>Where are you getting the idea that the next iPhone is coming out soon? Base on rumors? [...] It's all speculation at this point. The speculation is the idea.

>Where are you getting the idea that the next iPhone is coming out soon? Base on rumors? [...] It's all speculation at this point. The speculation is the idea. By definition. Some people play it "safe" and apply probabilities of either 1 or 0 depending on whether something has been officially announced or not, respectively. Others are less binary, opting instead to base their speculation on available information and past trends. martingordon seems to be from this school, rejecting the idea that something simply cannot exist before its announcement. He probably speculated correctly about the release date of the Verizon iPhone in the US weeks before it was officially announced because the amount and depth of available information made it incorrect to speculate any other way. The binary folks waited until they heard it from someone official.