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Alleged iPhone 5 battery revealed
Check out a purported photo of the iPhone 5 battery (on the right) compared to the iPhone 4S battery courtesy of the repair company iResQ. Key differences between the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S battery: 1. The iPhone 5’s battery is slightly less than a half an inch taller than the iPhone 4S. The […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 dimensions measured against previous iPhone models [Photos]
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
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The Japanese website iLab has posted an additional photo of what the iPhone 5 might look like built from an assortment of scattered leaked parts. Below is what the white iPhone 5 may look like and we gotta say that it looks unbelievably sleek. But also note that the industrial design – notably the silver […]
Continue reading...Sharp reportedly falling behind on iPhone 5 display production
Saturday, September 1, 2012
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With Apple’s expected iPhone 5 unveiling just days away, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sharp, one of the three companies Apple has tapped to produce iPhone 5 displays along with LG and Japan Display, hasn’t begun the manufacturing process yet. Sharp, a major supplier of liquid crystal displays to Apple, had planned to […]
Continue reading...Why the iPhone 5 won’t be equipped with NFC
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Just when you thought you knew everything there was to know about the iPhone 5 came scattered reports that Apple’s next-gen smartphone would be equipped with NFC chips. Indeed, rumors of Apple’s interest in NFC date back quite a while and Apple has made a number of NFC related hires and patent filings in this […]
Continue reading...Apple to hold separate events for iPhone 5 and iPad Mini unveiling
Saturday, August 25, 2012
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Yesterday we highlighted a piece from John Gruber who made the case as to why Apple wouldn’t announce a new iPhone and iPad on the same day. Apple is largely expected to unveil the iPhone 5 on September 12 and some had previously speculated that Apple would use the occassion to unveil an iPad Mini […]
Continue reading...Apple crushes Samsung as Jury awards $1.05 billion in damages
Saturday, August 25, 2012
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Apple must have made a wildly compelling case because it didn’t take the jury long at all to come back with a ruling, in an admittedly complex and nuanced case, in Apple’s favor. Howard Mintz of the San Jose Mercury News reports: Legal experts say the jury’s finding of willful infringement enables Apple to seek […]
Continue reading...Supermodel Kate Upton brings her iPhone to Galaxy Note launch event
Friday, August 24, 2012
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Well this is rather amusing. Samsung recently tapped Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Kate Upton to attend/promote the Galaxy Note 10.1 launch event in NYC which went down on August 15. So far so good, right? Well, sorta. It seems that Ms. Upton never got the memo that she should probably put her white iPhone away. […]
Continue reading...The case for separate iPhone 5 and iPad Mini events
Friday, August 24, 2012
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It’s all but assumed that Apple will announce the iPhone 5 at a special media event set to take place on September 12th. What’s more, it’s also been rumored that Apple might use the occasion to introduce the iPad Mini as well. The idea that Apple would announce two flagship products on the same day […]
Continue reading...iPhone 5 front panel comparison to the iPhone 4S
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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The smartphone repair company SmartPhone Medic recently got their hands on some iPhone 5 front panels along with some additional iPhone 5 components like flex cables. Naturally, they decided to compare the parts from Apple’s next-gen iPhone to the current iPhone 4S. Check out the video below, though the screen grab from above really drives […]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 prototype – the n90 – put up on eBay, has since been removed
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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As first discovered by 9to5Mac, an iPhone 4 prototype was up on eBay yesterday and as you’ll note from the photos below, it’s running Apple’s diagnostic software while the bottom has no screws. At one point, the auction had a single bid for $4,500, though bidders also had the option to purchase it immediately for […]
Continue reading...LG begins production of newer and thinner iPhone 5 screens
Thursday, August 23, 2012
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Reuters reports that LG has already started producing the newer and thinner display set for use on Apple’s next-gen smartphone. “We just began mass production and we don’t expect any disruption in supplies,” Han Sang-beom, chief executive of LG Display, a panel supplier for Apple products, told reporters late on Wednesday. His comments were embargoed […]
Continue reading...Verizon institutes vacation blackout around rumored iPhone 5 launch period
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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As if we need any more evidence that September 21 is when Apple is planning to launch the iPhone 5, in comes a report from TechCrunch relaying that Verizon is instituting a company-wide vacation blackout from September 21 through the end of the month. A trusted Verizon employee has just confirmed to TechCrunch that the […]
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
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