...is that you wouldn't have to transcode video to the lower resolution. Obviously the negative is required power and storage, but if you wanted to grab something quickly without going through the trouble of transcoding, there you go. I'll never do this, but maybe someone would.

The article only mentions AV or S-Video resolution but there is a third cable that Apple sells that provide Component Video output for watching movies on your HD telly.

Having said that, the storage issues for 1080P make it a non-issue. I don't run into the heat issues on my 3GS so I can't comment that it would be a problem.

The only thing that iphone lack is the blu-ray drive? how can iphone store 1080p movie and it wont even fit unless its encoded to mkv, and 16/32 gb is enough for few movies?

the Iphone 3GS had a HDCP chipset on it. Without it the Iphone just can't show 1080p, not proprietary, DRM infected 1080p at least...
So 1080p functionallity has the same effect of a turbocharger in a bicycle.

You are wrong ! Surprise, surprise, here is my refreshing and shocking present for you

3.5" from ideal for eyes 10" viewing distance is larger then your 42" TV from 4 meters.

And from 7" still acceptable for most people, 3.5" screen is like 80" TV, and Toshiba TG01 is like 90" !!!

So damn but popular iPhone has too bad UNACCEPTABLE resolution

What good is HD video on a device with a display like the the iPhone? Even if it could somehow achieve 1920x1080, what is the point on a 5x3" screen?

And who are these idiots who are "abuzz" about such utterly worthless features?

Oh wait, don't answer that.

Omnia HD still batters the poor old 3GS. some phantom feature that would crush battery performance isnt going to bother said omnia owners. plus the iphones rep for spontaneously combusting doing nothing-turning this on would probably be nothing short of china syndrome LOL

if by near future you mean in 10 years.

and on the iphone 6GHD

Jeez, even the original PSP from 2006 can play 720p files with possibly more than 25 Mbit per Second (upper limit not tested). But it doesn't mean anything if your device can't output it without rescaling.

At least Sony didn't try to impress with completely irrelevant infos...

You realize you're quoting Engadget the #1 Apple fanboi site, with poor technical know how and the ability to take a rumour and spin it into fact.

iPhones already get pretty hot without even doing anything taxing.... now let's stress them as hard they can and see what happens.

3GS's resolution 480x320 is only 1/16 vs full hd resolution 1920x1080. The size of the frame buffer of 3GS is only 1/16. To display 1080p video on HDTV from 3GS without upscale is questionable.