Here's a look a the top rumours about the most-anticipated Apple device till date:
#1
The new screen could measure 4 inches from corner to corner, one source
has said, an increase from the 3.5-inch display that has been held
constant since the smartphone began selling in 2007 and revolutionized
the mobile industry.
#2 A technology blog,
9to5Mac, that got hold of a purported photo of the next iPhone, say that
the new phone would be taller than the previous
iPhones, but not wider like many of the Andriod phones available today.
#3
The leaked images also show that the back panel appears to be covered
in metal and the headphone jack is on the botton of the phone now.
#4
Apple Inc's new iPhone will drop the wide dock connector used in the
company's gadgets for the best part of a decade in favour of a smaller
one, a change likely to annoy the Apple faithful but which could be a
boon for accessory makers. The iPhone 5, Apple's next generation iPhone
expected to go on sale around October, will come with a 19-pin connector
port at the bottom instead of the proprietary 30-pin port "to make room
for the earphone moving to the bottom", two sources familiar with the
matter told Reuters. It would mean the new phone would not connect with
the myriad of accessories such as speakers and power chargers that form
part of the ecosystem around iPods, iPads and iPhones, without an
adaptor.
#5 The phone will have an advanced
technical capability of LTE (Long Term Evolution) wireless network that
would give all phone carriers a chance to sell their fastest data
services to Apple's base of iPhone customers. LTE technology is much
more fragmented than the previous third-generation wireless technology,
making it more difficult to make LTE phones that work seamlessly around
the world.
#6 The next iPhone, is expected to
come with a built-in chip which can serve as your credit or debit card
for small payments. Tech savvies looking at leaked images of the
internals of the device have spotted what they believe is an NFC chip
within the phone. NFC is seen as the successor to the chip-and-pin,
serving as a small contactless card that can be waved against scanners
at tills to automate a payment, the Daily Mail reported.
#7
Audience Inc , which makes chips used in Apple Inc's iPhones, said its
top customer is unlikely to use its technology for the latest iPhone.
Audience's chips improve the voice quality in mobile devices by
filtering out background noise, and the company supplies these to
Apple's contract manufacturers like Foxconn International Holdings Ltd
and Protek Ltd.
#8 Vietnamese tech news site
tinhte.vn, has speculative images of the newly designed earphones that
could accompany the new iPhone.
#9 Photos that
are believed to be that of the next generation iPhone's motherboard that
have surfaced on the WeiPhone user forum, show that a SIM card slot
that seem to be smaller than the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.
