We have already heard rumors and proof that Apple was preparing to launch the new iPhone. So far we have heard that it might be coming in June and folks at Etisalat probably confirmed it, probably with quad-core processors and loaded with iPhone Firmware 3.0,

Whenever there are rumors of the new iPhone, its quite common to see concepts of the new Apple iPhone. It’s no different this time

Folks at Gizmodo have published three concepts of Apple’s new iPhone.

iPhone Pro:

The first one was designed by Mat Brady. He called it iPhone Elite, an iPhone with 60GB of storage, true 16:9 aspect ratio, slide-out keyboard, one megapixel front camera for iChat, and a high quality camera, with good lenses, optical zoom, and video capability.

Folks at Gizmodo fixed the keyboard to make it more compact, removed some unnecessary keys and added a direction pad and two buttons to make the new iPhone a true Nintendo DS competitor. They called their tweaked version iPhone Pro as you can see below:

iPhone – MacBook Air Inspired:

The latest concept of Apple’s new iPhone is designed by Rodolphe Desmare. As you can see from the curves and tapering that it has been inspired by MacBook Air.

I am fine if Apple gives minor tweaks to the look and feel of the new iPhone as I still think it looks great. But I am really looking forward to improved hardware and software which will bring some basic features that are still missing such as Copy and Paste (even though we now have hClipboard and Clippy which are both good solutions), MMS, ability to run iPhone apps in the background as well as enhancements such as more storage, a much better camera, better battery life, faster processor and some revolutionary features such as true GPS, front camera for videa chat, video calls and video conferencing capabilities.

What do you think about the these new iPhone concepts? Which one did you like? Which features will entice you in buying the new iPhone?