Category Archives: Rumor

A new rumor has popped up from ETNews.com, a Korean website which is claiming that Apple will utilize Liquidmetal alloys in the iPhone to make it even more resistant to damage and breaking. The site is suggesting that the next generation iPhone will have rear panel that is made entirely of a new alloy, termed liquid metal in the report, with Apple ditching the current glass rear panel construction.

Apple purchased the rights to use Liquidmetal in 2010, a hard wearing material that is very durable, has a high tensile strength, and is hard wearing. It was unclear what Apple was going to use the material in initially, but many people had thought that it would emerge at some point in the casings for an iPhone, an iPad or even in the MacBook line-up.
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A flurry of rumors have emerged surrounding the next generation iPhone 5 as the world turns its eyes to the next major iOS device release. The main rumor stems from a report by Brian White, analyst at Topeka Captial Markets who is suggesting that, as a result of a trip to Asia for some friendly banter with a number of companies in the Apple supply chain, the iPhone 5 will have a 4 inch screen, versus the 3.5 inches seen in the current models (via MacRumors). He also suggests that the device will see a major redesign, with a unibody case, and that it will be 4G compatible.

The 4 inch display has been discussed at length previously, as increasing the screen size is more complicated than simply attaching a 4 inch touchscreen to the front of a redesigned device. The larger screen size would mean that developers would have to rewrite all their apps to cope with a different resolution, if the iPhone 5 were to retain the current Retina Display pixel density. Or Apple could simply keep the resolution the same but drop the pixel density from 326 pixels per inch to a lower density of around 285 pixels per inch, which may be the easier option and would still be higher than the pixel density of the third generation iPad at 264 ppi.
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A new report sourced from a random Foxconn employee is suggesting that the iPhone 5 could pop up as early as June. The report comes from Macotakara who have spotted on TV Tokyo that Foxconn, the company that Apple contracts to assemble iOS devices, are apparently recruiting up to 18,000 new works with a view to getting the iPhone 5 assembled and ready for a June launch.

There have been rumors in the past suggesting that Apple would be deviating from their minimum year long interval between iPhone releases to release an iPhone 5 in June, but coming so soon after the release of the iPhone 4S in October 2011, is it likely that the company would release a new iPhone only 8 months after the release of the last one.
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A new report is suggesting that the next iPhone, perhaps called the iPhone 5, will be released in October 2012 and will be LTE enabled. The report also suggests that the device will likely have a 3.5 inch screen, as per the existing iPhone models, but could have a much smaller dock connector. The report comes from iMore who have apparently heard that the new device will not deviate substantially in screen size although they suggest that while 3.5 inches is likely, the report is vague on firm details and, as such, there is room for movement.

The release date of October 2012 would follow on from the release of the iPhone 4S in October of 2011 and is certainly consistent with other rumors that have circulated. This is also true of the news that the new device would be LTE enabled, a technology that Apple is certainly embracing after the launch of the LTE enabled third generation iPad.
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