After a comparatively quiet iYear in 2011, Apple’s mobile products will necessarily see a slew of 2011 revamps from the headlining release dates for the iPhone 5 and iPad 3 to the lingering iPod touch 5 and Apple TV. This year saw the company’s mobile hardware releases skew less ambitious than usual: the original iPad [...]

The iPhone 5 won’t see release date until 2012 because allowing the next iPhone to surface this year with embedded 4G LTE networking would have been a mistake. It’s the same mistake which some competing smartphones have made in 2011, and their users have paid the price accordingly. Current generation 4G LTE antennas are physically [...]

4G LTE is irrelevant in 2011, which is why the iPhone 4S doesn’t have it. It may also help explain why the iPhone 5 didn’t arrive this year and is instead facing a 2012 release date. Based on the television and billboard ads from carriers like Verizon and AT&T, one might think 4G LTE networks [...]

C Spire Wireless, the company formerly known as Cellular South, just announced its price options for iPhones, which it will begin selling Nov. 11. They are as follows, under a two-year contract: Plan 1 Plan 2 Plan 3 Plan 4 Monthly fee $50 $70 $90 $100 Minutes 500 Unlimited 1,000 Unlimited SMS Unlimited Unlimited Unlimited [...]

Apple will significantly expand its iPhone presence in China in the first half of 2012, as China Telecom adds a CDMA version of the smartphone its portfolio, driving sales in the fast growing Asian market, according to analysts at UBS. Checks with value chain suppliers indicate China Telecom should be ready to debut a CDMA [...]

Even though the iPhone 4S has just been released earlier this month, the rumors about the next-generation iOS smartphone have already begun. According to Digitimes, the next iPhone will be released in mid-2012 when Sprint is going to launch its 4G LTE network. Sources say that the iPhone 5 or iPhone 6 or however it [...]

A lower-priced iPhone could generate a nearly three-fold increase in demand for Apple in China, as its device leads soaring demand for 3G handsets and smartphones, according to a new analysis. In a research note released on Wednesday, investment bank Morgan Stanley reports that, among Chinese customers who are in the market for a 3G [...]

China Telecom Corp., the nation’s third-largest mobile-phone company, may see its introduction of Apple Inc.’s iPhone delayed until as late as mid-2012, according to UBS AG. The earliest the carrier would offer the iPhone would be in February or March, Wang Jinjin, a UBS analyst in Hong Kong, wrote in a report today. Wang cited [...]