Google Maps could be coming back to the iPhone a lot sooner than any of us thought.
The iPhone 5 was well-received by critics and consumers alike, with one major exception: Apple Maps, the in-house replacement for Google Maps, which had been a default app on the iPhone for years. Apple Maps, detractors argue, is a "flop," a "debacle," and just plain "ugly."
One analyst summed up the problem thusly: "In the short term, Google has a better mapping application, and iPhone customers will suffer."