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Doubling our efforts on secrecy ...
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God, I hope so. I didn't wait all year for a slightly taller screen and speed bump.
Last year was disappointing enough with just Siri and a speed bump.
Wednesday's unveiling will determine if I'll get the iPhone 5 or Lumia 920.
The last phone I feel like that met expectations was the iphone 4...redesigned and a ton of upgrades. I remember thinking "oh, this is definitely a must have upgrade"....so far from what we know i dont feel like that about this phone...altho im going to get it cuz my 4 is getting old and LTE will be nice..but im not as excited as i was about the iphone 4...altho i do feel this is def better upgrade than the 4s
I'm with you. Last year was extremely disappointing, especially considering they went 16 months between updates. I thought for sure we were going to see something different, only to get the 4S.
It took me 5 days of standing in line to get my iPhone 4, and I remember thinking it was a massive upgrade from the previous devices, and a sexy design for a phone. The 4S just didn't have that feeling, it just felt outdated.
Here's hoping we are blown away 30 or so hours from now.
I can see your house from here...
To everyone who's been asking me for pictures, specs and locations, you will probably not be surprised if: (a) I don't have any images, they wouldn't let me hold it, so you can be sure they wouldn't let me photograph it. (b) They didn't tell me what was inside in terms of tech and (c) I don't know what it's made of or how light/heavy it is (it's thin) and finally, I'm certainly not going to tell the internet where I was!
You can believe me or not - I don't really mind. I'm sure if I am proved to be wrong tomorrow, you'll all give me a good flaming and if I am right there will be no mention of it again...
Just one more thing... I didn't see any other colours except black, like the monolith from 2001.
I can't wait to see how they present this one, going to be great!
To everyone who's been asking me for pictures, specs and locations, you will probably not be surprised if: (a) I don't have any images, they wouldn't let me hold it, so you can be sure they wouldn't let me photograph it. (b) They didn't tell me what was inside in terms of tech and (c) I don't know what it's made of or how light/heavy it is (it's thin) and finally, I'm certainly not going to tell the internet where I was!
You can believe me or not - I don't really mind. I'm sure if I am proved to be wrong tomorrow, you'll all give me a good flaming and if I am right there will be no mention of it again...
Just one more thing... I didn't see any other colours except black, like the monolith from 2001.
I can't wait to see how they present this one, going to be great!
Doubling down on secrecy - doesn't that just mean not having Google personnel on Apple's board?
Anyways, it seems to me that the real thrust of the new iPhone will be optimization, and much of that will be in the chipset. As somebody noted above, we do not have much information about that. Perhaps this is why Apple is not going after the leaks about the external looks - perhaps they think it's irrelevant.
Anyways, it seems to me that the real thrust of the new iPhone will be optimization, and much of that will be in the chipset. As somebody noted above, we do not have much information about that. Perhaps this is why Apple is not going after the leaks about the external looks - perhaps they think it's irrelevant.
I thought it was crazy too. I had made the mistake of going to a carrier store the first day, and when they opened they claimed they didn't have any stock, unless you were doing a new activation. Lined up at the Apple Store the next 4 days and kept missing the cut, finally got it on the 5th day after lining up at 2am. Even then there were about 150 people ahead of me.
It was crazy.
This part of what you said makes no sense. Either there must be breaks around the age, or it must be two tone, because of the antennas. I don't see how it CAN'T be two tone, otherwise WiFi and other signals can't pass through the device.
That would be awesome, but I don't think they're that devious. I think what we've seen is what we'll get.
I agree... They went after Gizmodo and had a police investigation going about the lost/stolen iPhone 4 didn't they? Also, even when Gizmodo had a working iPhone 4... we knew less about it than we do for the new iPhone now.
How could they let the GooPhone i5 be released and patented (supposedly) in China? I don't understand this at all...
That is exactly what I think will happen.
For sure... or when it just says +1I do not think they would have to work hard at all... take a prototype that they discarded (since they probably produced quite a few of them)... and have people leak pieces or parts to know rumor sites. Why not? I think it would be pretty easy, and they might not have to spend much money at all (and its not like they do not have it to spend).
Do you realize how much publicity Apple would receive if they pulled off such large deceit? How much it would be talked about? There would be PLENTY (most likely more) free publicity if they release a different looking iPhone.
I am not saying I think they did it. I am just saying it is definitely possible and I hope it happens.
By what means would they stop them? I'm fairly certain it won't stand, except perhaps in a questionable court in China.
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By what means would they stop them? I'm fairly certain it won't stand, except perahps in a questionable court in China.
Seriously ...
Gotta love having NO IP laws
By what means would they stop them? I'm fairly certain it won't stand, except perhaps in a questionable court in China.
Seriously ...
Gotta love having NO IP laws
Well... Its either that or they don't care because the new iPhone doesn't look like that. I hope it is the second reason, but I am sure you are right.
I think we have seen exactly what we are going to get (or something slightly more polished/refined)... but I would love to get surprised tomorrow. I think that would be awesome.
If all these leaks are what we are going to see tomorrow. Why has apple not requested the images be taken down like they have in the past.? Also is the phone that steve jobs supposedly work on till his death? I hope not i could have stuck bigger screen in the same inclosure .
The only leaks they've requested be taken down in the past are of full working devices. They've never had takedown requests of just parts.
You are quite right. However, this does not mean that I am wrong either. It just means that we don't know how they are going to do it. You, like many others believe that the back of the new device will be metal - but what if it wasn't... Nobody here seems to have picked up on the fact that Apple was recently (in the last week or so) awarded a new patent for a new way to make/mould Carbon Fibre. Which as you probably know is very light, very strong, and lets radio waves pass through...
Anyway, its not long to wait now... keep thinking different
Other than a wider screen, all the changes they are going to make are the right ones. End of story.
I see what you did there, but......
dont act like the exterior hardware of an iPhone doesnt hold at least 50% of the weight in terms of consumers decisions to buy an iphone. So many times we read about our peers slobering over the classiness of the casing and how its not plastic like other phones.
Leaking the exterior of the next iPhone is just as bad as leaking a full powered iPhone. So again I say, Apple three, two, and even one year ago would have had people locked up and the key thrown away by now. Why not this year.
Remember........this is supposed to be the biggest anticipated phone ever to be released under any brand, but we have the highest degree of leaks in the history of the iPhone. Doesnt make sense.
If that were the case, why did the 4S outsell the 4 (by a large margin)? One would think, if 50% decided based just the case, that people would ignore the 4S, save money, and stick with the 4.
Something else must be in play there. I sense it's the camera, internals, and software features... you know, the things we still don't know about the 5.