The Loop has posted an image that went out to the press for an Apple event on September 12. Tech nerds already knew that this event is going to be for the next iPhone, but they were torn on what the name of the product was going to be. Many Apple fans vociferously argued that it wasn’t going to be called the iPhone 5 because it would actually be the sixth iPhone product Apple has released (iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S). As you can see, the shadow cast by the number “12” indicates that it will indeed be called the iPhone 5…
…or the five could signify the 5th birthday of the iPhone brand. The original launched in June 2007. Either way, it has tech nerds talking (and arguing).
To all those people that screamed and shouted (on the Internet) that it wasn’t going to be called the iPhone 5 — how do you like dem Apples?
Leaked packaging points to the next model simply being called the iPhone, just like how this year’s iPad is just the iPad. I was tweeting with smartguy about this and said that eventually this was going to be the way Apple was going to go. I’m surprised and happy that it might happen this year. Like smartguy said, iMacs and MacBooks aren’t numbered. Also, not having a number will make some fanboy heads explode. That will be fun. Hope this one pans out!
I think it will lead to confusion why certain apps or OS features aren’t supported on someone’s iPhone or iPad.
Unless they start putting the component specs on the box or in the settings menu this could become a problem with the way Apple snubs older and capable hardware. Perhaps a problem negated by charging for iOS updates? Maybe the App Store will not show apps that aren’t compatible with your iDevice?
Ha and people thought it ultra nerdy or geeky when you could discuss clock speeds on your intel chips and amd chips. Wait til they hear you discussing clock speeds of memory and chips in ARM devices!
This was a little bit more exciting news for me personally, http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/09/05/motorola-announces-most-2011-phones-will-get-jelly-bean-the-rest-will-receive-100-credit-for-upgrades-promises-developer-editions-of-phones/