Originally Posted by linkinpark875:
“1080p video is heading for LG phones and soon other phones. Apple would be silly not to upgrade whether it's needed or not if the chips are there then use them.”
Apple will eventually add 1080p recording, but not next year as there's not much point in
them using that partciular innovation so soon after introducing 720p. The reason why LG is adding it is because nobody is buying their phones, they need something big to differentiate them from the huge competition. Apple don't need to play that card quite yet, they can quite happily continue to use 720p and their phones will still sell like hotcakes
Another thing with 1080p recording is the storage space. 720p files take up quite a lot of space on my iPhone, you'd need huge storage capacities to sucessfully store those videos alongside apps and photos. Sure it'd be a nice feature to have, but I doubt we'll see it in the next iphone. I suspect it'll be a minor update:
Apple iphone 2g to 3g: minor update of technology
3g to 3gs: minor update
3gs to iphone 4:
major update
I suspect the next phone will be a minor update