A Fast Company interview with a MasterCard executive seems to indicate that Apple is speaking to various companies, including MasterCard, about its long rumored NFC based iPhone.
The executive didn’t confirm anything outright when asked about NFC and Apple, citing confidentiality agreements: Continue reading “Apple Maybe Working On An NFC Based Payment System For The Next iPhone” »
Hitachi and Sony are rumored to have begun shipments of 4-inch displays for an unspecified iOS device.
In addition, there’s also some news about the fourth generation iPad display.
AppleInsider has the scoop from a Japanese blog, Macotakara, who in turn has sources in Apple’s supply chain. Macotakara claims that Continue reading “Rumor: Hitachi & Sony Supplying 4-Inch LCD Displays For An Unspecified iOS Device” »
So far we’ve heard conflicting reports about next generation iPhone’s form factor. According to some reports, next generation iPhone will be completely redesigned and will look more like iPod Touch 4G rather than iPhone 4.
While, some reports claim that fifth generation iPhone will come with improved specifications such as faster processor, 8-megapixel camera etc. just like iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS, but won’t feature an all-new design and will look like iPhone 4. Continue reading “iPhone 5 With A Tapered “Teardrop” Design – Don’t Count On It” »
Couple of days back, revised models of the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch appeared in Apple’s inventory system and yesterday, the next generation iPhone codenamed N94 also showed up.
9 to 5 Mac now claims that according to their source who had given them information about these new entries in Apple’s inventory system, the N94 next generation iPhone model could come in three storage capacities: 16GB, 32GB and 64GB just like iPad 2.
9 to 5 Mac reports: Continue reading “iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 To Come In 16GB, 32GB and 64GB Storage Capacities?” »
Even though there has been a lack of any concrete evidence of a redesigned iPhone 5 other than theleaked case designs, iPhone accessory manufacturers like Case-Mate and Chinese counterfeiters seem to be pretty confident that Apple will launch a redesigned iPhone 5 rather than iPhone 4S.
AT&T has just joined that list, as MacRumors reports that cases based on the leaked iPhone 5 case designs have started arriving in AT&T’s retail stores ahead of the iPhone 5 launch event next week.
MacRumors reports: Continue reading “Cases Arriving At AT&T Retail Stores Hint At Redesigned iPhone 5 [HOT PICS]” »
German site giga.de has created a physical mockup of the iPhone 5based on the leaked case designs, hardware components and case leaks that surfaced on the web over the past few months. Though the chances of a completely new iPhone design are slim due to lack of any evidence, the prototype created by them incorporates the teardrop design, an oval home button and a larger 4-inch screen.
Until now, the most compelling mockups we had seen came in the form of three-dimensional renderings of the iPhone 5, but this prototype takes it a step further and gives us a better look at how Apple’s nextiPhone with theteardrop design might look like. Continue reading “Physical Mockup Of iPhone 5 With Teardrop Design [HOT PICS]” »
With few gone since Apple’s big media event where it is expected to launch the hugely anticipated next generation iPhone, new iPhone models have already started showing up in Apple’s inventory system.
Yesterday, revised models of the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch appeared in Apple’s inventory system and now 9 to 5 Mac reports that according to their source, a new iPhone model codenamed N94 has showed up in Apple’s inventory system.
9 to 5 Mac reports: Continue reading “iPhone 4S/iPhone 5 Also Shows Up In Apple’s Inventory System” »
Earlier in the week, Apple finally announced that it will unveil the next generation iPhone at a media event on October 4th. Surveys have suggested that iPhone 5 is seeing an unprecedented demand ahead of its launch compared to iPhone 4. A survey by mobile advertising firm, InMobi seems to have come to a similar conclusion.
The new survey claims to have found that as many as 41 percent of U.S. mobile phone owners and 39 percent of U.K mobile phone owners plan to buy iPhone 5 when it is released. Continue reading “Survey Reveals Mobile Phone Users Want Redesigned iPhone 5” »
It looks like AT&T has also issued a blackout on vacations for retail store employees for the first two weeks of October, indicating that they are preparing for the iPhone 5 launch.
Yesterday, Apple announced that it will unveil its next generation iPhone at a media event on October 4th. Continue reading “AT&T Also Blacking Out Vacations For iPhone 5 Launch” »
We’ve seen several cases based on the leaked iPhone 5 case designs, which we hear are everywhere in China. In fact, Chinese counterfeiters seem to be so confident that the case designs are accurate that they’ve already started selling iPhone 5 knockoffs in China.
M.I.C Gadget reveals that Foxconn – Apple’s manufacturing partner has lost an iPhone 5 prototype, which might have been the source for the case designs.
The back story behind the lost iPhone 5 prototype is quite interesting (assuming it’s true), which M.I.C claims is based on information they received from a small iPhone accessory shop in Shenzhen: Continue reading “Lost iPhone 5 Prototype Source Of Leaked Case Designs?” »
A Fast Company interview with a MasterCard executive seems to indicate that Apple is speaking to various companies, including MasterCard, about its long rumored NFC based iPhone.