No iPhone 5 this year??? You surprised???

[bossxii]

Not really. Hardware doesn't make the phone. Software does. Most people want a capable phone that's smooth and just works. Android is still too buggy. Apple has done a great job of marketing and making their products easy to use and simple. This is what draws consumers in.

Android isn't refine enough to compete against Apple. Each year Apple takes more and more market share, and until Google or RIM does something it will continue to go that way. In fact, I hope Google and RIM does something because the only thing pushing Apple right now is Apple. That's not good for the consumer.

This.

 

[wackymacky]

I'm quite happy to wait to September, by which times most of the bugs with iOS5 and iCloud will be sorted, and I can get a device, that works without being buggy, and causing frustration.

 

[boss.king]

Not really. Hardware doesn't make the phone. Software does. Most people want a capable phone that's smooth and just works. Android is still too buggy. Apple has done a great job of marketing and making their products easy to use and simple. This is what draws consumers in.

Android isn't refine enough to compete against Apple. Each year Apple takes more and more market share, and until Google or RIM does something it will continue to go that way. In fact, I hope Google and RIM does something because the only thing pushing Apple right now is Apple. That's not good for the consumer.

The Galaxy S 2 proves that Android can be smooth enough to match iOS, and last I heard Android was eating up market share pretty quickly. Android isn't the same OS it was a year ago, it's far more refined and the hardware is matching it enough to give a great user experience. Apple has to bring great innovations or improvements for the iPhone to be able to last 2 years in terms of features.

 

[Reach9]

really makes me wonder what Apple has been doing for the last year (and the next several months). iOS 5 sure as heck doesn't look like it's got a year under it's belt and what kind of phone upgrade can we expect after 16 months?

They said Apple had been working on the iPhone 4 development for 18 months and that was a complete redesign from the ground up. Does Apple need 16 months to throw in another processor and better camera?

I think you're very much on to something. 16 months sounds like a reasonable time for a redesign, possibly? Or maybe they're making the iPhone 6 simultaneously and will omit some major features from iPhone 5 to add to the next one? Who knows. In WWDC 2012 they could say "we've been working on this for almost 2 years".

 

[pyro008]

I think you're very much on to something. 16 months sounds like a reasonable time for a redesign, possibly? Or maybe they're making the iPhone 6 simultaneously and will omit some major features from iPhone 5 to add to the next one? Who knows. In WWDC 2012 they could say "we've been working on this for almost 2 years".

They wouldn't have the same people working on 5 and 6 simultaneously, and they sure as hell wouldn't delay the 5 if they are intentionally omitting features that they have developed.

 

[Biolizard]

Or maybe they're making the iPhone 6 simultaneously and will omit some major features from iPhone 5 to add to the next one? Who knows. In WWDC 2012 they could say "we've been working on this for almost 2 years".

'Omit' isn't the word I'd use, but Apple likely has a roadmap where they have a rough idea of what they want iPhone 6 to be, but can't actually produce it now because of component cost e.g. the potential for inclusion of LTE. It's not so much holding stuff back as, it's not cost effective to put it in iPhone 5.