Could The iPhone 5 Be Released On August 7th?
For months now, we've been hearing that the next iPhone will be released near the end of September or beginning of October.
But could Apple really have pushed up the unveiling to August 7th, or just under two months from now?
That's what tech blog KnowYourMobile.com insists, anyway: That
according to "a reliable industry source," Apple will raise the curtain
on the iPhone on the 7th of August, far earlier than expected.
Increase in Size
Sources have predicted that the next installment of iPhone will have a 4-inch display. A bigger display will improve the user experience, as long as the device still fits easily into a coat pocket, or the back pocket of a pair of tight jeans. Apparently, if the rumors of a larger display are true, it could force the company to cut back on a release date.
Dock Connector
Rumors have been published that the new iPhone will have a completely different dock connector—giving up its 30-pin port for a 19-pin one to save space. This could be a convenience issue for consumers who have accessories made for the old port. Will it require users to purchase all new accessories? Yes. Is that a hassle? Of course, but not that huge a hassle. For Apple, it means a cut of the revenues that accessory manufacturers will enjoy. Do I like this? Not really, but it won’t bother me as long as the new 19-pin docking and charging accessories are not overly expensive. I do, however, expect to get one for free should I buy the new phone.
Increase in Size
Sources have predicted that the next installment of iPhone will have a 4-inch display. A bigger display will improve the user experience, as long as the device still fits easily into a coat pocket, or the back pocket of a pair of tight jeans. Apparently, if the rumors of a larger display are true, it could force the company to cut back on a release date.
Dock Connector
Rumors have been published that the new iPhone will have a completely different dock connector—giving up its 30-pin port for a 19-pin one to save space. This could be a convenience issue for consumers who have accessories made for the old port. Will it require users to purchase all new accessories? Yes. Is that a hassle? Of course, but not that huge a hassle. For Apple, it means a cut of the revenues that accessory manufacturers will enjoy. Do I like this? Not really, but it won’t bother me as long as the new 19-pin docking and charging accessories are not overly expensive. I do, however, expect to get one for free should I buy the new phone.
Check out this chart: It's how the iPad Mini, with the reported
7.85-inch display, would size up compared to the current iPad, Amazon's
Kindle Fire, and Google's Nexus 7 (the latter two, of course, are the
$199 7-inch tablets that an iPad Mini would seek to compete against and
wipe out). This handy comparison comes via the Twitter account of one TrojanKitten.
13-Inch Retina MacBook Pro Coming This Fall?
Apple's
already got a big bad super-gorgeous-and-expensive 15-inch Retina
display MacBook Pro; but here's a riddle: What if you want that
beautiful screen but don't need all 15 inches of real estate? Your wait for a smaller Retina display MacBook may
soon be over, friend! Wild and wacky Taiwanese trade publication Digitimes claims that a 13-inch MacBook Pro could be out before October.
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