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iPhone 5 Casing: Terminator's 'Liquidmetal'?

New alloy said to be stronger than titanium, but versatile

(Newser) - The new iPhone 5, coming this fall, may not go back in time to kill John Connor, but it could be made from Liquidmetal, at least according to the latest rumors. Unlike normal metals, which are crystalline, Liquidmetal is an alloy more like metallic glass, with the elasticity of plastics... More »

Next iPhone's Screen to Be 31% Bigger

Report from South Korea indicates it'll be 4.6 inches

(Newser) - Apple has started placing orders for screens for its next iPhone, and this time it's going big, according to a South Korean newspaper report picked up by Reuters . The new displays will be 4.6-inch "retina" displays, and the updated phone will launch sometime around the second quarter... More »

Rumor: An iPhone 5 Summer

Next generation could feature 4-inch screen: 9to5Mac

(Newser) - A fresh new rumor declares an iPhone 5 launch this summer with a screen enlarged to at least 4 inches (compared to 3.5 inches on the iPhone 4S). Prototypes of the iPhone 5 are apparently "floating around," claims the Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac , which is getting its info... More »

Steve Jobs Designed the iPhone 5

Apple CEO involved 'from concept to final design': analyst

(Newser) - While pancreatic cancer was slowly killing him , Steve Jobs dedicated his final months to a new project: the iPhone 5. The next-generation phone "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design," a financial analyst wrote in a report acquired by... More »

Apple Unveils iPhone 4S

It's available October 14 for $199 to $399

(Newser) - It's not an iPhone 5, but Apple unveiled a souped-up version of its current model called the iPhone 4S. It's available Oct. 14, with the 16GB version at $199, the 32GB at $299, and the 64GB at $399. It will be up to twice as fast, featuring the... More »

Sprint 'Betting the Company' on the iPhone

Carrier needs roster addition, but it's going to cost a fortune

(Newser) - Sprint may or may not be the exclusive carrier of the iPhone 5 until sometime in early 2012—but it’s betting massively that just adding Apple's beloved smartphone to its roster will be its salvation. Sprint has committed to buy 30.5 million iPhones over the next four... More »

What to Expect at Today's iPhone Event

Apple expected to announce faster, slimmer phone

(Newser) - It's a big day in the tech world as we await the 1pm EDT iPhone announcement from Apple HQ. What do we think we know?
  • It will be faster, slimmer, and have a larger screen: Pretty much everyone agrees on these points.
  • It will run on both GSM and
... More »

41% Plan to Buy iPhone 5

Survey shows users clamoring for Apple's latest

(Newser) - Could the iPhone 5 be Apple’s biggest hit yet? Consumers still haven’t even seen the device— it’s set to be unveiled Tuesday —but a recent survey from the mobile ad network inMobi found that a whopping 41% of North American mobile users are already planning to... More »

iPhone 5 Coming Oct. 4: Sources

This will be new CEO Tim Cook's first big unveiling

(Newser) - Cancel your plans for Oct. 4: That’s the day Apple will roll out the iPhone 5, sources tell AllThingsD . That website had previously reported an October unveiling, and Mashable’s prediction of Oct. 7 wasn’t too far off, either. Gizmodo notes that the date is a bit later... More »

Samsung Will Try to Ban iPhone 5 Sales

Official reveals lawsuit plan: report

(Newser) - Samsung’s latest move in its epic battle with Apple : File lawsuits attempting to block the sale of the iPhone 5. A local paper cites a Samsung official who says the company will take strategic legal action against Apple as it is expected to begin selling the phone next month.... More »

Another Clue Puts iPhone 5 Arrival in Early October

Sprint won't allow vacations the first two weeks of month

(Newser) - Add this to the pile of speculation that the iPhone 5 arrival is only weeks away: Sprint has told its employees they can't take time off between Sept. 30 and Oct. 15, notes Mashable . A company memo obtained by SprintFeed cites the "possibility of a major phone launch.... More »

Sprint iPhone Said to Boast Unlimited Data

Company hopes that will differentiate it from competitors

(Newser) - Sprint will not only get the iPhone 5 next month, it will also be offering something its competitors aren’t: unlimited data. Or at least, that’s what sources are telling Bloomberg . Neither Sprint nor Apple will comment, as the Sprint iPhone deal hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. Further... More »

San Fran Cops Confirm They Helped Apple Search Home

Company still looking for lost prototype of iPhone 5

(Newser) - This year's saga of Apple's missing iPhone prototype is getting nearly as melodramatic as last year's . San Francisco police have changed their tune and now say "three or four" detectives accompanied private detectives hired by Apple to search a local home, reports the San Francisco Weekly... More »

Apple May Have Lost iPhone Prototype in a Bar (Again)

CNET says version 5 may have been sold on Craigslist

(Newser) - The words "happy hour" might soon be banned from the Apple lexicon. CNET is reporting that a prototype of the iPhone 5 got left behind in a tequila bar in San Francisco, then sold on Craigslist for $200. The story is based on a single, unnamed source, and no... More »

Sprint to Get iPhone 5

But new Apple phone won't be here until October, sources say

(Newser) - The iPhone 5 will be available on Sprint's network as well as Verizon's and AT&T's when the new phone is launched, insiders tell the Wall Street Journal . The device will hit the market in mid-October, not next month as many had expected, the sources say. The... More »

Coming: Cheaper, 8GB iPhone

New phone could be ready within weeks: sources

(Newser) - A cheaper, 8GB iPhone 4 is on its way, and could be available within weeks, reports Reuters . A Korean supplier has reportedly started manufacturing the new flash drive for the phone, say sources. Analysts suspect the plan may be to use this phone as a way to juice sales in... More »

Guy Already Camping Out for iPhone 5

Remember, it hasn't actually been announced yet

(Newser) - Rob Shoesmith is currently camped outside London's Covent Garden Apple store in a tent, awaiting the release of the iPhone 5. Not all that weird, except of course that the iPhone 5 hasn't even been announced yet. Why is he doing it? As a "marketing and PR... More »

Latest Buzz: New iPhone Is Radical Change

Leaked images reveal major changes, blog says

(Newser) - The next iPhone will be a much more radical departure from the iPhone 4 than Apple-watchers are expecting, according to Mobile Fun . The blog says it has received what it believes are genuine blueprints for the iPhone 5. The new phone, widely expected to be released in September, will have... More »

Apple to Release Faster iPhone

It'll have the same processor as the iPad 2

(Newser) - Apple plans to introduce a suped-up iPhone this September, one outfitted with the faster A5 processor found in iPad 2s, sources tell Bloomberg . The phone will also come with an 8-megapixel camera instead of the 5-megapixel model found in the iPhone 4. Cosmetically, however, the device will closely resemble the... More »

iPhone 5 Coming in September

Rumored to have faster processor, bigger screen, better camera

(Newser) - The next generation of the iPhone is coming, but not until September, sources tell Reuters . News recently surfaced that Apple probably won't announce its newest phone in June as it normally does; now it looks like production of the new iPhone will begin in July or August and the... More »

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