Many Apple fans hoped that the company’s CEO, Steve Jobs, would make them a surprise and introduce the fifth-generation iPhone at WWDC. Well, he did not. Moreover, Jobs did not even mention anything about a future iPhone 5 release which has made many draw the conclusion that no iPhone 5 will be launched in the summer of 2011.
But loyal Apple customers have not given up hope and are still refusing to buy Android smartphones or the iPhone 4. Their determination and loyalty is to be admired but somebody should remind them that iPhone 5’s release is everyone’s guess and some rumors even suggest the next iOS smartphone could hit the stores in 2012!
Several possible theories have emerged aiming at explaining why the Cupertino giant is holding back iPhone 5’s release.
One theory suggests that Apple has to delay iPhone’s 5 launch due to battery supply problems. Apple’s Japanese battery supplier is unable to ship lithium ion batteries following the earthquake from March. The downtime from the Japanese manufacturing facilities has taken its toll on all Apple’s products. Unfortunately, no clue is currently available as to when production might be resumed.
The second theory claims that the white version of the iPhone 4 has determined Apple to delay the launch of its fifth-generation smartphone. The iPhone 4 white generates good sales and the tech company may want to squeeze the milk out of this cash cow a bit longer.
The third theory states that the new iPhone will not be a revolutionary product at all, but an “evolutionary step”. Followers of this theory say that Apple’s smartphone will actually be called iPhone 4S and it could be launched in September, while the true iPhone 5 will only be launched in 2012.
Neither of these rumors, taken apart, doesn’t constitute a real reason for iPhone 5’s delay, but, taken as a whole, we can understand why Apple has skipped over its usually iOS + iPhone release. Until iPhone 5 will be released, Apple will have enough time to study the competitors, which are stronger day-by-day, and to further improve the product.
No comments:
Post a Comment