iPhone 5
The rumors of release continue but of course no one can confirm them completely. The AT&T employees have been told a certain time in Sep-Oct not to plan for any vacation due to an "important release." And the rumor mills continue. When will the Iphone 5 arrive? That is the question at this time. My earlier estimates and predictions about the much awaited Iphone 5 (that it won't release in 2011) may or may not still come true. You really shouldn't count your Iphone 5's until they hatch. I am still a strong skeptic, due the recent releases that are not exactly ground-breaking. The upcoming rumored statement in a couple weeks (late September) may shed some light on the whole picture. I am still leaning toward a 4GS version rather than an outright and disappointing Iphone 5.
Why am I so skeptical? Well, apart from just wanting to be right (hey, it's human nature!), I think that the rumored addition of more networks into the mix will complicate things more than help them and it is unlikely that a new model of phone, the long awaited iPhone 5 will solve that problem. It will complicate it futher and customers that are currently happy with their services may join the throngs of Sprint customers who are likely NOT to be happy with an incompatible phone and network system that needs the bugs worked out. A 4 GS will still be a new release but will lower the psychological expectations of the fabled "5" and give the company some time to come out with yet another impressive IPhone that will be worthy of the big number. IPhone 4 sales are still very strong and don't mandate a premature IPhone 5 release to boost sales. Apple is in good shape. I'm not sure that the 10 year anniversary of the Ipod will add to the sales of the rumored IPhone 5 release in October. It's hard to imagine many potential buyers saying "I won't buy one... wait, it's the 10th anniversary of Ipod? O.K. give me two." People who are buying them may or may not have ever even owned an Ipod!
So amidst recent epic fails on the part of some pretty major tech-news outlets (which this is not considered a part of in case you were wondering! ha ha), reporting on a hoax that September 7 was I-day, I remain unwilling to call or fold on this one. The wise will remain in a "wait and see" mode and "believe it when you see it" way of thinking about these things. Otherwise you will be in the masses of people who are being led around to bogus stories and easy "breaking news" stories about the unreal release of a highly anticipated tech event.
My Iphone 5 release date prognosis still says "2012" if we are lucky. Bring on the 4GS or 4G or whatever they want to call the latest one and let's see if it's a generation better than the 4's as the 3 GS models proved to be!
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