HA! Like apple goes much higher than steve....
He is pretty much in control, if not rank wise, he deffinatly has the most pull around there.
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Do you think Steve Jobs will unveil the new iPhone? If not then who?
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HA! Like apple goes much higher than steve....
He is pretty much in control, if not rank wise, he deffinatly has the most pull around there.
No : He's steal the iPhone's Lime light with the news 
Yes : He needs to reassure the Shareholders, and watch the stocks FLY!
Take your pick
Yes : He needs to reassure the Shareholders, and watch the stocks FLY!
Take your pick
No : He's steal the iPhone's Lime light with the news
Yes : He needs to reassure the Shareholders, and watch the stocks FLY!
Take your pick
Anyone else notice Apple's shares have been rising significantly lately anyway?
And that needs to change. A company's fate cannot be tied to the image of one man. Look how Apple's stock was affected with fake reports of Jobs' death. The company does not need that, and I think at this point Apple has an established style (brought forth when Jobs came back to Apple in the late 90's) that will continue even in his absence.
Especially when Steve is at the helm. Hes in control, who is going to overthrow him?
Yeah, probably. I mean, shareholders are generally frightened off by the release of a product that is very much awaited by the masses and will sell like hot cakes. Wall Street hates that sort of thing.
/sarcasm
It really doesn't matter if he's there or not. Personally I'd love to see him give this Keynote, simply cause he's a man that knows how to speak.
And for those who say you cannot tie a company into one man as the image of the company, then what about Bill Gates? I mean damn he's the figure of Microsoft but has no real dealings with things such as Xbox (different developers who make Xbox than Windows) and it's a fantastic product. So I won't care if he is around or not.
And for those who think the iPhone won't be refreshed yearly, that's kinda blind-sided. Meaning that you are blind to as how fast technology is rapidly changing and they are going to have to do this to keep up with competition.
I really never thought Steve as the one who makes Apple. I see him as someone who got the employees to rally around and start to work together as a team and he pushed and drove these guys with already brilliant ideas to make them possible. And I think they've learned enough from him to continue on with success...
Apple stocks will go up this summer no matter what. / end talk about the stocks
And for those who say you cannot tie a company into one man as the image of the company, then what about Bill Gates? I mean damn he's the figure of Microsoft but has no real dealings with things such as Xbox (different developers who make Xbox than Windows) and it's a fantastic product. So I won't care if he is around or not.
And for those who think the iPhone won't be refreshed yearly, that's kinda blind-sided. Meaning that you are blind to as how fast technology is rapidly changing and they are going to have to do this to keep up with competition.
I really never thought Steve as the one who makes Apple. I see him as someone who got the employees to rally around and start to work together as a team and he pushed and drove these guys with already brilliant ideas to make them possible. And I think they've learned enough from him to continue on with success...
Apple stocks will go up this summer no matter what. / end talk about the stocks
But there is no timeframe in any of those hints. Nothing whatsoever has actually indicated that there will be a new iPhone 3 months from now. That's the point. No one doubts there won't eventually be a new iPhone, but to suggest that it is definitely (as in with absolute certainty) going to come in June is just stupid.
Have you been living under a rock? Because if you visit this forum, you must take notice of the front page news where there are constant news about new iPhone components being ordered by Apple, serial numbers and all that mumbo jumbo.
I'm confident there will be one, and I don't think you would want to bet a million dollars on not having one out this summer. Schiller said June. Period.
If we take a look outside the MacRumors world, you can see people label the iPhone 3G as a piece of crap despite all those Apple fanboys trying to defend it. Low battery life, no video recording. It's even on the nominee list as the worst gadget of 2009.
To announce that you are going to add some basic features that all smart phones have and say you're done for the rest of the year is just the recipe for business disaster . You need to update your products every year, Apple has one model, one cell phone manufacturer has at least 40 which is updated every year.
To put it for people who don't want to read: Apple iPhone 3G is OUTDATED hardware wise!
Name 5. Good luck.
First, If there actually was going to be a new iPhone coming out in June, we would be hearing ALOT more. There would be alot more than rumors. We would have actual updates from Apple, etc.
Secondly, and it's not a piece of crap phone. It is the number one sold phone in the United States. (World too?) Over the RAZR.
Lie.
I'm not saying you are wrong as to there might be a new iPhone coming out. I'm saying iPhone 3G is not outdated. Period.
And Apple also lets on so much or talks about their "updates" in every product all the time.What the hell are you talking about? What "updates" would we be getting from Apple?
I read the front page, and all I took was that Apple ordered some new components (for what reason no one knows), they've ramped up iPhone 3G production (which would indicate that 1) they're going after the Chinese market, and 2) they probably won't be releasing a new phone based on the fact that they're making more of the soon to be obsolete model. If Apple were actually replacing the model they would be scaling back production, not increasing it.
Schiller said the iPhone will be updated every June - 3.0 is a software update, which is an iPhone update. So it could very well be the only update we see. I wouldn't be surprised, in fact, because I don't think Apple is ready to force the App Store into a two-tiered architecture, especially considering how vital Apps have proven to be. That type of system will take a long time to (effectively) implement, and in its implementation we would have heard a lot about it - developers need time to update their apps, Apple has to consider how to best implement the tiered system, and so forth.
You note low battery and no video recording as pitfalls of the iPhone - I agree, and yet MMS, Copy Paste, Bluetooth, Push notifications, SMS forwarding, and so forth, were all pitfalls prior to 3.0 OS being announced. Considering how long it took Apple to bother to implement these features I don't understand why you expect that they'll make a new phone and give you the rest of what you've wanted since the original iPhone was released. That's just unrealistic, quite frankly.
And as to your last comment, they did (or will) update their product - by adding x number of new features via the 3.0 update. That's a product update. Just like Xbox 360 updated their OS not so long ago. You don't always need to release new hardware to inconvenience your customer base and strain your carrier partnerships to improve the end-user experience. Think about the updates that the 3G has already seen - did any of them warrant a new device? No. Will all the announced features of 3.0 warrant a new device? No. So why do you think you'll get a new device?
So if this perception is one I get from living under a rock I'm going to return to it, because its better than hearing all this ridiculous speculation based on absolutely no credible or even tangible evidence.
Oh, and I might add that not so long ago people said that having a carrier specific device was a recipe for business disaster... and yet... Well you know the result.
i think it would be funny if phil was on stage..bla bla bla and then a phone rings and everyone looks to see who it is. (steve job in disguise) and phil says something i thought in the beginning we said to turn off all phones. then some how steve is on stage and take off the wig and phony mustache.
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It'll tank regardless. The new iPhone could blow everything else out of the water and investors would say something like "the extremely thin design is likely too comfortable and too sexy for the average consumer."
I'd betting on a Phil/Scott keynote. As much as I'd like to see Steve, I think he's trying to give the impression that he's not required to be there for Apple to thrive (he's going to have to retire someday, you know?). Maybe if they did a big Snow Leopard setup, with a "One More Thing" being Steve walking out with the new iPhone. Ahhh... I can dream, can't I?
Move over! I'm coming with you!I read the front page, and all I took was that Apple ordered some new components (for what reason no one knows), they've ramped up iPhone 3G production (which would indicate that 1) they're going after the Chinese market, and 2) they probably won't be releasing a new phone based on the fact that they're making more of the soon to be obsolete model. If Apple were actually replacing the model they would be scaling back production, not increasing it...................................
................So if this perception is one I get from living under a rock I'm going to return to it, because its better than hearing all this ridiculous speculation based on absolutely no credible or even tangible evidence.
This schoolboy rumour mongering is SO boring!
New firmware files in 3.0. (iPhone 1,3)
Photo's revealing "Video Upload"
Photo's released today on video recording
The massive rush that AT&T is going through to update their services before June
Apple says yearly refresh
Theres 5. All of which can be found on Macrumors.