The world was waiting for the rumored iPhone 5 with a slimmer design and bigger display, but that all went away on October 4 when Apple released the 4S. What happened to the iPhone 5? Was it just a rumor? According to 9to5mac, the iPhone 5 was very real and was one of last projects that Steve Jobs was overseeing.
Apparently the iPhone 5 was so thin and light it was difficult to build, and integrating the Siri team with Apple was going slower than planned.
Sources say the iPhone 5 will be released in the summer of 2012. Check out the source link below for the inside scoop from 9to5mac. It's worth a read.
Apparently the iPhone 5 was so thin and light it was difficult to build, and integrating the Siri team with Apple was going slower than planned.
The iPhone 4S as you see it was originally planned to be released at WWDC with iOS 5, like every iPhone before it [...] But something happened around February of this year that threw everything off. Apple was still integrating the Siri team and code into iOS and it was going much slower than planned. At the same time, Apple’s iPhone 5 (teardrop) plans were moving along on or ahead of schedule and the first prototypes were testing well. With mid-October being the earliest possible date of a Siri-fied iOS being ready – with “Apple-levels” of polish –Apple had to look at its options.
Sources say the iPhone 5 will be released in the summer of 2012. Check out the source link below for the inside scoop from 9to5mac. It's worth a read.
