Apple Media Event All But Confirmed for September 12th, iPhone Launch Likely [Updated]

[jackfungi]

Antenna

I predict that the top darker portion of the back iPhone enclosure is part of the LTE antenna.

 

[gibbz]

Yes. I think Ive would have been a better choice. Maybe he turned it down?

Not meaning to be snarky, but why on Earth would Jony Ive want to be CEO and worry about nuanced business junk when he has free reign in the design lab?

 

[bharatgupta]

Don't knock it 'til you try the new iPhone and version of iOS for yourself.

I went to a Droid X for about a year after having proximity sensor issues when the iPhone 4 was initially released. I was also lured by the mirage of having more user choice and by the customization of Android.

I bought the Droid X the day it was available, and i took my AT&T iPhone 4 back to AT&T the same day because I was within the 30-day return period. What I found with the Droid X was a phone that, after being available for less than six months, was already relegated to the growing pile of "has been" Android handsets. I had to wait several months to get the OTA upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread. Also, several of the apps I wanted to use on my big 4.3" screen (Netflix and Hulu were two prime examples) were released on the Android Market but weren't compatible with my less-than-one-year-old Droid X for at least a month or two.

From my experience, Android is evolving so rapidly that a phone you buy today is already showing its age a mere three to four months later. I personally buy a phone every two years or so; and I want my phone to be able to keep pace with technology for at least the first 18 months that I have it. I think iOS and Apple, in general, is pretty good about not making the customer feel like their phone is obsolete before they're eligible for a carrier-subsidized handset upgrade.

because ANDROID = Microsoft windows of current era, surely they ll be in large numbers in future

but apple is apple, their destiny is predicted by nostradomus already, google wins platform wars, but what wins doesnt necessarily make it better eg: windows os compared to OS X, poor OS X still has no respectable share in the world

 

[PeopleTheseDays]

He didn't talk about Apple fans backtracking, he said they would claim Apple are innovative for releasing a 4.0" phone.

I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be saying that if Android phones didn't start being much larger recently. He's sarcastically implying that Apple are not innovative since they didn't come up with large screens first. He's also mocking their fans by implying they blindly give credit to Apple no matter what they do.

I personally don't think people will call Apple innovative for releasing a larger screened phone. Most people that will do will be sarcastic haters like him. If people call the next iPhone innovative, it will be for something else than the screen size.

His comment isn't directly relevant with the article and I do think he's being insecure about his choice of phone and wants to prove himself he did the right choice by going Android, just like most people on the internet bashing products competing with the ones they own.

You must not read the forums of macrumors.

Of course, not ALL apple fans are like that, incase you didn't understand the subtlety of my comment...also how is he justifying his purchase from that comment? Reading into it too much? Especially when he owns Android and ios products...if anything, his objectivity is more justified than someone else who just only uses ios or Android.

 

[bharatgupta]

You must not read the forums of macrumors.

Of course, not ALL apple fans are like that, incase you didn't understand the subtlety of my comment...also how is he justifying his purchase from that comment? Reading into it too much? Especially when he owns Android and ios products...if anything, his objectivity is more justified than someone else who just only uses ios or Android.

Religion = many problems in the world, TRUE STORY

 

[undies1993]

Not meaning to be snarky, but why on Earth would Jony Ive want to be CEO and worry about nuanced business junk when he has free reign in the design lab?

So yes, Possibly a turn down

 

[bharatgupta]

So yes, Possibly a turn down

only a dude like steve can run this kind of company which is made by the fusion of art n science, tim = u look like john sculley to me

 

[AIP5]

controlled leak: Apple's way of saying "don't jump onto android yet, hold onto your hat's because we're getting something"

It'll surely bite Apple back in terms of lost iPhone revenue from here to Sept. I mean, really, this was reported on some mainstream news sites, so I'm guessing people are going to read this and take note. Any rational person would now only buy a 4S/4 now if there was a dire need for it, or if they didn't hear about this yet.

 

[mtnbikerva1]

Apple better give us a choice of a 5 inch or more screen size

In my opinion if they only come out with a 4 inch screen they will loose a LOT of business.
They already have. My friend needed a new phone and bought the Samung 3s. He likes it.
He wanted to buy another iphone but could not wait and did not want to wait for a 4 inch screen.

 

[malman89]

So much for 'doubling down on secrecy.'

If they had a strong previous quarter = double down on secrecy.

If they have a just fine/passable quarter = let the leaks fuel the hype and keep the stock level or upwards!

 

[undies1993]

In my opinion if they only come out with a 4 inch screen they will loose a LOT of business.

No way. WHY DO PEOPLE THINK YOU NEED A HUGE SCREEN? Its a Phone!

 

[bharatgupta]

If they had a strong previous quarter = double down on secrecy.

If they have a just fine/passable quarter = let the leaks fuel the hype and keep the stock level or upwards!

in age of blogs, tech journalism nothing is = secretive

wasnt the case when iphone was introducted, 2005 = people hardly took bloggers seriously and main stream media critized this medium as joke

which also indicates apple "TV set" is 2 years away from now, no prototype leaks = no products in the pipeline, ipad mini = unicorn, does not exists, yet!

 

[JCL]

Don't knock it 'til you try the new iPhone and version of iOS for yourself.

I went to a Droid X for about a year after having proximity sensor issues when the iPhone 4 was initially released. I was also lured by the mirage of having more user choice and by the customization of Android.

I bought the Droid X the day it was available, and i took my AT&T iPhone 4 back to AT&T the same day because I was within the 30-day return period. What I found with the Droid X was a phone that, after being available for less than six months, was already relegated to the growing pile of "has been" Android handsets. I had to wait several months to get the OTA upgrade from Froyo to Gingerbread. Also, several of the apps I wanted to use on my big 4.3" screen (Netflix and Hulu were two prime examples) were released on the Android Market but weren't compatible with my less-than-one-year-old Droid X for at least a month or two.

From my experience, Android is evolving so rapidly that a phone you buy today is already showing its age a mere three to four months later. I personally buy a phone every two years or so; and I want my phone to be able to keep pace with technology for at least the first 18 months that I have it. I think iOS and Apple, in general, is pretty good about not making the customer feel like their phone is obsolete before they're eligible for a carrier-subsidized handset upgrade.

Oh I intend to upgrade my 4S for the new phone but I do not have blinders on. The rumors have the exact same form factor but they ugly'd it up so they can claim it is revolutionary or some bull.

Here is what's going to happen:

1. An hour of stats and graphs that no one cares about.
2. Oh look the new iPhone.
3. Bloggers cheer as a knee jerk reaction but are like "looks the same but the back is hideous and provides no real purpose other than to change and justify an upgrade".
4. Video of Jony (because he is to ashamed to say it live) explaining the design.
5. Cook spews some more bull stats: 25% thinner, better camera, better mic, faster internals, aluminum back for no reason
6. Keynote ends with some Apple brainwashing and somehow every blog on the inet will praise the new iPhone.

 

[Daws001]

Awesome! I was thinking it wouldn't be until October so hopefully we'll get it a bit sooner.

 

[Mr. Gates]

I don't understand why you have a problem with the screen size, it is a phone.



Oh okay.

You keep saying that. It shows how stuck you are too ! Stuck in the past.

My point is that its NOT just a phone. If that is what you need , go get a flip phone from CRiCKET

Smartphones today are personal computers more capable than laptops 8-10 years ago.

The screen is the ONLY interface , ...so....Yeah , size is REALLY important. And the bigger models make everything easier to use.

 

[willmtaylor]

I can't stand The Verge. Not only is it a pretentious name for a website, the people who work never seem to give credit where credit is due — particularly when they are scooped (which they almost always are).

"Multiple websites have similar reports..." just doesn't cut it.

Sorry to give you the bad news, but you're behind the times on this one. They've recently changed their linking to sources policy b/c apparently you weren't the only one who thought they werent giving proper credit. So yes, you were right, but you're not now. Oh, and by the way, if you had actually gone to The Verge, and read the scoop, you would've seen this with your own eyes.

"Yup"

Wow what a pompous fool

How's that exactly?

he'll look like an idiot if it turns out not to be on sept. 12

Problem is, he won't because he's right; he almost always is.

 

[bharatgupta]

Oh I intend to upgrade my 4S for the new phone but I do not have blinders on. The rumors have the exact same form factor but they ugly'd it up so they can claim it is revolutionary or some bull.

Here is what's going to happen:

1. An hour of stats and graphs that no one cares about.
2. Oh look the new iPhone.
3. Bloggers cheer as a knee jerk reaction but are like "looks the same but the back is hideous and provides no real purpose other than to change and justify an upgrade".
4. Video of Jony (because he is to ashamed to say it live) explaining the design.
5. Cook spews some more bull stats: 25% thinner, better camera, better mic, faster internals, aluminum back for no reason
6. Keynote ends with some Apple brainwashing and somehow every blog on the inet will praise the new iPhone.

u are too emotional , an iphone = ipod of today, same amount of craze among geeks, what more a phone can have, this is the bar!

after phone, apple heads to make tv's, then indash car devices, oh wait i m not nostradomus, or AM i?

 

[undies1993]

You keep saying that. It shows how stuck you are too ! Stuck in the past.

My point is that its NOT just a phone. If that is what you need , go get a flip phone from CRiCKET

Smartphones today are personal computers more capable than laptops 8-10 years ago.

The screen is the ONLY interface , ...so....Yeah , size is REALLY important. And the bigger models make everything easier to use.

No. No. No. Read Here

I don't want a flip phone I want a smartphone. That is why I have an iPhone. I also have an iPad for when I want a bigger screen. Not something I always carry with me. Not something I want to fit in my pocket. Not something I want to hold up to my ear and make phone calls with.

 

[PeopleTheseDays]

Religion = many problems in the world, TRUE STORY

I approve of this comment, and a bigger iPhone, but these leaks feel fake.

 

[undies1993]

I approve of this comment, and a bigger iPhone, but these leaks feel fake.

Leaks feel fake?

 

[paulsdenton]

Can they improve on the 4S?

Maybe I live in a telephone "hole in the ground" but I can't see how they can improve on the 4S. Of course I'll get the new one as soon as I can anyway. I love getting new technology.

My daughter wants my 4S; my grandson has my 4...

 

[bharatgupta]

I approve of this comment, and a bigger iPhone, but these leaks feel fake.

i doubt these are fake, well what more a phone could have, better cam, better specs, thats it, thats the bar, obv other companies "will" catch up to iphone and apple moves to next big thing

ipads, when other companies catch up to it, apple moves to TV's, nothing too revolutionary

beside mobile look good at an adequate size, bigger = bulk in pants = not gord

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Maybe I live in a telephone "hole in the ground" but I can't see how they can improve on the 4S. Of course I'll get the new one as soon as I can anyway.

My daughter wants my 4S; my grandson has my 4...

4S will replace the 4, i m gettin that one, bec i m cheap

besides it has everything i need, amazing cam, great specs, siri, so why i ll spend on this new one

 

[Highlander-]

1 more inch of iPhone = 1 more inch of ugly plastic belt clip for those certain people who like to holster their phone to their waist like a sci-fi radio communicator. Beam me up, Stevie.

 

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4S will replace the 4, i m gettin that one, bec i m cheap

besides it has everything i need, amazing cam, great specs, siri, so why i ll spend on this new one

Besides Steve's RDF will not have you wanting the new iPhone.

 

[undies1993]

1 more inch of iPhone = 1 more inch of ugly plastic belt clip for those certain people who like to holster their phone to their waist like a sci-fi radio communicator. Beam me up, Stevie.