August seems unlikely to me. It would interfere with their education sales promotions for that time of year. After that concludes in September would be a better launch time.
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Report Claims Apple Will Launch 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 in August, Larger Model in September
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AT&T owes you nothing.
You willingly signed a contract to get a subsidized phone.
Now you want to upgrade to the latest with no penalties?
I'd say if you're lucky, they will let you upgrade at the standard upgrade/contract cost but will make you renew your contract for 2-3 years from the point you upgrade.
Entitlement is alive and well in the new millennium.
There's no evidence that the 5.5" does exist, but I'm just hoping it does
I want the choice between 4.7" and 5.5" having owned the Samsung Galaxy S4 last year I didn't mind the screen size of 5" it was the quality I didn't like.August would be fantastic for selfish reasons.
You have to think that they won't obliterate the 4" screens. Just based on the rumors we've heard so far, I'd bet we'll see the 5c, 5s and a 4.7". I'm still iffy on the existence of a 5.5" just because it's such a hard usability problem to fix for users and a headache to code for yet another screen size.
You have to think that they won't obliterate the 4" screens. Just based on the rumors we've heard so far, I'd bet we'll see the 5c, 5s and a 4.7". I'm still iffy on the existence of a 5.5" just because it's such a hard usability problem to fix for users and a headache to code for yet another screen size.
I don't think they would do that. They put the retina Mini on the same level as the Air. No reason to reverse that trend.
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It doesn't take a full two years to become eligible for the full upgrade discount.
You're such a hipster.
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Thankfully I have T-mobile...Every 6 months for me! And August is when I'm due for my next upgrade!
The problem with releasing in August is you have a lot of people who bought a 5 on release day (like me) and they won't be quite eligible for an upgrade yet. By the time we are upgrade eligible there will probably be a month long wait on delivery.
Update - Sorry just noticed someone else commented you don't have to wait the full two years. Didn't realize that. In that case bring on August. I'm ready.
Update - Sorry just noticed someone else commented you don't have to wait the full two years. Didn't realize that. In that case bring on August. I'm ready.
Back-to-school is one of the major times of year for the retail industry. It's up there with Black Friday and the holiday season in terms of sales. Apple is a retail company. There's no reason to suspect that Apple sees the back-to-school timeframe as a "dead month."
new iPhone 6
I will wait for the larger-screened iPhone, 5.5 inch. The mere .7 increase in screen size for the other phone isn't worth the trouble or time for Apple to make it. Lets hope they hire someone from Samsung who can help them get over their production problems in producing a larger screen and release the 5.5 in september as well.
I will wait for the larger-screened iPhone, 5.5 inch. The mere .7 increase in screen size for the other phone isn't worth the trouble or time for Apple to make it. Lets hope they hire someone from Samsung who can help them get over their production problems in producing a larger screen and release the 5.5 in september as well.
since the iphone 5 launched in sept and the majority of people are on a 2 yr, why would apple launch a month early when most people aren't eligible to upgrade? apple knows this. don't see aug happening since it won't make sense to push as many units as possible.
Lets hope they hire someone from Samsung who can help them get over their production problems in producing a larger screen and release the 5.5 in september as well.
Lets hope they don't hire someone from Samsung so they create a superior product that Samsung will later copy.
Looks like the iPhone 5S will be my last iPhone for a long while until they decide not keeping the 4" model was a big mistake.
I can understand that there's pressure from the market for them to respond but why not be clever with the current 4" model? Borderless screen? Remove home screen button?
*sigh*
I can understand that there's pressure from the market for them to respond but why not be clever with the current 4" model? Borderless screen? Remove home screen button?
*sigh*
Because it's not about having a smaller phone -- it's about screen real estate. People want to be able to see more and do more with the screen they're presented. Besides increasing the size of the screen, the only option is to increase the pixels and scale the resolution so everything is smaller, but that doesn't really solve the problem for people that want to see more on their screens. For example, videos, images, etc. would still be 4" diagonally no matter how high the resolution goes.
That said, we don't yet know what Apple's going to do. Either the 5C or the 5S (or maybe both) will continue to be sold for the next year at least, and it's certainly possible that Apple creates new flagship phones in 4", 4.7" and 5+" versions in the near future.
Yes, it's the peak buying season for back-to-school items is August, but it's a terrible time to announce a new product, not just for Apple, for anyone. You never see companies announce new consumer electronics in Aug. because few are listening. If back-to-school is the target then it's announced no later than June. Otherwise they wait until after Labor Day.
I think we are likely to see a 4" 6c, a 4.7" 6 and a 5.5" 6x. (Okay, maybe not 6x but I haven't seen a lot of other suggestions for the suffix)
Maybe the 5.5" model will also have 2 GB of RAM which would help support the extra $100 price increase.
I certainly hope that the 4.7" and 5.5" come standard with 32 GB of NAND with upgrades for 64 and 128. One can only hope that the storage upgrade price tiers are reduced from $100 each to something more palatable, I'm not keeping this thing for ten years.
Good point. You could be right. The "unveil and launch in August" part seems less likely than unveiling in July to launch in August.
If they do launch early I hope carriers reduce the contact period by one month for those of us that have an iPhone 5 from September 2012.
Never really made sense to release a new iPhone in early 2015. They would be missing out on having a new product for the holiday season. Makes WAY more sense for them to both come out this year.
They release 13" and 15" MacBook pros at the same time.
iMacs?
MacBook airs?
iPads?
Why not this at the same time?
The Devs will adapt or they will die. Simple. If they want to make money they will have no issues adapting to change which is always bound to happen. Nothing, especially in this market, stays the same.