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iPhone 5 in Final Testing, Due in September
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Or they will just call it iPhone.
Kind of like iPod Touch, or iPod Nano, or MacBook, or their whole other product lines except iPad and iPhone.
I disagree. First of all, go to a phone store.... look at all those "free or cut rate phones". Research a couple and notice that most are at the end of their life cycle or already discontinued. At least the iPhone 4 is good hardware and with the iOS 5 update it will seem as fresh as the new iPhone 5.
Besides... most consumers don't even know this or care. We (the geeky crowd) follow this stuff, but your average person does not. They just buy what they want or are sold.
I can't see Apple changing the body much. Most of the updates will be internal, so I can't see how they can call it an iPhone 5 if it's an iPhone 4 with updated internals. The 9to5mac story makes no mention of the iPhone 5, only of an updated iPhone.
As long as the phone doesn´t look like iPhone 4.
I did not like that. It was too bulky and rough, compared to earlier Apple products. 3GS was much nicer.
Honestly I think Apple products has had a bit of a design crisis with their latest products, because they dont look as nice and refined as their predecessors.
The iPod Nano looks bulky and cheap, and honestly, the first iPod Nano was BEAUTIFUL, and much nicer than the new ones.
The Shuffle however is a product that glows of refinement towards the better. But iPhone 4 was a step back. The antennagates is just like Steve Jobs said in the beginning. "Those lines is not like Apple".
And the first generation iPad did look better than iPad 2. Even though the second one was thinner, the speakers were ugly, and too many smaller details ruined the design - which offered almost no improvement visually, other than just being thinner.
So overall I hope Apple finds a new theme soon for their products. Because during the last two-three years, all they´ve done is recycling old design ideas and kind of run out of new ones.
I did not like that. It was too bulky and rough, compared to earlier Apple products. 3GS was much nicer.
Honestly I think Apple products has had a bit of a design crisis with their latest products, because they dont look as nice and refined as their predecessors.
The iPod Nano looks bulky and cheap, and honestly, the first iPod Nano was BEAUTIFUL, and much nicer than the new ones.
The Shuffle however is a product that glows of refinement towards the better. But iPhone 4 was a step back. The antennagates is just like Steve Jobs said in the beginning. "Those lines is not like Apple".
And the first generation iPad did look better than iPad 2. Even though the second one was thinner, the speakers were ugly, and too many smaller details ruined the design - which offered almost no improvement visually, other than just being thinner.
So overall I hope Apple finds a new theme soon for their products. Because during the last two-three years, all they´ve done is recycling old design ideas and kind of run out of new ones.
so theres no front led light??????/
I have this on my work Blackberry and it makes the phone looks like its from the 80's. Red flashes for messages, yellow flashes for low battery etc
...its annoying.
Hope they make the iphone5 tappered at the sides. The iphone4 looks fat from some angles compared to my 3G.
People complaining about 3Gs and 4 make me laugh
Are you all terribly rich or something? I'm still on a $100 phone because the iPhones are far too expensive for me. Around 1000$AU for a phone or an 80$ month 24 contract is insane just for a phone!
I'm actually hoping they cut it down a little like they did with the iPod nano.
Are you all terribly rich or something? I'm still on a $100 phone because the iPhones are far too expensive for me. Around 1000$AU for a phone or an 80$ month 24 contract is insane just for a phone!
I'm actually hoping they cut it down a little like they did with the iPod nano.
So, by your theory, the iPhone 4 is the 3rd generation iPhone ?
Calling the 5th generation iPhone anything but iPhone 5 or just plain iPhone is silly when they went to the trouble of getting the names and generations back in sync with iPhone 4.
Maybe that's what the S means in iPhone 4S, iPhone 4Silly.
I'd be happy with a 4 inch screen, I think 4.5 inch is too big of a jump from 3.5 inch. Definitely not 5 inch, that Dell streak is just plain ugly, and can't make up its mind what it is trying to be.
Also, if the screen size increases, I don't see Apple increasing the resolution, because that would force developers to change their apps, and now they would have 4 different resolutions to support (regular 480, retina 640, ipad 768, and now whatever the new resolution would be).
Instead, I could see Apple making a smaller bump in screen size (4 inch), and keeping the resolution, that way the screen wouldn't lose much of it's crispness (I'm sure they'd still call it a retina display too), and developers wouldn't have to change anything.
A 4.5 inch at the current resolution would pull down the ppi too much for Apple, and they definitely wouldn't be able to call it retina display anymore.
Also, if the screen size increases, I don't see Apple increasing the resolution, because that would force developers to change their apps, and now they would have 4 different resolutions to support (regular 480, retina 640, ipad 768, and now whatever the new resolution would be).
Instead, I could see Apple making a smaller bump in screen size (4 inch), and keeping the resolution, that way the screen wouldn't lose much of it's crispness (I'm sure they'd still call it a retina display too), and developers wouldn't have to change anything.
A 4.5 inch at the current resolution would pull down the ppi too much for Apple, and they definitely wouldn't be able to call it retina display anymore.
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I'm all over a new iPhone. The wife needs a new phone and can take my 3GS over or I'll give it to my brother who is so technically illiterate but needs a phone.
I'm all over a new iPhone. The wife needs a new phone and can take my 3GS over or I'll give it to my brother who is so technically illiterate but needs a phone.
And what about the much-rumored cheaper and unlocked iPhone? Even Tim Cook hinted at this for the prepaid market.
Do you think that we are going to see it when the real iPhone 5 will be announced in 2012? For "real" I mean not the iPhone 4S we're going to see in september.
Do you think that we are going to see it when the real iPhone 5 will be announced in 2012? For "real" I mean not the iPhone 4S we're going to see in september.
What's not real about the iPhone 3GS ? Have you ever used and compared a 3G and a 3GS ?
Again, another silly poster thinking outward appearance is all that matters.
The 5th Generation iPhone, even if it looks identical to the 4th Generation iPhone, will still be the 5th Generation iPhone.
I agree, I think it would make since for the 2011 to be called 4S, then in 2012 it would be called 4G once it supports LTE and HSPA+
After that though, in 2013 (7th generation), I think Apple needs to drop the numbers and just call it an iPhone. iPhone 7, 8, and 9 just sounds stupid.
However, I'm all for the iPhone X, in 2016 (quad core processor and 4 gigs of memory, 1080p screen), hahah. I think I may be getting a bit ahead of myself...
I don't think Apple will want to call their 6th generation iPhone the 4G. If anything, I think this is the year iPhone just becomes iPhone.
I am a verizon person, and it disappoints me that the verizon phones are getting left behind. When my contract is up, I will still go for a verizon phone simply because of the signal strength and call quality...but will be disappointed if speeds and facetime are not up to snuff.
You can have my DROID. It doesn't do some stuff well, like the APP support sucks, the system gets bogged down fast, i'm constantly running low on battery power cause the damn thing let's ANYTHING run on it's resources, it has a terrible time meeting itunes, and it takes forever for this thing to scan and read new files after I put them on the SD Card(If I sync my music to my phone i can sit and wait about 2 minutes per GB before the phone actually sees it).
I just bought an iPhone, i suggest staying away from the Droids. Unless you plan on using nothing but the basic preinstalled APPS.
Otherwise I'm selling mine for 200USD, please feel free to email.
Thanks, really friendly.
I know that every iPhone generation is important, but even Steve Jobs said that the iPhone 4 was the big step forward from the first generation iPhone. Therefore, considering that the iPhone 4 is almost perfect and it's selling a lot, I thought that Apple could launch a new cheaper iPhone when another big step forward will be done.
There's always a new cheaper iPhone available. Today it's the 3GS. After the next refresh, it's going to be the 4.
And what does that have to do with your comment about not calling the 5th generation iPhone the iPhone 5 or calling the 6th generation iPhone the iPhone 5 (which is even sillier).
The iPhone 4 was a giant leap forward, but that's not to say that the 3G
The timing couldn't be better. Back to school shopping & fall when everyone is spending money.
I can imagine college students getting in on this big time.
I know what you feel when reading this, but try a 1G in only IOS3. Btw, it has survived 3 years ;D.
