iPhone 4s
Ever since the launch of the iPhone 4 in the Summer of 2010, the tech media has assumed that the next iPhone iteration would be called the “iPhone 5.” The reasoning for this was simple: the “5″ would be the next number in the iPhone series, and since Android smartphones edged into the marketplace aggressively in 2010, the assumption has been that Apple would name the next iPhone “iPhone 5″ to keep iPhone fervor going strong.
However, there’s just as much reason to believe that the next iPhone could instead be called the “iPhone 4s.”
After all, the iPhone that followed the famed iPhone 3G was the “iPhone 3Gs.” The 3Gs represented a refresh of the 3G, and so Apple didn’t see the need to call it the “iPhone 4.” They saved the “4″ for the iPhone 4 of 2010, with its iOS 4 operating system and front-facing camera. Clearly, Apple didn’t want to waste the “4″ moniker on a refresh, but rather a revolutionary new iPhone design.
The same could be true for the next iPhone, due out in 2011.
For as much as we all have assumed that this year’s iPhone would receive the “5″ designation, reports are now indicating that the next iPhone could be called the “iPhone 4s.” While these are still rumors, they have been persistent ones, with multiple tech sources claiming that an iPhone 4s model would be forthcoming in 2011, one way or another.
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