iPhone 5 release date: big buzz, few facts

[Scream]

It doesn't take much to get the tech world talking about the iPhone.

 

The internet has swirled with speculation in recent weeks about a release date for Apple's iPhone 5, and even whether the company will update its iconic smartphone at all this year.

 

Now, the most tenuous of news reports has ramped the talk up again.

 

A South Korean news site reported this week that Apple plans to release the phone in the fourth week of June. According to a translation by the MacRumors site, ETNews.co.kr reported that "Apple has confirmed" that time frame.

 

There are a few problems here:

 

It seems highly unlikely that the typically tight-lipped Apple would have confirmed a release date. The report also says the phone will be released in South Korea the same day it goes on sale in the United States.

 

Possible. But, for comparison's sake, the iPhone 4 was released there about three months after its U.S. debut.

 

And, for what it may or may not be worth, the South Korean report appeared on April 1.

 

But as Western news outlets jumped on the report, excitement spread.

 

The words "iPhone 5 release date" were briefly at the top of Google's Hot Topics list Tuesday morning, and multiple U.S. blogs were following up the MacRumors report -- albeit skeptically, in most cases.

 

The original iPhone, the iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 4 all had June releases. The iPhone 3G was released in early July. But reports have said that Apple plans to focus specifically on software, not hardware, at its Worldwide Developers Conference, scheduled from June 6-10 this year.

 

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

 

One X-factor here could be the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

 

Earlier this week, comments by Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer suggested that his company is making a camera sensor for the new iPhone. He said sensors for Apple will be delayed because of damage to 15 of Sony's plants in Japan.

 

It's also hard to know how Apple CEO Steve Jobs' medical leave of absence has impacted development of the newest version of the phone.

 

So the only thing that seems certain about when Apple will release the next version of the iPhone is ... that nobody in the tech media really knows.

 

source: cnn

[daredevil]

No more iPhone. I jailbreak anyways so why not use Android?

[NoGooD]

No more iPhone. I jailbreak anyways so why not use Android?

 

Because your porn apps are filled with Malware.

 

This sounds like B.S. though. Apple wouldn't confirm anything prior to a keynote. Sounds like the rumor mill is running at full speed.

 

Apple apps are filled with Jobsware

[Slayerz]

apple dosent confirm dates there known for that

[abnerdog]

An Iphone 5? There goes another paycheck. I have to have the lastest. I don't even use half the stuff on it. I have a brand new blackberry sitting here that I could not figure out how to use. Well as the saying goes "a fool and his money are soon parted". Thats me

[FIVEO]

Sell the BlackBerry to some other brave RIM user. !love iPhone's

[daredevil]

I have never used RIM much except office work but I like iPhone better then RIM.

 

The only thing I hated in iPhone is, I can't use Bluetooth to pair with other devices... All the time need to use cables.

[ecstasy]

I have the 3GS and will be holding out for the 5. I am in no hurry to get a new phone because already the 3Gs is more than enough for my needs. I am excited for the 5 because hopefully it will have more RAM and a better camera. Anyone think it will be dual core? or perhaps a 1 ghz processor

[-=Medic=-]

iPhone 5 with new designI dunno, maybe apple not gonna do a big change.. maybe CPU (A5) and RAM change only but I hope I'm wrong

 

what i wanna really see is the next iOS 5 which I think that what will apple give more intention on it with new Mac os x 10.7 (lion) coming too this june ^^

 

My iPhone4 4.3.2 Jailbreaked with Redsn0w today morning... works just fine I don't need more power maybe more storage.. may apple drop 16GB and start iphone 5 big screen +4,3" (RetinaPlus 1024x600) with 32gb + 64gb + 128gb but also in the same time a cheaper iphone 5 same screen as iphone4 with 16gb.

 

what next iOS 5 going to be?? humm maybe new multitasking like:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg-gfF3Pryc