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Production Challenges to 'Delay' Launches of iPhone 5S, Lower-Cost iPhone and New iPad Mini?
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Saying an unannounced product can not be delayed is, in the context of this thread, playing simple word games.
By your definition the Mac Pro can not be delayed since it has no introduction date. Any informed person would view it as delayed - or you could say outdated / languishing with older cpu and gpu and connections and....
How many years can software coast along without new features in a high tech environment before it is outdated or delayed or....
Your logic makes sense on some rumors (iWatch for example) but, IMO, does not make sense for many of the examples already stated here.
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I think you are missing the entire point - while you continue waiting for that finished product the competition is moving forward at a much faster pace. A number of professionals have abandoned Apple in the high end video production arena after poor launches, incomplete software, dated hardware, "waiting" for updates waaaaay too long.
The world Apple lives in is about a "finished" product in a decreasing time frame.
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In some ways you have captured the essence of the concern - my term is that both the innovation trajectory and introduction trajectory have gone flat.
Increasingly serious doubts that Tim Cook can turn it around - that is why the stock market has soured on Apple - ineffective leadership that spends too much time apologizing and explaining all the missteps instead of PERFORMING.
So when all this stuff launches, will my iPhone 5 still be cool? I'm on a three year term. Damn you Fido! 
It's kind of hard to delay something that has 1) not even been announced yet, and 2) has no release date. I love new Apple products as much as the next guy, but all this rampant speculation gets so annoying.
Read the URL of the site you're on man...
Yawn yawn yawn ... More chitter chatter about nothing of interest whilst Apple still fail to get their act together and bring out anything new or half decent! No wonder everyones jumping ship to Android and Windows ... WTF are apple doing in their shiny offices!!!!!
I suppose I could have said email Tim Cook. Seriously people can b*tch and complain all they want but the only way to really have an impact is to vote with your wallet.
This sounds like another way of saying, disregard my original prediction of early iPhone/iPad ship dates.
1) no confirmation from Apple of an iPhone 5S.
2) no confirmation from Apple on what will be in the new iPhone.
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What exactly is the problem? What did Apple promise it would release in Q2 or Q3 that it hasn't delivered on?
They should just scrap the iphone this year and focus solely on IOS. I mean if it is only an S upgrade anyway, the 5 would still be plenty to hold off those and get new buyers until the iphone 6. Now the stock would take a hit but I think with something special in IOS they could get it all back without having a new iphone this year.
As someone who's just jumped ship from the iPhone to an AWESOME Nokia Lumia 820, the reason why I did was predominantly for a larger screen (and more exciting OS, wireless charging, better display IMO).
Why do people want a larger screen ... well go hold a Lumia or S3 and see for yourself, or try using one for a few days then go back to a tiny 4" iPhone 5. As for size, even an S3 isn't that much bigger than an iPhone; and it's thin and light so fitting it in a pocket or holding it is NOT an issue. Your opinion is one thing, but to a LOT of others, other brands are looking far more enticing and it's one reason why Apple need to get their **** together quick because their market share is totally wiped out!
Plastic colour coating?
Why not just use coloured plastic in the first place? Inject part, all done!
edit: I mean, if it's supposed to be for a low-cost iPhone, I don't understand why they would start adding extra steps that would increase the manufacturing cost. AFAIK the iPhone 3GS plastic shell had no coating on it.
Why not just use coloured plastic in the first place? Inject part, all done!
edit: I mean, if it's supposed to be for a low-cost iPhone, I don't understand why they would start adding extra steps that would increase the manufacturing cost. AFAIK the iPhone 3GS plastic shell had no coating on it.
Of course they don't. They just can't fathom that Apple wanted to move the iPhone to the Fall so they did. And went ahead and launched Verizon cause they knew the next model was several months away.
Just like with T-Mobile, just like with the 128 GB iPad
I don't care when 5S gets released but the delayed release of 5S means delayed release of iOS 7, and this, I do care about.
It's not delayed. Kuo had no proof that anything phone related was coming in the summer other than the preview of iOS 7 at WWDC, right on schedule.
He's pushing crap out to cover his own mistakes.
Look at all the gullible folks on here. Half this stuff is total unconfirmed dreck and you are just lapping it up. It's ver possible that there is no retina mini planned for this year, no watch, no TV, no radio, no low cost anything. Just cause some analyst claims to have secret sources doesn't make it fact
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A beating that is mainly the analysts talking smack. Not actual sales etc
Plastic colour coating?
Why not just use coloured plastic in the first place? Inject part, all done!
edit: I mean, if it's supposed to be for a low-cost iPhone, I don't understand why they would start adding extra steps that would increase the manufacturing cost. AFAIK the iPhone 3GS plastic shell had no coating on it.
We have no idea if this is what Apple is doing. My guess is this analyst isn't privy to Apple's manufacturing specifications.
