All iPhone 5 speculation/rumours/wants thread

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 13:19

FragnaticDeath said:
So the official confirmation of the release is on the 16th?

Where?

jawor121 said:
is there a chance the iPhone 4 and 3gs will get discounted straight after the 5 has been released?

Yes, all remaining iPhone 4/3GS stock will get a price drop of some sort I'd think.

GJ02 · 20 Sep 2011 at 13:41

Oh wouldnt it NOT be funny if samsung did this and won

"Just after the arrival of the iPhone 5 here, Samsung plans to take Apple to court here for its violation of Samsung’s wireless technology related patents," said an anonymous Samsung senior executive to the Korea Times.

"For as long as Apple does not drop mobile telecommunications functions, it would be impossible for it to sell its i-branded products without using our patents. We will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal fights."

source

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 13:42

They won't win that.

GJ02 · 20 Sep 2011 at 15:35

i would like to know what people think this IP5 is going to cost
32gig

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 15:44

£599 for the higher capacity model (be that 32 or 64GB).

£499 for the lower capacity one.

sarge78 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:07

I'll go for a small price drop this time round to help stimulate growth.

£459 for the 16GB version, £559 for the 32GB and £350 for this new 'cheap' base model.

Yaayuh! · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:09

GJ02 said:
i would like to know what people think this IP5 is going to cost
32gig

No idea, i don't really know how much phones are really lol. I just get them on contract and pay a little up front.

pioneer2000 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:33

Hmmm, T-Mobile have stated that "we are not going to get the iPhone 5 this year".... wonder what that means - back to being an O2 exclusive? No iPhone 5 at all?

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:35

pioneer2000 said:
Hmmm, T-Mobile have stated that "we are not going to get the iPhone 5 this year".... wonder what that means - back to being an O2 exclusive? No iPhone 5 at all?

Where did they say that?

pioneer2000 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:37

http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/20/t-mobile-cmo-we-are-not-getting-the-iphone-5-this-year/

jawor121 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:38

I doubt Apple would allow iPhone 5 to be an 'o2 exclusive'. Everyone else would protest and Apple wouldn't gain anything from it.

sarge78 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:39

Nothing to see here... that's T-Mobile USA.

pioneer2000 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:39

I'd imagine if T-Mobile aren't getting it in the US, they aren't getting it here.

GJ02 · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:42

well £600 is my max
just sold ip 4 for £420, im due mid contract upgrade from O2 so i should get some sort of discount from them for another 24 months
they are offering me another ip4 for £480, im tempted to get this leave it boxed ( unopened ) and flog it for more to fund IP5 some more

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:43

pioneer2000 said:
I'd imagine if T-Mobile aren't getting it in the US, they aren't getting it here.

I wouldn't, they operate in very different ways over there.

QwaF · 20 Sep 2011 at 16:53

And Apple didn't like the exclusive partnerships soon after they made them. They made it clear they wasn't so keen on their situations when they were exclusive with O2 here and AT&T in the US, even if they were never direct about it.

They've benefitted so much from having them on different networks, not as much as in the US - because their networks aren't as flexible as ours, their networks are such closed gardens in various regards.

BiGT- · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:09

Anyone think apple will change how the menu looks? such as having constant open widgets like the weather or calendar on another screen like android or will it still be the same menu type format it is now?

Robbo · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:16

We already know about the software, no widgets, no (proper) home screens. There are a lot of neat new features though - http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:33

£420 for a 16 gig in used condition?

BiGT- · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:38

Thanks for that link Robbo, the notification centre and wireless sync seem to be the only good thing I can look for :/ don't think its worth an upgrade, guess its the Samsung Galaxy Note for me next then!