And if they do release one there will be even more threads.
At this point, I'm looking at it from this point of view:
If they release one, there will be threads of people complaining about everything it isn't, to which us old users will say, "Shut up and buy a regular iPhone, because that's where all those features are."
If they don't release one, there will be threads of people complaining that they didn't release one and how essential to Apple's non-bankruptcy it is to have one, to which us old users will say, "Shut up," anyway.
So my current dilemma is figuring out which way gets the people on the forum who matter fewer threads to weed through.