Thank you, JimRod, for giving me the term "nerd-raging." I can't stop laughing!
That will be added to my vocabulary immediately.
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Verizon Executive Potentially Hints at iPhone Launch in Fourth Quarter 2012
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Thank you, JimRod, for giving me the term "nerd-raging." I can't stop laughing!
That will be added to my vocabulary immediately.
If so, would you think people also give up on buying forthcoming Android phones, esp. Galaxy Note 2, in favour of a Win 8 Phone?
I believe people will see how stable the Win 8 phone would be before deciding between three mobile OS.
Give up your quixotic endeavors. Until Apple announces the phone it's going to be called the iPhone 5.
And I agree with those saying it's going to just be the 'iPhone'. I suggested this even before the new iPad came out--got no upvotes for my prediction or anything. ;-( (Never seen a winking sad face before, but it somehow seems appropriate.) And now the 'iPhone 6' brigade is like a cancer spreading through MacRumors.
About a year ago, before the 4S was revealed, I said "there's no way they're going to call it anything other than iPhone 5, they wont screw the numbering up again after getting back on track with 4"
but I followed up with
"the only reason the might call it anything other than the iPhone 5 is if they plan on getting rid of the numbering completely"
I still think I will be proven right in that last regard, the latest iPad certainly points to it.
because they are currently selling two different generational models and trying to downplay the issue except for cost... to entice people who are price sensitive to buy the lower cost model but not think of it as last year's technology.
and i have lost track of how many generations of phone they are still selling..LOL
What is Apple's fiscal year?
"Apple's fiscal year 2012 runs from September 25, 2011 through September 29, 2012."
And by "he" do you mean the VZW exec.? Why would he make such confusing remarks about Apple's fiscal year? Doesn't seem likely.
I said it earlier, but I'll say it again. This just seems like a ridiculous assumption. Why oh why would a company want to "celebrate" someone's (especially SJ's) death with new product launch? It would just be a dark cloud over the entire keynote. Seems plain wrong to me; it doesn't make sense.
This seems reasonable. The only thing I could counter with would be to bring up forums like this. How many posts have we seen dealing with the name? ...Not even considering what the phone will look like or cost, but just what name it will have. If they give up the numbers (which I agree, they are likely to do) they really are giving up quite a bit. Imagine how happy Samsung's people would be if there were posts upon posts of people speculating on what the next Galaxy would be called...
A product launch on October 5th would obviously require a keynote well in advance of that date. It wouldn't be a "dark cloud" over the keynote as you state, because the connection wouldn't be made until the official launch date is announced (which is most often at the very end of the presentation).
One more thing....
[Steve Jobs' stuffed body is rolled out on stage poised holding the new iPhone.]
Yeah, that wouldn't be creepy at all.
Or worse yet, they could have one of those horrible Disney animatronic robots with the moving lips and faux blinking eyes....
Sorry, I'm just enjoying this too much.
That literally made me LOL. (And believe me, my use of such terms is very few and far between. Well done, sir/ma'am.
Also, multiple sources have stated that the iPhone 5 and not the 4S was Steve Job's final contribution to Apple. A release date paying homage to him and the contributions he made would be appropriate in my opinion.
There are two kinds of consumer. There is the kind that participates on MacRumors, eagerly awaiting the next release, gobling up every rumor, referring to the buyers guide to make a reasonably informed decision about when to buy... Then there is the kind that just knows they want a new phone this week, walks into a shop and buys one. Of course I'm over generalising a bit, but you surely know both kinds of buyer. Now tell me, which of these two needs the device generation to be clearly labelled? The first guy doesn't--he knows exactly what he's getting, down to the colour of the internals which he saw on the iFixit teardown. The second guy doesn't know and doesn't care--he just wants a phone (or possibly an iPhone specifically.)
It's in Apples interests to appeal to both types--the first generates excitement around a new launch, and the second keeps stock moving throuh the off season. A lower profile generation number possibly helps with the latter, while not really affecting the former.
Yes cos you control what we all call it....
Plus apart from iPhone 6, all your ideas of what it will be called are ridiculous... The 4ST just cos it's tall?! Haha. I'm hoping your post was not serious...
It's either iPhone 5, 6 or the New iPhone. All those make sense. People will call it what they choose until apple announce otherwise. Deal with it..
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Did the Verizon exec hint at a potential launch of iPhone, or did he potentially hint at iPhone launch?
Sorry to troll, but this is almost news but not quite.
Did the Verizon exec hint at a potential launch of iPhone, or did he potentially hint at iPhone launch?
Sorry to troll, but this is almost news but not quite.
Correct. It is a rumor that the phone will not launch before Q4 this year - contrary to other rumors it might. There were rumors that the next iPhone is already in production hinting towards September and then rumors that it is in fact still in Engeneers' Testing hinting towards October or later. For "News Only," check your local paper. This is "News and Rumors."
PS: Don't admit to troll. Gets you into trouble.
On that note, let's call the New iPad: iPad 3. It is way too confusing to call it New iPad because they still sell the iPad 2 as "new" meaning not refurbished.
I would be surprised if Apple cares one bit about these forums. Not sure I have seen any sign that they do (in a positive way). Though you would think with the word of mouth publicity.. but it works both ways. People here speculate on what the next device is, build it into something its never ever going to be (tactile iPad just days before launch?), and then moan how it isn't what they speculated. There seems to be almost as much negative as positive.