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sog35 said:

nhughes said:

Name an analyst with a better track record.

Our stories are written so that our large audience of casual readers, many of whom are not necessarily familiar with Kuo's name or past predictions, and who do not participate in the comments, get an idea of how reliable he is. Calling him a "well-connected insider" makes it clear to the reader that this isn't just some run-of-the-mill rumor. Doing so better informs our readers.

This is the exact same reason that we continue to tell readers that Gene Munster was the "Apple is going to build an HDTV by 2010" guy when he makes claims about an Apple Car or virtual reality. It's an editorial decision we've made, and it's not going to change unless Kuo's track record changes. But our commenters are, of course, welcome to continue criticize Kuo in the comments.

Calling Kuo a "well-connected insider" is not helping casual readers or any readers at all. Why?  Because it is totally FALSE and a flat out LIE.  By definition an insider is someone WHO ACTUALLY WORKS AT APPLE or HOLDS SIGNIFICANT OWNERSHIP OF APPLE. PERIOD. 

Now if you want to push lies and falsehoods to get more clicks go ahead.  But don't try to blame casual readers. Don't try to say that you are giving an analyst a false title to help casual readers. You are doing the exact opposite.  You are misleading casuals who have no idea who Kuo is and what his real job is.

This a the real definition of insider:
An insider is a director or senior officer of a company, as well as any person or entity that beneficially owns more than 10% of a company's voting shares. For purposes of insider trading, the definition is expanded to include anyone who trades a company's shares based on material non-public knowledge. Insiders have to comply with strict disclosure requirements with regard to the sale or purchase of the shares of their company.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/insider.asp

Kuo is a guy who has a bunch of contacts to Apple supply chain vendors. Thats it. Calling him anything else is ridiculous and misleading.

mike1 said:

Not sure why everybody is so surprised that there are lots of 4, 4S, 5 and 5S owners who will upgrade and would not have considered the larger phones.

sog35 said:

Could someone please educate me:

Why the HELL would you uses 1 hand to use an iPhone?  (my apologies to people with only one hand)

mr o said:

I am a bit disappointed by how lazy the Design team has been. They could have replaced the solid white/black chin and head for the antennas with a distinct white/black line, much akin to the 9.7 inch iPad Pro.

>:x