Apple's iPhone 5 to début on September 12th?

Reports are coming in from various sources, thanks to an initial claim from website, iMore, that Apple will be holding a special event on September 12th, where the firm is expected to announce the new iPhone.

It's expected that stock will hit the shelves from Friday, September 21st, though in typical Apple fashion, this will likely be an initial trickle, with the real bulk of orders coming in for the Christmas and the New Year sales. Most interestingly, it's also believed that the iPad Mini will be announced at this same event, perhaps in order to raise the overall impact.

Apple iPhone 5?

Unlike the iPhone 4S, which arrived 16 months after the iPhone 4, the iPhone 5 is set to hit the market with only an 11 month gap. Will this be enough to interest punters who, not so long ago, purchased their current iPhone? How will the iPhone 5 differentiate itself, both against its predecessors' and its number one competition, Samsung's GALAXY S III and any devices that may land on the 15th? All will be revealed in the next six weeks, probably.

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what about all the users like me that have an iPhone 4 or even the 3GS, it's not all about the current 4S user updating.

my 2 yr contract is up on my iPhone 4 and I'm waiting for the iPhone 5

Boon72
what about all the users like me that have an iPhone 4 or even the 3GS, it's not all about the current 4S user updating.

my 2 yr contract is up on my iPhone 4 and I'm waiting for the iPhone 5

Never said it was!

Hexus
Will this be enough to interest punters who, not so long ago, purchased their current iPhone?

“Punters” who upgraded from an iPhone 4 to a 4s will almost definitely buy the 5..they are in general the true sheep who whill buy it just because it's a new iPhone. The 4S was an entirely pointless “upgrade” for 99% of users, with one gimmick (Siri) being the only reason to upgrade, and even then that was an artifical upgrade due to Apple preveting it from running on a stock iPhone4.

For the rest of us, it fits in with the standard 24 month contract cycle (just about). I'll be buying outright again so as to keep my current contract so doesn't affect me, but for most people it would do I presume. The biggest draw for me is the bigger screen - I hate typing on my work iPhone now that I am used to the huge screen on my Titan.

Either way my general point is that the iPhone 5 is going to be a good upgrade for all users of a 4/4s, rather than the very basic spec bump that we got last time, so I would expect many many more people to upgrade this time around.

I'll be queuing up at 7am at the Apple store getting my free coffee+doughnuts again like I did for the 4 I think :)

edit: and to add..

Hexus
How will the iPhone 5 differentiate itself,

Well, it's not Android for a start..big draw for some of us :) Build quality + look/feel should be another, as long as they don't return to the dark days of plasticy phones like the 3X series. In truth though, they don't need to differentiate. I don't think most phone customers will differentiate based on specific features - they care more “does it have internet, does it have facebook, does it have WhatsApp” and thats about it. Plus when it's an Apple phone there are many many people who will just buy it regardless.

In the geek market where people love to know technical detail, it's more difficult - there will always be an android phone with newer/different specifications, purely because it seems like there is a new ‘Droid out every day, so clearly they will overtake apple on the hardware front..but again, most people just don’t care, and even more don't actually *need* to care even if they do.

So how can it compete/differentiate? It can't, on paper the SIII or whatever will likely be a better spec. But this really doesn't matter to most people, and it's “most people” that will buy them :)

I'm going to hang fire for a bit, may pick up a cheap 4 for my wife when the 5 is out.

I've never bought on release and I don't think that will change, I can't justify the cost, I'll either be getting a 4S or a 5 for my next phone though I think.
We don't even know specs yet, lots of rumours and I'm not sure I'm even bothered about a bigger screen.

I'm a droid fan, but I still used to get excited about Apple events such as these but not anymore.

It is obvious the iPhone 5 will have 4inch screen, quad core processor, NFC and a slightly better camera, but we've seen it all before.

The droid phones notably HTC One X and SG3 have been out for a while now, especially the former, so the iPhone isn't going to provide any shocks in the specification department.

We already know what is coming in IOS 6 too, so this event may turn into another damp squid for Apple.

It's all about eco systems these days and how much you are willing to spend per month on satisfying your tech cravings.

I for one won't give the anti competitive Apple one dime of my money. Latest news is they are censoring books in their store if they just happen to mention the competition. See URL http://www.bgr.com/2012/07/30/amazon-banned-ibooks-store-apple/ for more information.

When are the governments going to step in and stop Apple from doing this, people should also vote with their feet and give them a wide berth. No company is a saint, but Apples business practice is getting more and more Authoritarian as each day goes by.

Why would you want to give a company like this your money?

Apple are becoming the Weyland Industries from Alien, “Building better Worlds” they say, for them certainly, but not for us consumers as they will be devoid of any competition.

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