Was there supposed to be an Apple iPhone announcement today? Or yesterday??

[3d]

Was there supposed to be an Apple iPhone announcement today? Or yesterday?? The wife wants a new iPhone for Mother's Day and I want to cover all my bases before heading out.

[MEG]

No - it'll come the Tuesday after your buy one

(just kidding - you're safe until the fall)

[ztirffritz]

No, apple just spent $3.2Billion of my money on some crappy headphones.

[3d]

I guess the mystery Apple announcement sensationalized a few days ago in the media was the Beats purchase. Hey, popular expensive headphones company to boost the profits for the company. You should be happy!

[jdc]

iPhones seem to be on a fall release schedule.

Target has them on sale w/contract. $30 for the C and $120 for the S w/$20 gift card.

IMHO don't bother with the C. Get the S.

[ztirffritz]

3d wrote: Hey, popular expensive headphones company to boost the profits for the company. You should be happy!

I can't really be happy about Apple's newest business partner. I think that it may be a short term benefit, but I don't see them ever recouping the investment. I would like to see them make a version of iTunes for Android though.

[DeusxMac]

I wonder about the outcome of a non-Apple branded product being integrated into the "Mac" "i-whathaveyou" product lineup.

Will it remain "Beats" or will it get renamed somehow - "Beats by Apple" "iBeats" "iSounds" etc.?

Has Apple ever purchased an outside retail hardware product manufacturer and kept the products original name/brand?

[graylocks]

read this a few days ago:

Apple plans ‘enormous’ iPhone upgrade event this week to boost sales

Apple is planning to hold an “enormous” iPhone-related event in its stores this week in order to boost sales, according to a source with knowledge of the initiative. Beginning May 8th, the source said, Apple will be contacting upgrade-eligible iPhone users with older iPhone models via email to come into their local Apple Store to update to a new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c…

[3d]

jdc wrote:
iPhones seem to be on a fall release schedule.

Target has them on sale w/contract. $30 for the C and $120 for the S w/$20 gift card.

IMHO don't bother with the C. Get the S.

Verizon has the 5S for $99.99 with 2-year contract. Is there a reason to get it at Target if it works out to the same price. Do I avoid the $30 activation fee by buying it at Target (or Walmart/BestBuy/...) ?

[3d]

graylocks wrote:
read this a few days ago:

Apple plans ‘enormous’ iPhone upgrade event this week to boost sales

Apple is planning to hold an “enormous” iPhone-related event in its stores this week in order to boost sales, according to a source with knowledge of the initiative. Beginning May 8th, the source said, Apple will be contacting upgrade-eligible iPhone users with older iPhone models via email to come into their local Apple Store to update to a new iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c…

Hmmm,,, no eMail yet here. 12noon EST.
"Apple plans ‘enormous’ iPhone upgrade event this week to boost sales dump excess inventory before iPhone6"