Verizon Executive Potentially Hints at iPhone Launch in Fourth Quarter 2012

iPhone rumor checklist:

1. There is a new iPhone released once a year, every year.
2. Has a new iPhone been released yet for this year?
3. End speculation.
 
Vulpinemac said:
Other than the iPhone itself, what Apple products use a numerical designator for its generation model? It's not the iMac (I have an iMac Extreme) or the Mac Pro; it's not the MacBook or the iPod, so why should the iPhone continue to have a designator?

I'm not saying it won't, but at the same time I wouldn't be surprised if they do drop it, either.
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OS X will also be renamed to just OS with the next release. :D
 
Vulpinemac said:
While the next iPhone is definitely a possibility, you can't ignore the probability of a Windows 8 phone as well. Windows phone OSes may be having a hard time of it for now, but I believe as people become familiar with Win8 itself, they'll see the advantages of having a phone OS that is intimately integrated with their desktop PCs. It's an advantage that only Apple enjoys at the moment.
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Advantages of having a phone OS that is intimately integrated with their PCs? Like what Apple is doing with iOS and Mac OSX?
 
FakeWozniak said:
Year after year, there has always been a new iPhone. It's inevitable. I just hope to see the iPhone 5 before the Mayan calendar ends.
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For this...? :D
 

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Raftysworld said:
Can we please stop calling it the iPhone 5? It's either the iPhone 6, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 4ST (T = Tall) or iPhone XL. iPhone 5 makes NO sense and would just cause all kinds of confusion.
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Why don't we just call it iPhone5 for now, and not get caught up with the name? Just like the iPad3. It is just a reference!
 
When I made the switch to the Share Everything plan even the sales rep said that she couldn't wait until "September" (her words) for getting simultaneous voice/data on "the new Apple phone."

So I think the rumor mill is as strong inside of Verizon as it is in the rest of the industry.

As an Apple shareholder, I really don't want them announcing the next iPhone until after the back-to-school marketing season is over. I want them selling as many iPhone 4/4S as they can, clearing out remaining inventory, prior to introducing the next model.
 
An October launch would make sense with a September announcement. It would give developers time to resize their apps for the shape of the new screen so that the launch of the phone has native apps instead of screen-centered garbage.
 
Raftysworld said:
Can we please stop calling it the iPhone 5? It's either the iPhone 6, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 4ST (T = Tall) or iPhone XL. iPhone 5 makes NO sense and would just cause all kinds of confusion.
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There is absolutely zero chance it will be called iPhone 6. It will be iPhone 5 or just "The New iPhone". Only total Apple geeks would think otherwise but here's the news - you aren't the target market for the iPhone, the target market is everyone with the funds to buy one and Apple won't want to confuse the general public. Nerd-raging that it should "technically" be called 6 won't change that.

I'd be willing to bet you anything you like that I'm right about this and you're wrong.

Just sayin'
 
Wow, this is SOOOO shocking....not :) I think most people suspected that an October release is more than inevitable honestly. Unless you are one of my friends who continues to claim an iPhone is coming August....
 
Raftysworld said:
Can we please stop calling it the iPhone 5? It's either the iPhone 6, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 4ST (T = Tall) or iPhone XL. iPhone 5 makes NO sense and would just cause all kinds of confusion.
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What confusion? There'd be none. The name is irrelevant. Most people have no idea what generation product it is, nor what software it ships with. They just want to know what to call it when they walk in and ask for one.
 
Vulpinemac said:
While the next iPhone is definitely a possibility, you can't ignore the probability of a Windows 8 phone as well. Windows phone OSes may be having a hard time of it for now, but I believe as people become familiar with Win8 itself, they'll see the advantages of having a phone OS that is intimately integrated with their desktop PCs. It's an advantage that only Apple enjoys at the moment.
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For a second I thought this guy was joking. Sadly, I was wrong. Wow, have you even seen OS X Mountain Lion? Explain that good Sir :)
 
Raftysworld said:
Can we please stop calling it the iPhone 5? It's either the iPhone 6, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 4ST (T = Tall) or iPhone XL. iPhone 5 makes NO sense and would just cause all kinds of confusion.
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I'm fairly certain Apple doesn't care about the confusion. They made that abundantly clear when they called it the "New iPad".

Worst. Marketing. Decision. Ever...(IMHO)

Nabby
 
Nabby said:
I'm fairly certain Apple doesn't care about the confusion. They made that abundantly clear when they called it the "New iPad".

Worst. Marketing. Decision. Ever...(IMHO)

Nabby
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Name's not New iPad. It's just iPad. Just like the new iPod nano.
 
Raftysworld said:
Can we please stop calling it the iPhone 5? It's either the iPhone 6, iPhone 4GS, iPhone 4ST (T = Tall) or iPhone XL. iPhone 5 makes NO sense and would just cause all kinds of confusion.
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Is this going to posted on every single story about the next iPhone? There is zero chance of them making an iPhone 6 without making an iPhone 5.
 
blucable said:
It may be the 6th iphone, but the name is iPhone 5, I think that is hard to change, I would just deal with it.
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I don't think there is any chance of it being called iPhone 5, and will almost certainly be called "iphone". For who is it hard to change? Apple doesn't care, even a little bit about what WE feel it should be.

Damn..Got sucked into these naming arguments again! Please stop with these posts in every single iPhone thread on here. It's so bad, it's funny.
 
sulpfiction said:
I don't think there is any chance of it being called iPhone 5, and will almost certainly be called "iphone". For who is it hard to change? Apple doesn't care, even a little bit about what WE feel it should be.

Damn..Got sucked into these naming arguments again! Please stop with these posts in every single iPhone thread on here. It's so bad, it's funny.
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It should be named iPhone XXL ;)
 
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