Steve Jobs seems to have a plan ready to face the new Android competition: The next iPhone will be an A+ update. Tweet

Wired and Macrumors are both reporting on leaks coming out of a town hall meeting between Apple employees and Steve Jobs. If the leaks are true, it seems like Apple has big expectations for the next iPhone. There's no word on what the new iPhone will offer, but Steve Jobs described it as an A+ update.

It looks like Apple takes the current Android wave seriously, likely due to the fact that U.S. carriers are rapdily embracing Android and most recently the resurrection of Motorola as an Android smartphone company to look out for. Motorola's relationship with U.S. carriers can only be described as strong, while Apple is betting exclusively on AT&T.

The fact that Google will soon sell smartphones compatible with Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless directly from its new Web store can also only be seen as a new challenge for Apple. And did we mention that Dell is going to offer Android products as well?

According to Macrumors, Apple will deliver aggressive updates to the iPhone in a move the company hope Google's Android effort won't be able to keep up with. Google recently said that they're working on a number of improvements on their end though, so it looks like the battle between Apple and Google will accelerate the development of innovative solutions in both camps rather than destroying each others offerings.

There's a good chance we'll see Microsoft aiming for a share of the consumer smartphone market too with the introduction of Windows Mobile 7, so we obviously hope that the next iPhone will be an A+ update as promised. That would make it quite an interesting smartphone/tablet OS battle between Microsoft, Apple and Google.

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