GS3 Sales Swell, But Is There Really A One-On-One Android Contender For The iPhone?

The tech media has pitted the GS3 against the iPhone 5 all year. But considering its modest sales compared to the iPhone, why are we still having these GS3 vs. iPhone conversations? I was recently talking to one of my contacts in the consumer electronics accessories market, and it was interesting to hear why so few custom cases and accessories exist for even the better-selling Android and Windows smartphones: “they just don’t sell well 0— why would we build cases for them? We know the iPhone...

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GS3 Sales Swell, But Is There Really A One-On-One Android Contender For The iPhone?

The tech media has pitted the GS3 against the iPhone 5 all year. But considering its modest sales compared to the iPhone, why are we still having these GS3 vs. iPhone conversations? I was recently talking to one of my contacts in the consumer electronics accessories market, and it was interesting to hear why so few custom cases and accessories exist for even the better-selling Android and Windows smartphones: “they just don’t sell well 0— why would we build cases for them? We know the iPhone...

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Pegatron Reported To Be Producing iPhone 5 Units; New Dock Connector Rumor Goes Mainstream

More and more iPhone 5 production rumors abound, putting the new iPhone in line for an announcement and release similar to that of the iPhone 4S in 2011. Meanwhile, those persistent rumors of the smaller dock connector have seeped into the mainstream media. It was just about this time last year that we started to hear about the likes of Foxconn and Pegatron getting busy with iPhone 5 production rumors. Little did we know at the time that we’d end up with the pedestrian iPhone 4S. But if the...

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Verizon Weighs In [Again] On iPhone 5 Release Date

The second Verizon CEO in as many years has made a prediction about the iPhone 5 release date, taking a guess that it’ll be released “sometime in the fourth quarter.” Are you impressed? If one thing’s for sure, it’s that Verizon CEOs of late have a knack for injecting themselves into the iPhone 5 discussion, even if they have very little of substance to say. You’ll recall that last year, then-Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams made news when in one breath he referred to the 2011 iPhone as “iPhone...

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Verizon Weighs In [Again] On iPhone 5 Release Date

The second Verizon CEO in as many years has made a prediction about the iPhone 5 release date, taking a guess that it’ll be released “sometime in the fourth quarter.” Are you impressed? If one thing’s for sure, it’s that Verizon CEOs of late have a knack for injecting themselves into the iPhone 5 discussion, even if they have very little of substance to say. You’ll recall that last year, then-Verizon CEO Lowell McAdams made news when in one breath he referred to the 2011 iPhone as “iPhone 5? and...

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Rumors Suggest Thinner, Large-Screened iPhone 5 Coming, But Are These New Features Necessary?

As new in-cell technology rumors spread, suggesting a thinner iPhone 5 with larger screen, one question remains: are the current iPhone screen dimensions a real problem for iPhone users? Doubtless you’ve noticed that a new crow of in-cell technology rumors have made their way into the rumor mill recently. It isn’t the first time we’ve heard about the in-cell rumors, but with new reports that iPhone 5 production is finally ramping up, the fact that we’re sniffing new in-cell rumors helps to perhaps...

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Yet Another Purported iPhone 5 Part Photo, Featuring Centered FaceTime Camera

iphone 5 centered front-facing camera New, purported iPhone 5 front piece appears to match up with the 9to5Mac prototypes, depicting a centered FaceTime Camera. But are all of these images adding up to consensus, or confusion? If you are one of the iPhone enthusiasts out there who is not particularly excited about the longer iPhone 5 theory with stretched aspect ratio, then the recent parade of purported leaked parts cannot be good news for you. Ever since the release of the now-famous 9to5Mac...

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New, Arbitrary iPhone 5 Announcement Date Claim: August 7th

Know Your Mobile has trotted out August 7th as their roulette number for the iPhone 5 announcement, citing “reliable sources.” As the summer rolls on in the northern hemisphere, we’re bound to get an increasing number of moonshot guesses and purported announcement date claims for the iPhone 5. You’ll recall that last summer, CNET UK infamously staked its reputation on the iPhone 5 being released on a specific day in September. We now have our first post-WWDC iPhone 5 announcement date guess. The...

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China Jumps The Shark With iPhone 5 Pre-Orders

iPhone riot in Shanghai For the second time in as many years, Chinese consumer tech retailers are trying to sell consumers on the iPhone 5 before it even exists. The Chinese consumer tech market is once again at the center of iPhone 5 rumors. According to Reuters, pre-orders for the iPhone 5 have begun in earnest in China, in spite of the fact that the sixth-generation iPhone has yet to be officially announced — or even hinted at — by Apple: “Sellers on Taobao, a unit of Alibaba Group, are...

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Apple To Release iPhone 5, Mini iPad & iTV All Together

It might seem hard to believe, but analyst and the tech media alike are coelescing around the belief that Apple will release all three of its rumored, new devices — the iPhone 5, Mini iPad, and iTV — at tyne same event in September. The interesting thing about this year’s iPhone 5 rumor cycle is that we had a dress rehearsal for it in 2011: most of the rumors we heard last year have been recycled in this year’s rumor mill as well. You’ll recall that a recurring theme in 2011 was that we would see...

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Glasses, Spiders Pervade iPhone 5 Form Factor Rumors

iPhone 5 GlassesWhether a result of sheer boredom or the lack of any new actionable rumors regarding the iPhone 5 form factor, we’re being bombarded with crazy, next-generation concepts for how the iPhone 5 could end up not being a handheld device after all. Remember way back in the day(like, two months ago) when the term “form factor overhaul” for the iPhone 5 meant the possible inclusion of a LiquidMetal back and elongated display? Those pedestrian rumors seem to have become a bit passé, giving...

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