iPhone 5

The news claims that Verison has told them that they are already creating an iPhone 5 that Verison will create pretty much for Apple, now in my paretns opinion this is an act of desperation by Apple because everyone (companies) have the iPhone in some way now and coming out with a 5th one using verison might be a sign of weakness, why they said this I have yet to know, but I agree with my parents that there isn't much point because the Android is much better than the iPhone atleast in my and my parents eyes, any one agree with anything I've said??