Next gen iPhone targeted at gamers
It’s pretty interesting that the next gen iPhone rumors have been going around the web. Now there is speculation that this next gen iPhone could be emphasizing on gaming features which could be the next big step for Apple. Apple has already positions the latest 2nd generation iPod Touch with gaming features and the next version of the iPhone could be following this trend as well.
“The iPhone and iPod Touch are becoming a major new handheld gaming platform, and if you look at the App Store and look at what’s doing well, that’s reflecting,” said Bart Decrem, CEO of Tapulous, developer of the popular Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game. “I would look forward to improvements in the device as a gaming platform both for the phone and iPod Touch.”
Apple’s iPhone certainly has all the ammunition to be agood gaming platform:
- Excellent display
- Decent Accelerometer
- Quick response
- Matured App Store for electronic distribution of games
If Apple is serious about this, it could pose a big threat to the Nintendo DS and the Sony PSP too. It is to be notes that Sony themselves have started thinking of incorporating some of the iPhone’s features on the next gen PSP.
According to Wired:
Tero Kuittinen, a Global Crown Capital analyst, agrees that the next iPhone will have enhanced graphics and more powerful processing capabilities. And those improvements will likely be incorporated in a new ARM chip that Apple is developing in-house. In April 2008, Apple acquired semiconductor company PA Semi to manufacture ARM chips for future iPhones.
We’re sure that such a gaming feature is something that is certainly welcome by Apple fans! The only question is whether Apple will be too late to get into this market?
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Just what we need people driving down the road playing games on their phone.