Apple today announced it has sold a record-breaking nine million new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models, just three days after the launch of the new iPhones on September 20. In addition, more than 200 million iOS devices are now running the completely redesigned iOS 7, making it the fastest software upgrade in history.
Within hours Apple will release iOS7 to the whole world all at once. Many want to get their hands on it right away. Here are 5 reasons why you should wait a few more days with the upgrade.
1. Even though Apple uses Akamai for their downloads, they usually can't cope with millions of people downloading large files all at the same time. Save yourself the trouble of restarting the download several times and watching the progress bar crawl. By tomorrow the servers will be blazing fast.
With the launch of the new iPhone 5s, the most forward-thinking smartphone in the world, iPhone 5c, the most colorful iPhone yet and iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone, Apple is ushering in the next generation of mobile computing, delivering an incredible new hardware and software experience that only Apple could create. Read more.
Update: It looks like the gold iPhone is going to be rather champagne gold color, not yellow gold. See image above. It's a more elegant color suitable for the Western audience.
Watch this concept video of a possible iPhone 6 design running iOS7 featuring a screen that extends to the very edges of the phone, a 3D camera, soft buttons, surround sound and wireless charging.
twelve south famous for it's BoobBook series of accessories released a new sleek iPhone cover. The SurfacePad for iPhone is made for those who don't want a bulky case and perhaps use their iPhone currently without any case at all, but still feel the need for some elegant and subtle protection for their device. It's available in black, white and red for the iPhone 4/4S and 5 for $35.