iPhone 5 Hype Was Just That

Apple's big "Let's Talk iPhone" event seems to have not lived up to the blogosphere and analyst hype that was pulsating in the hours and days before Tuesday's announcement of an iPhone 4S, not the imaginary iPhone 5.

It did fill the surrounding parking lots and bring out fans and extra security on the Cupertino campus.

Of the introduction to the iPhone 4S Gizmodo was "disappointed...hoping for more," and Gawker said it was "less than mind blowing."

Proving that much of the pre-event speculation was just that, Gawker laid out a list of where bloggers, analysts and journalists got it all wrong.

What the 4S does have is really nothing new, according to some. It's supposed to hold a better camera, be faster at processing, have the A5 chip that's in the iPad—and game developers may be excited with the 7x boost to graphics—but none of it is truly new and innovative.

The voice-activated digital assistant who goes by Siri is reportedly still in beta, but Wired was "excited to give this feature a test drive," but Gizmodo said "That looks like the most amazing thing I'll never use."

A new carrier is in the works though—something the pundits got right—and the phone is offered at a price point that the New York Times says is a direct swipe at Google's Android which is signing up "twice as many" devices every day as Apple. The iPhone 4S—available Oct. 14—starts at $199 and the 3GS is now free with a two-year contract.