Anyone planning on getting it when it comes out this summer? I am getting bored with my 3GS and ready for something new. If not the new iPhone someone have other suggestions?

I'm going to in Spetember when I'm eligible to upgrade. I want multitasking and I won't get it on my 3G.

I am probably going to get the next iPhone too this summer. I am still on my 3G that I got a few weeks after it came out a couple summers back and had the original iPhone before that.

The HTC EVO, Sprint's first 4G phone is coming out soon and that looks really cool, though I don't live in a 4G area yet so not too interested. Also later in the year you start getting the Windows 7 phones which I think also have potential especially if you want to have real MS Office support on your phone.

getting it.

Likely getting it. I got a 3G right when they came out, and it's been a serious legit business tool. Pretty easy to rationalize the new one. ^

As an AAPL shareholder, allow me to be the first to say: "Thanks!"

I'm dithering. If Apple had decent voice sound quality in the new one I'd do it in a flash (Oh want a bad pun. Sorry, Steve, I'lll never use Flash in my Apples. Never!) The HTC has much better voice quality and a very fast speed so that's the competition for my next phone.

do you mean YOUR voice to the other party, or call quality to YOU as the user? I think rumor has it, that the ip4hdxyz will most likely have some form of noise cancelling mic, making outbound VOICE quality much better. Call quality on the handset is still going to be more dependent on the network.

have the specs for this new phone been announced....?

The whole story's here, assuming it's really the next iPhone. With no denials from Apple, I assume it's the real deal.

The new iPhone is likely to have 720p video according to one story, plus a few other nice features.

Time to defect. I have a great deal with Sprint but at some point even I can't justify using antiquated technology.

The Sprint EVO will do HD video too. Plus it'll have HDMI out, something the iPhone most likely won't.

In every possible way, the EVO is better than anything rumored about the next iPhone.

There is nothing antiqued about EVDO Rev.A and WiMax - especially on a network without the capacity problems that plague AT&T.

+1. I am so looking forward to September.

I think the iphone will have 720p out, which is what the ipad apparently will output. It won't have an HDMI connector per se, but will most likely allow it through some dock or dongle.

I was referring to Sprint's phone lineup, which has always lagged the competition. Yes, sprint has some android phones (still not updated OS ) but the mandatory cost to upgrade my plan will destroy the cost advantages and I will not be able to seamlessly import photos, music or video from iTunes. Not to mention that I like my current lineup of Apps on my iPod touch - some of which are n/a on google.

Sprint is great for people who have grandfathered plans and can use the sprint TV, games etc. on its fast network. Not to mention cheaper family data plans than the comp. But Sprint's great network is useless without a phone that serves our needs. And I simply have not seen a phone that can do what the iphone does plus easily integrates with the rest of my Apple home. Yes I've drunk the coolaid.

If sprint does not get an iphone deal this summer (or open it's network to outside phones) the hemmoraging will continue and they will be sold within a couple of years.