2 independent rumours, unrelated, and the exclusivity just sounds wrong.
There were absolutely firm rumours from reliable Verizon sources that 'Verizon was going to get iPhone in a few months' literally for years before it finally happened. Good sources does not make it happenjust that they're trying.
Rumour 1 Sounds like the same buy-in any carrier needs to make to get iPhone.
Rumour 2 WiMax is just too limited a technology to roll out for a flagship phone. There's no evidence WiMax is being adopted more widely.
HSPA+ gets 21mbps, still on 3G (although sometimes called 4G). That'll be enough for the majority of customers.
Apple doesn't bother about specs or bullet points, and it certainly doesn't bother trying to be first at anything but its own technologiesbecause everyone else's 'first' is usually less well thought out and poorly implemented.
In the case of mobile phones, most of the world is 3G, with a clear plan to move to LTE. Only the US and 'new US' China have major mobile technology schisms. Both big and important markets, but Apple has taken a pretty global approach so far.
As for the iPhone 5 thing. I think we'll all be disappointed on this one. It's a long wait for a 4S, not that it won't be a great phone, as the 3GS is, just that expectations are very high. But expectations have been dashed many times before. Sadly, going by sales and mind-share, no other company is really pressuring Apple to try too hard at this point.
There were absolutely firm rumours from reliable Verizon sources that 'Verizon was going to get iPhone in a few months' literally for years before it finally happened. Good sources does not make it happenjust that they're trying.
Rumour 1 Sounds like the same buy-in any carrier needs to make to get iPhone.
Rumour 2 WiMax is just too limited a technology to roll out for a flagship phone. There's no evidence WiMax is being adopted more widely.
HSPA+ gets 21mbps, still on 3G (although sometimes called 4G). That'll be enough for the majority of customers.
Apple doesn't bother about specs or bullet points, and it certainly doesn't bother trying to be first at anything but its own technologiesbecause everyone else's 'first' is usually less well thought out and poorly implemented.
In the case of mobile phones, most of the world is 3G, with a clear plan to move to LTE. Only the US and 'new US' China have major mobile technology schisms. Both big and important markets, but Apple has taken a pretty global approach so far.
As for the iPhone 5 thing. I think we'll all be disappointed on this one. It's a long wait for a 4S, not that it won't be a great phone, as the 3GS is, just that expectations are very high. But expectations have been dashed many times before. Sadly, going by sales and mind-share, no other company is really pressuring Apple to try too hard at this point.
Android is like cheap mp3 players. Apple's happy if people that won't stretch to buy iPhone buy Android, because Apple knows that, after a taste of Android, the next time, they'll buy iPhone. They'll realise it's better value, with a better ecosystem.
And there's a fair bit of evidence that Apple is going to defend its intellectual property, this time around. They just have to show a judge what tablets and phones looked like before iPhone/iPad and what they look like after it's an open and shut case. Leaving Windows Phone the only competition. Job done.
And there's a fair bit of evidence that Apple is going to defend its intellectual property, this time around. They just have to show a judge what tablets and phones looked like before iPhone/iPad and what they look like after it's an open and shut case. Leaving Windows Phone the only competition. Job done.
