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iPhone 5 Production Underway for an Expected Fall Launch

faroZ06 said:
First of all, the iPhone already has 4G. Secondly, The New iPhone? What kind of name is that? Just think of the 4S as the "4.5".

If Apple did what you wanted, it would go 4, 4S, 6, 6S, 8..... No odd numbers.

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LTE isn't the only 4G out there. The iPhone already has 4G, actually.
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No.. LTE isn't even 4G.
4G is minimum of 100megabit. LTE Advanced supports that.

So today there are not a single REAL 4G product.

But WHY people wants 100 megabit into their phone/tablet is another thing. Especially in US where data caps are small/expensive.
 
yeah even i think it may launch in september as the competition to ip is pretty healthy and apple shud man up their game with this, it looks great the rumored images to me atleast, i vote for ip against androids out there
 
faroZ06 said:
First of all, the iPhone already has 4G. Secondly, The New iPhone? What kind of name is that? Just think of the 4S as the "4.5".

If Apple did what you wanted, it would go 4, 4S, 6, 6S, 8..... No odd numbers
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So the 3GS was the "2.5"?


The New iPhone makes sense since that is the direction Apple went with the iPad. Ditching the numbers for simply, " The New iPad".


Like I said, Apple has no naming pattern for the iPhone besides the "S" moniker for the minor updates. We have no idea what they will call the next iPhone.
 
ThatsMeRight said:
If they use the design that was leaked, than they lost a customer here.
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Apple is doomed....

(the real production phones usually looks better. I even hope for different colours this year. There have been some rumours about it. )
 
bdavis89 said:
This is why we need downvoting.

The 4 was called the 4 because it was the 4th iPhone. They're not going to call the 6th iPhone the iPhone 5.
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Oh lighten the **** up, some of you people :rolleyes:

Don't you think releasing an iPhone 6 would confuse the general public? "Wait... if there's an iPhone 6, what was the iPhone 5?" "Was the 4S renamed the 5 then?" "Why did they skip the 5?". The general public don't give a **** about WHY they named the 3G the 3G, or why they named the 4 the 4. Calling it the iPhone 6 would confuse everyone.

And why is the 4S considered as a whole generation if it's just a spec bump from the 4? Wouldn't that make it more of a 4.5 than a whole new generation? It still has the 4 name.
 
The iPhone moved in numbers when it changed form. If the new one resembles the 4 and the 4s, it will be called 4t or 4x or whatever. If it's a new design, it'll be called iPhone 5.
 
shompa said:
Apple is doomed....

(the real production phones usually looks better. I even hope for different colours this year. There have been some rumours about it. )
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i kind of agree with u, however the design of ip, the leaked images clearly shows that ip is designed along the lines of current model, which in my humble op looks more "matured" vs the design that may look like a toy, ok so trust in apple it ll look cool

i dont think they shud do colors, instead design really cool cases for it like the ipad cases, that ll do well
 
shompa said:
I want:
Iphone NeXT

This phone should be a tribute to Steve. Maybe even have Steve signature engraved on the back side of the phone.

At least that Apple sells a NeXT version of the phone where the extra money goes to cancer research or buying MSFT shares. (with enough MSFT shares, we can finally close down MSFT and make the world much better)
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.......I don't even know where to begin with this whole nest of crazy.
 
quagmire said:
So the 3GS was "2.5"?


The New iPhone makes sense since that is the direction Apple went with the iPad. Ditching the numbers for simply, " The New iPad".


Like I said, Apple has no naming pattern for the iPhone besides the "S" moniker for the minor updates. We have no idea what they will call the next iPhone.
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But Apple have INTERNAL names of the phones.

Iphone: 1,1
Iphone3G: 1,2
Iphone3GS: 2,1
Iphone4:3,1 /3,3
Iphone4S:4,1

So Apple themselves thinks that iPhone/iphone3G are the same generation.
 
griffd said:
huh? Neither of you are correct. The 1st iPhone was just "The iPhone". The 2nd was the 3G. The 3G was for the network technology, not 3rd gen. 3GS was for SPEED, 4 was for 4th gen, and 4S was for Siri.

The new one will be the 6th generation. They will NOT call it the iPhone 5 or iPhone 6. It will be called The New iPhone (aka 6th gen)
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Well Said, Well Said
 
i kind of liked the designs that were showed in a video, i think i would like to own one in black color, iphone design looks mature.

lets hope Sir Ive doesnt dissapoint us!
 
Incredible how people can't stop arguing about the name like it changes anything. It's not even written on the phone itself nor anywhere easily visible in the OS. I'll still give my opinion. :p

Apple doesn't care about the generation number. They won't call it the iPhone 6 for sure. By naming the 5th iPhone the 4S they made it sound like it was an improved iPhone 4, not a whole new generation, so the generation number logic can't apply. That'd be like calling the current PS3 the PS4 because they released a slim PS2 before it. Like someone pointed out, if they named it the iPhone 6, everybody would ask where the iPhone 5 is. It's all about marketing and keeping it simple for customers, not confusing them for the sake of being factually correct according to a "generation number". What constitutes a generation isn't even defined, like I said we could say adding an S isn't a complete generation, so we couldn't say half a generation (or any fraction of it) separates the 4 and 4S.

They won't call it iPhone 4G because some people already call the iPhone 4 the 4G because of the confusion created by the iPhone 3G/3GS. 4G also doesn't mean nothing since it doesn't necessarily mean LTE. The iPhone 4S on AT&T is already considered 4G.

I say it's either iPhone 5 or just "the new iPhone", with simply "iPhone" written on the box and in ads, just like for the iPad.
 
shompa said:
But Apple have INTERNAL names of the phones.

Iphone: 1,1
Iphone3G: 1,2
Iphone3GS: 2,1
Iphone4:3,1 /3,3
Iphone4S:4,1

So Apple themselves thinks that iPhone/iphone3G are the same generation.
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Internal names say nothing. They don't think the original iPhone and second iPhone are the same generation. They literally said when they announced iPhone 4 that it was the fourth generation (and that's why it is iPhone 4).
 
faroZ06 said:
First of all, the iPhone already has 4G. Secondly, The New iPhone? What kind of name is that? Just think of the 4S as the "4.5".

If Apple did what you wanted, it would go 4, 4S, 6, 6S, 8..... No odd numbers.

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LTE isn't the only 4G out there. The iPhone already has 4G, actually.
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You're kidding, right? They named the 3rd generation iPad "The new iPad."

Apple already understands they've caused confusion with the 3G/3GS/4/4S numbers which is why they're moving away from numbers altogether (i.e. the naming of the iPad).

My point in complaining is that the MacRumors crowd should understand that this is a sixth generation phone with no indication that the phone would EVER be called "iPhone 5" (which was the rumored name for the 4S up until around a month before its release). So if the iPhone 4S was called iPhone 5 by the rumor sites for a year, why are we still referring to the 6th gen (unnamed) iPhone the "iPhone 5"?

I can understand the stupid main media sites not having a clue, but it shouldn't be a name used by the geeky rumor sites that know better.
 
lighthouse_man said:
The iPhone moved in numbers when it changed form. If the new one resembles the 4 and the 4s, it will be called 4t or 4x or whatever. If it's a new design, it'll be called iPhone 5.
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Naw, Most Likey It Would Be Called "The New iPhone" , Just Like They Did For The iPad "The New iPad" & I'm Guessing They Will Do It For The iPod Touch Too, "The New iPod Touch"

Come This Sep/Oct U can come back to this post and be like "OMG this person was right" or be like "haha this fool was wrong"
 
Does it really matter whether it's the iPhone 5 or iPhone 6, they could just as likely rename it the 'new' iPhone like they did with the iPad. The launch of any new iPhone, numbered or not is sure to get mass media reporting, so it wouldn't go unnoticed. Even more so if there's a redesign.
 
shompa said:
But Apple have INTERNAL names of the phones.
Iphone: 1,1
Iphone3G: 1,2
Iphone3GS: 2,1
Iphone4:3,1 /3,3
Iphone4S:4,1
So Apple themselves thinks that iPhone/iphone3G are the same generation.
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NOTE: It is Iphone NOT iPhone! BTW the very term "phone" is now dead in the data only VoIP world.

IP hone home hore hope

"So Apple themselves thinks that iPhone/iphone3G are the same generation."

Look for the hardware commonalities.
 
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Fidget08 said:
My friend is friends with Tim. He said Tim told him it will come out this year. He's 100% right 60% of the time!
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TennisandMusic said:
That doesn't make any sense.
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It actually does make sense. It simply means that he's completely right only 60% of the time - the other 40% is unaccounted for, and could mean anything from being 80% right to not being right at all 40% of the time.

It's like the whole "contains 100% fruit juice" marketing scheme - sure, it might have 100% juice in it, but that doesn't necessarily mean the juice is 100% of the drink.

On a more practical note, I think the chances of this guy being a second-degree friend with Tim are far less than 60%. :p
 
TheStoof said:
I'm happy to hear that it may release in Sep/Oct because my contract isn't up until Dec 12. When that's up, I can comfortably go to the store and request that my 3GS be unlocked, so I can use it overseas when I go to Venezuela, and then get my iPhone 5. Holllleeer!
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The contracts are the reason for Apple's strategy:
Tic/toc. Large revision/speed revision.

Apple counts that people change phone each 24 month with new contract and tries to match these dates.

Many iPhone fans therefore have 2 contracts, so that they can get a new Iphone each year. (the second SIM card can be used in an iPad as a data card).

Let's say I am a Samsung fan and wants all their phones. They release about 40 different phones each year. Many contracts :)

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pgiguere1 said:
I say it's either iPhone 5 or just "the new iPhone", with simply "iPhone" written on the box and in ads, just like for the iPad.
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The "new Iphone" works for one year.
But what about next year?

Apple usually keeps 3 generations of phones for sale to have price segmentation.

It will be really strange on Apple Store:
New iPhone
Old iPhone
Real old iPhone
 
who cares what generation the iphone is at or what the name will be called. i'm more interested in the aluminum and glass back plate instead of aluminum and plastic that was assumed. i can not wait, my 4 is starting to feel sluggish.
 
A brief history of iPhone models and designations

2007 iPhone

  • Marketing name: iPhone (now sometimes referred to as "iPhone 2G" by the media)

  • Internal model number: iPhone 1,1


2008 iPhone

  • Marketing name: iPhone 3G

  • Internal model number: iPhone 1,2


2009 iPhone

  • Marketing name: iPhone 3GS

  • Internal model number: iPhone 2,1


2010 iPhone

  • Marketing name: iPhone 4

  • Internal model number: iPhone 3,1


2011 iPhone

  • Marketing name: iPhone 4S

  • Internal model number: iPhone 4,1


2012 iPhone

  • Marketing name: unknown

  • Internal model number: iPhone 5,1
 
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