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iPhone 5 to sport 8-pin dock connector and enhanced Bluetooth 4 functionality – Rumor
Well as many of the iPhone 5 rumors begin to crystallize – we now have a unveiling/launch date and know many of the upcoming features – Jeremy Horwitz tosses a monkey wrench into what we all thought we knew. Horwitz has typically proven to be rather reliable in the past, which is why his most […]
Continue reading...Sharp to begin shipping iPhone 5 screens soon
Friday, August 3, 2012
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Reuters reports that Sharp will soon start shipping iPhone 5 screens for Apple’s next-gen smartphone. “Shipments will start in August,” Sharp’s new president Takashi Okuda recently explained at a press briefing. Apple is planning a major product launch on Sept 12, stoking speculation that the world’s most valuable technology company will announce the sale of […]
Continue reading...Video comparison of the iPhone 4S screen vs the iPhone 5
Friday, August 3, 2012
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Check it out, folks. MacRumors adds: ETrade Supply has also taken a close look at the home button region of the front panel, showing that the hole for the home button is 0.3 mm smaller in diameter than the hole on the iPhone 4S, while the margin between the bottom of the panel and the […]
Continue reading...TV manufacturers looking to partner up to stave off another market disruption from Apple
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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Even though it doesn’t officially exist, and even though it may never see the light of day, the rumored Apple HDTV apparently has some competitors shaking in their boots. And hey, given how Apple has disrupted entire industries with the iPod, iPhone, and more recently the iPad, you can’t fault TV manufacturers from playing preventive […]
Continue reading...Apple special event for the iPhone 5 to be held on September 12
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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Following up on our report on the aesthetics of the iPhone 5 comes more confirmation that a launch is scheduled for mid-late September, to be preceded by an unveiling on September 12. News of the September 12 Apple special media event was first noted by iMore and since confirmed by All Things D: Apple hasn’t […]
Continue reading...Leaked photos of the iPhone 5 emerge; September 21 launch date rumored
Monday, July 30, 2012
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As we inch closer and closer towards the iPhone 5 release/announcement, we’re starting to see a lot more credible images of purported iPhone parts and the like. Most recently, the Japanese site iLab posted a number of photos of what they claim is the final production model of Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 5. The photos […]
Continue reading...Apple planning to release 4-inch iPod Touch alongside redesigned iPhone-esque iPod Nano
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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With the resounding success of the iPhone, Apple’s iPod line has been languishing over the past few years. So while iPhone growth continues to increase by leaps and bounds, Apple’s iPod sales have been trending downwards for a few quarters now. But the iPod still generates a few billion bucks for Apple each quarter and […]
Continue reading...More confirmation that the iPhone 5 will feature a smaller 19-pin dock connector
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Corroborating a report that first surfaced this past March, Reuters is reporting this morning that Apple’s iPhone 5 will utilize a smaller dock connector. So instead of the 30-pin connector we’ve all grown to know and love, the iPhone 5 will implement a noticeably smaller 19-pin connector “to make room for the earphone moving to […]
Continue reading...Pegatron begins iPhone 5 production – Report
Monday, July 23, 2012
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Digitimes is reporting that iPhone 5 production is already underway in Shanghai. Pegatron has begun production of a new version of the Apple iPhone at its factory in Shanghai, eastern China, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Pegatron is expected to see ODM shipments of notebooks decrease sequentially in third-quarter 2012, and orders for the […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to feature nano SIMs – Report
Thursday, July 19, 2012
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A new report from Boy Genius Report claims that Apple’s next-gen iPhone, unofficially referred to as the iPhone 5, will feature smaller SIM cards dubbed nano-SIMs. Multiple carrier sources have exclusively told BGR that Apple is supplying nano-SIM adapters so its carrier partners can test how nano-SIMs work on their networks in standard test devices […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 hasn’t yet entered DVT stage of production yet – Report
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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BGR reports that the iPhone 5, in contrast to earlier reports, may not have entered the final production phase in China just yet. The report, citing a trusted source, claims that the iPhone 5 has not yet entered the DVT (device verification test) stage of production. As such, the final version of what the iPhone […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 to feature in-cell touch display technology
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
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The Wall Street Journal reports how Apple will manage to slenderize its next-gen iPhone by utilizing in-cell touch display technology. The technology integrates touch sensors into the LCD, making it unnecessary to have a separate touch-screen layer. The absence of the layer, usually about half a millimeter thick, not only makes the whole screen thinner, […]
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
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