The Apple iPhone 3G S (US$199, plus subscription plan) is the successor to the previous iPhone 3G. It is tagged as the “fastest, most powerful iPhone yet”.
Features:
- 2G network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G network: HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 3.15 megapixel camera, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
- Processor: ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics
- 3.5-inch, 320x480 TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Scratch-resistant surface
- Ambient light sensor
- 16 GB/ 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth v2.1
- USB 2.0 connectivity
- iPhone OS (based on Mac OS)
- Built-in GPS, with A-GPS support
- Digital compass
- Google Maps
- Audio/video player
- TV-out
- Voice command/dial
- Dimensions: 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
- Weight: 135 g
AnandTech has got the skinny on the iPhone 3G S hardware:
“… the Palm Pre uses a similar combination of hardware to what I expect from the iPhone 3GS. TI’s OMAP 3430 combines a Cortex A8 CPU core with a PowerVR SGX 530 GPU. The difference is that while the Pre uses its excess horsepower to enable user-level application multitasking, Apple won’t be. The Pre is most definitely faster than the iPhone, but it still has some rough edges. Combine the power of the Pre with the highly optimized software stack of the iPhone and you’ve got the recipe of an extremely fast iPhone. … The iPhone 3GS may be a mild upgrade from a consumer perspective, but what it's going to enable is far from it…” [AnandTech | The iPhone 3GS Hardware Exposed & Analyzed]
Yes, Dorothy, it does have new hardware. ;)
