When is the iPhone 5 coming out? (Discussion Thread)

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by Heed

A test I just ran sitting comfortably on my couch. DL speed is a little sluggish today but it's still 4x faster than any other network. And yes, that is NASA 4G LTE. I hacked into their satellites.

[Heed]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

that is NASA 4G LTE. I hacked into their satellites.

intradesting

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

Proof please! Thank you!

You don't say "mark my words" when you have current proof because with current proof your words aren't special. It's informed speculation, like a prediction an analyst might make. "Mark my words" is purely to to establish that I said it BEFORE it was proven. If I'm right, your proof will come with the iPhone 5 announcement. If not, then you can rub it in my face. It sounds like Sprint is willing to bet the company on the iPhone and the only way that makes sense is if they buy exclusivity for the next flagship model. Who knows what Steve Jobs' death may have done to the launch of the iPhone 5, but I suspect that it would have been announced by now at least if that had not happened.

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by CZroe

You don't say "mark my words" when you have current proof because with current proof your words aren't special. It's informed speculation, like a prediction an analyst might make. "Mark my words" is purely to to establish that I said it BEFORE it was proven. If I'm right, your proof will come with the iPhone 5 announcement. If not, then you can rub it in my face. It sounds like Sprint is willing to bet the company on the iPhone and the only way that makes sense is if they buy exclusivity for the next flagship model. Who knows what Steve Jobs' death may have done to the launch of the iPhone 5, but I suspect that it would have been announced by now at least if that had not happened.

I can't remember a time when Apple announced a product a year before it arrived. In fact they keep things very tight lipped.

And maybe sprint is willing to lay down 20B but what makes you think AT&T and Verizon would not fight to keep the iPhone? The iPhone is a MAJOR part of AT&T (the iPhone is responsible for the majority of my paychecks)

Mark my words There is no way in hell that AT&T would ever give up the iPhone

[Jiggles]

derp

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

I can't remember a time when Apple announced a product a year before it arrived. In fact they keep things very tight lipped.

And maybe sprint is willing to lay down 20B but what makes you think AT&T and Verizon would not fight to keep the iPhone? The iPhone is a MAJOR part of AT&T (the iPhone is responsible for the majority of my paychecks)

Mark my words There is no way in hell that AT&T would ever give up the iPhone

You missed something very big: EVERYONE who knows anything about this stuff was expecting two new iPhones to be announced AND RELEASED during this cycle: The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5. We aren't talking about them announcing a product a year in advance. The same people claiming this clearly had inside information as they correctly predicted the announcment of the iPhone 4S months early.

Releasing two models was supposedly why the next model was delayed and why the Chinese accessory manufacturers were making cases for a teardrop-shaped iPhone with a larger screen and an oval Home button (or, rather, a Home button "area;" rumor was that it would be a touch-sensitive bezel with no actual button). These sources have never been wrong before and likely aren't "wrong" now... just a little mind-changing by Apple due to a deal with Sprint.

Sprint's switch to LTE, acknowledgement of the Apple deal, dissapointment at the Let's Talk iPhone event, etc is all perfectly timed, don't you think?

Many expected the iPhone 4S to be the "cheap enough to sell off-contract" model and the iPhone 5 to be the upgraded model, but with it's upgrades, the iPhone 5 will have to be called something else if it isn't announced and released sometime soon or else it will solidly be the sixth model.

[Jiggles]

If you could post up some links that would be great, because I can't find anything about what you are talking about anywhere.

Also, everyone in my store is getting a new LTE phone woohoo!

[Heed]

having a fake operator app is lame

[Jiggles]

Actually it's pretty damn cool haha. Last week OREO launched an LTE network and I hacked into that one as well. I was downloading faster than a cookie.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by Jiggles

If you could post up some links that would be great, because I can't find anything about what you are talking about anywhere.

Also, everyone in my store is getting a new LTE phone woohoo!

This one seems to have links to everything I've talked about, though I've never seen this one in particular:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/compani...imax-iphone-5/

Also, it's the first one I've seen suggesting any kind of exclusivity for Sprint. So far, that's been exclusively my own conclusion. They (rightly) claim that the "WiMax" claim for exclusivity is far-fetched and bogus, just like expecting LTE in a 2011 model iPhone. Note that it was written before iPhone 4S, Siri, or the CONFIRMED Sprint deal were even announced.

[rockNroll]

I need an Iphone. Should I go with AT&T? Can an Iphone use the wifi in my house and work to get on the internet, not using any off the data plan? Iphone 3s is free w/ 2 yr contract, Iphone 4 is $149.00 w/ contract and Iphone 4s is $299 w/ contract. I can't decide

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by rockNroll

I need an Iphone. Should I go with AT&T? Can an Iphone use the wifi in my house and work to get on the internet, not using any off the data plan? Iphone 3s is free w/ 2 yr contract, Iphone 4 is $149.00 w/ contract and Iphone 4s is $299 w/ contract. I can't decide

It depends on the coverage in your area. I work for AT&T so I am biased on AT&T your phone will DL up to 10x faster than sprint or Verizon, however Verizon does have better coverage. 3Gs is a piece of ****, don't get it. iPhone 4 is $99 w/ contract and 4s is $199 w/ contract. 4s will take up to 4 weeks to arrive. Whenever you are on wifi you are not using your data, also with AT&T you get acces to 26,000 wifi hotspots that we have set up across the country.

Also factor in tax, case, and screen protector to the final cost

[ruben]

Originally Posted by rockNroll

I need an Iphone. Should I go with AT&T? Can an Iphone use the wifi in my house and work to get on the internet, not using any off the data plan? Iphone 3s is free w/ 2 yr contract, Iphone 4 is $149.00 w/ contract and Iphone 4s is $299 w/ contract. I can't decide

get the 4s. if youre going to jump into the iphone world, might as well do it at its current peak. stay away from 3gs as its way outdated.

[ruben]

Originally Posted by CZroe

You missed something very big: EVERYONE who knows anything about this stuff was expecting two new iPhones to be announced AND RELEASED during this cycle: The iPhone 4S and the iPhone 5. We aren't talking about them announcing a product a year in advance. The same people claiming this clearly had inside information as they correctly predicted the announcment of the iPhone 4S months early.

Releasing two models was supposedly why the next model was delayed and why the Chinese accessory manufacturers were making cases for a teardrop-shaped iPhone with a larger screen and an oval Home button (or, rather, a Home button "area;" rumor was that it would be a touch-sensitive bezel with no actual button). These sources have never been wrong before and likely aren't "wrong" now... just a little mind-changing by Apple due to a deal with Sprint.

Sprint's switch to LTE, acknowledgement of the Apple deal, dissapointment at the Let's Talk iPhone event, etc is all perfectly timed, don't you think?

Many expected the iPhone 4S to be the "cheap enough to sell off-contract" model and the iPhone 5 to be the upgraded model, but with it's upgrades, the iPhone 5 will have to be called something else if it isn't announced and released sometime soon or else it will solidly be the sixth model.

i really dont understand the logic of ever releasing two different phones. thatll just confuse the hell out of the public. everything is just rumors unless it comes from apples mouth. the only thing that confirms rumors is apple going after 'leaked' material. example being the iphone 4/gizmodo fiasco. previous to that it was the fat ipod nano had a leaked photo that apples legal team came after. both were true leaks as confirmed with the keynotes.

[Jiggles]

Originally Posted by ruben

i really dont understand the logic of ever releasing two different phones. thatll just confuse the hell out of the public. everything is just rumors unless it comes from apples mouth. the only thing that confirms rumors is apple going after 'leaked' material. example being the iphone 4/gizmodo fiasco. previous to that it was the fat ipod nano had a leaked photo that apples legal team came after. both were true leaks as confirmed with the keynotes.

Samsung released the Galaxy S 2 last month, tomorrow they are releasing the samsung galaxy s 2 skyrocket, a phone that has a more powerful processor, LTE, and a bigger screen

LOLWUT?

[greatwhiteninja]

thats the only problem with android, they release there newest and fastest phones monthly.. no sooner then you get the newest android phone out, boom! theres another one thats better ..loL!