iPhone 5 Release Date: Tear Dropped Shaped iPhone 5 Still On the Way
The iPhone 5 was arguably the most anticipated device of 2011, and was expected to launch in the fall of this year.
Despite case leaks from manufacturers, and rumors making their way to the internet regarding information of the device, Apple decided to the launch the iPhone 4S instead this fall, not the drastically re-designed iPhone 5.
But according to an article posted recently on 9to5Mac, this iPhone 5 is still on the way.
The reason it was not released this year was mostly due to time constraints.
“It’s really difficult to install so many components into the iPhones,” said Foxxconn founder Terry Gou to the Wall Street Journal in June.
Foxxconn is Apple’s largest iPhone manufacturer.
It seems that the device Gou was speaking of could not have been the iPhone 4 which has been in production for a few years already.
He was most likely talking about a thinner, lighter iPhone model much like the one that is rumored to be the tear-drop shaped iPhone 5.
Another reliable source close to the situation revealed to the WSJ’s Yukari Kane that “the new iPhone is expected to be similar to the current iPhone 4, but thinner and lighter with an improved eight-megapixel camera.”
Foxxconn was obviously in possession of the tear-drop thin tapered iPhone 5.
Unfortunately, the manufacturer ran into complications when producing the smartphone and Apple realized it would not be able to create enough units to launch this holiday season.
Apple originally planned to release the iPhone 4S as a low cost alternative to the iPhone 5.
But since the units became difficult to make, the re-designed model was pushed back to 2012 and the 4S became the flagship Apple smartphone for 2011.
According to 9to5Mac’s Foxxconn source, the iPhone 5 is still in production and will launch sometime in 2012.
