iPhone 5 will not be coming out soon.
Iphone 4 white finally came out and went from urban legend or weird kit phone (one guy claims to have made over $140,000 selling white kits for black 4's!) to reality for the mainstream. So this means that the new release of the iPhone 5 is not immediately on the horizon. As mentioned before, sales figures are strong and even growing with the 4's so why would Apple put out the iphone 5 at this time? Another figure that went up is the market share of iphones to 5% around the world and now pushing 15% in the US market! Watch out Nokia!! Even Android has seen a decrease in their overall market share recently, which doesn't automatically mean that IOS is taking that share, but it's unlikely that cut and paste-less Win7 Mobile is taking it, no matter how many billion dollars they give away to get phone makers on board. Another recent report by 9to5 Mac says that developers are getting to test the iOS software for the five on existing devices and this process being at the stage it is means that the release to developers hasn't happened yet and the earliest possible time frame for a release would be September 2011, but that rumors of delays are rampant. But this is all just heresay for now. Of course. Apple likes it that way.
Regardless, the release of the Iphone 5 is still an event that will have people waiting and excited. The big question now is whether or not that will happen this year. Will the delays allow Apple to wow us once again with a faster processor AND better screen AND further capabilities? The answer to this awaits us all and at this point in time it seems that nobody at Apple can accurately know when the release of the Iphone 5 will actually become a reality. Apparently a good 5% of the world are VERY interested (higher in the US) and it's a good bet that many who cannot afford an iPhone 5 on it's release will still wait and watch with baited breath to see the new model come off the line. Whatever happens, a lot is riding on this release and the brand will benefit or suffer because of it. But for now it looks like it will be more hurry up and wait.
Not to worry, however. We will know about it and have multiple chances to pre-order and buy an Iphone 5 long before the official release of the iPhone 5.
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