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'iPhone 4S' to Debut as Only New iPhone Next Month?

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People seem hung up in the name more than anything else.

This latest rumour hints at a new A5 chip, 8mp Cam and possible larger screen and other improvements. That's quite an upgrade I would say - and if it where in association with an iPhone 5 rather than 4s I don't think there would be so many complaints here.
 
If it is only a minor speed bump, you'd think that inital demand won't be dramatic as only a percentage of 4 owners would upgrade immediately. Apple is producing 150,000 units a day - perhaps large volumes are targeted for China.
 
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bigjnyc said:
Doowrkz said:
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Have friends that work at Verizon saying that it will just be a iPhone 4 upgrade. Some employees have them to try on the Verizon network.

Not good news :( waiting for the iPhone with bigger screen
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Verizon and AT&T employees barely know info about the phones on display in their stores let alone a very secret highly guarded iPhone. I dont know if you are new but these "my friend at verizon" and "my friend at AT&T" posts are pretty much laughed at... Unless your friends are executives who are super high up the ladder then they know less than the public about whats coming from Apple.
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Regional Manager for Southern California.
 
madhatterno1 said:
1) Actually I think and you will see it that the presentation will be made by Tim Cook with Steve playing his role like a special guest... :D

2) Nobody said that the new iPhone it's a Cook's product.. I said the company is going to give him a spectacular iPhone 5 to unveil to gain the momentum for the resign of Steve Jobs :cool:
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I think Steve will do the keynote if he is well enough and delegate more to Phil Schiller than usual or if he is not well enough to do the keynote then Schiller will do the keynote, Cook would get bad press doing the keynote and I think he would rather just say a few words at the beginning and then introduce Steve or Phil to do the keynote.
 
Apple has all y'all fooled...There will be two iPhones..


A Iphone 5 (A5 chip with 32Gb or 64 GB storage) and Iphone 4s (A4 chip with 16 Gb storage). Plus a new Itouch 5 with the A5 chip with 16/32/64 gb of storage. Plus a new Apple TV 3 with the A5 chip and 1080P output with 16 gb of storage.

You are gonna see Nuance integration in IOS5 (mostly with the Iphone 5)

You are gonna see Apps on Apple TV

You also gonna see a new Ipod Nano running IOS 5.

You gonna see iCloud

You gonna see iTunes Music Match

You even gonna see Steve Jobs for just a little bit...just to show you he is still alive.
 
CWT1965 said:
1) No way will Cook do the keynote, he is a terrible orator, socially awkward even though he is a brilliant businessman

2) This is Steve's phone, so will the iPhone 6 be, phones are designed years in advance, the iPhone 7 will be the first phone with Cook's DNA on it
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Apple is a company that manages to capture the public's imagination with its CEO-led product reveals. No presenter for a consumer tech company does a keynote likes Jobs. That's part of their 'magic' and I don't see them dispensing of that any time soon.
 
It is not the iPhone 4s, it is the iPhone 4-ZX-2. The 2012 version will come with twin turbochargers. The Luxury version will be a hardtop convertible while the performance version will be a soft top.
 
ardrilling said:
i'll be extremely disappointed. seems like a copout move from apple.

but, what about all the cases showing the teardrop form factor?

i'll keeping thinking positively and hope they've been lucky with security and leaks. praying for larger screen!
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While I wouldn't trust an analyst prediction at all, wouldn't it be the largest PUNK'D ever if those new cases are actually for the iPod Touch? Biggest prank to case makers everywhere.
 
ArztMac said:
I still think that the iPhone 4 is holding up great, even when looking at its direct competition.

Really, Apple should be in no rush to release brand spanking new hardware when their competitors haven't even caught up to a model that is out for 15+ months now... Same as with the iPad. I GUARANTEE you that we would have a retina display iPad in our hands at this very moment if Samsung/Acer/HP had released some competitive tablets of their own. They haven't, so Apple can reap the benefits of mass producing increasingly more cost efficient hardware and the masses eat it up...
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Aside from the fanboys Apple sells so many phones because of the "cool" factor, Apple has the cool factor at the moment in the youth and student market but the youth are fickle and if something more cool came along then they would jump ship, look how everyone young used MySpace and then Facebook came along with the cool factor and everyone jumped ship.

Apple fanboys would buy a dog turd with an Apple logo on but Apple can't rely on goodwill of fanboys they have to appeal to the young cool trendy people and simply treading water will not be what they want, I can see lots jumping ship to Galaxy if Apple stand still design wise and features wise.
 
My guess: both the '4S' and '5' will be announced. The 4S will be released immediately, the iPhone 5 will have to wait a little longer (more than a month).

If this is the case, all the rumors add up. First, we know why the iPhone 5 hasn't leaked yet, simply because it's not (long enough) in mass production yet.

Second, this supports the rumours that there are production delays. Indeed there are, for the bigger screen version.

Third, we know why Al Gore speaks in plural.

Fourth, we know why theses cases pop up everywhere. Our Chinese friends may know the design specifications, they do not know the release date and they don't take that into account.

And last but not least, simple reasoning leads to the conclusion that a redesign iPhone *has* to be coming in order to keep up with the competition. Maybe now it's not so strong yet in terms of sales, but merely an iPhone 4S would not lead to the increase in sales Apple has been seeing the last few years and I'm sure they want to keep this momentum rather than lose it or see it decline.

Apple has to be incredibly stupid not to release an all new iPhone, we know Apple is not stupid. 1+1 = 2.
 
IF this were true, I am buying used iphone 4 outright. That's all about I can do.. no going for 4s.. and yes, after 16 month, this will be a BS... FAIL by apple..
 
Has anyone confirmed Apple will be putting out a new iPhone? They might just be releasing the iPopcorn maker. Popcorn can be very healthy food if you don't put on lots of butter.
 
tripjammer said:
Apple has all y'all fooled...There will be two iPhones..


A Iphone 5 (A5 chip with 32Gb or 64 GB storage) and Iphone 4s (A4 chip with 16 Gb storage). Plus a new Itouch 5 with the A5 chip with 16/32/64 gb of storage. Plus a new Apple TV 3 with the A5 chip and 1080P output with 16 gb of storage.

You are gonna see Nuance integration in IOS5 (mostly with the Iphone 5)

You are gonna see Apps on Apple TV

You also gonna see a new Ipod Nano running IOS 5.

You gonna see iCloud

You gonna see iTunes Music Match

You even gonna see Steve Jobs for just a little bit...just to show you he is still alive.
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That would compensate for our waiting... Would be nice for Tim to present as well ;)
 
dashiel said:
As much as we geeks would like to think the world revolves around Apple it really doesn’t. Almost all stocks took a nose dive after the Fed announced its intent to lower interest rates and more bad news from Euro Zone banks.
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Thanks for making me that clear, and no I don't think that lol...
I was not aware of the other markets also going down.
 
blackhand1001 said:
No offense but there are tons of high quality android phones with build quality and durability in a whole another league from apple. The iphone is not the most durrable phone especially with its lack of bezel and frequent screen cracking. GO use even a droid incredible from before the iphone 4 came out and tell me its jerky and cheap.
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It is cheap. Plastic, I believe. What (edit) other phones are made of only metal and glass?
 
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chrmjenkins said:
Apple is a company that manages to capture the public's imagination with its CEO-led product reveals. No presenter for a consumer tech company does a keynote likes Jobs. That's part of their 'magic' and I don't see them dispensing of that any time soon.
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Exactly, which is why I am certain that Steve is going to do the keynote and that the extended refresh time this time may even be because they are waiting for Steve to finish a course of chemo or whatever to be fit to launch the iPhone 5

Steve doing the keynote will sell millions more iPhone's than Cook doing it, Apple can afford to wait
 
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