Haven’t gotten your hands on an iPhone 5 yet, but anxiously awaiting the moment when you can? At least people are uploading videos of the unboxing to YouTube so you can watch them.
Here’s one from GottaBeMobile, showing off the white 32GB model:
Now want to see an iPhone 5 dropped on the ground repeatedly? Here you go.
And don’t forget to check out this one that somebody glued to the ground.
Well, two big iPhone 5 rumors in one day. What’s the special occasion?
The Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing “people familiar with the matter,” that Sprint Nextel will start selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October.
The release date rumors have fluctuated between late September and mid-October. At least one source calmed October 7, specifically, and now this.
Well, regardless of the date, the real news here is that Sprint is getting the iPhone (supposedly). That should be huge for Apple as that would mean the 3 main carriers in the U.S. (don’t forget AT&T’s T-Mobile acquisition) would offer the iPhone, surely increasing its market share significantly in the smartphone market, with which it is competing fiercely with Android (and now Windows Phone). Oh yeah, and RIM.
The other rumor about the iPhone 5 today is that it will be a dual mode device. More on that here.
Yesterday, some photos of alleged parts for the device were leaked.
In other iPhone rumor news, there is also word that Apple will release a cheaper version of the iPhone 4 alongside the iPhone 5.
It looks like we have reached the “rumor-a-day” phase of the iPhone 5 mania. With the latest rumors hinting at either a September or early October release date, we might be only a month or two away from Apple’s next-gen smartphone.
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, a lot of people are ready to shell out the dough for the new iPhone when it drops – not just current Apple customers.
He made some projections based on a survey of 216 mobile phone users and decided that the huge demand for the iPhone 5 could translate to Apple doubling their market share – a market that is currently controlled by Android OS mobile devices.
Here’s what the makeup of the survey group looks like – 29% currently own iPhones (3G, 3Gs or 4 not specified), 17% currently own Android phones and 28% currently own a BlackBerry. The rest own other types of phones.
Of everyone in the survey, 64% said that they plan on buying an iPhone 5. 60% said that they are simply waiting for the iPhone 5 to come out, and that they will buy it then even if their current phone is still working and their contract is still valid. If only 29% of respondents currently own an iPhone, this means that a giant percentage of non-iPhone users want to make the switch.
In fact, 42% of Android OS users said they will probably switch to iOS when the iPhone 5 drops. In contrast, only 6% of iOS users said they would be switching to Android when they purchase their next phone.
94% of iPhone users plan on buying another iPhone. That’s some customer satisfaction.
The iPhone 5 might also help Verizon specifically – of the 55% of non-iPhone users that expect to buy an iPhone, 74% said that they were waiting on the iPhone 5.
Will the iPhone 5 bring Apple closer to market supremacy?
The latest buzz about the device in question is that it will have a slightly larger display than the 4 and a thinner bezel. Some reports point to an October 1st release date, a little later than the previously discussed mid-September release date.
For a more in-depth roundup of today’s iPhone 5 buzz, check out this rumors article.
The Apple rumor mill is always busy, but it has been especially busy in the last couple of days. Today, we move away from the buzzed about iPhone 5 and turn our focus on the tablet world – the world of the next-generation iPad.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that sources had detailed to them the release date and a couple of specs of the much anticipated iPhone 5. Their sources were component suppliers, and they said that Apple instructed them to ready themselves for a lofty goal – 25 million units by the end of the year.
They said that a Q3 2011 release date was expected.
This information coincided with various reports from a couple of weeks back that predicted an August production kickoff and an eventual September release date.
What will that iPhone look like? Well, according to the component suppliers it will be thinner and lighter. It will also sport an 8-megapixel camera and a Qualcomm wireless baseband chip.
But that’s not the only Apple product that will hit shelves before Christmas. According to This is My Next, the iPad family is set to get another member. No, it won’t be a radical redesign and sport the title of iPad 3, it will apparently be a high-res update to the iPad 2 called the “iPad HD.”
From TiMN –
As hard as it might be to believe, the new tablet is said to sport a double resolution screen (2048 x 1536), and will be dubbed the “iPad HD.” The idea behind the product is apparently that it will be a “pro” device aimed at a higher end market — folks who work in video and photo production possibly — and will be introduced alongside something like an iPad version of Final Cut or Aperture. This product is specifically said to not be the iPad 3, rather a complimentary piece of the iPad 2 line. Think MacBook and MacBook Pro.
So extremely high-res is the goal here. It would no doubt cost a pretty penny and cater to those “pros” who really want to do serious professional work on a tablet. This would definitely explain those retina display rumors that were flying around a while back.
Here’s a bonus tidbit from TiMN’s source: Remember all that talk about two new iPhones coming out within the next year? Possibly an iPhone 4S that would predate the iPhone 5? People said that it would not be a radical redesign, simply a component update for the iPhone 4.
Their source said that they have been testing the newer, smaller components in old iPhone cases. This could give the impression to some that a faster phone might be coming out that looks similar to the iPhone 4 – making it seem like the next iPhone wouldn’t be changing its look very much.
But Apparently the iPhone 4 model is “out of favor” with the Apple higher-ups, so we can expect something different when the iPhone 5 finally does surface.