When Apple's on the verge of a really major announcement, reality begins to change. Gravity get less intense. Time flows backward. Anyone with new information gets attention.
The iPhone is drawing out loonier theories than I've ever seen in my life. There are the many generations of iPhones and their delays, legions of rendered concepts, and analysts who pop up to make totally wild claims. We're now past the rubicon, people. A normally credible blogger has given into the madness.
No, it's not me.
Brian Lam of Gizmodo just dropped this bit of "knowledge:"
Bunk. There's no way it will happen. Let's look at the evidence:
- Monday is exactly a week before Christmas – way too late for a new product announcement.
- Apple HATES introducing products on Mondays
- MacWorld is coming up in less and a month, and Apple has to hold back something to announce other than iTV.
What's that spell? Prank or Reality Distortion Field hallucination. Hell, maybe that software company that does Telephony is rolling out a new version of its iPhone software. Or he isn't referring to this Monday, Dec. 18. Boy, he'd sure have us then! Har.
Speaking of drinking the Kool-aid, Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle claims that the iPhone will come in 4gig and 8 gig varieties and cost $599 and $649.
In addition, I understand it will have totally sweet SPINNERS and 36" RIMS! Analysts are great at pretending they know more than other people about upcoming Apple products. They don't. If they did, Apple wouldn't be letting them talk about it. The price-point is also completely off base. Unless there's a model starting under $400, this product isn't going anywhere.
Apple Gains As Analyst Sees Growth [Yahoo Business News]
Via Digg**.
