They could release a revolutionary 60-inch 4K TV for $99 with built-in nanobots to assemble and dispense free smartwatches, and people would complain that it should cost $49 and the nanobots aren’t open enough.
iphone 5s
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iPhone naming: when simple gets complicated
Ken Segall:
My (meaningless) vote is that the next iPhone should be christened iPhone 6, not iPhone 5S. If it’s worthy of being a new model, it’s worthy of having its own number.
I agree. What constitutes an “S” update versus a numbered update increasingly seems a bit arbitrary. Yes, even if the device looks the same.
Apple Whisper Season
With the start of Apple speculation season officially underway, you’d be hard-pressed to find more juicy info than the stuff on this Branch.
If Apple release an iPhone 5S, then 1. They are fools and 2. They are doomed. Also, you should stop saying or using the work 'shit'. It's classless IMHO.
Asked by Anonymous
This comment is just so perfect in so many ways.
They are right though, swearing is technically classless. Everyone does it.
The "iPhone 5S" Problem
Rene Ritchie of iMore:
The “iPhone 5S” problem is the idea that Apple has become predictable coupled with the perception that the next big thing might just come from somewhere else.
Agreed. But it’s also important to remember that the lack of huge, sweeping changes every year is a strength in some ways as well. Ritchie hits on the economies of scale aspect. Another: consumers (and to some extent, developers) already know and understand what they’re going to get with the iPhone. With some of these other new devices, it’s a total crapshoot. It’s “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” versus “new”.
Of course, not changing things or adapting is a recipe for disaster long term. But it’s not really that Apple isn’t changing things, they’re just doing so methodically and sweating out the details as ticks lead to tocks.
I do definitely agree that it hurts Apple in some ways to be too predictable with release cycles. But I also think it would be a mistake to get too cute there. Release things when they’re done. Not too soon, not too late. Product perfection will always trumps timing.
iPhone 5S In August, New iPads In April
So says Rene Ritchie of iMore, who tends to be very accurate when it comes to such information.
Just got a press release with the following:
…or writing about it in conjunction with the June 2013 release of iOS7 or the iPhone 5S.
What does this press agency know?!
