The Next iPhone

Pictures, links and rumors about the next iPhone

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This is the sapphire crystal display from the iPhone 6 | Thetechblock

It seems to be extremely durable. 

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More pictures of the iPhone 6′s front and back appear online as Apple ramps production | 9to5 Mac

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iOS 8 round-up | Slashgear

The new iOS 8 comes with a lot of useful APIs and SDKs which will improve the interconnection and workflow between apps as well as give apps better access to core software and hardware resources. Much wanted.

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iPhone 6 with larger, sharper 1704 x 960 resolution screen in testing | 9to5Mac

It's always interesting when specific resolutions start leaking. The rumored 1704 * 960 resolution is 1.5 times today's resolution of 1136 x 640. Seems about right.

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Gold and Space Gray iPhone 6 mockup vs iPhone 5s, 5th gen iPod touch, and alleged iPhone 6 cases | 9to5 Mac

There’s no way to tell if these mockups will match up with Apple’s official design for the iPhone 6, but they certainly do fall in line with previous rumors and leaks. As shown in the video below, these iPhone 6 dummy units are very similar in design to Apple’s fifth generation iPod touch, but obviously much larger to support the rumors of a 4.7-inch display.

Video source: macmixing

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iPhone 6 dummy compared to iPhone 5s, Galaxy S5 | GSMArena

Original source: Macitynet 

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iPhone 6 component photo may reveal major design overhaul | BGR

An image showing the purported digitizer of the iPhone 6 seems to reveal the size of at least one upcoming iPhone version, although the image can’t be confirmed yet. The photos first appeared on Chinese forum WeiPhone, but it’s not clear exactly how the original poster obtained the images.

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Here come Apple’s new iPhones: Invitations sent for September 10th iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C event | BGR

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Hands-on with the alleged budget iPhone | Techdy

Techdy and M.I.C. Gadget have got their hands on the exterior parts of the rumored budget iPhone. The design looks fine — kind of like a cross between the iPhone 5 and the Nokia Lumia 620 — and could may well be the real thing.

Oh, also:

Based on the design of Apple’s budget iPhone, we have made a budget Android smartphone called the Basic Bear. It rocks a 4 inch display (1136 x 640), 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 CPU, 2GB of RAM, 16GB storage, 8 megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2 megapixel camera w/ 1080p HD video recording, built-in Qi wireless charging capabilities, 2300 mAh battery, Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

Shameless. But I want one.

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The full iOS 7 video that is now living on Apple.com.

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iOS 7 is officially announced, with a new cleaner look and lots of new features such as more elegant multitasking and a control center with short cuts.

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What iOS7 looks like (and other tidbits) | 9 to 5 Mac

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Alleged budget iPhone leak | Tactus

Real or not -- The shiny plastic brings the old "Samsung Imitates Apple Imitates Samsung"-saying to life.

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So says Rene Ritchie of iMore, who tends to be very accurate when it comes to such information.

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Alleged iPhone 5S photos leak online

(photo via http://www.zol.com.cn/)

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And continuing on the Marco Arment front, he’s also predicting that Apple will indeed do a 5-inch iPhone (well, technically a 4.94-inch one):

An iPhone Plus almost as big as a Galaxy Note isn’t ideal for many people, but it doesn’t need to be quite that large to accommodate a 4.94” screen. It’s clear that other manufacturers have found designs and techniques to make larger-screened phones require smaller bezels. Apple could achieve similar results and shrink the “forehead” and “chin” even further, limited primarily by the size of the Home button and the desire to keep the forehead and chin equal height.

A 4.94”-screened iPhone doesn’t sound too ridiculous these days.

Arment’s other mockups are compelling arguments by themselves. I buy the argument, even if I’m not sure I’d buy one.

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Jeremy Horwitz of iLounge says he has more info about the “cheap” iPhone:

In summary, the budget iPhone will look a lot like an iPhone 5 from the front, an iPod classic from the side, and an iPod touch 5G on the bottom—only made from plastic rather than glass or metal. It won’t make any bold departures from past Apple designs, but then, it’s supposed to be an inexpensive iPhone, and achieves that goal pretty much as expected.

If true, it’s interesting that Apple isn’t skimping on the screen, but rather the body (and undoubtedly some other internals as well).

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The new phone—one of its code names is N97—would be available to carriers at about half the price of the main iPhones. That would allow carriers to subsidize most or all of the retail price, putting the iPhone in the same mass-market price range as rival smartphones, the person said.