Ten Reasons Why The iOS Is Better Than Android, And Will Toshiba’s New 4″ Display Show Up In iPhone 5?

iphone-5-android-vs-ios-reasonsRead Charles Moore’s new report on how Apple may be putting Toshiba’s new 4″ screen into the iPhone 5, plus 10 reasons why iOS still rules over Android.
Perhaps you’re one of a growing number of prospective smartphone buyers or upgraders who’s considering going with an Android handset instead of waiting for the iPhone 5. If so, you might thank yourself for taking a look at a new column by LifeHacker‘s Adam Dachis, entitled “Top 10 Ways iOS Outdoes Android,” before making the leap.
Adam isn’t an Android-basher or Apple partisan, declaring that he loves both of these mobile operating systems and their corresponding hardware, and affirming that both operating systems have their respective strengths and weaknesses, but that in some areas he’s convinced that the iOS outdoes Android. Worth checking to see whether they’re ones that resonate with your needs and tastes.
In summary they are:
10. The iTunes Media Store
9. AirPlay
8. Find My iPhone
7. A Better Support System
6. Better Battery Life and Management
5. iTunes and Tethered Syncing
4. No Crapware
3. A Bigger and Better Variety of Apps
2. A Well-Designed, Intuitive User Interface
1. Consistency
If these ten reason why iOS still outshines Android sound like advantages that would be important to you, check out the complete discussion and explanation of why they are included on this list here, and let us know what you think.
Will Toshiba’s New 4″ Smartphone Display Find Its Way Into The iPhone 5?
At the 2011 Society for Information Display (SID) conference held in in Los Angeles last week, Toshiba unveiled new high-resolution LTPS (Low Temperature Polycrystalline Silicon) smartphone displays, featuring up to 367ppi (pixels per inch) resolution density, in physical sizes ranging from 3.3-inch to 4.0-inch diagonal and supporting resolution formats ranging from Wide VGA (480 x 864) to HD (720 x 1280). Additionally, these displays will demonstrate advanced technologies such as high-contrast (up to 1,500:1), high-color (up to 92% NTSC), and wide viewing angle (up to H/V 176/176).
Toshiba’s SID announcements of course beg the question of whether these new display technologies and particularly 4″-sized screens might find their way into a future iPhone version — perhaps even the iPhone 5, although it’s highly doubtful the rumored iPhone 4S, if that turns out to be the next iPhone release later this year, will get a 4″ display.

iPhone 5 Not Necessarily Delayed Because Of Deadly Fire At Apple Components Supplier Factory


iphone 5 not necessarily delayed by Foxconn explosionYou may have heard in the iPhone 5 news this week about a deadly fire that broke out in one Apple’s top Chinese components suppliers’ factories, and how the loss of life and inventory would affect both the iPad 2 and iPhone 5. Blogs like Computerworld reported that the fire in Foxconn’s iPad 2 warehouse directly affected iPad 2 assembly, stating by way of collecting reports from across the blogosphere that: “This tragedy will have a great impact on the iPad 2 production line,” and that “two people were killed and 16 injured, 3 seriously.”
While at first glance this piece would seem to be a prime example of reliable journalism, a closer look at the piece’s title reveals how misleading and irresponsible the crux of this report truly is: “iPhone 5 release date delay, iPad 2 freeze: Foxconn factory fire.”
Huh? What’s this about the iPhone 5?
Folks, there is absolutely no solid evidence to support that this explosion will affect the release of the iPhone 5, or that Foxconn has even begun to manufacture iPhone 5 components. It is yet another way of reconstituting Apple-related news to make an impact on the iPhone 5 hype cycle.
Read the Computerworld article and all of the other corresponding reports: there is no actual reporting about the iPhone 5 being affected as a result of the explosion. All of the news on the Foxconn explosion and fire focuses on the causes of the explosion, the casualties, and its potential impact on the iPad 2.
Ascribing an impact to the iPhone 5 is beyond speculative — its presumptuous.
Just to make sure, I went back into the annals of Google News to find what I could on anything recent that points to active production of components for the iPhone 5. The last story to make its rounds was on March 18th, when a rumor surfaced via 9 to 5 Mac that a Foxconn staffer had leaked photos of prototypes, which results in a slew of new purported iPhone 5 photos and specs.
Prototypes are one thing — full-on production is another.
Aside from that rumor, there has been little else to suggest that there is any production activity going on at Foxconn. And given the arrest of several Foxconn staffers recently over leaking photos of the iPad 2 a year before its release, it is even doubtful that 9 to 5 Mac‘s Foxconn source would be brave enough to deliver a true photo of an iPhone prototype.
Is it possible that the recent Foxconn explosion could have affected the iPhone 5 production timetable in some way? Sure, it’s a possibility. It’s also possible that the tsunami in Japan affected it. Or a mosquito flapping its wings in Rhode Island that led to some improbable chain-reaction that could shift the release of the iPhone 5. But all in all, it is the iPad 2 that is likely to be impacted by the explosion and not some phantom, fabled iPhone — so why do tech news sources present it to us as breaking iPhone 5 news?
Oh yes, now I remember: it gets the iPhone community buzzing again.

Moved Camera Flash Another “Fix” For the iPhone 5, or a 3D Camera?

3d camera iphone 5Thanks to a purported leak of an iPhone 5 case, new rumors of the iPhone 5 featuring a repositioned camera flash could be the result of yet another flawed design on the iPhone 4. But could that other cut-out also be for a rumored 3D camera?
iPhone users eager for a sneak peak at the iPhone 5′s form factor have been abuzz in conjecture over a recently-discovered iPhone case being offered on the trade site alibaba.com that purports to be for the “iPhone 5G.” While the iPhone inside the photo is most definitely a mock-up, the case itself is possibly believed to be the product of a design leak from one of Apple’s China-based component manufacturers, giving the tech community a kind of “outline” of what the form factor of the iPhone 5 may end up being.
While many have focused on the sloped shoulders of the purported iPhone 5 case’s chassis and seemingly-edge-to-edge screen, new reports are taking notice of a considerable shift in the position of the rear-facing flash. As opposed to the positioning of the iPhone 4′s LED flash — which sits just to the side of the camera sensor — the mysterious iPhone 5 case features a cutout on the other side of the rear face of the design.
If this indeed is an inside peak at what the iPhone 5 will feature, what would a repositioned camera flash mean? Given some of the issues with the camera flash on the iPhone 4, would this not constitute yet another “fix” on the iPhone 5?
Or, could that circular cutout be for something revolutionary for the iPhone 5, such as a 3D camera?
iPhone 4 Camera Flash Issues: a History
Camera flash issues are nothing new for the iPhone 4. Early on in the release of the iPhone 4 in the Summer of 2010, there were numerous reports of the iPhone 4 taking yellowed photos. Heather Kelly at Macworld did a thorough investigation of the issue way back in July of 2010, most of which was inconclusive, stating: “Hopefully, this isn’t a hardware issue involving the camera’s lens, and Apple can fix the problem with an update to the iPhone 4′s firmware.”
It still remains to be seen what the culprit of the camera flash issues on some iPhone 4s are: while some believed that it was a software issue, others suggested it was a design flaw in the LED flash, or even an effect of shoddy, poorly-designed iPhone 4 cases.
More recently, Apple purportedly had to deal with similar problems with the white iPhone 4′s chassis. Cult of Mac, which predicted the release of the white iPhone 4 perfectly, indicated in a report from October of 2010 that the white plastic was letting too much light into the case, affecting the clarity of photos: “The handset’s semi-translucent glass case leaks light in, ruining pictures taken with the internal camera, especially when the built-in flash is used.” It was this flaw that caused the delay in the release of the white iPhone 4.
While Apple only made nominal changes to the positioning of camera components to compensate for the white iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 could feature a dramatic repositioning of the camera flash, particularly if it is looking to invest in an 8-megapixel camera and upping the ante on the iPhone being consider a serious picture-taker.
Is that a repositioned camera flash, or another 3D camera sensor?
Of course, if this is the case, it will be yet another “fix” for an iPhone 4 flaw: first the antenna, now the camera flash. As we’ve commented before, Apple cannot sell fixes like these as “new features,” and raise conjecture about the quality of the previous device.
Could Two Cutouts on the Purported iPhone 5 Case Be For a 3D Camera Array?
There is another more exciting possible feature that the two cutouts on the iPhone 5 case could suggest: t a 3D camera array. Rumors of a 3D camera have gained little traction over the past year, with most reports focusing on a relatively nondescript Apple patent, which outlines the schematics for taking 3D photos. Typically, patents such as there are years away from seeing mainstream introduction, but the purported iPhone 5 case design features several elements that conform to the schematics of the 3D camera patent.
Could that cutout be for a second camera sensor with integrated LED flash?
To achieve a 3D image, two offset photos would need to be taken to create a "stereo" image.
All accounts of the Apple 3D camera patent’s schematic show the placement of three sensors, whereas the purported iPhone 5 case only accounts for two. But other elements of the patent explain that Apple’s approach to achieving 3D would be accomplished not through software alone, but through hardware as well, as Neil Hughes at Apple Insider explains, noting that current 3D software “must ‘guess’ at how to perform stereo disparity compensation for 3D images. Those guesses, Apple said, can result in images with artifacts in a composed 3D image that would result in a poor quality photo. Apple’s method would instead employ a hardware-based approach with a ‘deterministic calculation for stereo disparity compensation.’”
The notion of a “stereo” image, together with an example photo from the patent, suggests that perhaps Apple has managed to capture 3D photo-taking technology with just two sensors.
there’s no doubt that 3D technology is a hot commodity right now, and even though we’ve written about how Apple Should Put the Brakes on 3D Photo Technology for the iPhone 5, 3D photo capabilities would be a mind-blowing new feature that would define the iPhone 5 not as a simple refresh, but rather as a next-generation device. It could also make up for the lack of 4G capabilities.
Chances are, 3D technology is still a way’s off for the iPhone, and a shady iPhone 5 case design isn’t nearly enough to put a 3D camera into the “probable” column for iPhone 5 features. But if that case is real, it’s time to start think out of the box for what else it could be

iPhone 5 Release Date November 21st? – NFC Unlikely; Larger Display Maybe

first iPhone 5 case?New purported case design supposes the form factor of the iPhone 5?
The UK news site T3 Online reports that according to a sales rep. for Brit iPhone reseller Phones4U, the iPhone 5 is expected to be released across the UK on November 21st, the source cited commenting that “iPhone 5 has been delayed until November following an issue with the handset’s software.”
While he was at it, the chatty sales person also said that Apple’s next generation phone, will be pretty much the same as the iPhone 4 but with with new software (presumably the anticipated iOS 5). He’s still calling it iPhone 5, but if his information is accurate, my deduction would be that it lends more credence to the market analyst rumor we reported on last weekend that the next iPhone refresh will be called iPhone 4S, and it doesn’t sound promising for a 4 inch display on the fall release should it materialize (although see the report on a purported new iPhone 5 case design below for a possible contrarian argument).
Now note that the Brit source is calling for a November consumer release in the UK in November, which would not preclude the new model’s unveiling in September after production ramping up as early as July for a somewhat earlier consumer release in the U.S., since stateside customers frequently get first crack at new Apple hardware. Apple’s 2012 fiscal year also starts in October, which could tie into such a hypothetical timeline as well.
Another feature that’s unlikely to show on the new iPhone is probably an RFID near-field communications chip that would let the phone function as a sort of digital credit card. Appleinsider and Business Insider among others are reporting that based on highlights from a highlights from a Bloomberg news feed, Wall Street research firm Bernstein in a Monday note to investors is predicting that Apple will not be including an NFC chip in The iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, or what ever the next iPhone release ends up being called.
iphone 5 case camera cutout
On a more positive note, there is a smidge of new evidence of a significant iPhone case redesign, although don’t bet the farm or anything else of value on its accuracy),in the form of a Guangdong, China based iPhone peripherals trading site called AliBaba posting images, specifications and prices for a product it claims is a new design crystal case for iPhone 5G.
This case, which will come in blue, green, yellow,r ed, black,and white, is pitched to wholesale customers, with the minimum order quantity being 1000 units, and the pictures (which are obviously art renderings and not photographs) suggest a larger, edge-to-edge touchscreen display, and the the flash moved from directly beside the rear camera lens to the corner on the other side, which could conceivably be in aid of diminishing the dreaded red-eye effect in snapshots, long known to be exacerbated by close proximity between a camera lens and its flash lens.
However, given the narrow breadth of the iPhone case, it would be unlikely to make a big difference, and the move may just be part of a positional shuffling of internal components.

Next iPhone Release To Be Version “4S” In September; No 4G iPhone 5 Until 2012 Say Analysts


Forbes Tech Trade blogger Eric Savitz reported Friday that Jefferies & Co. analyst and Apple-watcher Peter Misek is predicting in a research note that the iPhone update he projects as coming in September will be a stopgap model designated iPhone 4S rather than iPhone 5.
According to Misek as interpreted by Savitz, at least one iPhone 5 holdup is failure to as yet achieve satisfactory performance with the new Qualcomm 4G LTE high speed wireless chipset Apple wants to use in iPhone 5. Apple COO and current acting CEO Tim Cook, has reportedly mused repeatedly that current generation 4G chipsets impose too many design compromises that Apple isn’t willing to make in an iPhone branded product.
Consequently, Mizak thinks that according to what he terms “industry checks,” Apple will bring na iPhone 4S to market, in September he suggests, with updates and enhancements to include “minor cosmetic changes,” an A5 dual-core processor, better cameras, and HSPA+ (faster than 3G but slower than real 4G) support, but no LTE and no 4G.
Supposing this prediction holds water, whether it would be good news or bad news depends on one’s point of view and personal circumstances vis a vis service contract renewal timing and such, and of course I suppose how much the iPhone 5 designation means. From a functional performance perspective, the big factor will be the A5 chip, at least based on iPad 1 vs. iPad 2 speed and liveliness, so if that’s what’s most important to you, an A5 iPhone 4S running iOS 5 should be an attractive proposition, and coming sooner than some of us have been lately expecting were Misek’s September release date pans out.
However, with some rumors predicting a four-inch display coming with the iPhone 5, others would not doubt opt to wait. And chafe at the ongoing delay.
Apple may itself be chafing to get more new iPhone product out the door, what with Peter Misek also reporting that iPhone 4 demand has gone “flat,” with the sales spike catalyzed by the white iPhone 4 release being offset by a sales slump at AT&T in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe. Nevertheless, TheStreet commentator Scott Moritz says he’s holding to TheStreet’s previous prediction that a 4G LTE iPhone — that would be the iPhone 5 if Misek is correct — won’t be ready until 2012, and maintains that this will leave prospective buyers weighing whether to go with an Android 4G with a bigger display now or waiting for Apple’s 4G LTE iPhone 5.
Probably not the scenario a lot of folks are hoping for.

That a New Android Nexus Phone Will Take On The iPhone 5

nexus mockup iphone 5An old Nexus mockup. Will the iPhone 5 have its hands full with the new Nexus?
A recent press briefing with Google Android executives point to Google releasing a new Nexus device in direct response to the iPhone 5 sometime this year. Read why the iPhone 5′s technology and advancements will need to be next-generation enough to withstand Google’s gambit.
For the multitude of Android phones that have already been released in 2011, it looks like the big smartphone battle between Apple and Google in 2011 will come gladiator-style — mono e mono — between a new Google-branded Nexus device and the iPhone 5, according to a recent report from TechCrunch. In the article, writer MG Siegler outlines a recent presser with Google Android execs, wherein Android head Andy Rubin explained that, “I think the Nexus has been the thing we use to set the bar,” and that “the cycles are holidays and the summer time” in terms of the Nexus’ release schedule.
When you think about it, the Nexus release schedule seems well-positioned to take on the next release of the iPhone 5, which could launch anywhere between the end of the Summer and the Christmas holiday, according to a litany of reports and analyses.
It comes as no surprise: although Google has empowered a wide range of device manufacturers and service providers to sell Android-loaded phones, the Nexus line of smartphones — branded exclusively by Google as their flagship design — is the heir apparent and natural rival to the iPhone.
To be sure, the populous line of Android phones have managed to put up impressive numbers against the iPhone 4, even with its Verizon and White iterations helping sales. According to Life Of Android, “[analysts] Canalys estimates that of the total 101 million smartphones shipped during Q1 2011, 37.3 million were Android handsets. That compares with 18.65 million iPhone shipments during the same period.” Other reports based on Google’s own press releases indicate that over 100 million Android phones have been activated to date, versus just under 74 million for the iPhone since its launch in 2007, according to Wikipedia.
But for as much as Android has come into its own in the past couple years and eclipsed Apple in total market share, the Nexus class smartphone does not come close to matching the iPhone in sales. After the abortive launch of the Nexus One (which the iPhone destroyed in sales), the Nexus S has managed to become a somewhat more bona fide Android offering. However, based on what Andy Rubin recently said, Google’s goal to to make the next Nexus an equal to the iPhone 5 is an audacious project, considering the lackluster performance of the Nexus thus far.
What the iPhone 5 Will Have To Contend With On the Next Nexus:
In order for the next Nexus to combat the iPhone 5, it will have to do way better than its predecessors in terms of features and performance. TechCruch has commented that we’ll probably see “a Nexus running Ice Cream Sandwich (the next version of Android that will unify the tablet Honeycomb OS with Android phones)? Perhaps.” This kind of thing is something that looks to be a preemptive answer to iOS 5 and the overall iOS approach.
The other rumor is that the new Nexus will be 4G. Now, whether that means “real 4G” or “fake 4G” remains a question that transcends discussion of the Nexus, as we have already parsed in another article about the iPhone 5 being a possible 4G phone.
Despite the fact that Android is a chief concern and competitor for Apple, the Nexus in an of itself still remains in the iPhone’s rear-view mirror. But in spite of the fact that the Nexus has been a bit of a bust, Apple would be well-advised to design the iPhone 5 with the prospect of an impressive Nexus model being released right on its heels, sometime in the waning months of 2011.


Posted: 13 May 2011 04:00 AM PDT


blogging on iPhoneWhere is the line drawn on reporting on iPhone 5 news & rumors and commenting on it?
iPhone 5 News Blog lead columnist Charles Moore reflects on the difference between reporting on iPhone 5 rumors and commenting on it. Read his opinion on how bloggers should traverse the iPhone 5 rumor mill:
Responding to my recent iPhone 5 News Blog posting entitled: “Christmas-if-You’re-Lucky iPhone 5 Launch? – Say It Isn’t So, But
Apple Obviously Wants You To Buy A White iPhone 4 Now,” reader Braden comments:
“…you do these awesome blogs but you never out your personal opinion at
the bottom of them. Do you think we should wait for the iPhone 5 or wing
it and get the iPhone 4 and hope for the best?”
A good question that doesn’t lend itself to a simple answer. A key point here is that this site is called “The iPhone 5 News Blog,” and not “The iPhone 5 Op-Ed Blog” or some such. That doesn’t mean that it’s written in stone that our blog writers are to never express personal opinions — it’s also a blog as well as a news and rumors site — but in many, probably most, instances we are primarily reporting the news or latest scuttlebutt.
Personally, I don’t think it’s really possible to achieve complete objectivity in even straight news reportage, and I say that from the perspective of a sometime news reporter and newspaper editor. Even when writing straight news or technical pieces, I never attempt to hide or disguise my voice, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with expressing an opinion, so long as one does their best to be scrupulously fair, and doesn’t pretend to be merely an unbiased fly-on-the-wall. For all I know flies may indeed be unbiased, but humans aren’t, even when they think they are.
In his book “Saturday Night Lives: Selected Diaries,” John Fraser, former editor of the now defunct Saturday Night magazine, and who has a lot of cred on this topic, having been a reporter and foreign correspondent for the Globe and Mail for 17 years, delivers a withering critique of the journalistic objectivity cult — calling it “one of the vainest goals a humble craft ever set itself.”
“There is no such thing as a strictly objective story,” declares Fraser. “It isn’t possible. Everything — from the structure of an article to the choice of facts is filtered through a particular outlook and a prejudiced mind…. The most you can hope for… is relative honesty. And the very best (ie: the most honest) journalists always let their readers know their specific prejudices and the general nature of the intellectual equipment through which they distill their stories.”
Fraser goes on to say that two basic traits distinguishing good journalists are “curiosity and a desire to communicate,” — these channelled toward broad general knowledge, wide reading, and a few areas of specialization, and that reporting should the the “last safe redoubt of the generalist,” and that all claims to a higher calling are “bunk.”
However, interestingly, Braden seems to be asking for more rather than less journalistic advocacy and news editorializing, which in the old newspaper game we might’ve called a “man bites dog” story.
So, getting back to his main point of query: “Do you think we should wait for the iPhone 5 or wing it and get the iPhone 4 and hope for the best?,” I’m afraid that there’s no simple “one size fits all” answer because there are so many variables in play, such as what phone you’re using now or whether have one at all; individual financial circumstances; service provider contracts; varying personal tastes as to being an early adopter of the latest and greatest or a more cautious devotee of mature technology. Consequently, placing too much emphasis and advocacy on what I would do or am doing vis-a-vis the iPhone 4 now versus iPhone 5 matter would necessarily not be relevant to the needs, tastes, and individual circumstances of many readers.
Generally speaking, the timing of any tech product purchase or upgrade is always a bit of a roll of the dice. Whenever you take the plunge, it’s inevitable that six or eight or ten months hence, or even sooner, something even cooler, more powerful, and possibly cheaper will be sluicing down the product pipeline.
For a concrete example, my current workhorse production computer is a late 2008 unibody aluminum MacBook that I bought in March, 2009 — just four months before Apple released the 13″ MacBook Pro in the same form factor and at the same price, but with a faster processor, a FireWire port, and a SD Card slot, Did I experience some buyer’s remorse? You bet! However, the MacBook has been an excellent computer, totally reliable, adequately speedy for my needs, and while I could use the extra speed and especially the FireWire port on the subsequent and later models, I really have nothing to complain about.
I think that folks who decide to buy an iPhone 4 over the next few months will find themselves in a somewhat similar dynamic. The iPhone 5 will arrive eventually, and they’ll be somewhat committed to an older, mature and still very capable (especially with iOS 5 installed) but inevitably less powerful and cool-featured device unless they’re fortunate enough that money for frequent hardware upgrades is no object.
Personally, my own provisional deduction is that the strongest likelihood is that Apple will now hold off launching the iPhone 5 until after the beginning of its next fiscal year in October, and just in time for the Christmas season buying spike, while releasing the iOS 5 in the meantime, which should help make the waiting pass more agreeably for iPhone 4 users.
However, the operative disclaimer when discussing unreleased Apple products still applies, and my opinion is a somewhat well-informed guess at best.
Meanwhile, we’ll keep on blogging the iPhone 5 (and increasingly the iPhone 6) and relaying the latest information we have. Hope that helps a bit.

Christmas-if-You’re-Lucky iPhone 5 Launch? – Say It Isn’t So, But Apple Obviously Wants You To Buy A White iPhone 4 Now


iPhone 5 News Blog lead columnist Charles Moore reports on prognostications of a very late 2011 iPhone 5 release, and how Apple’s strategy may be to squeeze as many iPhone 4 sales out of consumer as possible in fiscal year 2011.
U.K -based CNET Crave’s Andy Merrett reports via MacRumors that an unnamed AT&T customer care representative has purportedly leaked insider information that an iPhone 5 June or July launch is a no-go. Merrett himself thinks September is the likely U.S. market release month for the next-gen Apple phone (as do we), based on another rumor published by Reuters and attributed to another unnamed source with contacts in the iPhone supply chain.
However, Merrett wonders how long U.K. customers will have to wait after the iPhone 5 makes its U.S. retail debut, wistfully pondering the probabilities of Apple doing “the decent thing” and launching the iPhone 5 on both sides of the Atlantic simultaneously, and fretting about whether ongoing component supply shortages and extreme pent-up demand in America will relegate Brit customers to a “Christmas-if-you’re-lucky” iPhone 5 launch date across the pond.
Hope it’s not that long, either there or on this side of the Atlantic.
In the meantime, BeatWeek notes that those who skipped the iPhone 4 in 2010 or the Verizon iPhone in early 2011 in anticipation of being able to buy an iPhone 5 in June are now left scratching their heads, trying to figure out whether passing on the iPhone 4 was a mistake and if belatedly taking the plunge now would be a sensible, corrective move or just compound their original (possible) miscalculation. Beatweek observes that this sort of dilemma is characteristic to life as an Apple product user, since Apple typically refuses to discuss future unannounced products except in rare instances when it suits their greater purpose, and has no intention of letting on when the iPhone 5 will be rolled out, consequently leaving it up to the individual user to figure it out for him or her self.
Whenever the iPhone 5 launches, it is BeatWeek’s opinion that Apple wants you to buy an iPhone 4 right now instead of waiting, suggesting that’s why it pre-announced the white iPhone 4 release via Twitter. For that matter, a delay in bringing the iPhone 5 to market is almost certainly why Apple chose to release a white iPhone 4 at all after ten months delay, rather than just including a white variant in the iPhone 5 release. BeatWeek deduces that this is Apple’s way of signaling that the iPhone 5 is going to arrive later than expected, and with June and with the World Wide Developers Conference and the magic month of June just three and four weeks away respectively, they allow that anyone who imagines Apple’s released the white iPhone 4 now, only to have to turn around in a few weeks or a couple months and end-of-life it it that quickly, “is probably naive enough to end up on the wrong end of the buying spectrum one way or the other.” I made a similar observation in this blog several weeks back, to wit that it beggared both logic and credibility that Apple would go to all the trouble and expense of bringing production of the white iPhone online and building up distribution and retail inventories for a flash-in-the-pan production run of a few weeks for the cynical purpose of wringing a bit more money out of the iPhone 4 before putting it out to pasture.
June is surely off the table now. One might also observe that with the iPhone 4 “by far” the top selling device, and even older iPhone 3GSs reportedly still outselling individual competing units from Android handset makers at both AT&T and Verizon according to a new report by Canaccord Genuity technology analyst Michael Walkley, Apple has little incentive to be in a hurry shuffling the version 4 iPhone off into the sunset.
BeatWeek’s guess for the iPhone 5 launch is early September, but they hasten to add that it’s a purely deductive and speculative guess and not based on any hard evidence.
As for the iPhone 4, should you break down and buy one? Lots of people are, especially that sporty new white model, and I agree with BeatWeek that it boils down to whether you now figure you blew it by not buying an iPhone 4 earlier on, especially since reasons why some folks resisted an iPhone 4 purchase, such as the supposed antenna issue and supposed scratching issue turned out to be either grossly exaggerated or to have never existed in the first place, while real issues like the proximity sensor bug, were fixed with software updates, and objections to no Verizon or white iPhone 4s being originally available now moot with subsequent hardware releases. All very well, but are we past the threshold of an iPhone 4 (white or black) being a sensible purchase provided you already have a serviceable smartphone to tide you over for a few more months (hopefully not till Christmas, or as some have lugubriously suggested — even into 2012)?
If you do take the plunge at his late date, skipping the iPhone 5 altogether and waiting for iPhone 6 might turn out to be a logical plan, unless money for frequent phone hardware upgrades is no object

Fancy A White iPhone Sooner Rather Than Later? Trade In Your Old iPhone 3 or Black iPhone 4 At NextWorth

white iphone 4 nextworth
iPhone 5 News Blog lead columnist Charles Moore gives you a great tip on how to leverage your old iPhone for a new, white iPhone 4 — while you wait for the iPhone 5!
Cool new products and version upgrades can make it tough to stick with a strict hardware replacement roadmap. For example, over the past 19 years I’ve attempted to keep my primary computer system upgrades spread out by at lest three years, but as often as not have failed to achieve that arbitrary target, and very seldom exceeded it. And the world of smartphones and other Steve Jobsian “post-computer era” devices is evolving faster than the PC sector does if anything (notwithstanding probable delays in getting the iPhone 5 to market. Service contract terms of course add another level of complexity to the mix.
Right now, the latest and greatest for iPhone aficionados is the white iPhone 4. I personally prefer white devices to black as a rule, and think that both the white iPhone and white iPad are the coolest lookers respectively. Given Apple’s ten-month lag in getting a white version of the iPhone 4 to market, I expect that even most users who share my partiality for white aren’t sorry they initially went with a black model, but especially with iPhone 5 apparently still four or five months off, are wishing there was a way to get a white iPhone now.
The harsh reality is that for most existing iPhone users, $499 is a high price to pay for a case color switch, but NextWorth, (www.NextWorth.com), specializing in consumer electronics upgrades and trade-ins, offers a potential solution to making such an upgrade more affordable by offering attractive trade-in values for black iPhone 4 models to help subsidize the cost of upgrading to a new white one. Using a trade-in value index, NextWorth can show the current NextWorth trade-in value as a percentage of the original retail value of a device.
Current trade-in values on NextWorth for iPhones in “Like New” condition include:
AT&T iPhone 4 16GB – $260
AT&T iPhone 4 32GB – $280
Verizon iPhone 4 16GB – $200
Verizon iPhone 4 32GB – $230
Among several ways it provides to upgrade, NextWorth is partnered with Target stores nationwide to offer an in-store trade-in option. At nearly 900 Target stores nationwide (with almost 500 new stores being added this summer), consumers either receive credit toward a purchase, or a prepaid Target card for the value of the trade-in. At NextWorth.com, customers have the choice of cash or a gift card when they trade in. NextWorth offers FREE, fully-insured UPS shipping service to all online customers. You can check www.Target.NextWorth.com to find the store location nearest you.
At NextWorth.com, customers have the choice of cash or a gift card when they trade in. NextWorth offers free, fully-insured UPS shipping service to online customers. Not only iPhones, but full range of Apple igadgets including iPads, as well as other branded phones and mobile electronics are accepted for trade-in, including cameras, e-readers, video games and DVDs.
To make use of NextWorth’s in-store programs, just visit any participating retail store with your old device and after executing a transaction you can walk out with the shiny new one you’ve been eying. The sales associate or customer service representative will value your device on the spot and give you a gift card or store credit.
There’s also an online alternative if one of the hundreds of participating retail stores isn’t handy, Essentially, you can get a quote online and a check, Paypal, gift card or e-gift card will be mailed to you.
Here’s how the online procedure works.
1. Start by finding your product and get an instant quote. (You can simply type the name of your item in the search box at the top of every page.) Type keywords slowly. The search results will be automatically refined to help you find what you’re looking for.
2. Print the pre-paid shipping label at the end of the transaction.
3. Carefully pack the items and apply the pre-paid shipping label to your package. Give it to your local postal carrier or drop it by a post office.
4. Once NextWorth receives the item, they will make sure that the item is in the condition you’ve described.
5. It takes approximately ten business days, from when NextWorth receives your trade-in item for inspection to when your payment is mailed out, so if you’re in a hurry for that white iPhone, the in-store option is definitely the path to pursue.
For more information, visit:
http://www.nextworth.com/trade_in/

 
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