone channel partners.
Meanwhile, Amir predicts, iPhone unit shipments for the first and second quarters could be higher than Wall Street's current forecast.
He expects iPhone shipments to come in around 3.8 million to 4 million in the first quarter, while Wall Street is anticipating 3 million to 3.5 million units.
In the second quarter, iPhone shipments could reach 7 million to 8 million units, a threefold to fourfold increase over last year's second quarter performance, he asserts. Apple's new iPhones are expected to account for about 3 million of these figures, Amir said. Wall Street, meanwhile, is expecting Apple to ship 6.5 million to 7 million iPhones in the second quarter.
Apple was not immediately available for comment.
Reports of an Apple flash-memory buying binge surfaced in February, with one analyst from Think Equity Partners noting that Apple had virtually cleaned out one large supplier and was hitting up two others for more flash memory.
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