It's less than a week since the iPhone 4S was released to positive reviews and even more enthusiastic high fives, but attention has already turned to its successor -- the iPhone 5 -- with the news that it was Steve Jobs' last project.
Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note that the next-generation iPhone "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design," our sister site CNET News reports.
Kumar reckons this will make it a "cult classic", due to the emotional clout it will possess being the final device to benefit from the late visionary's Midas touch.
The iPhone 5 is a complete redesign, according to an anonymous source CNET News spoke to. "This is a very large project that Steve dedicated all of his time to. He was not that involved in the 4S because his time was limited."
Kumar's note suggested that while the iPhone 5 would stay the same size, it would house a bigger screen and feature LTE data -- aka 4G. It also said it should debut around the time of Apple's Developer's Conference in summer next year, which is less than a year away.
Combined with the fact that most people were ready for a new design at the time of the 4S's premiere last week, the expectations will be so huge that the world may literally implode.
Does the revelation make you more excited about the iPhone 5? Or does the idea of a cult of Jobs turn you off completely? Let us know on our Facebook page, or in the comments below.
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anonymous 17 October, 2011 14:03
jobs was a genius....can't wait for iPhone 5 his last masterpiece
Naryan 17 October, 2011 14:50
Everything you produce is a "cult classic" when you have a massive cult following you.
I would also keep in mind that even if this was not Steve Jobs' last project, would you not want everybody to think that it was? I mean, why not just tell a little lie to make your big new project sell? I have my doubts about the legitimacy of that claim. They can say whatever you want now that he's dead.
anonymous 17 October, 2011 15:52
great, iphone rumours.
charlesharley 17 October, 2011 16:05
iPhone 5 rumors, about time...
charlesharley 17 October, 2011 16:07
What's it gonna have...10mp camera, wooooo hooooo!!!!, A6 processor, oh my....
anonymous 17 October, 2011 16:28
If it really was the Jesus Phone, you'd thought it would have been able to resurrect him, no?
anonymous 17 October, 2011 18:39
Makes sense. I just really wanted to see the iPhone 5 this time around.
Now, I'm not sure if I should get the 4S, or wait for the 5 until next summer (or is it fall?). Don't think my current phone will last all the way until next fall, but next summer might just make it...
anonymous 17 October, 2011 19:01
are you ******** kidding me!? i was getting so annoyed by all the iphone 5 rumours and when it was the same model release with slightly updated specs i was quite amused. But this is seriously the last straw.. im done with this site..
anonymous 17 October, 2011 19:35
17 October, 2011 19:01 – Did you actually read the article? It's talking about it being Steve Jobs' last project, which could give it cult status. It's hardly stuffed to the brim with rumours.
anonymous 17 October, 2011 21:20
yes i did, did you? 5th paragraph is rumours.
anonymous 19 October, 2011 03:24
Hahahahahaaahaaha, do you really expect me to believe this ****? Not a SINGLE expert, analyst, blogger, etc. correctly predicted the iPhone 4s was coming out. Apple's been able to hide stuff for years. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY doubt this Kumar guy somehow suddenly got "accurate" information from this "source".
anonymous 21 October, 2011 16:34
This is not going to be his last project, he has probably left behind 10 years of his plans, but only 4 years of that will probably ever be used, we'll just have to wait and see
anonymous 23 October, 2011 19:45
''Hahahahahaaahaaha, do you really expect me to believe this ****? Not a SINGLE expert, analyst, blogger, etc. correctly predicted the iPhone 4s was coming out. Apple's been able to hide stuff for years. I HIGHLY, HIGHLY doubt this Kumar guy somehow suddenly got "accurate" information from this "source".''<br />
Seems like someone bought the 4S and got dissapointed from this post :D