iPhone 5 expected to launch in September with new connector

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Charles Arthur, guardian.co.uk

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Apple’s next iPhone, already being dubbed the iPhone 5, is expected to launch in mid-September, with a new “nano-sim” system to enable the device, the Guardian has learned.

Sources also say that the device will introduce a new 19-pin power and control connector on its base, dumping the 30-pin connector first introduced with the third-generation iPod in April 2003.

The new phone is also expected to include 4G mobile broadband capability, but only offer compatibility with networks in the US. 4G networks in Europe and the rest of the world transmit on different frequencies and so are incompatible with US systems.

Apple will be the first major manufacturer to use the nano-sim card. Some operators began ordering the chip cards in substantial numbers even while Apple, Nokia and BlackBerry-maker RIM were still wrangling over the fine details in spring this year.

The nano-sim design is 40% smaller even than the micro-sim used in smartphones such as the iPhone 4S, Samsung Galaxy S3 and Nokia Lumia range introduced in the past 12 months, and was only agreed by the European standards body ETSI on 1 June.

Mobile phone companies anticipate a mid-September launch for the iPhone 5, and expect demand to be extremely high as present owners of iPhone 3G and 3GS look to upgrade, and those who have not yet bought a smartphone consider a shift from an older featurephone.

The Taiwanese electronics news site Digitimes has quoted industry sources saying that Pegatron, a contract manufacturer, has begun making the new iPhone at its factory in Shanghai. It also says that Pegatron is making new versions of the iPad for a third-quarter shipment date.

Another source in China, quoted by the French site App4Phone, suggests that Apple will release the next iPhone on Friday 21 September.

If correct, that would be the day on which the phone goes on sale, because manufacturers want to release new handsets to consumers at the beginning of the weekend.

Last year, Apple chief executive Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 4S on Tuesday 4 October, and the phone went on sale on Friday 14 October.

If the 21 September release date is correct, that would imply a public unveiling by Apple on Tuesday 11 September this year.

Dumping the 30-pin connector for a new design could hobble the multi-billion-dollar business for iPhone, iPod and iPad accessories, which relied on the now likely-to-be-outmoded proprietary socket to connect the Apple equipment to the power supply or other devices.

Apple will be keen to begin selling a new iPhone as soon as possible. Last year expectations were high that, as from 2007 to 2010, it would announce the new model in June and start selling it soon afterwards.

But instead the iPhone 4S launch did not come until October, leading to a dramatic dip in iPhone sales in the July-September quarter.

Though sales of the 4S and the rest of the iPhone range was very high, Cook said at Apple’s earnings announcement that month that the company knew there was great anticipation in June and July and that speculation hit extreme highs by September 2011.

Consumers held off buying Apple phones that month in anticipation of the new model.

Accessory makers will be holding their breath to find out more about the new design.

The website iMore, which was the first to report in February that the next iPhone would remodel its connector, said on Tuesday night that Apple would offer an adapter to enable 19-pin devices to link to older 30-pin connectors and accessories.

But that will still leave accessory makers in a quandary about whether to focus on the newer connector, in the expectation that more devices will use those in the future, or to stick with the old one – which fits more than half a billion iPods, iPhone and iPads.

The accessory business is highly competitive, yet offers retailers a better margin than selling Apple devices alone.

Retail margins on the items are typically around 40%, compared to about 10% on iPods or iPads. Some manufacturers will almost certainly make adapters to let older iOS 30-pin devices connect to the new 19-pin systems.

Speculation is already building, with a survey carried out by ChangeWave Research reporting unprecedented demand for the next iPhone: a poll of 4,042 American consumers found 14% “very likely” to buy one, and 17% “somewhat likely” to.

The iPhone commands a substantial share of the US market, helped by subsidies from US carriers.

UK operators, too, expect to see heavy demand for the new phone, whose release would also bring a new version of Apple’s iOS which dispenses with Google for its mapping system.

O2, which originally signed up many iPhone users in the UK, could lose out as the new phone is expected to be available through every carrier, leading to a more competitive market than previously for owners looking to upgrade.

Apple said it did not comment on rumours and speculation.

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Links 24 July: Glorious iPhone 5 Rumours!

As ever when there’s a new Apple product on the horizon the rumour mills are in full operation.

Apple’s iPhone 5 has actually started commercial production at Pegatron reports one.

According to sources based out of Taiwan, electronics manufacturer Pegatron has already begun production of the iPhone 5.

Oh no it hasn’t reports a second: this is just the EVT3 version:

“Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone [i.e., iPhone 5] is currently in the EVT3 stage, the third revision of the engineering test stage and has not yet entered the DVT stage,” Geller assures us. The trusted source assures Geller that, by comparison, the iPhone 4 was in EVT2 in mid-February 2010 and the phone lost in a San Francisco beer house in March of that year was in the DVT stage. By themselves, those “facts” tell us less than either Geller or his source seems to think. Apple announced iPhone 4 in early June 2010.

Arrival of the iPhone 5 will be on September 21 st this year. Possibly.

Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 5 – or whatever the marketeers at Cupertino choose to call it – will be released on September 21, according to the iPhone rumour du jour.

Whenever it does arrive and whether it’s being produced right now sales will be “a record” we’re told.

Some cool features we’re likely to see: including, amazingly, a new location for the headphone connector! My, that’ll be worth buying a new phone for.

Oh, and a new 19 pin connector rather than the old 30 pin one. Meaning that most accessories now become out of date.

And finally, not that Foxconn is building the iPhone, but apparently Chinese wages have become too high for them and they’re building a factory in Indonesia.

Article source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/07/24/links-24-july-glorious-iphone-5-rumours/

ChangeWave: Apple iPhone 5 ‘biggest demand yet’, Samsung also shines

Wake up! Apple [AAPL] has put its iPhone 5 (equipped with a 19-pin new Dock connector) into production and the new smartphone seems set to break its own sales records once again when it hits the shops in Fall, the latest survey results explain.

iRider on the storm

Perhaps it is no surprise that the world’s biggest-selling smartphone will remain the world’s biggest-selling smartphone, despite five years of increasingly vicious competition in the rapidly-expanding space.

Interest in smartphones among consumers is at an all time high, the latest ChangeWave Research claims claim. And Apple’s iPhone 5 will be at the top of the tree in market share terms, while sitting under many trees this coming Christmas season as Apple wrests the “Market Leader For The Quarter” award from the only other real beneficiary of the smartphone surges, Samsung.

“Advance demand for the ‘iPhone 5′ is strikingly higher than we’ve seen for any previous iPhone model,” said Dr. Paul Carton, 451 / ChangeWave’s VP of Research. “Overall smartphone sales should spike to an all-time high this fall, and of course Apple is going to be the number one beneficiary. But besides Apple, and to a lesser degree Samsung, no other manufacturer is likely to benefit from this coming wave of demand.“

More good news for Apple: 14 percent of consumers say they are Very Likely to purchase an iPhone 5 while a further 17 percent say they are Somewhat Likely, the survey said, concluding: “Advance demand for the next-generation iPhone is strikingly higher than for any previous iPhone model.“

Get yourself connected

In a separate report this morning, Reuters joined all major media outlets to let us know that: “The iPhone 5, Apple’s next generation iPhone expected to go on sale around October, will come with a 19-pin connector port at the bottom instead of the proprietary 30-pin port “to make room for the earphone moving to the bottom”, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.” This is in line with existing expectation.

The ever-talkative assimilated Android army will be pleased at one side of this news: Samsung’s doing well, too, albeit at the expense of every other manufacturer. Samsung has seen a four-fold increase in consumer intent to buy its phones across the last three quarters, the survey suggests. A total of 2 percent of respondents say they’re Very Likely to buy a Samsung Galaxy S III and 7 percent Somewhat Likely.

Everyone else is shedding blood as the smartphone sector continues to endure the future process of mergers and acquisitions. Not every player is going to survive the bloodbath that is the smartphone war. Consumer demand is down, down, down, for anything except an iPhone or Galaxy device:

• Motorola — demand is down 2 points
• HTC — demand is unchanged (in the context of an industry growing as rapidly as the smartphone sector, that’s not good at all).
• RIM — demand is unchanged at an all-time low.
• Nokia — the Lumia range has helped gain slightly more consumer interest.

Future sailors

What’s important to note is that all the activity in the smartphone sector comes as consumer expectations and spending patterns are declining in face of an extended period of challenging economic uncertainty.

It is also interesting to reflect on the symbiotic relationship between Samsung and Apple. Apple still contributes a huge chunk of cash to Samsung; while Samsung continues to benefit from the free publicity accorded to it by the continued litigation between the two firms, even while an Australian judge today condemned their spat as “ridiculous“.

Google meanwhile continues to suggest its contempt for other people’s innovation by claiming Apple’s iPhone has set such a high bar for the smartphone sector that it should be considered a “standard“. A specious and sophistic argument that is worthy of the Greek philosophers.

The irony is that the conversation is already moving forward.

The future of computing will be to a greater or lesser extent cloud-based and more or less device agnostic.

Implementations such as Siri promise a tech future in which the machine will be smarter than the human. The cloud is critical to the future of the Internet. The device is less so.

What this means is that as competitors struggle to battle for the smartphone segment, tech industry leaders will already be looking for the next great prize. 

 

Also read:

• WSJ: Apple iPhone 5 production has begun, thinner than ever with in-cell display
• iPhone 5 may decide the Apple versus Samsung war
• Apple iPhone 5 will be the NFC ‘iWallet’ rumor claims
• Apple partner Foxconn says Fall iPhone 5 will be the ‘Samsung-killer’

• WWDC 2012: Apple iPhone 5 details, Retina Display Macs

• iPhone 5 release: Apple’s September launch, what to expect

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Article source: http://blogs.computerworld.com/smartphones/20733/changewave-apple-iphone-5-biggest-demand-yet-samsung-also-shines

iPhone 5 and iPad Mini Should Be Available This September

iPhone 5 and iPad nerds, get your wallets and bank accounts ready. According to Plugged-in KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, an individual who is no stranger to Apple rumors, both the iPhone 5 and the smaller incarnation of the iPad should be available to consumers this September. Hopefully you’ll have enough scratch left in your bank account following all of your glamorous summer vacations to afford two new gadgets from a company that excels at making gadgets.

“iPhone 5 to debut in September,” Ming-Chi wrote in a letter to clients. “But due to in-cell touch panel and casing yield rate limits, ability to offset older models’ shipments decrease will be moderate. Though shipments of iPad mini’s components will start in August, the new iPad line will end production, ready for transition to a modified New iPad line. As such, component shipments will drop in August as iPad mini’s components shipments growth will be offset.”

Unfortunately, a concrete date for the release has not been officially issued, though rumor has it the new iPhone will hit shelves on September 21st. Regardless, news that the iPhone 5 is (finally) coming down the proverbial pipeline later this year is sure to cause Apple geeks to salivate in anticipation. I know several people who will no doubt line up extra early to get their hands on the latest offering from their technological Lord and Savior. Do keep in mind, however, that release dates are always subject to change. Now it’s September, tomorrow it could be October.

The iPad mini, which features a thin 7.85-inch display, will set you back between $249 and $299. As far as the iPhone 5 is concerned, a price has not been quoted, though I’m sure it’s going to be a little on the expensive side. They generally are.

Care to read some Twitter posts from folks who are freaking out about the iPhone 5′s September release date? If so, you’re in luck. Take a moment to peruse some of the reactions below. As you can tell, a lot of people are pretty jazzed about getting their hands on one.

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Latoria Shanae
@Straitup_NoChsr

When does the iPhone 5 come out so I can accidentally break my 4S?

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Claire:)
@clairegraham_

AW WITTTT iphone comes out at the end of september and my mums contract is finishing in october! guess who will be getting the iphone 5! Cow

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Rana Mallah
@RanaMallah

I’m almost due for an upgrade but the iPhone 5 isn’t out yet. WHAT DOES ONE DO IN SUCH A SITUATION?!

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Pablo Escobar
@bry_i_sixnine

Getting the iphone 5. Cuz you already know i need the latest gadgets

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Jeff Smith
@itsjeffsmith

They’re making too many apple products man, it’s hard to keep up. iPhone 5 and iPad mini is coming out in September

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iPhone 4S sales slowing as Apple readies iPhone 5 launch

Analysts say they believe sales of  Apple’s iPhone 4S have begun slowing as more users sit on the sidelines awaiting the arrival of the next iPhone.

With the Cupertino, Calif., tech company releasing its latest earnings report Tuesday, analysts expect that Apple will announce it sold fewer iPhone 4S units than it did in the previous quarter.

Apple sold more than 35 million of its latest smartphone last quarter, but Andy Hargreaves of Pacific Crest Securities told Bloomberg he expects this quarter’s number to be closer to 25 million while Katy Huberty of Morgan Stanley expects the number to be more than 31 million.

PHOTOS: Rumor roundup on iPhone 5

A recent survey by ChangeWave Research is also showing evidence that a slow down is happening.

The survey shows 14% of all consumers are saying they are “very likely” to get the next iPhone while 17% say they are “somewhat likely.” The numbers are higher than last year when 10% of consumers said they were “very likely” and only 11.5% said they were “somewhat likely” to get the iPhone 4S.

And on the other end of the spectrum, the numbers have also improved for Apple with fewer people saying they are “unlikely” to get their next phone.

If the company does announce a lower number it will be a repetition of last year when iPhone 4 sales began to slow leading up to the launch of the iPhone 4S in October.

The sixth-generation iPhone, which some around the Web are mocking up, is expected to launch in October and come with a larger and improved screen.

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Article source: http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-iphone-4s-sales-slowing-20120723,0,5756780.story

iPhone 5 will launch with 19-pin Dock connector, report says

What’s next for Apple’s iPhone line?

(Credit:
Apple)

Apple’s next
iPhone will come with a smaller Dock connector port, according to a new report.

Although Apple’s current mobile devices, including the iPhone and
iPad, come with a 30-pin port, the new iPhone will sport a 19-pin connector, Reuters is reporting today, citing sources. The switch will help Apple make room on the bottom of the handset for a headphone jack. The headphone jack currently sits at the top of Apple’s iPhones.

Reuters’ report on Apple’s Dock connector is just the latest in a string of rumors surrounding Apple’s plans for that port. Over the last few months, an increasing number of reports have cropped up, saying that Apple will be ditching the 30-pin connector for a smaller, 19-pin option.

Back in May, for example, Apple site iLounge reported, citing sources, that the new connector is “closer to a pill shape.” In addition, the site said that the connector will be available on all future mobile devices Apple launches.

For its part, Apple hasn’t commented on its plans for a new Dock connector, but CNET has contacted the company for comment on the Reuters report and will update this story when we have more information.

If Apple does, in fact, decide to launch a new Dock connector in the
iPhone 5, its latest handset would, out of the box, seemingly be incompatible with the many accessories that connect to its devices with a 30-pin connector. Whether Apple will offer up an adapter to ensure legacy products still work with its products remains to be seen.

Article source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57477641-37/iphone-5-will-launch-with-19-pin-dock-connector-report-says/

How the iPhone 5 Will Yet Again Fail to Eliminate Credit Cards

Apple’s payment-capable Passbook app and rumored NFC integration does not a digital wallet make

It’s been a while since the rumors flew that the next iPhone would have Near Field Communication built in. The technology allows you to touch a phone to a receiver/transmitter, and the two have secure electronic intercourse and a millisecond later out pops a transaction. That’s the idea, anyway.

NFC is used in Google’s Wallet, which has yet to gain traction in part because it’s compatible with exactly one credit card. Many pundits are excited about the prospect of an iPhone with NFC technology combined with the already-announced Passbook app that will be part of iOS 6, Apple’s next operating system for the iPhone and related devices. Passbook will store documents on the phone, but can also be used for transactions like buying a coffee at Starbucks. The mechanism of exchange in that case is a QR code, however.

NFC has been in phones since 2006, so why aren’t we all using digital wallets by now? As futurist Scott Smith points out on Twitter, one of the problems is that “banks and operators would want a pound of digital flesh somewhere.” Indeed, even as operators like Square and Stripe try to make an end-run around banks, they remain inherently dependent on them. It’s a safe bet that Visa and Mastercard aren’t about to cede an inch of the incredibly lucrative trade in usurious rates on easy credit they’ve built up over the years.

NFC payments are common in Japan and Korea, but in both countries, monopolies in banking and cell carriers were instrumental in making it happen, says Smith.

So what’s Apple planning to do with NFC in its phones? The technology could be used for file transfers, for one. (Before they switched strategies, the founders of business card app CardCloud planned to use NFC to allow transfers of digital cards.) Beyond that, the use cases just aren’t that compelling. A recent, breathless Businessweek piece on NFC outlined applications like scanning your spice cabinet for recipe ideas and using the technology to exchange information at large events. There are plenty of interesting edge cases for the technology, but it’s hard to see any of them being compelling enough for an Apple announcement.

There’s also, of course, the possibility that Apple will allow payments via NFC in the iPhone 5 after all. But it remains to be seen whether the number of payment options will increase. The company is notoriously finnicky about empowering players in the value chain other than itself. Absent a sea change in banks’ apparent reluctance to make NFC a real standard, it’s hard to imagine adoption of “digital wallets” hitting an inflection point in the US any time soon.

Article source: http://www.technologyreview.com/view/428587/how-the-iphone-5-will-yet-again-fail-to-eliminate/