iPhone 5 sees five release date scenarios from rosy summer to 2012 fail

I bought a macbook pro last summer and i have had no problems with it (: sooo i think you just gotta bad one bud

Though I am waiting on pins and needles as most Mac Product users are I hesitate to think that mac is moving too slow. I don't want a world where the phone I bought last week as the new thing is obsolete in 3 months. Mac has had a wonderful practice of not releasing technology until it has been tested to the point of failure to find, and fix problems before they hit the market. I think has been and will continue to be good business practices. Just as our computers have been so aggravating over the years with PC based systems they seem to release products every other month to make us buy yet another PC. Apple has always seemed to me at least waited until they had a major innovation before they would release another System. I Love the fact that my Macbok Pro is still considered a viable, and powerful computer well over a year after I bought it and still worth quite a bit of money. try that with any other platform PC. Don't give Apple a hard time because they want to be sure before they release a new product that it has to be as flawless as possible before they let it out of the cage. Not to mention how would you release iPhone 5 Before the release of the OS5 system it is supposed to run on? Keep up the good work Apple. I love it.

Basically most of the population in the UK, Australia and many countries in Europe all use "autumn" rather than the North American version of "fall"...... just sayin :P

Your unlimited data plan will stay (but you have to stay with a smartphone, no changing to an old one or else you lose it).  And you have to buy the phone in the store/over the phone as opposed via web because it will not give you that option. :/ Unlimited Smartphone Data Plan. I called At&t about it because I have a Blackberry Torch and wanted to see if I could still keep the unlimited data plan if I got an iPhone. They said yes, they just need to have a manager override the new policy for data plans. You can only have a smartphone with that plan. Hope this helps! :)

I too have an old iPhone 3G.  I asked about when I was looking at the 4 and was told that since I have an original AT&T plan, my new phone will carry the same data plan I have always had.  My son, who bought the 4 outright (I didn't btw, holding out for the 5) had to go with the new plan, even though he owned a 3GS, because he bought a new number.

whatever the date, it better be soon, as Android 4.0 and like platforms get realized, from a business point of view Apple can't afford to losing the lead, iPhone is extremely profitable for Apple and would affect sales of music and apps on iTunes, ultimately losing money and stock value.
I have used Apple computers since 1984, Macintosh was a great success early on, mid 1990's sales dropped and Apple was in trouble, same thing could happen with the iPhone and iPad (remember the Newton?)

i have a 3g iPhone, the phone its till works fine,  i use the texting, i use the camera  - there was no reason to update - i do not need a bunch of stupid apps to make me feel occupied while i should be socializing with whom i am surrounded by like so many people do, to me it does not make them look Important just socially retarded, and certainly not like the " tech  geek " they are trying to portray them selves at - yes i do have apps, all of them free, but apps on a little phone really do not do anything to improve the quality of life for any one - i am not sure people realize that 

It's so obvious, Apple is waiting for AT&T to get their 4G  LTE network up and running because they don't want to use the soon to be obsolete 4G that they have now. The 4G AT&T has now is basically 3.5G, notice how whenever they say 4G theres always an **asterisk next to it LOL

I say September too.  I see the Apple webpage saying "New iPhone 5 ships with iOS 5" the same way they did the new MacBook Air with Lion.

what good is a super fast phone that doesn't work anywhere. 3G, 4G, 4G LTE. not really sure what the difference is but from what i've read it sounds like each one needs a different tower and 4G towers are practically no where. my current phone makes calls and has texting, thats it. all i want is an iPhone that works the same as my current phone with the added bonus on apps and iTunes and all that. can't we just chose for ourselves. do i really need 4G that won't give me service anywhere in order to have the phone because thats pointless. i want to option to chose the 3G plan and enjoy my phone where ever i go with its long battery life and put up with the slower speed. if i've got this all wrong let me know but it all seems like a hunk of crap to me to try and sucker people in to the next big thing.

English is second language for me, so I guess I might find strange words (like the French "autumn") as being natural :P "Fall" is more like "fail" though... at least for some people ;) and at least for some who are waiting for that next iPhone.

If I'm not mistaken, every year Apple released the new version of software (aka iOS) just a little before each new iPhone hardware release. Granted this year they changed the release schedule, but on their website it says "iOS 5. Coming this fall". So it's a good bet to assume that the iPhone 5 (or 4S.. whatever) will be released very soon after that. The question is now what "fall" means... and if it came to this word, why don't they use "autumn", as it sounds more optimistic, maybe even more fashionable.

September is the most likely scenario. That will give them time to finalize ios 5 and give the developers lead time to develop ios 5 apps. Plus, they get it on the market before the holidays which is critical.