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Apple Sending iOS 5 to iPhone Assemblers at End of September, No Sign of Redesigned iPhone 5
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Noooooo!!!!
I know it's a rumor site, but please...NO MORE! It will have a 4" display, it won't have a 4" display. It will be completely different from the iPhone 4, it will be the same as the iPhone 4.
We won't know until it's released; it's that simple!
I know it's a rumor site, but please...NO MORE! It will have a 4" display, it won't have a 4" display. It will be completely different from the iPhone 4, it will be the same as the iPhone 4.
We won't know until it's released; it's that simple!
Ah yes I am being proved right more and more in my guesses, that the next iPhone will be an iPhone 4S.
But why in the hell do we STILL have a glass back? I bet it will still not be scratch proof so that lovely new camera will have scratches in no time plus it just adds to making the phone the weight of a brick!
Common, be sensible and make it plastic or liquid metal? I'm hoping for one or the other.
But why in the hell do we STILL have a glass back? I bet it will still not be scratch proof so that lovely new camera will have scratches in no time plus it just adds to making the phone the weight of a brick!
Common, be sensible and make it plastic or liquid metal? I'm hoping for one or the other.
I will buy into this one. While I admit 16 months is a very long time, the 3Gs was almost similar to that of the 3G. I expect that with the 4s or 5, same design as iPhone 4. It's way too good to change, IMO. I expect to see a major change with iPhone 6 in 2012. They will sell phones either way, you know, being the most popular phone in the world and all. I personally care more about the internals of the phone, not "do I have something so thin that if I drop it it will desinigrate" I compare it to Apple's computers. Not as big of a market, but they keep designs for a few years. Im locked in a contact anyway, so what ever happens won't affect me, I'm just getting tired of everyone whiny because they want their phones to be thinner than paper. Also, I love the 3.5" screen...
If true, Apple is making my next decision *very* easy. I have a 3GS iPhone right now, and resisted buying the iPhone 4 because there was no increase in storage. Was waiting for the iPhone5, hoping they would provide a 64 GB edition.
In the meantime, the 3GS usage has gone down, now that I have an iPad to work with. The iPHone right now is just about functioning solely as an MP3 player and not much else. So why pay for data and phone rates if I'm hardly using it? Better to go with a full-on MP3 player and get a cheapie pay-as-you-go cellphone.
In the meantime, the 3GS usage has gone down, now that I have an iPad to work with. The iPHone right now is just about functioning solely as an MP3 player and not much else. So why pay for data and phone rates if I'm hardly using it? Better to go with a full-on MP3 player and get a cheapie pay-as-you-go cellphone.
I completely agree. The iPhone 4 looks so much nicer than the previous three generations; to go back to that old style would be a huge step in the wrong direction. I think a 4" screen would be awfully nice, as well as the usual hardware spec bumps, but it's already close to being a perfect device.
Gold master probably on a hard disk. They probably simply plug it in, and it loads it on.
Or the flash chip already has iOS pre loaded on it.
A "spec bump" for apple's flagship device after the current version has been on the market for 18 months seams like fianancial suicide. If this really is the "new" phone then Google, HTC and Samsung will be having a party come the first week of October.
Considering the iPod touch has more space to work with inside (with the radios being a big space hog), I think we'll see 32 gigs for at least one generation, most likely at least two. LTE chips are currently big (which is why I don't think they'll be in this model) and the next gen LTE chips won't be a super huge cut in size.
64 gigs starting in 2013.
That explains why the lost prototype has not surfaced. Someone who bought it thinks it is a non functional iPhone 4. This is bad news if true. Sometimes Apple's plays it too safe. I think this article may be true and the only reason it has been 16 months is due to icloud and ios5 being slow to roll out. This phone could have been released in April and will not be different from iPhone 4.
Ding Ding Ding Winner.....Apple has to adopt the cell carriers model. A "New" phone every 2 years not every year. You have to be able to go the full 2 years. These Free or low cost upgrades that have been provided will not continue to work....so say hello to the iPhone 4S!
The iPhone 4 already has 512mb of Ram, so really were only talking about an A5 processor
I hope this doesn't come to pass, and we do indeed get a new iPhone 5 with a 4" screen - but it's looking increasingly unlikely. The only hardware we've seen sneak onto rumor sites over the last couple of months all seem to back up the iPhone 4S style - rather than a new model completely.
That being said - if true and all were getting is a 8 megapixel camera and an A5 processor - WTF took Apple so long to offer this update ? Seriously....
For that reason alone - I'm hopeful of a newer model...
There's already 512MB in an iPhone 4.
Personally, I think the iPhone 4 is an incredible device: it's fast, it's stylish, it's beautiful. And most importantly, the app store ecosystem is thriving. Every time I buy a new app, it feels like I've bought new hardware specifically to run it.
I'm all for incremental improvements:
Personally, I think the iPhone 4 is an incredible device: it's fast, it's stylish, it's beautiful. And most importantly, the app store ecosystem is thriving. Every time I buy a new app, it feels like I've bought new hardware specifically to run it.
I'm all for incremental improvements:
- Longer battery life (please don't negate this by putting a higher-power CPU in there; no one is complaining about the iPhone 4 being slow).
- Anti-fingerprint coatings that last longer.
- OS features and tweaks.
Yea, even though that 18 month old phone still outsells all the new HTC and Samsung stuff.
Apple cannot have a blind eye to the success Android is having. Eventually it could be like the Mac. Popular, sure, but still a small part of the entire picture. Keeping the same screen size would be a huge mistake. They cannot assume that the iPhone will sell as well just because it is an iPhone.
Make 2 models with different screen sizes if they feel some will not like the bigger screen.
Make 2 models with different screen sizes if they feel some will not like the bigger screen.
That's my problem as well. I have a few iTunes albums that I really don't feel like burning to a cd and ripping back to mp3s. I haven't really bought a lot of expensive apps so that could be worse. Except for Logmein Ignition and a few other apps around the $5 range. So in that respect, Apple has me cornered I suppose. The Galaxy S II does look really nice too. I just really think the current iPhone design is ugly. I know, I'm in the very small minority on that one.
wow
If this article is true, then I won't use my upgrade for this iPhone and just sit it out until the iPhone 6 comes out.
If this article is true, then I won't use my upgrade for this iPhone and just sit it out until the iPhone 6 comes out.
Well, this would be a snoozer.
I thought there was some talk of them using the iPhone 4 as a chassis for working protos, because it was the roomiest, which allows them to keep the final form under wraps til the last minute.
I also thought there was talk that they'd be offering a low-end model based on the iPhone 4 platform, closely spec'd, and that there'd be a new whizbang upper end model that'd be tapered and round and smooth and shoot lasers and make hot tea and whatnot.
To call it the iPhone 5 if it's exactly the same as the iPhone 4 with a speed bump, doesn't follow with how they've named other products.
I wouldn't make any definite purchase decisions based on any of the rumors or incomplete leaks you read on this site.
I thought there was some talk of them using the iPhone 4 as a chassis for working protos, because it was the roomiest, which allows them to keep the final form under wraps til the last minute.
I also thought there was talk that they'd be offering a low-end model based on the iPhone 4 platform, closely spec'd, and that there'd be a new whizbang upper end model that'd be tapered and round and smooth and shoot lasers and make hot tea and whatnot.
To call it the iPhone 5 if it's exactly the same as the iPhone 4 with a speed bump, doesn't follow with how they've named other products.
I wouldn't make any definite purchase decisions based on any of the rumors or incomplete leaks you read on this site.
And with all of Apple's insane security - the Sprint guy would know. Right!
Of course he knows. He works behind the counter AND he has a Sprint name badge. If that doesn't drip "authoritative source" from the pores I don't know what would.
Other people in the know - Anyone with access to the Internet, a scriptwriter and a teleprompter, Sherlock Holmes' great, great, great niece, Napoleon Dynamite, and "the fly" on the wall.
You have to keep in mind that it's different than when you install an update. Without having to have any regard for settings, it's not so much if an instillation process as a copy and paste process.
I would imagine they probably have huge docking bays on the assembly line that the phone dock into. Don't forget, each device gets testing before it's boxed and ship. (verify display and boot, etc.) and this could all be done at one time and further speed the process. Granted, I'm speculating but it seems most logical. Apple apparently doesn't like cameras in the facilities the manufacture their wares, because I've looked
Actually one thing all be a huge benefit to me if the next iPhone is the same on the outside as the 4.
I'll be able to buy one without having to wait several weeks on pre-order, because you lot won't be getting it!!!
I'll be able to buy one without having to wait several weeks on pre-order, because you lot won't be getting it!!!