Apple iPhone 5 – New or REALLY New?
Sure it’s new, but is there really anything new about it? A recent article in C-Net News reported that Apple placed an order with Taiwan-based notebook maker Pegatron Technology for 15 million iPhone5 units, slated to start shipping in September. The real question is what, if any, upgrades will this new unit provide?
Analysts are divided as to whether this will be a relatively minor upgrade, or include major innovations. You’d think, if there were any major innovations in the works, that the advertising hype would be flying fast and furious at this point.
The original orders from Verizon for the iPhone4 called for 10 million CDMA units, but ultimately less than 4 million were shipped. It’s possible that Apple is holding back the hype purposely in order to get as much continued mileage out of the iPhone4 as possible before introducing the next model. That’s the only logical explanation for holding back announcing any major innovations arriving shortly.
It’s more likely, however, that there are some improvements, but no major innovations.
From my perspective, it will not matter. At the end of the week my current Smartphone contract will expire. On the exact day, I will be replacing my Blackberry with an iPhone4, and switching from AT&T to Verizon. I’ve had three generations of Blackberry in a row, with both Sprint and AT&T as carriers. In retrospect, Sprint turned out to be the better carrier from my perspective. Fewer dropped calls. Better reception in little towns in PA. The Blackberry was always both a joy and a pain. It was a solid business tool. But I can truly say it was never fun.
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July 6, 2011 7:25 am
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