The is the blog of Japanese MacOtakara reported today that, according to a reliable source, that the next Apple iPhone is expected to debut in September or October of this year. It seems that Apple plans to maintain this cycle “for years”. Apple introduced its iPhone last lighthouse in October 2011. The launch in the fall for the iPhone 4S was unusual for Apple, which in past years had launched new iPhone models in June or July. But in the last developer conference in June, Apple has chosen not announced a new iPhone. The last event in October iPhone has simply taken the place of the annual iPod event, which in previous years, took place before the holiday season. With the iPod, which represents a market share much lower in the Apple company, last year’s range of music players has remained relatively intact, apart from a new white version of the iPod touch.
The launch of a new iPhone during the pre-Christmas season has paid a great way for Apple, which saw sales soar to over 37 million iPhones during its fiscal year to December . Although it would be unusual for Apple to release a completely new model of iPhone less than a year after its last update, there have been various rumors as to what the firm would have expected Apple to return to an introduction in June in 2012. But the report on Monday, if true, suggests that Apple has made some changes in the content of its release schedule for 2012.
Although the device is still being produced in millions of units each quarter and despite the fact that it still sells very well (see our news on this) it seems that the future of the iPhone 3G more uncertain.
Indeed it is rumored that a few months for updates iOS no longer support this model in June which will celebrate its three years of loyal service. A priori, the next update iOS (5.1) still bear the iPhone 3G but nothing says that the versions that follow (IOS 5.2?) Will support it forever.
The Cupertino company seems to grow slowly but surely, the iPhone 3G to the exit. The 3G is upstaged and owes its survival and competition. Indeed, what better than an iPhone 3G 8 GB yielded a handful of euros to parasitize the market flooded with Android devices.
Application developers are also involved. Indeed, Apple invites developers to publish screenshots of their applications in high resolution in order to highlight the quality of its smartphones a slab Retina (which is the case of the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S). As a reminder, iPhones that have a screen resolution of Retina offer 960×640 480×320 in 72dpi cons for previous models.
