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iPhone 5 Production Underway for an Expected Fall Launch
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I agree now with "5". It's like software naming. If the iPhone was software, iPhone 4 would be "4.0" and the 4S would be "4.5". The 4S is still in the 4 family because it's not a major release form-wise. The next major revision however will be considerably different and will go to 5.
This idea was thrown off initially because Apple went with the name "3G" at the time. Advertising the faster 3G network was paramount in advertising to those wanting that tech instead of the horrible Edge speeds that Apple was originally tethered to.
Now it's not about which phone it is but rather what Phone Family it's from, from here on out in, apparently groups of 2 (the # and the faster #S version)...
The current family is 4 and the next will be 5 or named after some new technology it's important to advertise...
The next iPhone could be named "iPhone LTE".
My bet is one of the following:
iPhone LTE
The New iPhone
iPhone 5
I think right now advertising LTE trumps all other schemes IF networks were commonplace. Many are wanting that new, faster network, although the name might be a turnoff because the LTE networks are not that widespread. "The New iPhone" would be good to because it follows suit with how the last iPad was marketed. BUT Apple knows that people have been wanting the "iPhone 5" and it be crucial to just market it based on the sheer numbers that are waiting for that.
My bet is iPhone 5.
It definitely won't be iPhone 6!
This idea was thrown off initially because Apple went with the name "3G" at the time. Advertising the faster 3G network was paramount in advertising to those wanting that tech instead of the horrible Edge speeds that Apple was originally tethered to.
Now it's not about which phone it is but rather what Phone Family it's from, from here on out in, apparently groups of 2 (the # and the faster #S version)...
The current family is 4 and the next will be 5 or named after some new technology it's important to advertise...
The next iPhone could be named "iPhone LTE".
My bet is one of the following:
iPhone LTE
The New iPhone
iPhone 5
I think right now advertising LTE trumps all other schemes IF networks were commonplace. Many are wanting that new, faster network, although the name might be a turnoff because the LTE networks are not that widespread. "The New iPhone" would be good to because it follows suit with how the last iPad was marketed. BUT Apple knows that people have been wanting the "iPhone 5" and it be crucial to just market it based on the sheer numbers that are waiting for that.
My bet is iPhone 5.
It definitely won't be iPhone 6!
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I'm sure the new iPhone will be very nice but I'm approaching retirement with a 4s and Verizon, with it's new $90 + taxes&fees basic data plan, is the only carrier that half way works at my house. So it looks like Tracfone plus a iPod Touch or mini iPad will be much more affordable.
Or I could start another small part time business to justify it.
Or I could start another small part time business to justify it.
LOL. The "design" and the "slight two tone color of the BACK of the phone" couldn't be farther from the same thing.
that is the same thing that I thought.....I have been to a few different at&t stores who never suggested to me that I should purchase an iphone...they always tried to steer me towards something different, that is what I believe happened with my girlfriend....she went in there wanting an iphone but the sales rep downplayed it so much that they turned her off of an iphone and onto the droid.....why are they so against selling you an iphone??????
Once Apple is ready to release the iphone 5, they will proceed to lose a prototype somewhere, and it will receive a ton of publicity.
Apple hasnt yet lost a prototype in a bar, so its way too early to talk about the next iphone release.
QED
Of course, maybe Apple's already lost the prototype in a bar and someone is just plain using it rather than trying to sell it to a website. Stands to reason that after the first years of losing-iphone-in-a-bar-publicity, people are going to catch on, and the rat trap won't work anymore.
Apple hasnt yet lost a prototype in a bar, so its way too early to talk about the next iphone release.
QED
Of course, maybe Apple's already lost the prototype in a bar and someone is just plain using it rather than trying to sell it to a website. Stands to reason that after the first years of losing-iphone-in-a-bar-publicity, people are going to catch on, and the rat trap won't work anymore.
done haha its off & ill still be right, good day to you
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thank you, for making use of the calendar app on the iphone
Only in an Apple Forum.
Steve Jobs was highly successful in programming so many minds, the hero worshipers and disciples of Apple, expect "Magical & Revolutionary" to be the norm. It's now at such a stratospheric height, Apple cannot keep up to their own Hype.
Sad, but true. Apple's old mouthpiece backed them into a corner. Yet that said, it doesn't matter, just like specs don't matter, the Apple faithful, will make apologies and buy anything with the vaunted Apple logo. Reality has no bearing on anything, most Apple enthusiasts in this forum have long memories, and are quite happy living in Steve's well known, and widely reported "Reality Distortion Field".
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide.
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes.
Look up to the skies and see.
Same thing happened to my boo. Now she is on some junk Android device, not even one of the nicer ones. At the time I told her if she went Android to look at samsungs, but she wound up with one of the no name HTC's that is buggy and slow.
No matter what anyone tells you, these reps make commission. And vendors influence them greatly. If the HTC guy was in that day and unloaded all kinds of swag/free stuff onto the sales guy, guess which brand he is going to pimp whenever a new customer walks in the door? As best as I can tell Apple does not do this because they have their own stores. HTC, Samsung, etc rely on the carriers for 100% of the business, Apple has the carrier stores plus their own retail stores, plus their online store. Just my opinion.
I still haven't heard anything interesting about the upcoming iPhone 5 other than a slightly bigger display. I hope they introduce something novel to shake things up.
I'm OK if if it's slightly bigger as long as it still slips into a pocket. I just need 32 or 64G for video. Relatively new guy on Apple (1.3 yrs) eligible for an upgrade via ATT soon after release and will do just that.
I think everyone's forgetting what Tim Cook said just last May:
"One thing is that we're not fragmented. Look at the percentage of users who upgraded to iOS 5. We have one App Store. We have one phone with one screen size, one resolution. So it's pretty simple if you're a developer."
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-tim-cook-rules-out-iphone-5-with-4-inch-screen/78626
So, imagine the world-wide mass depression and gnashing of teeth, when the 5 comes out with same-size screen?
Come on, folks! The 5 was already design-capped in May, right?
"One thing is that we're not fragmented. Look at the percentage of users who upgraded to iOS 5. We have one App Store. We have one phone with one screen size, one resolution. So it's pretty simple if you're a developer."
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/apples-tim-cook-rules-out-iphone-5-with-4-inch-screen/78626
So, imagine the world-wide mass depression and gnashing of teeth, when the 5 comes out with same-size screen?
Come on, folks! The 5 was already design-capped in May, right?
Apple have beefed up security.
But: Carriers around the world should get their black Apple boxes for carrier verification. When these are sent out, launch is immanent.
We know almost everything about the new iPhone. The only things we don't know is the "killer" feature. NFC. If its a world LTE chip, not only US and what kind of SoC its going to use. None of these things would leak even if a prototype was "lost".
We know the design principals. The SoC number. The 3.99 inch screen + resolution. LTE. 8 megapixel camera. That the headphone jacket is underneath the phone. Smaller dock connector.
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That memo would have leaked out to the world. AT&T would have to address it to the shareholders with a profit warning. So legally, it cant be true.
BTW. Apple had exclusive carriers in the beginning since the carriers payed insane subsidies. Apple was not tooled up to produce tens of millions of phones.
Today Apple are tooled up and therefore there is no benefit for Apple to have an exclusive carrier
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BTW: Anyone have any thoughts about the strange thing that Iphone 5,1 and 5,2 have been seen in logs around the net? What is Iphone 5,2?
I understand 4,1 and 4,3 where 4,3 where the CDMA version. If Iphone 5,1 have a world LTE chip, why have two versions of the same phone? Is it still CDMA for backward compatibility where there isn't LTE coverage?
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That was the reason why Apple should have called the 4S for Iphone 5.
iOS5 = Iphone 5.
Just last week I talked to an IT chief of a large cooperation. He thought there where no differences between Iphone4 and 4S. This is educated IT people that don't understand Apple's naming schemes. No wonder the ordinary consumer is confused.
Not that it hindered Apple to sell over 100 million Iphone 4S.
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The difference is that Apple don't sell last years MacBook pro's.
Think how it will be in a couple of years in Apple Store:
Buy:
New iPhone
Old iPhone
real old iPhone
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At his point, I don't even care--i'll still use apple's tablet, so I'll remain a part of the ecosystem--i'm just sick of the small screen.
Everyone is scrambling to figure out what to do
Funny video of some accessory manufacturer guessing what iPhone 5 will be like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj3H6iRBg-I
Funny video of some accessory manufacturer guessing what iPhone 5 will be like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj3H6iRBg-I
Good post, but it still won't be called the iPhone 5.
It will simply be: iPhone.
I just hope they call it the iPhone 17 just to mess with the OCD of everyone here.
(translation: Who gives a sh**)
(translation: Who gives a sh**)
Every two years they add an s you say?
iPhone - Year 1
iPhone3g - Year 2 (no 's') -- FAIL
iPhone3gs - Year 3 ('s')
iPhone4 - year 4
iPhone4s (with an 's')
You may argue they added an 's' every two years starting with 3gs but like calling the iPhone4 with a number that's still a once off occurrence so no pattern emerges yet.
They have broken the mould by the first 3 phones having the same form factor but then only the next two having the same if they do indeed change the form factor of sixth gen
Also your examples of years 2013+ are irrelevant you cannot predict they will follow a one time pattern of releasing an s model then a number then an 's' again and then a number etc.. nothing in the naming convention follows a pattern Apple will call it what they want but it still makes no sense to call the sixth model an iPhone 5 running on iOS6. period. That's the issue I don't think it should be called a 6 either but not 5.
