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Steve Jobs' Last Days at Apple Spent on Next iPhone, not iPhone 4S →
October 15th, 2011 · 20 notes · #apple #steve #jobs #iphone #4 #4s #5 #6 #4g
Brooke Crothers, CNET:
The next-generation iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes,” Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a “cult classic” because of Jobs’ involvement.
Steve Jobs supposedly left his mark of approval on Apple’s product releases for the next four years.
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Sprint Will Join AT&T, Verizon as a Carrier of the iPhone
August 23rd, 2011 · 36 notes · #apple #iphone #3g #3gs #4 #5 #4g #lte #at&t #sprint #verizon
Wall Street Journal columnists Joanna Lublin and Spencer Ante produced a joint report claiming Sprint Nextel Corp. will be providing Apple’s next iPhone, due this Fall, alongside Verizon and AT&T. The report indicates that Sprint will begin selling the presumed iPhone 5 in mid-October, which further conflicts numerous reports citing a September release.
Sprint, who’s 52 million subscribers seems whimsical against AT&T’s 99 million and Verizon’s 106 million, will benefit substantially from the device, as they have not had a flagship phone to rally behind except for HTC’s Evo 4G, which has been deemed a failure by many.
If true, Sprint’s addition of the iPhone to their lineup will satisfy investors further after the company has improved many crucial business elements such as customer service, advertising, and brand image. However, investors have hammered the telecommunications company for failing to add subscribers.
Sprint will begin selling hundreds of thousands of iPhone units, as Verizon and AT&T have sold 4.5 million and 7.2 million iPhone models since the beginning of the 2011.
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MacRumors Forum User Posts Photo of Alleged iPhone 5 →
August 4th, 2011 · 14 notes · #french #carrier #iphone #5 #picture #mac #rumors #macrumors
MacRumors forums user guigsh:
Picture taken yesterday in the office of a French operator. Believe it or not… Cheers!
Here’s one of the photos… Looks very mysterious but it’s definitely a likable design. Fake or not, I like it.
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Next iPhone in October? I'll stick to September - and here's why →
August 2nd, 2011 · 5 notes · #apple #iphone #4 #5 #october #september #4g #camera #lte
Murmurings that the next iPhone won’t appear until October are being echoed all around the web, but they don’t fit the way that Apple operates - nor with the details emerging from carriers.
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15 Million iPhone 5 Units Will Ship in September →
July 30th, 2011 · 7 notes · #apple #pegatron #digitimes #taiwan #china #ship #factory #iphone #apple #4 #5
Monica Chen, Taipei; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES:
Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology is estimated to have landed orders for 15 million iPhone 5s (iPhone 4S) from Apple and is set to start shipping in September of 2011, according to sources from upstream component makers. In response, Pegatron declined to comment about its cooperation with clients.
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Apple iPhone 5 Cases Being Mass Produced, Reveal Details
July 30th, 2011 · 16 notes · #apple #iphone #4 #5 #case #china #produced #home #button #camera #parts #rumors
A United Kingdom phone site revealed Chinese manufacturers’ case plans for Apple’s iPhone 5. William Judd, editor of the site, claims the blueprints were sent to him by different manufacturers, although it is unclear why.
“If these images are authentic – and we have every reason to believe that they are – then the iPhone 5 is a radical evolution of the iPhone concept, and a bigger departure from the iPhone 4 than previous case images have shown,” Judd wrote.The images, which can be viewed by clicking here, show an increase in screen size from 3.5 inches to 4.0 inches. However, the size of the phone itself seems to have stayed the same. This means the bezel on the device has been removed, accomplishing an edge-to-edge display.
It appears that iPhone 5 will also return to curved edges like Apple’s previous iPhone models, excluding iPhone 4. Apple may also use a curved glass on the back of iPhone 5, as reported by DigiTimes in late May.
Also of note: The first case design shows an oval, perhaps a multi-touch gesture area, where the home button should be.
Given Apple’s recent obsession with multi-touch gestures, it is likely that the home button will be replaced by a glass gesture area similar to that of Apple’s MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
The cases also fit the alleged iPhone 5 camera parts posted in mid-May by Apple.pro. M.I.C. Gadget, a Chinese technology blog, is now reporting that the cases are “all over” mainland China.
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Seth Weintraub, Founder of 9to5mac, Tweets "Holy. I am looking at an iPhone 5" →
July 30th, 2011 · 10 notes · #apple #iphone #5 #seth #weintraub #mark #gurman
I know it’s just a tweet, but it means that 9to5mac has real photos of an iPhone 5 or they have one in their possession. Another interesting note, Mark Gurman’s avatar on Twitter, an editor at 9to5mac.
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Analysts who cover Apple usually have experience in the computer industry. Computer hardware is not particularly useful in understanding the mobile phone business and nobody has any experience understanding cloud-based business models since they don’t currently exist. As a result it’s easy to dismiss something for which data does not exist.
July 29th, 2011 · #apple #iphone #4 #5 #icloud #mobile #phone #smart #business
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BGR Claims Mid-September iPhone 5 Release →
July 27th, 2011 · 16 notes · #iphone #5 #apple #at&t #verizon #boy #genius #report
Jonathan Geller, Boy Genius Report’s Editor in Chief, has exclusively learned from source, likely an AT&T employee, that AT&T is preparing it’s stores and managers for a September iPhone 5 release.
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AAPL Dips, Recovers amid iPhone 5 Reports
June 21st, 2011 · 26 notes · #apple #iphone #5 #AAPL #stock #price
Apple (NYSE:AAPL), which closed at $316.68 on Monday, opened Tuesday heading downhill even further after news outlets reported Nokia would be offering phones with Windows Phone 7 in the near future. The partnership is thought to have a negative effect on Apple.
Before dropping below $316.05, news surfaced that Samsung was not working to solve the dispute with Apple, signaling to investors that Apple would come out on top in the lawsuit.
In addition, Oppenheimer lowered it’s target on AAPL to $420, however, despite the lower price, it was a reminder to investors that the stock would rally in the coming months, thanks to the iPhone 5 rumors swirling.
Boy Genius Report fed the rumor mills early in the afternoon, claiming that the iPhone 5 would not be a minor update like the iPhone 3GS was to the iPhone 3G. BGR reported that Apple would hold an event in August to showcase the new phone.
The reminders and news had a positive effect on investors as AAPL, along with the rest of the technology sector, performed well. At the day’s end, AAPL closed at $325.30, up 3.17%.
Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and Intel ended the day up 1.19%, 1.74%, 2.44%, and 1.52%, respectively.
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