There’s a perpetual buzz of Apple rumours and while many of them are clearly only a fine line away from slanderous nonsense, just occasionally one or two turn out to be the truth and the most recent and widely reverberating buzz of rumour has been about the apparently upcoming release of both the iPad 2 and the iPhone 5 and while the former makes sense the latter seems little more than a rehashed version of a pre-iPhone 4 rumour.
One of the greatest flaws of the iPad was that it was lacking a USB port, which is considered standard on just about everything from your car stereo to your kettle nowadays (we will find a kettle that connects to the Internet and requires a USB port one day – if you see one let us know).
There are, in our opinion, a few problems with the iPad – its astronomical price, the fact it does very little compared to your average smartphone, the lack of proper Adobe support, and the lack of a USB port. At least one of these is due to be fixed for the second incarnation of the touch-screen tablet that started its own trend.
Apparently, this is considered a fairly major fix by others too and Apple will be releasing the iPad 2 earlier than the iPhone 5 for this reason.
On the subject of the iPhone 5, rumours are that Apple are ready to jump out of bed with AT&T in the US and straight into bed with Verizon. Probably won’t mean all that much to us in the UK but you should probably expect similar features, similar prices, and similar carriers should the next iPhone be arriving soon as promised by people who aren’t really in the know but like to pretend they are.
Friday 8 October 2010
Iphone 5 - Truth or myth?
iPhone 5 rumours: what you need to know
- source "techradar.com"
iPhone 5 (or the iPhone 5G, as some are calling it) rumours are flying thick and fast already. Will there be a rush release to erase memories of the iPhone 4's antenna problems?
Will the 5th generation iPhone deliver ultra-fast mobile internet? Will it ever end up on Verizon in the US?
Let's discover what the rumour mill has to say, and which iPhone 5 rumours are the most convincing.
The iPhone 5 release date will be in the summer…
Apple's established a rhythm with iPhone releases, with new models appearing in late June or early July each year. It's a safe bet that the iPhone 5 release date will also be late June or early July.
…or maybe the iPhone 5 release date will be earlier
iLounge says its source reckons Apple will push the iPhone 5 released date forwards - possibly to January 2011 - because of the iPhone 4 antenna problems, although iLounge itself says the claim is "hard to believe". It's unclear whether such a rush release would be an iPhone 4 with a different antenna or something more substantial.
The iPhone 5 specs may include a digital wallet
There's been some speculation that Apple might include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in the iPhone 5, turning it into a kind of credit/debit card.
The iPhone 5 price won't change
If the iPhone 5 is an evolutionary step like the move from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone 3GS - and we think it will be - then we'd expect the price to stay more or less the same, although in the UK it might increase slightly due to January's VAT rise.
- source "techradar.com"
iPhone 5 (or the iPhone 5G, as some are calling it) rumours are flying thick and fast already. Will there be a rush release to erase memories of the iPhone 4's antenna problems?
Will the 5th generation iPhone deliver ultra-fast mobile internet? Will it ever end up on Verizon in the US?
Let's discover what the rumour mill has to say, and which iPhone 5 rumours are the most convincing.
The iPhone 5 release date will be in the summer…
Apple's established a rhythm with iPhone releases, with new models appearing in late June or early July each year. It's a safe bet that the iPhone 5 release date will also be late June or early July.
…or maybe the iPhone 5 release date will be earlier
iLounge says its source reckons Apple will push the iPhone 5 released date forwards - possibly to January 2011 - because of the iPhone 4 antenna problems, although iLounge itself says the claim is "hard to believe". It's unclear whether such a rush release would be an iPhone 4 with a different antenna or something more substantial.
The iPhone 5 specs may include a digital wallet
There's been some speculation that Apple might include Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in the iPhone 5, turning it into a kind of credit/debit card.
The iPhone 5 price won't change
If the iPhone 5 is an evolutionary step like the move from the iPhone 3 to the iPhone 3GS - and we think it will be - then we'd expect the price to stay more or less the same, although in the UK it might increase slightly due to January's VAT rise.
Tuesday 5 October 2010
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