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Apple News From WWDC and iPhone 5 Rumors

Posted by samzenpus on from the latest-and-greatest dept.

First time accepted submitter zer0point writes "Apple has just announced the next-generation Macbook Pro with a retina display. Starting today you can also order a MacBook Pro upgraded with Ivy Bridge CPUs, and Nvidia graphics. Mountain Lion got some various updates, and as expected iOS 6 was announced. In rumor news, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a note to investors, 'Based on the release schedule for iOS 6 GM, there is a very good chance iPhone 5 will start shipping also in early September.'"

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  1. Re:More Rumors by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Personally, I don't think Apple will let a numeric inconsistency like "iPhone 5 released with iOS 6" stand. They'll either bump it up to be the iPhone 6, or just stop numbering them like the iPad, and call it the 2012 model iPhone. They don't do it for their other products, after all.

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  2. Re:ethernet dongles (likely at added cost on $2k+) by Sancho · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ethernet is ubiquitous!

    What? That's patently absurd. It may be available at the office or at home, but anywhere else you're at least as likely to have wireless, and in many, many places, it's your only option.

    The hotel I stayed at last week only had wireless.

    The restaurants I ate at had only wireless.

    My local coffee shop only has wireless.

    Remember, the common image of the Apple user is of the screenplay writer sitting at Starbucks. Ethernet does no good in that scenario.