Huh? You believe Apple will wait 20 months to go from the 4S to the 5? Um, OK. Let me know how that works out.
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When in 2012 for iPhone 5?
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Huh? You believe Apple will wait 20 months to go from the 4S to the 5? Um, OK. Let me know how that works out.
This. Apple wants to milk this cow until it's not possible anymore and then we get a new one
I certainly hope so. I can't imagine waiting until October for the iPhone 5 (or will they call it a 6 now?).
That's if my 3GS survives until then. If it doesn't, then I'm looking at Nexus or SGS 2. Until the legendary iPhone 5 comes through that is.
2013 hell no, the 4 is a great phone but in todays world no smartphone can go up for 3 years. If Apple will wait that long they will cut them selves out of buisiness even the cool lifestyle commercials can't save them anymore then
Thinks logic, this upgrade was more software wise and sure it costed money. But not by far as much a physical upgrade for a redesigned phone would cost which changes productionlines and everything. So a physical upgrade after a software upgrade after 8 months is not that strange. 2012 is the 5th anniversary of the phone and it doesnt't make sense to bring the 5 out in another year. It will be in may or october 2012 again.
Thinks logic, this upgrade was more software wise and sure it costed money. But not by far as much a physical upgrade for a redesigned phone would cost which changes productionlines and everything. So a physical upgrade after a software upgrade after 8 months is not that strange. 2012 is the 5th anniversary of the phone and it doesnt't make sense to bring the 5 out in another year. It will be in may or october 2012 again.
It's very possible the delay from Summer to October for the 4S was because of software not being ready by the summer. Apple wouldn't want to release the 4S until IOS5 and Siri were ready for prime time. Either of these (or both) may have needed the extra months of development time which would have been obvious a long time ago (that they wouldn't be ready for a June/July launch).
Clearly Apple may have preferred to move the iPhone launch schedule to fall with the iPad in the Spring, but I'm just saying there could have been software reasons to the delay which will have no bearing on future releases.
Clearly Apple may have preferred to move the iPhone launch schedule to fall with the iPad in the Spring, but I'm just saying there could have been software reasons to the delay which will have no bearing on future releases.
CNET posted an article suggesting Apple is timing major iPhone releases to user contracts.
Interesting suggestion, and if true then it suggests iPhone 5 will come out exactly 2 years after the iPhone 4 came out (June 24, 2010).
This will put it slightly longer then 8 months since the 4S is released, and 8 months is plenty of time for the 4S to run its course.
I am not counting the Verizon iPhone in this estimate, it only changed to support for different network.
Interesting suggestion, and if true then it suggests iPhone 5 will come out exactly 2 years after the iPhone 4 came out (June 24, 2010).
This will put it slightly longer then 8 months since the 4S is released, and 8 months is plenty of time for the 4S to run its course.
I am not counting the Verizon iPhone in this estimate, it only changed to support for different network.
I'd bet on fall 2012, based on this article Macrumors posted last week:
LTE Unlikely to Arrive in iPhone Until at Least Q3 2012
LTE Unlikely to Arrive in iPhone Until at Least Q3 2012
I suspect Apple waited until Oct this year to reset the "new model" iPhone season. From here on out it new iPhones will be announced in Sept/Oct. The reason is simple: iPod sales are declining and the iPhone is Apple's biggest product as far as sales volume. It needs a "hot" holiday gift and the iPhone is "it."
The iPhone 5 or whatever the next iPhone is called will not happen until this time next year. Bank it. I also suspect the iPad launch will be shifted to May/June.
The iPhone 5 or whatever the next iPhone is called will not happen until this time next year. Bank it. I also suspect the iPad launch will be shifted to May/June.
My uneducated & unimportant guess is that they will stick to the October (or near) release date to more closely tie into the Holiday buying season. Also guessing that the 3g/3gs, 4/4s, X/Xs, naming and bi-annual exterior redesigns convention continues.
I hope they go back to the June/July schedule as thats when I'm eligible to upgrade my iPhone 4.
Stopped reading after line 1. This is not a proven fact, it is a rumor published by Johnathan Geller.
I just hopE that it is soon enough that the people who are flocking to the 4S can't get upgrades.
Might as well ask "Why would the 5th iteration of the iPhone be called the iPhone 4S?"
Why would they skip over 5 and call it 6? It's pretty obvious by now that Apple doesn't care to match the model # to the generation.
1st iPhone - iPhone
2nd iPhone - iPhone 3G
3rd iPhone - iPhone 3GS
4th iPhone - iPhone 4
5th iPhone - iPhone 4S
6th iPhone - iPhone 5/6
It does make sense but it also doesn't make sense. If it was to be called the iPhone 6, the general public will think "what happened to the iPhone 5?" and it will just confuse a whole lot of people.
2nd iPhone - iPhone 3G
3rd iPhone - iPhone 3GS
4th iPhone - iPhone 4
5th iPhone - iPhone 4S
6th iPhone - iPhone 5/6
It does make sense but it also doesn't make sense. If it was to be called the iPhone 6, the general public will think "what happened to the iPhone 5?" and it will just confuse a whole lot of people.
Are you going to say this again 2 years from now when the next "S" model comes out?