It’s official!
Apple has sent out invitations to their special media event to be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts at 10am PDT / 1pm EDT on September 12, 2012.
By to looks of things, the next-gen iPhone will in fact be named “iPhone 5.”
Rumors strongly suggest that Apple’s iPhone 5 will feature a taller 4-inch (diagonal) in-cell touchscreen, 4G LTE, and a new smaller Dock Connector, among other things (NFC, Liquidmetal, quad-core A6 chip, 1GB of RAM?).
We’ll know for sure in eight days!
Word.
SO MUCH for the
DOUBLING DOWN on secrecy TIM COOK?
Do you expect Apple to send out the invites the day of?
Huh? You’re kidding right?
do you know who i am — say my name – say it!!!!!
am i kidding?
Apple better have some hot shit in the new iPhone5 and capabilities we all MUST HAVE.
An, A6 quad core might be fast but its just playing catchup.. Apple is getting behind. BEtter said the competition SITS on their very ASS… where it was a two year lag before.
But I am a loyal seed. And I still insist there better be MORE then a A6 and a taller screen on this new iPhone or else.
Else Apple will be SEEN insisting the BAN on the S3 for sure as it soars in sales. No I will not buy a Slamdung plastic toy. But Apple needs to PRODUCE its a taller IPHONE oh gee… same first impressions people had with iPad… oh gee its a bigger iPhone.
With all these devices running Facetime and iMessages and communications world wide using Viber and Skype alike… the Cellular Network Carriers are the ONLY thing that distinguishes the iPhone from an iPad regarding functionality.
Size does Matter… and so does the connectivity. But size has a comfort zone. Too big is not right and too small is not practicable either. Place a Micro SD slot in the iPadMini and a 3G or LTE cellular sim also — and it will win the over MASSES… no need to be an APPLE fan… Apple needs to continue its appeal to none Apple folks.
Or else?
are you new? Double down on secrecy? It was sent to the media.. This happens every year?
People like wont be happy until the damn thing has a quad core i7 and a TB of storage… “apple better _________ or people won’t continue buying their products!”
And then they sell 6 million in a day….
And 8 million the next year.
And 10 million the next….
And you’ll continue spewing the same nonsense… Samsung has NONE of the following things:
1. Ecosystem
2. Brand loyalty
3. Security
4. Stability
5. Synchronicity
Why? They only control the hardware (mostly)..
Some people are never happy no matter what you give them. I have yet to see ANY Apple product released where some people do not complain. As you can see by the posts, people complain even before it is released.
I think he meant the date has been known for a while. But there were only so many alternatives.
Stop using you product Walter White, you are not making sense.
Walter Ego! Eat my SH**!
The other points you made are interesting
Finlly the excruciatingly slow Chinese strip tease of photos and mock ups will end! 🙂 haha
I am hoping there are multiple categories of iPhone models for sale.. Not just one.
One other good way to kick Sammy in the ‘nads
I saw this 15 min ago on cult of mac. I am still like “AHHHHHH!! YEAHHHHHHHH!!”
So did the other 3 people who go there..
make it 4
Make it 5
Make it 6.
Now we can have a party. LOL!!
A lot more than you think. What’s up with the hate?
Lotta haters around here lately
Don’t know whether they are paid ‘turfers or not.
Not sure which is more pathetic; apple haters- who post nonsense on apple news sites because of their irrational hatred of all things apple, or someone who is paid to do it (how worthless would you have to believe you were to think that your highest calling is posting FUD and fabrications up on news sites reply sections? My god it’s even more pathetic than gooooogles army of paid bloggers)
Up!
Damn, that shadow idea on the flyer is brilliant.
Ha! I didn’t see that at first, now I can, it’s pretty clever 😉
it ain’t clever, why is there a cast shadow between the 1 and the 2 when there is nothing to block the light? stupid, trite crap..damn poor graphic design. muchos suckos.
hell just let the light break through the top of the five and then let it gradate from light to dark on the circle of the five…this wouldn’t have made it across Steve’s desk.
Put the meth pipe down, homegirl.
I’d be happy to look at your design. Talk is cheap.
weak design.
It’s called an abstraction, dipshit.
It’s weak design.
Have you even considered that the 5 is not a shadow.
Dumbass.
So this means it will be called iPhone 5. The naming discussions will be over!
I am ready to admit that my guess that the next iPhone should be called either simply “iPhone” or “iPhone 6” (correct number) or “iPhone 4G” is wrong.
Probably Apple gave up to global mass media hysteria which ran for almost two years with the “iPhone 5” name.
“Probably Apple gave up” and gave next the “iPhone 5″ name.
Yes, seems so.
Hmmmmmm. Tim is Cooked.
Honestly I want Scott in Tims place – soon.
ASAP..every move Cook makes is uninspired and frankly, wrong. He is a bean counter.
Stop being a troll
I am hardly a troll, I do not see your screenname as a registered MDN contributor…troll.
I vote you troll of this article.
I banish you. You’re banished.
You are easily a troll. When everyone sees your name more than 5 times on a post and every comment is a negative one, that is a troll. Being a registered MDN contributor has nothing to do with this, nice try on detouring though.
You are easily a troll. WHen everyone sees your screen name more than 5 times on an article and each comment is a negative one, then you are a troll. Being registered to MDN has nothing to do with this conversation, although nice try at a detour.
SJ did his best to pick a worthy successor as CEO. Perhaps SJ made a mistake? Time will tell, botvinnik. Only time will tell. I don’t know why you think that everyone should pay heed to *your* assertion over SJ’s selection, though.
Tim seems robotic… Agree.. Forstall seems to have a bit more of the elusive Steve factor
Or maybe the it’s iPhone “5” makes way more sense than iPhone 6, which would only satisfy a small group of people who actually count how many generations of iPhones have been made. Most people don’t care.
Could indicate that 5 new products will be released/updated/highlighted: iPhone, iOS6… iPad mini, 13″ Retina MBP, Apple TV update??
I will be in Alaska that day but I will be ordering two iPhones right after the presentation.
Hip Hip Hooray!!!!!!!
Yeah baby! Me too! Sales are going to be off the charts! Suddenly Scamsuck’s Galaxative sales will take a nosedive. Heh.
From the style of the invitation , u know Apple is so creative .
i bet Samsung is already filed this image in to their “creative” template folder for later use.
Sure they did. I know that I did.
I would wait for the iPhone 5s as it will be faster and will be another reason for people upgrade and spend more money even though they don’t need to. Oh and it may have a Samsung manufactured chip inside it as well just like the 5.
I would wait for the iPhone 8S as it will be faster, bla bla bla, bla bla.
I would wait for the iPhone 10XL as you know it will be faster, sport 8G, 1Tb RAM, warp drive, bla diddy bla bla blaaaaaaa….
How about waiting for the Galaxy VIIIs Mk IV which will have 10Gb RAM, a 15″ screen, and a keyboard; it’ll be along in six months, to encourage the Fandroids to get rid of its predecessor that came out the month before and buy the next whizzy new one.
Chuck, you are such a complete tit.
You are just too nice to Chuck.
That actually looks quite a good spec but I might wait until Sony release a new phone with the Android V7 (Custard Pie) on it. Will the Galaxy VIIIs Mk IV it still be able to make phone calls or do you think Apple might try and patent that as well?
*cough* Samsung is pulling that card Chucky *cough*
damn!
it’s here!
Apple/iPhone fans will be happy no matter what’s included.
let’s just hope the anal-ysts, media bitchers, naysayers, jealous or neurotic competitors and frustrated non-fans do not crash the AAPL stock just because they all only hold Apple to the high standards and none of their own products or themselves! if Apple does not make the iPhone5 revolutionary in both hard-soft-ware this time, the stock could crash. such hypocrisy.
i.e. if iPhone5 does not include:
1. LiquidMetal™
2. Curved/Bendable Glass
3. NFC iWallet antenna
4. bigger screen
5. 3D (StarWars-like hologram) projection
6. Siri 1.0
etc.
thanks in advance Apple, at least you’re always making the effort to please us, the people/users, unlike lying and/or lazy and/or illegal and/or bitchy and/or crybabies and/or sore losers and/or desperados and/or unethical and/or disrespectful and/or uncreative and/or visionless and/or gadgetary-but-nada-inside competitors.
I think 4G will make Siri a lot more usable with the additional helping bandwidth.
4.5″?
Why not make it 57″
It’s supposed to be a small pocketable device, not a flat screen TV or a jumbo laptop without a keyboard.
4″ max.
I might recant my views on a 4.5″ screen if they release a 7.85″ iPad mini that I can sling in my jacket pocket along with my iPhone. Showing photos, documents, etc to people on my current 3.5″ iPhone 4S screen is just a total pain in the ass.
Sounds reasonable and I believe the Apple Fairy will grant your wish soon. Personally I like a smaller more pocketable smart phone than a boogie board in me pocket..
No dispute from me. 4″ would be fine if the Apple fairy waved its wand on the 12th or the week after saying that the IPad mini is on a release schedule.
Whatever you say Goldilocks.
This screen is too big. This screen is too small.
Yes, yes! And now all I need are pants with an iPad pocket, an iPad nano pocket, an iPhone 4S pocket, and an iPhone 5 pocket, because I need a device which has a screen size for each little pet project of mine.
Oh, and don’t forget the laptop backpack and iMac pull-along.
How ’bout a hoodie instead?
http://www.scottevest.com/company/ipad.shtml
I wil buy it no matter what.
But if they do name it the iPhone 5, I will not be happy about that.
Ignore that number behind the curtain. Call it anything you want, but yah doesn’t have to call it the iPhone 5.
Uhhh… why?
It’s not because I care about the name.
I should have clarified why I made my statement.
Everyone expected the iPhone 5, and they gave us the iPhone 4S.
This, of course, was the second time this happened (3Gs being the first).
Tech writers blew it out of proportion, people complained, and the stock dropped for no reason.
I liked that they dropped the numbers from the iPad’s name, because that prevents the above from happening.
It’s a logical evolution to drop the numbers on the iPhone for the same reason.
They can call it whatever they want–I don’t care if they call it a Zune Phone… I’d still buy it.
You are correct. Just calling it iPhone would take the hot air out of a lot of tech writers arsenal of click bait and subsequent stock manipulation.
Why? Because you can call anything you own by a pet name instead if that will make anyone feel better. I don’t care what they call it, just get it into my hot little hands – on Verizon please! Having dealt for 25 years with poor AT&T reception in our area it’s time to change (duh!). Sure the free Micro Cell helped but it’s time for my phone to stand on its own.
Could the 5 mean five new products, including the iPad mini?
If the five is a shadow, shouldn’t it be upside down and backwards? 😉
Unless it’s art directed, then all bets are off.
Perhaps it’s an Escher shadow (defies logic)
Sure is not sansung invitation? they copy everything from apple, even the format of their invitations.
And i it doesn’t have every single rumored feature we’ve been hear about for the last year, everyone will be disappointed
I predict a 40 inch iPad XL before Q4 ’13.
Yeah, way to go and instantly have 600,000 apps NOT fit the screen.
Why Apple would do exactly what they have criticized Android for…
FRAGMENTATION!
What would be the point to not make the screen format aesthetically right and make a long weird stick of a phone?
Ever heard of letterboxing?
Plus 85% of developers who are just trying to break even are going to be thrilled to get all those 1 star ratings for their apps over night because their apps don’t fit the new screen of snoddy asshole iPhone 5 buyers.
I see it all the time… Oh your app doesn’t have a Retina icon and graphics for my precious iDingy so here is a 1 star rating.
Thank you Apple
Hahaha
You are right, these apple fanboys want all those 1 billion apps on their iphone 5. lol
Laziness will continue to bring you much success… Ahem…
Perhaps you drive a model T? 😉
So, the event will be on Sep 5th and Apple will announce iPhone 12?
We already have seen iphone 5 pics, and it has same old boring design. 😉
All Apple products settle down to very distinct yet simple, precise design forms over time. This way, it’s easier to recognize in the wild. It’s fascinating to see how the iPod nanos and the iMacs had changed over time.
But I hate iphone 5 design, it just looks like iphone 4s with bigger screen.
I will buy cool looking Lumia 920 with WP8. 😉
yea right
Typical mentality of a mariti driver, attracted to SHIT and very happy with the shit
I think Ballmer pays his call center guys to post this stuff. And fwiw, I think ‘Edward’ is Samsung’s CEO.
You’ll never know!
Knarly dude, like, Lumia.
Who cares what they call it and who cares what it looks like, as you are going to use it and 99% of people are going to buy a case for it…thinness helps in that area, as true drop cases make it look bulky. Bottom line, it is a new and better tool coming soon!
Seoul, start your copying machines.
Ass scum.
So here we go again…
I remember a game I played on my ipad a few months ago, I have no clue what it is called.
You would think that a computer can give me a list of all my games… right?
NNNOOOOOooooooooo!
We are way more advanced than this…
I get to manually go thru all my 15 folders called Games, scattered over 10 pages of icons.
Isn’t technology great how it makes life easier… Oh wait
You could change the names of the folders and organize them a bit according to your own system. Or search for the game based on what you know of it. If it has been months since you played perhaps the game isn’t that good?
That has to be the lamest excuse for an increasingly non functioning OS.
Androd is becoming more and more appealing to those who want a functioning device that let me do things other than send grandma an email.
Apple is completely dropping the ball on this.
Oh really? Tell me how Android solves the problem Ubermac describes? It doesn’t. It actually makes finding an app you can’t remember WORSE.
So AAPL will be sandwiched by Nokiasoft and HTC…
http://mobile.theverge.com/2012/9/4/3291553/htc-event-september-19th-windows-phone-8-devices-invite
December 5th
now that there’s funny