Sunday, June 5, 2011

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iPhone 5 Sunday Coffee: On the Eve of the WWDC, Make Your Official Prediction

Posted: 05 Jun 2011 05:29 AM PDT


floating iphone 5 concept

A "floating" iPhone 5 concept: pointless, but cool.

It always feels good to be right.

Here at the iPhone 5 News Blog, we don’t make many predictions, and the few ones that we have made (like the fact that the white iPhone 4 would be nothing more than “white”) have been good calls. But one of the boldest claims we’ve made is that the 2011 iPhone — namely, the iPhone 5 — would see a later-than-usual release, with the WWDC coming and going without a new iPhone announcement. We predicted a late-summer release of the iPhone 5 in an article posted on January 8th, 2011.

But this week is a big week for the iPhone 5 news cycle, and for as much as the evidence points to a later-than-usual iPhone 5 release, there are last-minute spikes of excitement that Steve Jobs could indeed make a surprise announcement. Astute commenters on this blog, like Clippy and kresimir, have contributed some very interesting anecdotes suggesting that the iPhone 3Gs is being phased out and iPhone 4 discounted in some eastern European countries, suggesting that the iPhone 5 could be on its way sooner rather than later. Add to this the confirmation that Steve Jobs will be key-noting at the WWDC, and a “surprise” announcement seems plausible. (Huge thanks to both Clippy and kresimir, by the way!)

Since we’re just a day away fro the big launch of the WWDC, now is your time to log your prediction for what is going to happen at the WWDC this week. Will it be the iPhone 5? The iPhone 4s? Will Steve Jobs do his patented “one more thing” thing? Or is the next iPhone still slated for late summer/early fall?

Call it right and we’ll make you famous: we here at the iPhone 5 News Blog love to quote and praise our readers, since the folks who read this blog have such a well-informed perspective on the iPhone and technology. Many of you have been making your predictions over and over again in post comments, but this post will be the place to frame your argument in a very neat, concise statement.

Now is your chance to get it on record!

And don’t worry about being wrong; we won’t ridicule anyone for making the wrong predictions. Journalists get it wrong half of the time anyway, and never have to answer for it, so why should you?

We look forward to your official iPhone 5 predictions — all are welcome!