I'm curious as to why you still come here. Frankly, I've grown tired of your complaining about rumours on a rumours site. You've made your point, repeatedly. No one is forcing you to read these posts.
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Two New iPhone Models, iPhone 5 Design Seeing Production Delays?
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I'm curious as to why you still come here. Frankly, I've grown tired of your complaining about rumours on a rumours site. You've made your point, repeatedly. No one is forcing you to read these posts.
Yet even though Android is crushing Apple in OS market share Apple is CRUSHING Android in app store revenues... Meaning developers are making FAAAAAAR more with iOS.
This "delay" is killing me. I was hoping to pick up a 5 when I'm in the U.S. next month. My jailbroken/unlocked AT&T 3G is driving me crazy. If I miss the initial N. America release I guess I'll just have to wait another 6 months until it becomes easily available in Asia - the lines don't get any shorter over here 
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The iPhone 4 design is perfect in my opinion. It lays flat, it can stand on it's side, why would they curve the back and loose the balance?
The iPhone 4 design is perfect in my opinion. It lays flat, it can stand on it's side, why would they curve the back and loose the balance?
More android smartphone are sold then iOS, you have of course the tablet and pmd but there also android is growing.
Sure but if android market share keeps rising as it does that isnt going to last.
That drives some of the sales not others.
Each platform has its advantages and disadvantages price is just 1 of them.
Again for some yes, others no.
Now thats BS plenty of people study both and still choose for android even at same or higher pirce levels. Plenty of android top models out there who are just as expensive as iphone.
I love form factor of the iPhone 4 as well, but I'm looking forward to a redesign. Here's hoping for something that can easily be picked up, laying face-flat.
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I agree that I don't care so much about waiting, but having some semblance of a date and/or the specs on this thing would be nice. Talk about dangling a carrot!
I agree that I don't care so much about waiting, but having some semblance of a date and/or the specs on this thing would be nice. Talk about dangling a carrot!
No, I'm really not. Not all of us a "100% Apple and nothing else", quite the contrary, there's a lot of folks here that are into some Apple stuff.
Again, don't mistake your opinion for the "truth". Opinions are not "truth" nor are they "facts".
How do you explain the Samsung Galaxy S II, a phone more expensive than the iPhone available on less carriers (and until like this week, not available at all in the US) being the #1 selling Android device since its introduction then ?
Of course you can't, because it shows your arguments to be false.
I'm not complaining about rumors, I'm complaining about how it's been organised and presented since the removal of Page 2.
A fact you seem to miss in your haste to complain.
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You're right, shortages are just a way for Apple to make it seem like demand is tremendous by controlling initial offer thus generating lines at stores and media coverage for the launch.
It's a PR tactic, they always have "shortages".
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N94 iPhone is sprint and china mobile LTE iPhone...... Deet da dee....
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There has been a production delay rumor with the release of e every iPhone model. These rumors are a waist of time. Apple always come through.
There has been a production delay rumor with the release of e every iPhone model. These rumors are a waist of time. Apple always come through.
Would be nice to see some tech specs. What chip, still separate phones for GSM and CDMA? Retina display size etc. Ram will probably be larger but with Apple you never know...
Me too! I want them just to announce it so taht I can decide wether to hold on to AT&T 3Gs (less than a month) or just drop them and temporarily go with a prepaid service (2 months or so). I hate AT&T so much!
If the event is coming this month, it will have to be in the last 3 or 4 days. I have a growing suspicion that it will be forced back to the first week of October.
I've read the article several times over and I still think we'll be seeing the 5 in 2011; however, I could see the 4s coming out October 7th and then the 5 on October 15. This would explain all the confusion and many dates we've heard already...they could be launching 2 diffent models at 2 different times.
I'm basing that on the following...
"Weve heard that there are indeed two different models of iPhone coming out next month (announced this month?) *We still think October 7th is the scheduled release date give or take any delays."
"We therefore think that iPhone 5 will be delayed slightly at the very least and may see shortages all the way into 2012."
As for the shortages, theres nothing new there at all. If you're on this site then I'm pretty sure you're smart enough to know the iPhone 5 will be in very limited supply, hence, the preorders, camping out, etc...
I'm basing that on the following...
"Weve heard that there are indeed two different models of iPhone coming out next month (announced this month?) *We still think October 7th is the scheduled release date give or take any delays."
"We therefore think that iPhone 5 will be delayed slightly at the very least and may see shortages all the way into 2012."
As for the shortages, theres nothing new there at all. If you're on this site then I'm pretty sure you're smart enough to know the iPhone 5 will be in very limited supply, hence, the preorders, camping out, etc...
I think we should get answers this coming Weds when the at least announce (invites got out) when the press conference is for Apple. Generally they send these invites on a Weds and around 2pm Eastern time. There was some hope that this Weds. the invites would go out but now most likely will be on next Weds. This is going with this is an event in September. Which I got to believe.
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There's a very good reason not to release a new product after September; you will probably never have enough stock to keep up with demand during the holiday season. The fear is that instead of an iPhone 5, a customer might pick up a competitor because they need a new phone ASAP and can't wait.
Unlike the Apple faithful, most people buy whatever is available as evidenced by the fact that the iPhone 4 is still selling very well despite the fact that there are literally rumors every day that the iPhone 5 is coming soon (and if people had even just one tech savvy friend, they'd stop them from buying an iPhone 4 right now).
Unlike the Apple faithful, most people buy whatever is available as evidenced by the fact that the iPhone 4 is still selling very well despite the fact that there are literally rumors every day that the iPhone 5 is coming soon (and if people had even just one tech savvy friend, they'd stop them from buying an iPhone 4 right now).
Like, that's totally brilliant! You won't purchase an iPhone 4 because the iPhone 5 isn't available, but you'll buy a Galaxy SII when the Galaxy SIII isn't available.
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