Blackberry delays: waiting for LTE chips

This past week, RIM corrected the story about the delay for their next
phone. The excuse is no longer due to software development but rather
that they are waiting for a "dual core LTE chipset".

I am not sure if their PR dept have a clue or not. However, if RIM is
truly waiting for next generation LTE chips and they woNt be ready until
end of 2012, what does that say about the next iPhone ?


Just wondering if the 4s may have a longer life than I had expected with
its successor aimed towards late 2012 instead of june.

In article <4ef78a4a$0$2102$c3e8da3$(E-Mail Removed) m>,
JF Mezei <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I am not sure if their PR dept have a clue or not. However, if RIM is
> truly waiting for next generation LTE chips and they woNt be ready until
> end of 2012, what does that say about the next iPhone ?

That Apple has first dibs on the chips, and there won't be any available
for RIM until after Apple gets all that it needs.

> Just wondering if the 4s may have a longer life than I had expected with
> its successor aimed towards late 2012 instead of june.

There is a very good chance that the iPhone 5 won't be out until September
of next year because it would be a year since the iPhone 4S was released.

But why sweat it? It will be out when it's out.

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On Sun, 25 Dec 2011 13:59:00 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article <4ef78a4a$0$2102$c3e8da3$(E-Mail Removed) m>,
> JF Mezei <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure if their PR dept have a clue or not. However, if RIM is
>> truly waiting for next generation LTE chips and they woNt be ready until
>> end of 2012, what does that say about the next iPhone ?
>
> That Apple has first dibs on the chips, and there won't be any available
> for RIM until after Apple gets all that it needs.
>
>> Just wondering if the 4s may have a longer life than I had expected with
>> its successor aimed towards late 2012 instead of june.
>
> There is a very good chance that the iPhone 5 won't be out until September
> of next year because it would be a year since the iPhone 4S was released.
>
> But why sweat it? It will be out when it's out.

I agree, the most likely next iPhone will be next fall, Sep or Oct, one
year after this last one. They had to delay the 4S for various reasons, and
it seems that the fall makes more sense from a marketing perspective, since
it's closer to Christmas and it will be a more desireable gift if it's
still pretty new for the holidays.

Then again, Apple could announce the iPhone 5 tomorrow. They do what they
do, and, strangely, they don't consult me. But I'm pretty confident they'll
let us know when they're ready, whenever that is.

In article <1gtp59dav5k6j$.13du82wlf3xi3$.(E-Mail Removed)>,
salgud <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Then again, Apple could announce the iPhone 5 tomorrow. They do what
> they do, and, strangely, they don't consult me.

They don't consult me either, fools as they are. If they would consult you
and me, they'd probably double their profits.

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On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:19:33 -0700, Michelle Steiner wrote:

> In article <1gtp59dav5k6j$.13du82wlf3xi3$.(E-Mail Removed)>,
> salgud <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Then again, Apple could announce the iPhone 5 tomorrow. They do what
>> they do, and, strangely, they don't consult me.
>
> They don't consult me either, fools as they are. If they would consult you
> and me, they'd probably double their profits.

Or go bankrupt! I'm the genius that, when I first saw the Pet Rock, thought
it was the dumbest idea I ever heard.

In message <13bszqzcu5g3y$.rzizekv1xeyg$.(E-Mail Removed)> someone
claiming to be salgud <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

>Or go bankrupt! I'm the genius that, when I first saw the Pet Rock, thought
>it was the dumbest idea I ever heard.

It's probably not the dumbest, but it's got to be in the top 100. Still,
few have lost money betting on their customer's stupidity.

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