There’s a lot of speculation going around that suggests Apple will not be announcing the iPhone 5 at this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Instead the buzz on the web indicates that we won’t be seeing the iPhone 5 until 2012.
This is a pretty big rumour, considering that in the WWDC events from 2008 through to 2010 Apple has announced a new iPhone each time without fail. Many expected 2011 to be no different. Tech journalists and industry prediction specialists have been telling their audience to wait until late June/early July 2011 for the iPhone 5. Advice which may seem to have turned sour in wake of this unexpected news.
When we think about it it does make sense that Apple would delay the launch of their next device until early 2012. After all, in the US Apple has only just started rolling out the new Verizon CDMA version of the iPhone 4.
The problem here was that Verizon, unlike AT&T and most of the rest of the world, uses CDMA technology for their phone networks. As such the iPhone 4, a device designed to use the international GSM technology standard, was incompatible with Apple’s wishes. This meant that Apple had to turn its development team towards making a CDMA version of the iPhone 4 in order to capture a greater percentage of the US market.
There’s also the added issue that with the recent release of the Verizon iPhone 4 it might be a bit of a slap in the face to Verizon customers if the iPhone 5 was released a mere handful of months later.
We’d like to know your opinion. Do you think it’s a good move for Apple to delay the iPhone 5 launch, or would you prefer to get your hands on the much-awaited handset earlier?
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