To me a new model means a new version and would involve a drastic change in design and function. Spec bumps and a small antenna tweak are hardly sufficient to qualify a product as a new model to most people. We have had the same "model" Macbook Pros since 2008. There have been spec bumps and tweaks, but not a new "model" if you will.
Ok, I have found the problem: your personal definition of "model" is irrelevant. The fact is that all new iPhones are considered and referred to as different models:
List of iPhone models
There's a reason why MacBooks are differentiated by year (e.g. a 2010 MacBook) - they are different models, despite having the same physical form. In any case, there is much more to a piece of hardware than what it looks like. New specs (processor, GPU, ram, camera, etc.) are
much more significant than a new body style.
While I agree that the next iPhone model is going to be an upgrade in the same way the 3GS was, your tone suggests something completely different than what you are trying to express:
I would also propose the possibility of NO IPHONE 5 in 2011
This statement makes it sound like you don't think they will release a new iPhone this year at all (the forum refers to the next iPhone as the "iPhone 5" until we know the actual name).
I never said the name was what determined if it was a new model or not.
But you did say:
Remember it was iPhone 3g, then iPhone 3GS..... something similar will happen. This year's iPhone update will not be called iPhone 5.
The logic of this statement follows like so: the next iPhone won't be a new model, therefore it will not be called the iPhone 5. It logically follows then that if it
is called the iPhone 5, it must be a new model (thus the name because determinate on whether or not it is a new model).
Perhaps you just need to chose your words more carefully.
