On iPhone 5 ‘Delays’

Jim Dalrymple:

The Internet is buzzing this morning with separate rumors that Apple’s iPad 2 and iPhone 5 will be delayed. The fact is, neither rumor is true.

From what I’ve heard this morning both products are on schedule and will ship when they are supposed to. Only Apple knows exactly when that will be, but the products are not delayed.

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It seems amazing that rumors of Apple missing product deadlines are running rampant when Apple hasn’t even announced the product yet. The only deadlines that have been set are by the media, not Apple.

Jim hits on an interesting debate that’s happening between many tech writers right now — what does delay actually mean when it comes to an unannounced product? I think that unless Apple publicly declares a date, delay is the wrong word to use a situation in which a product date slips internally.

Which Jim says hasn’t happened to the iPhone 5.