IPhone next-generation hardware platform will change again?

By all indications, the following summer worth the wait a new model of iPhone. Indirectly, this confirms the test the next version of Communicator (this time 3.1), which is usually conducted by Apple in the pre-holiday period.

Below is a list of serial numbers of different versions of the iPhone:

• The original aluminum iPhone (iPhone 2G) = 1,1
• iPhone 3G = 1,2
• iPhone 3GS = 2,1
• iPhone (PA Semi?) = 3,1

the next version of the iPhone 3G was not a major upgrade in comparison with the iPhone 2G (from version 1.1 to 1.2). Among the new features are support for 3G-networks, the availability of GPS-module and the ARM11 processor from Samsung.

Updating device to version 3GS (from 1.2 to 2.1) accompanied by the replacement processor. The iPhone 3GS uses the processor ARM Cortex A8, also from Samsung. Thanks to him, the application opens much faster than the iPhone 3G and 3D-graphics handled better.

Finally, the fact that the new smartphone codenamed determined 3.1, which suggests that there will be a significant upgrade of components in comparison with the 3GS. May be apparent processor from PA Semi, the company acquired by Apple two years.

It would be funny if the official 3GS shipments in Russia will begin when the iPhone 4G will be on sale.