My attempt at predicting the future from this past week!

This week has been bittersweet to me.  Monday was a long day waiting on the announcement that was coming on Tuesday from Apple.  Then on Tuesday, I felt a lot of excitement and some disappointment when Apple only came out with the iPhone 4s.  Then Wednesday evening the news comes out that Steve Jobs had passed away.  By Friday, I had rebounded and decided to preorder the iPhone 4s.

After all the rumors had come out and then even talk about the possibility of two phones coming out, I was jazzed up.  Then was let down because of it.  I found myself thinking that surely the iPhone 5 would come out because Tim Cook would surely step up and announce it himself.  No such luck for me or the rest of us expecting the iPhone 5.  Oh well, life will go on.  At least that’s what I first thought.  Until I got news Wednesday evening about Steve passing on.  This was sad for me but made me reflect a little bit.  The more I thought about it the more I think I understand what happened at Apple to bring out the iPhone 4s.  Please indulge me here as I make my predictions for the next couple of years for Apple.

It is my opinion that Tim Cook and those in charge at Apple knew that Steve was just hanging on and that he wouldn’t be around much longer.  I even read that Steve consulted with Apple about the Tuesday announcement.  So what I think Apple has done is purposely not announced the iPhone 5 even though it is ready for release.

My reason for this is that doing so serves two great advantages that to Apple more than offsets the disappointment that customers felt.  The first is that they get to give Steve one last legacy product after his passing.  Honestly, we know that Steve had a lot of say in the iPhone 4s and 5, so Apple can make it a commemorative release of the most popular smart phone there is.  The second advantage for Apple is they have next years release ready to go and can make any necessary tweaks to make it an amazing “swan song” for Steve.  In doing this, it also gives them two years of R&D to produce the first post-Jobs iPhone.

So here is what I think is going to happen.  I really think that the iPhone 5 that has the aluminum back and tapered bottom and bigger screen does exist and is ready for release, don’t look for it until at least summer 2012.  Then Apple will be on their own for the next version be it 5s or 6.

What are your thoughts?  Are you an iPhone fan?  Are you getting the 4s or waiting on the 5?

Let’s hear it.

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