Summer iPhone 5, iOS 5 still alive, white iPhone 4 gone from Apple.com

The dream of a summertime iPhone 5 and iOS 5 release is still alive so long as the white iPhone 4 hasn't made an appearance on Apple.com – and thus far it's been invisible instead. Despite claims that the suddenly white-hued fourth generation iPhone is floating in the ether and ready to crash retail as soon as this week, a quick glance at Apple's website and online store makes it clear that the white iPhone 4 still does not yet officially exist. And that's a ray of hope for those who really, really wanted to buy an iPhone 5 this summer, as a white iPhone 4 appearance would mark the end of hope. So what's really going on here?Last month promised the white iPhone would arrive this spring, so a white iPhone 4 launch this week wouldn't be a shocker in that regard. But the company was careful (or perhaps careless) to not mention the version number of the white iPhone it promised, leading to dual competing interpretations: a white iPhone 4 at the beginning of spring, or a white iPhone 5 at the end of spring. Realistically, they can't both happen, as Apple wouldn't put a white iPhone 4 on the market only to turn around and kill it off, along with the rest of the iPhone 4 lineup, a month an a half later. So if the white iPhone 4 does indeed arrive in the coming days, don't plan on seeing an iPhone 5 in any color until the fall at the earliest. But as long as Apple.com is treating the white iPhone 4 like it still doesn't exist, feel free to do the same – for the moment, at least. And good luck figuring out when iOS 5 might arrive, as a last minute white iPhone 4 arrival would mean that chaos has ruled the day and all Apple products with the number "5″ in their name are on the public backburner for now. Here's more on the iPhone 5.

Apple Confirms White iPhone 4 Coming Tomorrow

It's finally coming! Apple has officially confirmed the long-awaited white iPhone 4. The mythical device will be available, April 28, on both AT&T and Verzion and in 28 countries.

Pricing is exactly the same as the black iPhone 4 with a two year contract. The device will be available in a 16GB and 32GB model.

Press release after the break!

"The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it's beautiful," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we've worked to get every detail right."

White models of iPhone 4 will be available in Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK and the US, beginning Thursday, April 28 and in many more countries around the world soon. White iPhone 4 will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model with a new two year agreement through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), at Apple's retail stores, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores and select Apple Authorized Resellers.

Apple Building Two iPhone 5 Models for Release This Fall

Apple is reportedly building two iPhone5 models for a scheduled fall release.

According to an employee of an Apple part supplier, there is reason to believe that the iPhone 5 will actually be two devices: a ‘standard’ and ‘pro’ model.

Previous rumors have said that the iPhone 5 would be a significant redesign of its predecessor, and we’ve also heard rumors that the iPhone 5 will end up being only a slight evolution of the iPhone 4.

Due to the extensive amount of NDAs our source had to sign to work with Apple, he could not give us very many details. He does believe that Apple is going to build two iPhone models, which he referred to as a ‘normal’ and a ‘pro’ version.

Our source says that Apple is ordering components of similar function, but some of them are the very best of what you can get right now.

While the rest of the ordered components are just the standard versions, Apple is also ordering better quality components of the same function. Our source says that both types of components wouldn’t go in one device together, which makes him believe Apple is up to something with a ‘pro’ version.

We believe our source is reliable regarding this information. On top of that, we have also heard from an inside source at Apple that the iPhone 5(s) will definitely not be released until Q2 of this year. Apple’s internal revenue forecast for the next business quarter is the lowest it’s ever been, which means no new iPhone(s) until at least August or Septembe

According to our inside source at Apple, the company is making plans for the next iPhone announcement in the fall after the “Back to School” season. The next iPhone announcement will take place in the exact same time frame as Apple’s music and iPod event has in the past.

This isn’t the first time that we’ve heard about a fall iPhone announcement, and we believe our source has only helped confirm that news.

Recent rumors of an iPhone 4S have suggested that the next generation iPhone will only be a slight redesign and focus more on internal hardware. We’ve heard that the next iPhone (whether it be two devices or one) will be a global device capable of running on all carriers.

Perhaps Apple will keep the ‘normal’ version of the iPhone 5 as a carrier-specific device, and introduce a global phone with upgraded specs as the ‘pro’ version.

[The above image is merely a concept and not the real iPhone 5.]

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iPhone Won't Have 4G Until At Least 2012

Speculation has been that Apple could possibly introduce an LTE/4G iPhone in the coming year. Some even thought that Apple pushed back the iPhone5′s announcement to wait for LTE saturation in the U.S.

Will we see an iPhone 4G this September? According to both Apple and the LTE industry, it doesn't look hopeful…

 

The chips needed to equip the iPhone with 4G/LTE capability don't exist yet. And they won't exist until at least early 2012.

Forbes reports,

"Rumor has it the next-generation iPhone won't arrive until September. If so, it won't offer the crazy fast data speeds promised by next-generation 4G wireless networks.

That's because access to the turbo-charged networks that make Verizon's Thunderbolt handset crazy fast require a combination of chips Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said Wednesday Apple won't use."

Apple has previously shown interest in LTE, but Apple's own Tim Cook made no bones about Apple's current stance on LTE in yesterday's earnings call.

Apple's COO, Tim Cook,

"The first generation of LTE chip-sets force a lot of design compromises with the handset, and some of those we are just not willing to make."

The chipset industry and U.S. network infrastructure just can't handle iPhone-level saturation when it comes to LTE. 4G devices in the U.S. market like the Verizon Thunderbolt rely on two chips to deliver lighting fast speeds and communication between Verizon's 4G and 3G signals.

Apple doesn't like the design compromises that would need to be made to accommodate two chips for 4G in the next iPhone. And the type of chips that would appease Apple won't be available to the market until at least next year.

"Those chips won't appear in handsets until next year, says Will Strauss, president of wireless chip tracker Forward Concepts. "They're right that there's nothing out there that fits the bill, and likely nothing will until the fourth quarter of this year," Strauss says when asked about Cook's remarks."

Don't hold your breath for an iPhone 4G this fall. The sixth generation iPhone will probably be LTE-capable, but September's device will most likely run on good old 3G.

What do you think? Is Apple just blowing smoke? Will we be surprised with an iPhone 4G this year?

iPhone 5 Coming in September, Similar to iPhone 4

According to a report from Reuters, Apple is scheduled to begin production of the iPhone 5 in July/August with a September release. This news coincides with other reports that Apple will push back the next generation iPhone's launch to a later fall date.

It is unclear as to why Apple is not following the usual summer release schedule for the iPhone, but all signs point to a different roadmap for 2011. The iPhone 5 is reported to have a faster processor and look very similar to the current iPhone 4.Reuters,

"Apple Inc suppliers will begin production of its next-generation iPhone in July this year, with the finished product likely to begin shipping in September, three people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

The new smartphone will have a faster processor but will look largely similar to the current iPhone 4, one of the people said. They declined to be identified because the plans were not yet public."

Apple's focus will be on software at WWDC this summer. iOS 5 will be previewed, and the iPhone 5 will most likely ship with the new OS. If the iPhone 5 does closely resemble the iPhone 4, iOS 5 could be what sets the new device apart from the iPhone 4.

We've heard that the iPhone 5 will be a significant redesign of the iPhone 4, but there have also been multiple reports claiming that the device will be similar to the current design.

A recent analyst report speculated that the iPhone 5 will have an A5 processor with a 8 MP camera. While the device could remain similar to the iPhone 4, it will definitely have some significant hardware upgrades to set it apart form its predecessor. For a comprehensive look at what to expect from the iPhone 5, check out this infographic.

The white iPhone 4 will supposedly be released at the end of this month, which would give Apple enough time to profit off its sales before introducing the iPhone 5 in the fall.

What do you think about this iPhone 5 news? Are you ok with waiting till the fall for its release, or will you be picking up another smartphone (Android?) this summer?

June iPhone 5 release dies at altar of April white iPhone 4

The June iPhone 5 dies at the altar tomorrow as the white iPhone 4 is set to hit retail stores, prolonging the iPhone 4 era indefinitely and bringing an official and to any hope of the iPhone debuting at June's WWDC conference or a separate press event. This will mark the first summer in the iPhone's history in which no new iPhone generation has surfaced in the summer. There's still no clear indication of what has specifically led to Apple's change in behavior, although the first hint of scheduling flux may have been the February release of a Verizon compatible iPhone 4. Many at the time questioned why Apple would launch a Verizon iPhone 4 a mere few months before the arrival of the iPhone 5, and now the answer is more clear: the iPhone 5 was ultimately more than a few months away. Now the white iPhone 4 comes at a time when many thought the iPhone 5 was just around the corner

Signage

But any hope of a nearby iPhone 5 has to go away, for now, with the arrival of the white iPhone 4. Simple business sense dictates that Apple wouldn't be adding an iPhone 4 color now if it were expecting to launch the iPhone 5 in any less than three or four months. That doesn't mean the iPhone 5 has been pushed back to 2012 or even to the edge of the 2011 holiday season; it simply means that early summer is clearly off the table. That begs the question of what, if any, new hardware Apple will launch during its WWDC keynote. The upcoming iOS 5 operating system, which will likely be released alongside the iPhone 5, can be counted on to be previewed at WWDC. But with the iPhone 5 off the table (Apple won't preview new hardware that far in advance), the iPad 2 having been just released, and the iPod lineup not due for revamp until September, Apple may end up using WWDC to launch new Mac hardware – or nothing at all, as the WWDC is the keynote for a developer conference and not a mainstream press event, although it's been used as the latter in the past.

Dive in or wait

The most common question we've received all year has been "When is the iPhone 5 release date?" The answer: we still don't know. But as far as the corollary question, "Should I wait for the iPhone 5 or buy the iPhone 4 now?", the answer is this: the iPhone 5 can't be expected, at this point, any sooner than August or September. How much longer do you really want to wait? Here's more on the iPhone5.

iPhone 5 The Way It Should Not Look

…and still the rumours and speculations continue surrounding the release of the iPhone 5 and what apple's 5th generation smartphone will look like.

My colleague James did an article on April 24th, surrounding a mockup of what the newest addition to the iPhone family could look like, which appears to be very similar to an iPod with a "teardrop" profile" – see article here.

With the design of the next generation iPhone a great mystery and designs like the "teardrop", as provided by thisismynext.com or the "Carbon concept" H.D.I. design being put out there to cause even more confusion, excitement and to get our tongues wagging.

It also seems that the shipping date of the iPhone5 believed to be starting in September, as also indicated by mobilemag in their article, is causing even more hype and anticipation surrounding this latest Apple iPhone – possibly just what Apple is hoping for, as it keeps the phone at the forefront of people's minds.

The rumours and speculations seem to be more of a wish list for those spreading them and give us an insight into what people are perhaps hoping to see on the new phone. Please let us know what you think of the latest mockup design and also what features you would like to see on the next generation iPhone.