Archive : “Reliable Sources”

It seems China Unicom which are the official carriers for the iPhone 4 in China when it launches there next month, aren’t prepared to risk any Antenna Issues with the launch of the smartphone. Sources are telling us that China Unicom is getting ready to sell the iPhone 4 on September 16th with a complimentary case in the hopes to avoid any Antenna issues. Basically there looking to avoid all [...]

I guess it’s time for yet another Verizon iPhone rumor, and what rumor would be complete without a word in from an analyst? This time its Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros who said in a note to investors today that he expects Apple to expand the iPhone to other carriers in the US next year. Apple needs to do this if they wish to continue their high growth as the AT&T network is pretty much saturated [...]

The iPhone 4 is only on its way to China now, but we’re already hot on the rumor trail of the iPhone 5. Apple got us thinking last weekend when it hired an expert in mobile payments, and now we’ve got more fuel to add to the fire. There’s a new rumor floating around that Apple is already testing prototype iPhones which have NFC (near field communication) chips inside, which could [...]

I think we’ve all had our fair share of Verizon iPhone rumors and release dates, but for once we’ve actually got some pretty solid evidence on our hands. This latest information points to an almost certain Verizon iPhone being released in January 2011, which also coincides with rumors we’ve recently had as AT&T’s exclusivity runs out. Techcrunch is reporting that Apple [...]

You’re still getting over the iPhone 4, but we’re already hot on the case of the iPhone 5. The 5th generation iPhone is already floating around the rumor mill, and of course we have all the news on it for you. Word has it that it could be releasing as early as January 2011 to address the antenna issues with the iPhone 4. It could also possibly coincide with a Verizon release (where have [...]

Many of you were disappointed when Apple delayed the white iPhone 4 until later this year, and we had a theory that the reason it was delayed is because Apple couldn’t make enough of the glass casings fast enough. Well now there’s a new theory as to why it’s delayed. Scott Moritz of TheStreet reports that the white iPhone 4 is delayed due to backlight leaking out from the casing. Apparently, [...]

Enough of the Verizon iPhone rumors, how about some T-Mobile ones! T-Mobile stands more of a chance of getting the iPhone 4 than Verizon simply because it is a GSM network like At&t so that means Apple won’t have to modify the iPhone 4 to run on the network. Or is it, turns out T-Mobile has a 1700 / 2100 3G network which is not compatible with AT&T’s. So it seems no carrier is [...]

I thought that we’d already established that the iPhone 4 antenna issue. The “death grip” causes the iPhone to lose signal since the devices contact with your skin shorts the circuit, causing you to lose signal. We’ll apparently the issue could be solved with a software update. According to a source in the New York Times, the signal issue is not cause by the hardware, but in [...]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple is not planning a full scale recall of the iPhone 4, contrary to what Gizmodo reported. Apple are expected to announce a solution to the iPhone 4 antenna issue at their press conference today. Apple’s iPhone 4 has been dogged by reports of antenna-reception problems since its launch last month. The company has called a news conference to discuss [...]

Need I go on about it much more? If you don’t know about the antenna issue by now, just click here. And for those of you who do know, and have probably experienced the issue, you will be delighted to know, that yet another analyst has spoken great words of wisdom and is saying that Apple has altered the design of the iPhone 4 slightly to fix the on going problem. The Street reports on new research [...]