iPhone 5 Coming In June, Says Foxconn Employee
The recruiter suggested the iPhone would be headed our way this summer in an interview with TV Tokyo’s “World Business Satellite” broadcast Monday.
In the interview, a reporter asked the recruiter how many people the company was looking to hire, and he answered “We’re looking for 18,000 employees … for the fifth-generation phone.”
The reporter went on to clarify that the recruiter was talking about the iPhone 5, and the recruiter added that the next generation of the handset will come out in June.
The iPhone 5 — or, if Apple maintains the naming scheme it started with the iPad, the “new iPhone” — will actually be the 6th iPhone released by the company.
After the the initial iPhone release, the company launched an iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and iPhone 4S.
The June rumor, of course, should be taken with a grain of salt. Rumors of the iPhone 5 started almost immediately after the announcement of the iPhone 4S last year.
Current rumors have the device’s launch pinned between June and October, with many speculating that the next generation will be LTE-capable to run on carrier’s new speedy data networks.
Are any of you looking forward to the release of the iPhone 5 or “new iPhone”? Tell us what you’d like to see in the next-generation handset in the comments.
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iPhone Owners Twice as Likely to Use Wi-Fi Than Android Owners
Looking at network usage on both iPhones and Android phones in the U.S., comScore found that just 29% of iPhone owners restrict themselves to mobile networks when browsing the web, compared with a whopping 68% of Android users. Just 32% of Android owners use Wi-Fi some of the time, but on iPhones, it’s 71%.
In the U.K., the picture is a little more favorable for Wi-Fi on Android, but the imbalance is similar. A full 87% of British iPhone owners use Wi-Fi and mobile networks, compared with only 57% of Android users (see chart, below).
Either way you slice it, that’s a deep rift in usage habits between iPhone and Android. What do Android users have against Wi-Fi? comScore doesn’t say, though it points out that the U.K. offers far fewer unlimited data plans and the networks tend to be slower than in the U.S., leading to more Wi-Fi usage there.
That explains the shift in numbers between regions, but not the odd practice of Android users ditching Wi-Fi completely, something the majority of American Androids do, apparently. Why would anyone opt not to use Wi-Fi when it’s available, since accessing the web via mobile networks is often slower and eats into a user’s data plan?
There are some possible reasons, the first being 4G LTE. The new ultra-fast connectivity offered by Verizonand AT&T (and Sprint later in the year) can often be faster than Wi-Fi if the conditions are right. Even though the connection eats up data even faster, sometimes speed is key.
Second, connecting to Wi-Fi on an iPhone is a fairly straightforward process, but on an Android phone, it can vary widely. Accessing Wi-Fi on Android often involves finding the option in your wireless menu, and then choosing the right option among many. Many users probably just don’t bother.
Finally, this could be a symptom of Android’s vast market share. Android became the dominant mobile platform by offering all kinds of phones at all kinds of prices to all kinds of customers. Non-technical people who just want a simple phone that does basic web browsing and email may not even know how to connect via Wi-Fi, or even if that’s an option (sometimes Android phones have Wi-Fi switched off out of the box). Consequently, they do all of their surfing on mobile networks.
Why do you think Android users prefer mobile networks over Wi-Fi? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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