It’s a nice looking invitation, ain’t it? The icons are perfect: the date is the date, of course, the Maps icon is where to show up (Apple’s campus), the clock icon provides the time, we assume (10am US PST), and the phone icon? That, paired with “Let’s talk iPhone” might be a clue that Assistant—Apple’s rumoured talk-control iOS feature—is going to take a big chunk of the spotlight. We’ll see!
Gizmodo will be covering the announcement from the moment it starts until the bitter end. Start saving your pennies — it could be on shelves only a couple weeks later.
Gordon
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6:11 AMok
Gary
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6:19 AMYaY.
Michael
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6:45 AMYawn
Bharat
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 6:46 AMEpic. That is a cool invitation!
Craig W.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:14 AMeh…
Chris
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:29 AMMy Galaxy S2 is way better then my previous iPhone. There is no way I would go back to IOS in its current form. I’m sure it will be magical lol
Fourze
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:06 AMThen feel free to do just that.
i2
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:28 AM+1
olearymo
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:34 AMCool story bro!
Sam D
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 7:55 AMI’m looking forward to the final release of iOS 5 more than the iPhone 5 itself.
Ciaran
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:08 AMReally looking forward to seeing whats new. Plus if iOS5 is released doesn’t that mean that iCloud will become available? :D
Tom
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:41 AMLooking forward to this, mainly because I’m interested to see if Apple choose to aggressively compete specs wise. Oh, and also for my wife.
cflow
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:36 AMAre you in danger of losing your wife to Apple?
Those MONSTERS!!!!
MDolley
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:47 AMNote to self: Avoid Gizmodo on October 4th/5th
Anybody taking bets on how many articles will be written about the new device? My money would be on 7 if it’s an iPhone 4S, 11 if it is the iPhone 5
Nick
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:04 AMSomething tells me you won’t avoid Gizmodo, instead you’ll be posting on every iPhone related article bashing it in some way.
glennc
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:12 AMand you care why?
Nick
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:50 AMBecause I’m a carebear.
MDolley
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:16 AMOK, I will probably check to see what’s new, but I won’t be bashing anything.
I’m sure the iPhone 4S/5 won’t have the latest and greatest specs, but I don’t think that really matters.
The iPhone isn’t about specs, it’s about the overall package. While I personally don’t want to use an iPhone (I prefer Windows Phone for a number of reason) I accept that it is the preferred device for a considerable number of people.
I have quite a few clients who are iPhone users and I have to create database applications that work on the device.
If I got an iPhone it would probably make my job easier, but iOS just doesn’t tick all of the boxes for me yet.
olearymo
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:35 AM+1
NOZdroid
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 8:52 AMI would have expected a hint at an iPhone 5 in that invitation…considering all other details are clearly there…so I’m guessing iPhone 4 variant…
Johnny P
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:00 AMSince we have already seen IOS 5 then there wont be any major UI changes (aside from the voice controls) That leaves hardware and you would say its the same A5 chip as the Ipad 2. 1Gb Ram, Maybe a bigger screen, maybe a bit thinner (Ipod Touch 4th Gen-ish) an extra sensor here or there and maybe a 64gb version. It might be on par with the galaxy s 2 hardware wise but I doubt apple would release something as laggy as the galaxy s 2 or any other android phone for that matter
z3d
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:35 AMListing hardware specs why forum tools think their modified Honda Civic is a match for an Porsche. Come to think of it, there are a lot of parallels between modified car scene and the modded roms/jail breaking etc.
Dissmeister
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 9:40 AMTalk about biased. You need to do more research if you think the Galaxy S2 is laggy.
z3d
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:07 AMyeh i’m no fan of android but S2 seemed pretty snappy to me.
typedmillepede
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:07 AMI have spent a lot of time fiddling with a gs2 and it was instantly noticeable the lag compared to iOS. it really isn’t as smooth.
Johnny P
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:13 AMWhy do I have to do more research. I have a galaxy s 2, windows phone 7 (HTC Trophy), Ipod touch 4th gen and a touchpad. I would say my windows phone is the smoothest of the lot. The trophy is a 1ghz processor with 512Mb of ram but it runs smooth and no lag whatsoever. While the galaxy does have true multitasking its at the detriment of user experience and your always having to close apps to speed things up.
Chinosts
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 2:02 PMGalaxy S2 laggy??!?!?!? You are an idiot…
moloko
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:38 AMI’ll think I will pass on watching Apple rabble on about how they invented voice control in smart phones and how they have the most advanced hardware. I will leave it for the itards and the biased media coverage on the internet and Tv news.
And LOL at the Galaxy S2 being laggy comment
light487
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:13 PMOh I am still interested to see the new phone.. how could I not.. but I am more than happy with my SGS II as well. And I agree.. “What lag??” it’s smoother than any iPhone I’ve tried, which is iPhone 3, 3GS and 4…
Simon
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 11:17 AMSame day as Facebook timeline is due to be rolled out.
mattt
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:11 PMConspiracy? I think so.
Perhaps its the announcement of the ifacebookphone?
jaidan
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:03 PMlol wow some guys really doo look to far into marketing and logos hahah
BenDTU
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:41 PMI look forward to them making feel like my current iPhone 4 is unattractive, outdated and slow.
Well, not really. But you get that.
Chris
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 2:35 PMDoes the 1 badge suggest only one phone will be released (most likely 4S)? Guess they’ll tell us on the 4th…
Michael
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 2:43 PMMy Galaxy S2 brings all the girls to the yard, and their like “it’s better than yours.”
Switchflo
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 3:49 PMGalaxy S2 has all the features and more that the iPhone 5 is only just releasing.
Apple is a bit late to the party. Don’t even get me started on compatibility..iPhone doesn’t even come close. (.m4v LOL)
@YankeeluvnGiant
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 1:55 AMim super excited, my upgrade wasnt available until june of this year and i waited and waited knowing that the new phone would b coming soon and finally my wait has paid off, ive been working with this 3gs while my friends and fam all have 4′s.
dirk
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 8:58 AMwow all this anti iphone talk, it is likse grown men arguing about BF3 and MW3 in here.
Counterpoint
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 1:29 PMWell, everyone else seems to be throwing their virtual tuppence in.
Remembering that the “Notification” icon on the Phone app represents Missed calls, not upcoming calls (for obvious reasons), maybe they’re going to say that the iPhone 5/4S has been on sale for two weeks now; it’s just been hiding behind the iPhone 4 boxes!
luke
Monday, October 3, 2011 at 4:11 PMisn’t the ‘notification’ a missed call from samsung?
i hear they have been avoiding their calls…
Ivan
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 1:32 PMThey still use icons? That is sooo ‘Revolutionary!’ as Apple would say it. I think its unmanageable and messy. They should adopt what Windows Phone 7 are doing… oh wait – its patented.
:)