It seems that the guys over at MacRumors have found that Apple’s iPhone firmware 2.0+ has evidence of the next generation iPhone which has been designated model “iPhone2,1″. Apple uses these models numbers to distinguish between different hardware models. Is this the rumored Four Core iPhone?

The original iPhone (aluminum 2G) is referred to as “iPhone 1,1″ while the 3G iPhone is referred to as “iPhone 1,2″. The model numbers only change when there is a new model and now for simple things like storage capacity upgrades. The iPod Touch (first gen) is model number “iPod 1,1″ where the new 2G iPod Touch is model number “iPod2,1″. This new iPhone2,1 model number can be found in the USBDeviceConfiguration.plist in an unencrypted firmware.

Accordig to MacRumors:

Rumors of the next generation iPhone point to the support of Multi-Core CPUs and possibly Multi-Core GPUs from Imagination Technologies. Apple has been building a team of chip engineers over the past year to participate in their own ARM processor designs that will presumably be used in future iPhones. Schiller previously outlined Apple’s natural product timelines and acknowledged that June is the usual timeframe for major iPhone revisions, although storage increases could happen at any time.

So looks like we may or may not see a new model iPhone later this year, what so you think/wish for? Me I would really like a higher resolution camera with a flash and video support (editing and chat), haptic feed back and gestures for shortcuts. All of my wishes woudl be possible with the Multi Core CPU’s or GPU’s.

What would you like to see?

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