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So, It's the Next iPhone That Will Be a Complete Redesign...

mrxak said:
I don't think Apple is all that concerned about their customers being seduced away. iPhone customer retention rates are massive, every other company is jealous of them, and iPhones are breaking records every line refresh. When you're #1 in customer satisfaction, and have like double the retention rates as your competitors, you shouldn't get careless, but you can afford to pick your release times instead of being driven by the rest of the market. I think the iPhone coming out in fall works great, it comes before the holiday season, they'll sell like mad on Black Friday, and it's a good time to buy a new phone anyway as it's something nice you can play with while you're huddled up inside all winter, and something to show off for the rest of the school year on your highly portable tablet.

Then, in spring when you want to go outside and do some computing, the new iPads come out, letting you read an eBook on the beach or in a park.

And, by spreading the two out at opposite ends of the year, you keep your shareholders happy with huge profits year-round, and you don't have a logistical nightmare shipping massive quantities of both products too close together.
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I disagree, Apple are concerned about their customer base, it is this attention to detail that keeps them at the top. As for spreading the huge profits year round? shareholders will be better pleased with huge profits coming early (June rather than October).

Logistics are not a nightmare for large companies like Apple, they get it shipped when and where they want, otherwise they get other companies that can do it.
 
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Again, I say it hardly matters what model designation is used. The fact is Apple will sell as many as they can produce.

Yet that said, to the worshipers this thread is proof positive, just how worried they are over it's model name.

As to the claims of how Apple cares so much about it's customers, that's a load of crap. It was true in the past, but now with roaring success, Apple only cares about bragging rights & profits.

They've turned into the very kind of company they once abhorred.

The ultimate example of hypocritical.
 
Iphone 5 or 4G

No one can say for definite what the next iPhone is going to be called as Apple have tended to use whatever they've liked for each new model, usually to highlight newer features pr significant differences from the previous model. The names have indicated functionality (3G) or speed (3GS), or simply progression (from 3GS to 4). There was never an official explanation as to what the S in 4S stands for at the keynote. My guess would be that the next iPhone would be the iPhone 5 (simple progression), if LTE enabled they could go for the more confusing but accurate iPhone 4G; iPhone 6 would be logical but logic isn't a great deciding factor in the naming of iproducts.
 
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i can understand that aluminum reduces reception.

but why don't they make the back out of steel?
(same as border from iPhone 4+s)
 
mrxak said:
Because it's inaccurate, it's based on poor understanding of the model history, and it only confuses the issue because people hear iPhone 5 and think, fifth iPhone, not the sixth one which will come out next year. It's also, absolutely, not going to be called the iPhone 5, so why start calling it by the wrong name now? It only encourages the editors of this rumor site to spread misnomers.

I already said I don't care about the thumbs, it's just kind of stupid that people are downvoting factual information. What I'm saying is true and easily verifiable. You may not like it (for whatever bizarre reason), but voting me down isn't going to change reality.
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You have no facts, only assumptions. Unless you work at Apple and have decision making powers on the iPhone line, you know nothing. You are assuming the public will be confused. You are making more of a number than necessary. If Apple decides to call it iPhone 5, that is all the public will need to understand, they will still go and buy it. They will not be hung up on 5 or 6. All the public needs to know is that whatever comes after 4S is the next one in the advancement of the line.
 
oh great, a week off and now we're faced with another full year of "OLOLOL GUYZ DIS SOURCE SED DA NEX IFONE IS GUNA B DIFFRENT DEY KNO PPL IN DA INDUSTRY LOLOL"

what a rubbish site this is.
 
NAG said:
I continually fail to understand why people don't like the iPhone 4 design. ..... The only reason to upgrade the 4 case design would be to increase durability (you can break about any phone currently on the market by dropping it but the iPhone gets more attention due to the glass).
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I continually fail to understand why people don't get the fact that a redesign is wanted for two reasons only:
Larger screen.
Larger screen.

Along with the larger screen will come a more ergonomic rounded shape.

I guess that's three reasons.
 
apttap said:
So, why does everyone think they'll call it the iPhone 5, when in reality it's actually the 6th? :confused:
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No it's not... it only increments up the number field with a hardware re-design

This is an S ... although a massive spec upgrade, the hardware hasn't changed
 
I am so sick and tired of all these stupid rumors. Really? One year before the release of an alleged iPhone 5? Shame.
 
sinsin07 said:
You have no facts, only assumptions. Unless you work at Apple and have decision making powers on the iPhone line, you know nothing. You are assuming the public will be confused. You are making more of a number than necessary. If Apple decides to call it iPhone 5, that is all the public will need to understand, they will still go and buy it. They will not be hung up on 5 or 6. All the public needs to know is that whatever comes after 4S is the next one in the advancement of the line.
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Can you at least agree with me with the fact that the next iPhone will be the sixth, not the fifth? Then can you agree with me on the fact that the only iPhone yet named with a number (4) was the fourth iPhone? If you can do that, and it's rather easy since it is reality, it shouldn't be that much of a stretch to see that the next one will be the iPhone 6.
 
mrxak said:
Can you at least agree with me with the fact that the next iPhone will be the sixth, not the fifth? Then can you agree with me on the fact that the only iPhone yet named with a number (4) was the fourth iPhone? If you can do that, and it's rather easy since it is reality, it shouldn't be that much of a stretch to see that the next one will be the iPhone 6.
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iPhone - iPhone 3G - iPhone 4 - iPhone 4S ...

Clearly iPhone 5 and not 6
 
mrxak said:
Can you at least agree with me with the fact that the next iPhone will be the sixth, not the fifth? Then can you agree with me on the fact that the only iPhone yet named with a number (4) was the fourth iPhone? If you can do that, and it's rather easy since it is reality, it shouldn't be that much of a stretch to see that the next one will be the iPhone 6.
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No, that's not that at all. If the first apple iphone was using GSM, and the second one supported GPRS and that was proclaimed as 2G in media as much as UMTS was 3G, it would be called 2G, then 2GS and the fourth one released would be iphone 3, not 4.
 
mrxak said:
Can you at least agree with me with the fact that the next iPhone will be the sixth, not the fifth? Then can you agree with me on the fact that the only iPhone yet named with a number (4) was the fourth iPhone? If you can do that, and it's rather easy since it is reality, it shouldn't be that much of a stretch to see that the next one will be the iPhone 6.
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Using the logic in your above argument, only 1 (20%) of the 5 iPhones so far has been correctly numbered, which in turn suggests that Apple do not consider numbering conventions as a high priority. If i was a betting man, I would bet on it being iPhone 5 or iPhone 4GS (To coincide with the roll out of 4G in the USA) rather than iPhone 6.
 
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vitzr said:
Again, I say it hardly matters what model designation is used. The fact is Apple will sell as many as they can produce.

Yet that said, to the worshipers this thread is proof positive, just how worried they are over it's model name.

As to the claims of how Apple cares so much about it's customers, that's a load of crap. It was true in the past, but now with roaring success, Apple only cares about bragging rights & profits.

They've turned into the very kind of company they once abhorred.

The ultimate example of hypocritical.
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Why do you find it necessary to **** on Apple and/or its fans in virtually every one of your posts? I find it more annoying than the fanboyism. What are you overcompensating for?
 
mrxak said:
Yeah, keep downvoting my posts, nobody cares. If you actually took half a second to look up the iPhone line, you'd know the order was:
1) iPhone
2) iPhone 3G
3) iPhone 3GS
4) iPhone 4
5) iPhone 4S

There were no other iPhones, and no fewer iPhones.
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Thank you. Reading through this thread was giving me a headache with so many people unable or unwilling to accurately describe the iPhone lineage. It's only four years old!

lukarak said:
No, that's not that at all. If the first apple iphone was using GSM, and the second one supported GPRS and that was proclaimed as 2G in media as much as UMTS was 3G, it would be called 2G, then 2GS and the fourth one released would be iphone 3, not 4.
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Where are you getting your facts? We have had exactly five iPhone releases so far.

Regardless of what it's named, the next iPhone will be redesigned. I don't think that anyone would question that. So this story really isn't very revelatory.
 
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It is 100 per cent certain that the next iPhone will lose the number 4 for a 5, so is the fact that the case will be redesigned, however what is uncertain is whether the screen will get bigger and the launch of this beast with this years launch delayed until October.

I only have 8 months on contract with my iPhone 4 so bring on the rumors
 
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