Rumor mills like what we have seen before for the next iteration of iPhone, this time with iPhone 5. There’s no official sense if Apple will follow the numbering moniker of iPhone 4 and goes on with iPhone 5, but earlier we learned that the handset is reported to feature 8MP camera, next generation A5 processor and Qualcomm chipset that will unify the CDMA / GSM / UMTS radios and NFC integration that will boast “universal SIM”, not enough? And how about 4-inch larger screen?
In a report by Engadget, WSJ and Bloomberg the two sources claims accordingly with their sources that the iPhone 5 will be lighter and will feature larger 4-inch screen.
“Well, if DigiTimes and its chatty “upstream component suppliers” are to be believed then the next generation iPhone will be sporting a 4-inch display. While DigiTimes can, at times, be a suspect source for Apple information, the idea of a larger 4-inch iPhone flagship to help differentiate itself from a smaller iPhone nano and legacy iPhone 4 (that becomes the budget model) does make some sense.”
Now we almost forget, how about the iPhone Nano reported earlier or this very cool unthinkable and unimaginable iPhone 5G?
It seems that industry-leading tech news outlet CNET has recently crossed the line from being a reliable reporter of news to the new tabloid in iPhone 5 lore. Just days after CNET UK boldly proclaimed that the iPhone will be released on September 7th, today CNET is reporting that new iPhone 5 mockups posted by Thisismynext.com were crafted from insider information about the next iPhone form factor and thus paint an accurate portrait of what to expect from the iPhone 5.
In an article entitled “Drawings show big changes for iPhone 5,” writer Eric Mack states: “New renderings of what the next iPhone iteration could look like have surfaced on the site This is my next, and they indicate a major overhaul. Multiple sites claim to have confirmed that the iPhone 5 will not be a simple update of the last generation, but a substantial redesign, complete with a new tapered shape to the case.
The problem with this story is that the renderings are not new at all. A single click takes you to the the original post on Thisismynext.com, which was posted way back on April 22nd. The article has had two undated updates, but the article itself goes back to the 22nd — including the mock-up.