PHIL: Smart and Globe will be launching the iPhone 5 come December 14

The Philippines' two surviving (technically speaking) carriers will be offering the iPhone 5 come December 14! Yup, it is probably the most awaited smartphone in 2012 and the Philippine market will finally get their share of the excitement. Smart and Globe will both be offering the device for Free if you get it with a 2-year contract under their Plan 2499. We are talking about the iPhone 5 16GB if you want to get the iPhone with a higher storage capacity, then you'd have to look beyond plan 2499 to get the device for free.

The Apple iPhone 5

And the crown and jewel of Apple, the iPhone 5. To start things of, it is not exactly an entirely new design but rather it's kind of like a work around of an already brilliant iPhone 4/4S. It sports a 4" Retina display, yeah a bit larger than what it precedes but not that much but take note, the resolution and the quality of the Retina screen is the same, how? They did not really make the screen bigger, technically, they just stretched it (you will notice later that the resolution is a bit different from the the iPhone 4 and 4S). The device will also be running on iOS 6 with an upgraded Siri (which can now post on your Facebook wall) and will come with the new EarPods too. According to Phil Schiller, the iPhone 5 is the world's thinnest smartphone, which comes to a 7.6mm thickness. The iPhone 5 will be available starting September 21 in the US (via AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and in Apple Retail stores), UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore. Customers can pre-order the device starting September 14th and is priced (in the US) at $199 for the 16GB, $299 for the 32GB, and $399 for the 64GB variants. The iPhone 5 will come in either white or black slate. And I forgot to mention, this is Apple's first 4G LTE iPhone.

Apple to hold an event in September 7 - iPhone 5 announcement?

According to a report by a Japanese news site,  Kodawarisan, Apple will be hosting an iPod media event come September 7th. Additionally, if the report holds water by a "source in the know", Apple will be unveiling to the world the next iteration of the iPhone, iPhone 5. There have been a lot of rumors and speculations already about when the iPhone 5 (or iPhone 4S to some) will be announced. It looks like it will be on the said event, instead of just unveiling next generation iPods, why not also throw in an iPhone? or the iPad 3 maybe? We will be listening when Spetember 7 comes. Hopefully, Apple breaks all rumors and just unveil to us the next version of the iPhone.

iPhone 5 to launch in August?

Apple's next iteration of the iPhone dubbed as the iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5 is tipped to be launched during the month of August. Of course, I know most if not all of you have already heard a lot of rumors about the device like it will have a bigger internal storage capacity, a bigger screen, cameras with dual-LED flash, and actually the list can go on. You might also notice that I am not really blogging much about those rumors, I just don't think they are important. I mean, yeah it's Apples way of building the hype before it's inevitable launch but the specs will be there during the day Apple announces the smartphone.

iPhone 5 to launch in September says Reuters

The iPhone 5, the next generation iPhone, was rumored to look just like the iPhone 4. The latest stuff we got from this chain of rumor, before this post, are 2 videos that showcased the iOS-to-be of the iPhone 5. Anyway, the traditional event for Apple to unveil a new iPhone is during their annual WWDC event and this year it will be happening in June. According to their invites, it seems that there will be no iPhone 5 happening during the event. But that does not mean that Apple will not announce an iPhone anytime this year. 

[Updated: Tickets already sold out] Apple's WWDC 2011 in June 6th will not reveal the iPhone 5

When Apple's annual Worldwide Developer Conference gets on the way, techies will always expect a new iPhone being unveiled to the public, not only techies but Apple fans around the world. Well, WWDC 2011 will be this coming June 6 - 10, as scheduled by Apple. 

[Updated] iPhone 5 front parts leaked

We love rumors don't we specially when it's about an iPhone. We know already that it is imminent that the next iteration of the iPhone 4 is coming but we don't really know how the phone will look like up front. Thanks to 9to5Mac we have alleged photos of the iPhone 5, well it's front part and a mock up after the break.

iPhone 5 may get "Radial Menu" feature

By merely looking at that photo you can get the sense what this "Radial Menu" would mean, feel, and look like when it eventually gets into the iPhone or for any iOS device for that matter. The iOS all throughout the years have basically stayed the same, minor tweaks here and there are evidence how efficient the OS is, up to this day.

Apple have applied for a patent for this so called "Radial Menu". Below is a snippet from my source on what Apple is trying to patent, because the radial menu thing is actually not new in OS-es or whatnots, but to make things new and to add a little of Apple touch they have applied for...

“…The novel radial menu techniques of some embodiments include (i) non-uniform spacing of menu items, (ii) the use of shading or highlighting within a region associated with an item to indicate the present selectability of the item, and (iii) the use of radial gestures for opening sub-menus and the subsequent display of the sub-menu.”

This new feature for the iOS is something very new and is set to make the navigation of the said OS a much better experience. Apple fans what do you think about this?

Source: Unwired View




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