I cancelled my order for sgs2 hoping that u r right and there will be an event @ 21/9! Even though it seems kinda early for apple. They usually use November for fall releases.
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It's Wednesday! When will the iPhone 5 be announced?..
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I cancelled my order for sgs2 hoping that u r right and there will be an event @ 21/9! Even though it seems kinda early for apple. They usually use November for fall releases.
I was hoping that it would be announced between the 7th and the 14th. If not then I'll probably be annoyed only to the tiniest degree. If there's no iPhone announcement before mid October then I gotta go with something else. My 3G is dying slowly and ATT is not so awesome in my area. At this point I feel like I'm giving them money to use a half assed service on a phone that's unusable at times. Kinda shatty.
I think many are hoping for no glass on the back at all. As for the curved glass cutting machines, I have heard some say that these are huge industrial size machines that they will be using to make the curved glass of their new "spaceship" campus #2 in Cupertino, but no one really knows for sure except Apple.
Now that we hear that Sprint will be getting the iPhone 5 as well in mid-October. We are presuming the iPhone will be launched in the first week of October.
So now the question is, is Sprint getting it at launch, or a week later.
So now the question is, is Sprint getting it at launch, or a week later.
Good question. I am really leaning towards invites next Tuesday/Wednesday, Keynote on the 21st (Troop's points above nail the reasons IMO), preorders on the 29th, and launch on October 7th. However, Sprint has already officially scheduled their "Strategy Update" press conference on October 7th. There is absolutely no way they would schedule a conference the same day the iPhone launches. So, this can really only mean three things (relevant to the iPhone that is): 1) the iPhone is not launching on October 7th (and probably--unfortunately--after the 7th), or 2) Sprint is not getting the iPhone, or 3) sprint is getting it later than ATT and VZ.
Again, I feel pretty good about it releasing on the 7th, so it may be option 2 or 3, but there is no way sprint gets it on the 7th. But who knows, maybe they will conveniently reschedule after the Keynote.
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Gettin down on Friday!
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Good question. I am really leaning towards invites next Tuesday/Wednesday, Keynote on the 21st (Troop's points above nail the reasons IMO), preorders on the 29th, and launch on October 7th. However, Sprint has already officially scheduled their "Strategy Update" press conference on October 7th. There is absolutely no way they would schedule a conference the same day the iPhone launches. So, this can really only mean three things (relevant to the iPhone that is): 1) the iPhone is not launching on October 7th (and probably--unfortunately--after the 7th), or 2) Sprint is not getting the iPhone, or 3) sprint is getting it later than ATT and VZ.
Again, I feel pretty good about it releasing on the 7th, so it may be option 2 or 3, but there is no way sprint gets it on the 7th. But who knows, maybe they will conveniently reschedule after the Keynote.
I'm more inclined to believe that Sprint will probably get it a week after ATT and VZ, so option 3.
Sprint has already made a black out for the first two weeks of October for a "major phone launch". So we can expect the iPhone 5 to be launched anywhere between September 30th and October 15th.
Working backwards, after how long does Apple usually launch the product after announcing it? A week?
I think it usually takes about 2.5-3.5 weeks. WWDC is usually the first week of June and then it usually comes out in the second to last or last week of June. Haha, so that range is still valid, but of course we want, no we NEED to know a more specific date.
It just seems so strange that Sprint would hold a separate event on the day everybody else is (supposedly/possibly) getting it (and at least a week after many will have pre ordered) just to say, "Um, hey guys, we are getting it too!!! Just wait ooooone more week, please?". It seems more likely that all 3 (4?) major carriers would just be announced at the Keynote...if the other carriers are getting it. With all of the rumors it seems inevitable at this point that at least sprint will get it, but the timing of their strategy update meeting just seems to throw a wrench in the current theories.
Looks like October 15th, or mid-October seems more plausible now. I guess we'll just have to push our theories back 1 week.
There could still be an event next week. If they sent out invites yesterday, no one would get them until today or friday depending on how far away they are.
We will find out today or tomorrow if event invites went out yesterday.
We will find out today or tomorrow if event invites went out yesterday.
WHY?
We are ASSUMING iPhone 5 will launch alongside iOS5.
Apple stated FALL for iOS5, we haven't even reached the first day of FALL...
I don't understand what is ridiculous, other than your lack of patience.
Invites are sent by email, not the horrible mail service. Invites are received within minutes of Apple sending them, that's why blogs post the info immediately.