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Analyst Expects iPhone 5 to Launch at WWDC 2012 in June
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Good for those people waiting for a new iPhone. just got my 4S last month though, so I'll be riding it out until mid 2013
Nothing wrong with that. We dont HAVE to update with every phone.
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Apple will never again devote serious expo time to the Mac Pro.
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Apple will never again devote serious expo time to the Mac Pro.
This seems premature to me.. I just got my 4S iPhone on launch date in October! Why would they update so soon?
I don't think I'm ready for a new one now.
You do realize you aren't required to buy a new one, right?
While I agree they aren't a company to rest on it laurels, I disagree that it's valid reasoning for an iPhone launch in June. If that were the case I think we would have seen the iPhone 4S sooner than we did.
I'd go as far as saying they will never again devote serious expo time to Macs period.
Apparently iOS wasn't ready in time and Apple said it will never ship an unfinished product. However I believe the only sure fire way we will know when an a new iPhone is coming when iOS 6 is announced. Until then, the iPhone 4S it is!
At a developers conference heck yeah.
Folks,especially analysts, need to get it into their heads that the preview iOS at WWDC and release the software and phone is the more logical way to go and following the 2011, the more likely for the foreseeable future.
It will be called, iPhone WTFC (Who The F@#$ Cares)
Model numbers don't have to follow any preconceived, sequential versioning system. They can be whatever the manufacturer wants them to be as long as they differentiate one model from another. So far the "number" Apple uses only specifies hardware design
Original design; iPhone
Second design; iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS
Third design; iPhone 4, iPhone 4S
So, I'm willing to guess the next design will in fact be modeled 5
As the next iPhone is widely believed to be LTE, there's no way it'll be released or even announced this June. The chips needed won't even be ready for fabrication until that time frame.
Didn't the 4S just come out? Why would they release a 5 in under a year's time when the 4S is selling like gangbusters? I don't think we'll see a 5 until sometime in the Fall. That's more time for the Carriers to expand LTE and more time for Apple to work on better battery life for the iPhone.
I can't see the next iPhone NOT having LTE. That would lock people into the 3G network for yet ANOTHER two years.
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I can't see the next iPhone NOT having LTE. That would lock people into the 3G network for yet ANOTHER two years.
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Apple saw huge sales of the iPhone 4s last quarter, if the management are smart, and I think they are they will release the next iPhone WTFC in autumn again.
And, I don't see the problem here, it's a mere months away from June and if they release it in Autumn again then We all know more or less next years release date.
in autumn again.And, I don't see the problem here, it's a mere months away from June and if they release it in Autumn again then We all know more or less next years release date.
Preconceived? It's called fact. We've all grown up learning the number 4 comes after 3, and before 5, which is why Apple called the iPhone 4 just that.
I get what you're saying that a company can name their product lineup whatever they want to, but seeing as how they've already used basic mathematical fact to name the iPhone 4 as the fourth model in the series, it seems highly unlikely to me that they would abandon basic numerical logic in their naming scheme.
However good point on bringing up design changes vs. names. Going by that pattern, if the next model is indeed a design change, it would be logical to believe they wouldn't call it 4G.
This. But no one would be happier than me if it would happen. My 3GS is about to hit three soon. The wait for the iPhone 5, in October or whenever, will be long.
Not as long as they continue to sell older models alongside the newest ones.
They needs something to differentiate them.
Also, I think the people harping on about how it's not going to be called the "iPhone 5" are reading too much into stuff. Until it's named we have to call the next iPhone something. So suck it up - it's gonna be the iPhone 5 at least until Apple announce it's actual name.
That's way too soon.
That would be less than a year for the 4s.
It's about iOS 6
iPhone 5 in November in time for Hanukkah
That would be less than a year for the 4s.
It's about iOS 6
iPhone 5 in November in time for Hanukkah
Its amazing to me that the writers at MacRumors still don't understand Apple at all.
Apple didn't "Break with tradition". The tradition is to have the strongest product, by revenue, launch in the fourth quarter to maximize results in the first quarter. For a long time that was the iPod. When the iPhone was a huge success, Apple shifted plans, and thus launched it in the fall.
This also removes the need for a special iOS preview event in the spring, making WWDC all about iOS. Which is appropriate since iOS is what WWDC is about anyway.
Macs launch when they're ready. iPads in the spring, iPhones in the fall, software in the summer.
The only question is, whether they'll start having events to launch new iPods, or is that just going to be a small part of the iPhone event going forward.
Apple didn't "Break with tradition". The tradition is to have the strongest product, by revenue, launch in the fourth quarter to maximize results in the first quarter. For a long time that was the iPod. When the iPhone was a huge success, Apple shifted plans, and thus launched it in the fall.
This also removes the need for a special iOS preview event in the spring, making WWDC all about iOS. Which is appropriate since iOS is what WWDC is about anyway.
Macs launch when they're ready. iPads in the spring, iPhones in the fall, software in the summer.
The only question is, whether they'll start having events to launch new iPods, or is that just going to be a small part of the iPhone event going forward.
Its a developer conference, not a place to announce hardware. Although they have used it for that in the past, thats not its sole purpose. Did you even see last years WWDC? No hardware. Software only.
They are reporting what an analyst says (which I think is bogus for them to do, but that's beside the point), not providing their own predictions. They may well agree with you.
Precisely. 'They' said the same thing about a June launch last year and where did that get them? I kinda get the feeling Apple like confounding expectations, it gives them more control in delivering on their terms
As some one who got the 4 (day it came out even) and only gets the phone when her contract runs out, I really hope it comes out in June. I really don't want to wait til October, especially when apparently my contract runs out end of February. Which means I'll have this update where I can get a phone but I don't want to waste it on the 4S. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy with the 4S if I had a 3GS or before, or even if I could have convinced my dad to buy my 4 and sell me his update cause then I could sell the 4s and use the money and my update on the 5.
But after playing with the 4S, and seeing that there aren't many to any games that actually require the 4S (at least to actually play, not talking about the better graphics some games get), i think I can just wait for the 5. I just don't want to. So this means less wait for me.
So I really really hope this is true (Though if you ask me it makes more sense for Apple to keep the new October schedule, release right before the holidays ).
But after playing with the 4S, and seeing that there aren't many to any games that actually require the 4S (at least to actually play, not talking about the better graphics some games get), i think I can just wait for the 5. I just don't want to
. So this means less wait for me.So I really really hope this is true (Though if you ask me it makes more sense for Apple to keep the new October schedule, release right before the holidays
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It's incredible how many people have iPhones 4 in London!
It's incredible how many people have iPhones 4 in London!