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iPhone 5 Rumors Simplified (Updated March 26)

March 27, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
It’s that time of the year again; time for rumors of the next iPhone to submerge and fuel the fan’s dreams to own the latest of apple creations. After many hours of digging around I decided to simplify all the rumors into one page which will be updated weekly at first and more often as the release date approaches.These rumors are based on these three things:
Apple’s Past Behavior: Over the past four years apple has revolutionize the smartphone world with each new iPhone, leaving competitors struggling to catch on for about half year. Each year Apple releases a new generation of all its products which are companied by a new iOS update. Also, the same technology is shared each year to the new generations of the iPhone, iTouch, and now the iPad.
Competition: Since Apple only releases one new iPhone a year, and no one but Apple is releasing iPhones, it must overshadow all current competition so that every person who signs up to a two year contract isn’t left with an outdated hardware device within six month. Today Apple’s biggest competition are powerful HTC, Motorola and Samsung phones powered by Google’s Android, meaning what Android does today the iPhone 5 must do.
Common Sense: If Apple is good at something is at making beautiful devices which please the majority of costumers, and often infuriates a minority. Therefore we cannot expect very geeky things but rather simple to use tools and features for the less technology wise market.
March 26 Update
  • Will be released sometime during the summer
  • Will come loaded with iOS 5
  • Will be available on ATT and Verizon from day one
  • Will have the A5 chip 1GHz dual-core that the iPad sports: Two times faster CPU and nine times faster GPU than previous A4
  • Will have a larger screen: Possibly 4 in but keeping its same length to width ratio and body size
  • Will be lighter than the iPhone 4
  • Will possibly rid of its home button and opt for more multi-touch gestures: A five-finger pinch will take you to the home screen, this agrees with the larger screen rumor
  • The glass body will be replaced with a unibody aluminum body with a plastic part behind to allow for cellular reception: Possibly shaped like an apple which will glow with new notifications
  • Will have better battery life
  • A 5 mega-pixel back camera and a VGA front-facing camera: 8 mega-pixels is a bit ridiculous unless you are planning to print a 16in by 20in image of your photos + a lower resolution camera allows for a lower price and a VGA camera will allow facetime over a network as higher resolution means more data to send
  • Will have a NFC chip to allow for reading advertisements and process payments
  • A new cloud based service: Google keeps Android user’s contacts, calendar, pictures, music and data on its servers, Apple needs to move on to cloud if it wants to catch up. A free version of mobileme is rumored
  • A new feature which will wow us all
The following images are “leaked” images from the phones manufacturers. If you believe Apple makes the iPhone you are lying to your self here are the actual manufacturers.
iPhone Contractors – Partial list
  • Software and design: Apple, USA
  • Assembly: Foxconn, Quanta, Unknown, Taiwan
  • TFT-LCD Screen: Sanyo Epson, Sharp, TMD, Japan
  • Video processor chip: Samsung, Korea
  • Touch screen overlay: Balda, Germany
  • Bluetooth chip: Cambridge Silicon Radio, UK
  • Chip manufacture: TSMC, UMC, Taiwan
  • Baseband IC: Infineon Technology, Germany
  • WIFI Chip: Marvell, USA
  • Touch screen control chip: Broadcom, USA
  • CMOS chip: Micron, USA
  • NOR Flash ICs: Intel SST, USA
  • Display Driver chip: National Semi, Novatek, US
* From information supploed by KGI Securities, CLSA Asia-Pacific, previously published articles and other sources in Asia.
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Verizon iPhone 5 late arrival leads to thoughts bizarre and defeating

March 27, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
It’s that old conundrum: two valid choices in front of you, can’t make up your mind, end up going with a third option you know you don’t want, out of some kind of twisted self defeatism. The ponderance is simple enough: get the Verizon iPhone 4, now wait until the Verizon iPhone 5 later this year. Both options are defendable, and either one makes sense to someone who’s been waiting years for the iPhone to come to Verizon and views the iPhone and its iOS platform to be the best smartphone venue on the market in 2011. And yet that same “I can’t choose between two good options” syndrome has some longtime iPhone lusters talking instead about options they don’t even want – and for no clear reason.
To be blunt, I’m tired of iPhone 5 lusters asking me to talk them out of doing stupid shit. “I don’t know whether to get the Verizon iPhone 4 or wait for the Verizon iPhone 5, so I might just get the Thunderbolt instead.” Do you like the Thunderbolt? “No.” Are you a fan of that Android nonsense? “No.” So then WTF are you talking about? “I don’t know.” It comes down to, it seems, that some folks on Verizon have simply been made to wait too long and are now pre-conditioned to talk themselves out of what they know they want. And it’s only human nature.
In fact that Verizon iPhone 4 vs 5 debate isn’t even the crux, but rather just a crutch or an excuse to deny oneself that which has been externally denied for too long. Spend long enough without anything that you wish you had, and you’ll eventually come up with reasons, real or otherwise, why you don’t really want it. The reason is simple: everybody rationalizes. No iPhone on Verizon all these years? Those who’ve desperately wanted an iPhone, but have been denied having it on their preferred carrier all these years, have at least subconsciously tried to sell themselves on not wanting one anyway. Fraudulent clowns fabricate an imaginary iPhone 4 antenna issue, and the Verizon-customers-in-waiting tell themselves that hey, maybe it’s true after all, maybe there really is a nation full iPhone 4 users who can’t touch their phone without it magically disconnecting. We fall for what we want to fall for, and Verizon customers, until this year, have needed compelling reasons to convince themselves that the iPhone wasn’t the lusted-after beast that they consider it to be. Otherwise, how to stay sane in the face of being denied?
It’s why those who’ve been “just friends” for too long can never manage to turn it into something more, even if they both reach a point where they can and want to. The reasons they’ve subconsciously sold themselves on over the years for wanting to remain just friends? Those get burned-in whether they’re legitimate or mere negative rationalization, and can’t easily be shaken off even once the opportunity presents itself. It’s the same self-protective yet flawed human logic which has Verizon customers who’ve spent years wanting the iPhone now denying themselves the Verizon iPhone 4 even though it’s everything they’ve wanted since 2007, using the promise of an upcoming Verizon iPhone 5 as a mere excuse for actively denying themselves what had, up until recently, been long denied to them by no choice of their own.
The extent to which Apple screwed up by not having the iPhone on multiple carriers from day one remains to be seen. The company is now taking significant steps to correct that mistake. But because Apple denied so many people the iPhone for so long, it now has to overcome the most self-defeating rationalized underbelly of human nature – and selling the Verizon iPhone 5 will be a far greater challenge that it should be. Millions of Verizon customers already know they want the iPhone 5 – heck, they want the iPhone 4 – but now Apple has to figure out how to work around the fact that they’ve spent so long convincing themselves that they were okay without having that which was denied to them. Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek.com]
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Top 10 iPhone News You Might Have Missed This Week

March 27, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
This is a summary of the most popular articles published on iDB this past week.
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Protect your iPhone 5 with the Best Cases Available

March 27, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
IPhone is setting a new trend in the market and it will continue to. There has been very less number of companies who have at least tried to come against this Apple product. IPhones are very convenient phones which can be used for anything from simple texting to surf the internet, as well as listen to music or click pictures or do anything that concerns with technology. Since, it is of the best quality, the number of users is also very large in number.
IPhone 5 is a very valuable item. Like every digital gadget, the safety of this product is also to be considered and hence it needs to be protected. You might not want to drop a very expensive item like this and damage it. Not just dropping, but also, exposure to various things can cause damage to this piece of luxury. So, it is important that you have a proper protective iphone5 case for it.
The cases for iPhone 5 are easily available anywhere in the market. The range is also fascinating. You get really cheap ones to very expensive ones. You also have a long choice list with a variety of combinations. You get them in a number of materials like plastic, rubber, and in harder materials like aluminum. Most of the time, these cases go very well with the iPhones that their existence is sometimes never noted.When you buy an expensive phone, you might want to show it off as well. So you might not want to hide the very famous Apple logo making it looks like any other smart phone. So, transparent cases are an all-time favorite.
The iPhone 5 cases make your phone look more stylish adding to the protection element of it. The iPhone 5 cases make it easier for you to carry the phone around as well. You can attach it to your dress or belt and move about comfortably, without the tension of forgetting it somewhere when you go for a shopping or restaurant.
Adding to all these, iPhone 5 is touch screen and chances are very high that the screen gets scratches and other damages. In many of the cases available, there is a protective layer on the screen also, which do not disrupt you from using the touch screen function.
Now, where do you find them? It is available at all places and if you can’t find the best ones in stores near you, just order them online. Since this is not a very expensive thing, be careful not to pay shipping charges more than the actual cost of the stuff that you are buying. So, check in localized websites and who charge you less. Also, on the internet, choices are many so that you can get the best one of your choice for your favorite phone. Do not settle for a random one. Take your time and order one so that the world sees your signature on the purchase you made. IPhones are not just phones, they are ‘iPhones’ and you need to give it perfect attention!
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iPhone 5 Wont Have iOS 5 in June: Your Thoughts

March 27, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
Recently there has been rumour that Apple may push out the next iteration of their operating system, iOS 5 next month, although nothing was heard about iOS 5 during the Apple iPad 2 event. However the word is now that iOS 5 will not make an appearance until later in the year.
According to an article over on Phone Dog, the guys over at Tech Crunch are claiming a couple of “solid sources” have Apple might unveil iOS 5 during WWDC in June however will not release the OS at that time.
Apparently the word is iOS 5 will not see release until a new version of the Apple iPad and will be built around the cloud with new Apple services, apparently one of which could be a “music locker” service and possibly a friends and family location service.
Thus if this new rumour is spot on it means the iPhone 5 probably wont come out to play packing iOS 5, Apple usually launches a new iPhone alongside a new iOS, but it appear if true Apple is changing tactics.
So when Apple unveils the iPhone 5 it will probably come out sporting iOS 4+, but will Apple break from tradition with the iPhone 5 and iOS 5? We’d like to hear your thoughts on this latest rumour, which you can voice to our comments area below.
[phonesreview.co.uk]
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Thứ Năm, 24 tháng 3, 2011

iPhone 5: The Speculation Continues, Albeit Very Thin


March 24, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
Now that Apple doesn’t really have anything new to offer the eager mobile space, all Apple rumours tend to fall at the door of the next iOS smartphone, the one that has become known as the iPhone 5, and today more speculation hits the net waves.
According to an article over on Redmond Pie and by way of 9to5 Mac, the speculation now is that the iPhone 5 will come out to play packing a 4-inch touch screen and is expected to release before the 30th of June.
Apparently this latest iPhone 5 rumour comes via Italian site Mela.Blog, who have apparently notices a hand-made case listed on the Apple online store, and apparently comment that the design hints at a larger future iPhone, so presumably the iPhone 5.
Personally I don’t see any difference that would warrant saying the case was for anything other than the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G like the store indicates, but check out the picture below to see what you think.
As for that speculation that the iPhone 5 will arrive before the 30th of June, well this is placing quite a bit of credence on a book listing for a book called “iPhone 5 Made Simple” on Amazon that has a release date of the same time, but really doesn’t mean Apple will let iOS users get the device on or even before that date does it.
Still make of it what you will, but to accept these as further proof that the iPhone 5 will be bigger and release before the end of June maybe pushing speculation a bit too far. Is anyone becoming tired of all this speculation over the iPhone 5?

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T-Mobile iPhone 5 release date plot thickens as iPhone denial retracted


March 24, 2011   admin   No comments   Edit This
The prospects of a T-Mobile iPhone 5 happening as part of the iPhone 5 release date took yet another odd turn this week as the carrier, about to become a subsidiary of longtime iPhone partner AT&T, retracted an earlier awkward attempt to deflect the iPhone 5 question. The general assumption is that T-Mobile will offer the iPhone in the United States eventually, as the carrier’s incorporation into AT&T will make the iPhone a natural fit. But shortly after the merger announcement, T-Mobile posted a Q&A which included “We do not offer the iPhone” as an attempt to spin customer focus toward its other current offerings rather than seeing current and potential customers slip into an iPhone holding pattern similar to the one which Verizon faced prior to the Verizon iPhone 4. But T-Mobile’s deflection was worded in such a manner as to unintentionally draw more attention to the T-Mobile iPhone 5 issue than anything else, as the notion of “we don’t offer it right now” doesn’t mean anything within the context of Apple gearing up to launch the iPhone 5 as soon as this summer.
Now T-Mobile has gone and removed the word “iPhone” from its Q&A altogether (thanks to Beatweek reader Brandon for picking up on this), perhaps having realized how cagey it sounded to begin with. Now the T-Mobile iPhone 5 plot only thickens, as T-Mobile has stated that the entire merger from front end to back will take twelve months, and by that time the iPhone 5 could be most of the way through its life cycle; die hard T-Mobile fans would then be looking at the surreal notion of waiting for the iPhone 6 in 2012. But nothing says the entire AT&T-T-Mobile (please don’t ever make us type that hyphenation abomination again) has to go all the way through before the latter gets its hands on the iPhone; the only thing really keeping a T-Mobile iPhone (or for that matter a Sprint iPhone) from happening thus far has been the lack of a deal between the involved parties.
Despite the usual total lack of information from Apple, and nothing said by either Verizon or AT&T, the iPhone 5 is expected to launch on both of the nation’s largest carriers simultaneously. That release date is another story, as iPhone history shows new models to have always been released in the summer, but the February launch of the Verizon iPhone 4 has left some to expect that the iPhone 5 may arrive a bit later on both carriers. The inclusion of a T-Mobile iPhone 5, if it happens, would only serve to thicken the iPhone 5 plot, which is already bulging considering the device doesn’t yet exist and not a single spec or feature is yet known about it. Here’s more on the iPhone 5.
[beatweek.com]
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