Kevin, regarding to your staying with 1st gen iPhone line, there are more reasons to stay with 1st Gen iPhone over 3G one: Battery life and Screen quality. Compared to side by side, the 1st gen has downright superior screen. White looks white (very slightly blueish) on it compared to yellow tinted screen in 3G and overall brightness is much better with the 1st gen. I’ve never worried about battery with the 1st one, but even 3G and GPS turned off, 3G iPhone has pretty short battery time. I also like the build quality of 1st one better. In addition, the price plan for the 1st gen is about $15/m cheaper.

I hope the people interested in a faster iPhone aren’t the same people who complain about its battery life…

I recall a rumor a long time ago, can’t remember the source, about an iPhone Pro or higher end iPhone. Steve has been saying 1 device a la his remark about Babe Ruth kept hitting the same home run over and over again. So maybe not.

But, once you start wondering about what a pro version would be like, you think faster processor, higher resolution and better camera. And, as you say about battery life, more processor power may require a bigger battery thus thicker iPhone. Doubt Steve will go thicker.

I definitely want a faster iPhone but don’t want a bigger one unless we go all the way to a different, new device such as the rumored larger screen 480 x 800 creature. Then I would buy it as an adjunct and stop waiting for an Apple Netbook.