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Cheaper iPhone 4 'N90A' Photos Leak from Foxconn Factory
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Nice plug there. Oh and the deluxe adds Even if She Falls, so there is at least 1 deluxe thing about it. Although I like 3 of the 4 additions, so it's more worthwhile for me.Yeah dude, I received the deluxe edition so I have Fighting the Gravity and I can understand why it was dropped.... there's nothing deluxe about it though so I could have done without.
I've had severe 90s nostalgia lately and it's probably partly to blame for why I've been lukewarm on the album. Enema's my favorite, too, but I'm not big into AVA. I need more "umph" - like the old blink. Right now my favorites are Natives, Kaleidoscope, and Even if She Falls. Though, with me, the more I listen to albums, the more my favorites tend to shift to songs I didn't like much at first for some reason.
Anyway- sorry to veer off topic. Guess I better mention the iPhone so I don't get penalized:
iPhone 4S / 5
Also, let's not forget this article from thisismynext.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/07/07/iphone-5-design-ipad-hd-iphone-4s/
Theres one question that has yet to be answered, however. Just why was everyone reporting on the supposed iPhone 4S recently? It seems that just a few months ago the entire tech media world was convinced the new iPhone was set to be merely an iPhone 4 update *and now many are assuming that the 4S will actually be this cheaper version the WSJ is rumoring. Well, we have the answer. Simply put, as the iPhone 5 components are built for a smaller and lighter device, they can be easily fit into a casing which for all intents and purposes looks identical to an iPhone 4 and thats exactly what Apple has been doing. Our sources tell us that the company has been testing the new components in old iPhone cases, for obvious reasons. Some of those reports weve heard about a larger screen for the old design would make sense too, as a slight tweak of the size (say, to a 3.7-inch display), would be barely noticeable to the eye, but obvious in internal component design. So if youve been wondering why the rumors about the iPhone 4S rose to such a din, now you know.
Why abandon the iPhone 4 design so quickly though? Weve heard that the device is out of favor at the highest levels of the company, and folks are ready to move on to an entirely new product.
http://thisismynext.com/2011/07/07/iphone-5-design-ipad-hd-iphone-4s/
Theres one question that has yet to be answered, however. Just why was everyone reporting on the supposed iPhone 4S recently? It seems that just a few months ago the entire tech media world was convinced the new iPhone was set to be merely an iPhone 4 update *and now many are assuming that the 4S will actually be this cheaper version the WSJ is rumoring. Well, we have the answer. Simply put, as the iPhone 5 components are built for a smaller and lighter device, they can be easily fit into a casing which for all intents and purposes looks identical to an iPhone 4 and thats exactly what Apple has been doing. Our sources tell us that the company has been testing the new components in old iPhone cases, for obvious reasons. Some of those reports weve heard about a larger screen for the old design would make sense too, as a slight tweak of the size (say, to a 3.7-inch display), would be barely noticeable to the eye, but obvious in internal component design. So if youve been wondering why the rumors about the iPhone 4S rose to such a din, now you know.
Why abandon the iPhone 4 design so quickly though? Weve heard that the device is out of favor at the highest levels of the company, and folks are ready to move on to an entirely new product.
Why would anyone be disappointed??
Because Apple didn't manufacture something Rumor sites wrote about??
I honestly don't think Apple makes products according to information disseminated on Rumor sites.
Rumor sites discuss rumors derived from industry insider news and analyst reports. Not the other way around.
I don't know- your guess is as good as mine. It won't disappoint me because I am more than content with my iPhone 4 and wouldn't upgrade to a 5 even if it did come out.
Let me get this straight....
You are disappointed because Apple is Not making a product they never were going to make to begin with. But you thought they were going to make due to leaks you read about in the Internet right???
HMMMMMM.
Please do, more for the rest of us who actually use Smart Phones to run our business.
Precisely. There hasn't been a rumor of a larger screen until this generation. Maybe it was a deliberate false rumor. Maybe it is delayed or cancelled. Who knows. Nothing ever came of the iPhone nano rumors either.
If there is no redesigned iPhone 5 I'm going to get the HTC Radar or titan
Cool, one more Iphone available to the rest of us that buy Phones for what they do, not what they look like.
Very good point, after I asked the question, I realized that this was probably the case. Maybe looking through leaks of the 3GS would be a better comparison. If memory serves me correct, the rumors were locked on adding video recording but that was about it. Until Gruber posted that it would be called 3GS, S standing for speed. But no one was talking redesign at all. My guess is that we've heard about this new iPhone 5 so much because it does exist, but for various reasons won't be ready until 2012.
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_3_3 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8J2 Safari/6533.18.5)
If by bottom left, you meant bottom right, maybe...
If by bottom left, you meant bottom right, maybe...
That is NOT true with electronics!!
Back in 92, when I Photographed one of the first Iridium Phone Prototypes, the thing was Tiny, the first Test Model (when we put a satellite in semi Orbit on the SR-71) the unit was HUUUGE in comparison, but the actual Production Model was Tiny again!!
On a larger Scale, Speedotron, a Studio Strobe manufacturer went with smaller units, yielding the same power due to better and more efficient electronics, the units were still big due to the need of multiple capacitors.
I'm glad there were no Rumor sites back in 92 when we were Photographing the Iridium Phone Prototypes, I saw like 15 of them in one year. The final product looked NOTHING like the prototypes we photographed.
Hell, the First Iridium Satellite I shot was made of Foamcore and wood dowels
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Last Thursday, I traded my Droid Incredible with a great Guy that didn't want his IPhone 4.
I went to the Apple Store and covered my rear end with Apple Care and I'm happy. I must confess, I'll buy whatever comes out. Why?? I have an Upgrade and... Because I can!!
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Or a Prototype that didn't make it!! Trust me, That happens more than you think!!!
Someone leaked the wrong Prototype!!
http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/28/new-iphone-4-and-ipod-touch-appear-in-apples-inventory-system/
2nd paragraph, first 2 sentences. The tweaked 4s=n90a. ?????? Where's that n94?
2nd paragraph, first 2 sentences. The tweaked 4s=n90a. ?????? Where's that n94?
there are already Foxconn plants operating in Brazil, the one in trouble is a new one