Apple Issues Invitations for Media Event on September 12

[BC2009]

Last year it was 5th generation iPhone, with an A5 processor, running iOS 5 and 3G being called the iPhone 4s. Same thing right?
I guess it's because the numbers at the end of phones, like superficial redesigns are important to average consumers, and macs, iPods and iPads will continue without numbers.

I just figured that with the iPad they went with "The new iPad" to avoid the "iPad 3 / 4G LTE" confusion. I thought marketing was being sensitive to the marketing of both "3" and "4G" so I figured the same would apply here since "4G" is a new feature they want to tout and "iOS 6" is something they want to tout and throwing a "5" in there would just be confusing, so again, I assumed Apple would go with the same game plan and do "The new iPhone".

 

[Want300]

A 5... how terrible...

 

[slrandall]

iPhone 12 it is.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

Maybe to announce 5 items:

New iPhone
iPad mini
Retina iMac
New Mac Pro
Mac Mini or ???

Doubt we see new a new Mac Pro until they release 27" Retna display.

 

[LoraoTX]

I think you are all getting the wrong idea here.. The invitation CLEARLY hints a December 5th release date 12/5 ..... #sarcasm

 

[mbh]

Instead of "It's almost here." the tagline should have been "Just a little bit longer."

See what I did there?

 

[Madhawk]

Nothing to see here. Everyone knows what the iPhone 5 will look like.

No surprises here, move along...

 

[iBell]

 

[kannesss]

woowoo.

iphone 5

 

[jrswizzle]

Doubt we see new a new Mac Pro until they release 27" Retna display.

How close do you think they are to a retina iMac? Even with a conservative definition of "retina" based on the formula, the display would need to be 4k wouldn't it??

 

[damir00]

Then what IS it about?

The same thing everything on the internet is about - the chance to ridicule anonymous people, anonymously.

 

[rmwebs]

Just a thought (shoot it down if you like ), maybe the 5 is to throw people off. Maybe there will be 5 new products, one of them being called 'The New iPhone'. Seems odd that the iPad is dropping the number while the phone isnt. That said, it could be that the iPad dropped it so we have 'iPad' and 'iPad Mini'. Heck the iPod Touch may be rebranded as the 'iPad Nano'

 

[HERO XXL]

Finally it's comin

That's what she said. Wait--no...well,
...Forget it.

 

[boshii]

No way! It can't be the iPhone 5! That doesn't make sense at all! NOOOOOOO! No buy for me!

/s

I wish I could see the iPhone 6ers faces.

 

[jrswizzle]

Instead of "It's almost here." the tagline should have been "Just a little bit longer."

See what I did there?

This is awesome.

 

[SprSynJn]

Just nine more months and I can finally have what I've been trying to get for more than three years. And this will be the one I get.

 

[Mackan]

The New iPhone... 5!

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

iPhone 4S with iOS 5 It wasn't called iOS 4S

Huh, I have a iPhone 3GS with iOS 5 and it wasn't called iOS3GS or magically make my phone an iPhone 5

I also have a MBP that came with OS X 10.8 yet the product name is MBP and is a MacBookPro 8,2.
None of which has anything to do with 10.8.

 

[wovel]

And Apple named the 2nd one with a '3' in the name...
And Apple named the 5th one with a '4' in the name...

What makes you think the 6th would have a '6' in the name?

I never said it would. I was simply pointing out the naming scheme has always been complicated. Where did I say it would have a 6? I can only see where I said it was irrelevant. Because it is. Assuming they don't go all crazy and name it the iNexus Star Razr Super Zoom, no one will care what the name is.

The guy who said he would not buy one now was full of it. The person who said they would buy one now, also full of it. No one is going to make a decision based on it being alled the iPhone 5 or 6. They only name I ever suggested (a few months back) was the iPhone 4G. There is apparently some problem wih that internationally. I doubt they want a repeat of what happend with the iPad 3.

 

[gguerini]

They should drop the iPod touch and rebrand it as an iPad:

iPod touch 4" -> iPad nano
iPad 7" -> iPad mini
iPad 10" -> iPad

 

[Chupa Chupa]

If it's the "iPhone 5" then that gives haters a whole year to prepare childish spew at the name "iPhone 5[insert letter or combination of letters]. Make it good!

 

[sulpfiction]

I love all the "iPhone 5ers" on here gloating that they were right, and all the iPhone 6ers" eating crow . . . WHO CARES what the thing is called??? I want to know what it does and how it looks - well, I guess all the rumors have covered that. Seriously though, how bored is everyone that there is this much excitement over what Apple calls a new iPhone?

it's a glorious day for 5er's

 

[Moonjumper]

in which reality distorting universe does a 1 & 2 create a 5 shadow...?

while

1 squared plus 2 squared equals 5. Of course the the screen is going to be even less square than it was before, so I'm talking rubbish...

 

[0dev]

Right, who wants an iPhone 4 with a broken home button? Time to upgrade

 

[Cougarcat]

On a practical level "the New iPhone" name only works for one generation.
Pete

They did it with the iPad, though. And they still sell the iPad 2. What happens next year, when they will be selling "The new iPad" and the "the new new iPad"? I'm guessing it'll be "The new iPad" and "iPad (3rd generation.)

Or perhaps with the forthcoming introduction of the mini Mini, Apple decided they can stop keeping the previous gen around. That certainly won't be the case with the iPhone.