iPhone 5 cases appearing in AT&T reseller inventory lists?
TiPb received the above screenshot today which purports to show Case-Mate Barely There cases for iPhone 5 in an AT&T reseller point-of-sale system (POS). We've seen a lot of case leaks before, even Case-Mate leaks, and it's not hard to imagine case makers gambling on leaked designs, but retail systems stocking them already?
Seriously, October 4 can't get here soon enough.
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What's up with the 4G??
It might just be an error. It would be really nice if the next iPhone has a 4G (LTE) antenna, tho I wouldn't count on it just yet. More likely next year's model will have it.
I'd guess that it's the Verizon 4 surely, since it has a slightly different button config
Yea, at the rate it's going the iPhone 5 will be next years model!!
4g could be for 4th gen like how they do with ipods.
I can't wait. Seems like it is just around the corner and the days are going by very slowly. Why can't apple just announce it already!
Maybe they're just calling the 4S the iPhone 5--I hope not, but maybe.
I think the 4S would be the 4G in this screen shot man
4 inch screen or go home!
I think 3.7 or 3.8 will be perfect. It would be better for typing and watching videos, and we wouldn't loose the retina display.
But u know what? Other phones are just going to get bigger and nicer all the time. Mango phones are going to get nicer screens soon and who knows what kind screens Android phones will have by March next year. If the Samsung Note is any indication, I will definitely be having at least some screen envy next year if the next iPhone isnt at least 4 inches. 4inches is the best size. Not too hardcore but satisfying for everyone. Larger screens are the trend. 3.5 is actually one of the smallest sizes now. Android is constantly gaining on Apple in software elegancy too. Since Apple takes at least a year to drop their next phone, they might as well address the issue completely right now.
But then Apple would have 2 options: 1 - Make a 4 inch iPhone 5 WITHOUT a Retina Display, or 2 - They would make developers update their apps all over again.
960x640 is still one of the best resolutions for phones. Its no like it wont be better than most things out there. qHD is only 960x540 and Android users are just now going gahgah over that. The Galaxy S2 phones still use 800x480 and are still very nice. Heck, PSvita is going to have a 960x540 rez on a 5 inch screen for the next 4-5 yrs. How much rez do you really need. I know no matter how sharp something is I will ultimately want to see a little bigger. 960x640 on a 4 inch screen will still be pretty pixel indiscernable. Balance is the key. iPhone are suppose to be mainstream phones but they are still suppose to be high-end too especially since run at the highest price ends.
I have been goin nuts waiting on the iPhone 5 to come out!
Casemate doesn't have an "in". They've clearly stated they learn as soon as everyone else - but their benefit is that at the very moment it comes out, they can be in production. Good case companies with good production tech can do that. They KNOW they'll make lots of money. They don't need to get a design aesthetic. They already have one they need to adapt.
Another rumor circulating... Tomorrow another blog entry will be copied around that explains this as something other than it's being presented as now. Like the '4S' packaging 'leaked' image the went around, later explained as the manufacturers conceptual packaging design while they waited around for something official.
The only info we'll be seeing of relevance will be the one announcing the press event at which new devices will be unveiled.
What would really suck is if this "iPhone 4G" was an LTE phone and the iPhone 5 wasn't. And the 4G was the exact same phone as the iPhone 4 but with an LTE radio. And the iPhone 5 got the redesign but they kept it 3G.
That would make absolutely no sense at all.
this might be the worst "idea" ever.. why the @#$%^& would apple ever do that? Hey lets come out with a brand new phone and we will give our 1.5 year old device better tech and speeds.. PEWTER TSI.... stop thinking. you are making my head hurt
None of Apples next generation devices will be LTE. PERIOD. No need to worry about one being one and another being another. If Apple were intending on launch an LTE device then verizon would not have gotten into the position of having filed an intervention on behalf of Samsung citing that blocking the Samsung devices would detract customers from adopting their LTE data service they would have just kept quiet and been happy at launch of the iPhone 5. Expect the iPhone 6 to support LTE. By that time 90% of the USA will have coverage by Verizon's LTE system and Apple won't be in the crappy situation they got in with AT&T where people were frustrated at poor service area when it came to 3G. Hopefully one day AT&T will actually take the time to roll out 3G to all their network and then focus on implementing 3.5G HSPA+ and some day in the next decade they might even get full coverage implemented of LTE 3.75G.
In the meantime don't hold your breath for LTE 3.75G for Verizon. There is still not enough coverage to justify launching a phone and having people suffering the Quick Quick Slow Slow Quick Slow that people had suffered under AT&T 3G as they went from areas with 3G to areas that only at the old 2G data speeds and then sometimes to places that didn't have data at all!
Do not buy Casemate products. I threw away $30 on one of their cases for my 3GS. It reduced the signal strength by 40%. It also came with a screen protector that did not fit the screen. With so many phone case companies out there, the first thing to do is make sure it's not a Casemate.
So Apple's already testing LTE radios and iOS5 code supports a quad-core processor, what's the chance Apple returns to their June/July release cycle and all the early iPhone5 adopters have buyer's remorse in 8 months when the next iPhone comes out? Originally I thought I'd be one of those early adopters as long as the iPhone5 was a redesign but now I'm thinking these delays were more about finding new parts suppliers, moving away from Samsung, rather than changing their release cycle to October, in which case the "iPhone6" may be viewed like the 3GS was when reality maybe the iPhone5 is merely a stepping stone to the LTE, quad-core A6 enabled "iPhone6" to be released in the summer of 2012. #justsaying
4 inch or go home! agree 4.3 would be good though. If it is under 4 inch - samsung gs2 here I come
why is this news? surely we've all established the iphone 5 is coming out soon?
It will be 4.3 inch. There are case photos leaked to Internet today.