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9to5Mac is reporting that “a reliable source at Foxconn in China” has revealed details about Apple’s next iPhone – namely that it’s “currently being geared up for production,” according to the blog.

As for the reliability of this source, 9t05Mac says, “This source is the same that indicated to us late last summer that the iPhone 5 wasn’t happening against the prevailing tide of information, and Apple was building the iPhone 4S model instead.”

The iPhone 5 apparently exists at Foxconn – where many of Apple’s devices are manufactured –in the form of “various sample devices” instead of one finished, ready-to-go device, but 9to5Mac reports that all of the samples have the following features in common:

4+ inch display (made by LG on at least one of them)

No teardrop-shaped devices as were rumored in the lead up to the iPhone 4S. Samples so far have been symmetrical in thickness. Also longer/wider.

None of the sample devices have the iPhone 4/4S form factor

None of the devices are final versions

The blog also posits that the lead-time allotted for the production of a new iPhone would line it up for a release around June of this year, just in time for Apple’s big developer conference when past iPhones have been unveiled. Apple recently bucked that trend by waiting until October to announce the iPhone 4S.

As with all Apple rumors, take this news with a grain of salt. That being said, the idea that the next iPhone might sport a bigger screen has been the subject of multiple rumors in the past and wouldn’t be a huge surprise, given the recent trend of larger and larger smartphone screens. The symmetrical thickness quip is a new one, however, so we’ll see if that ultimately pans out.

Thanks to CrankySnorlax for pointing this topic out.

Via TechlanTime

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[TheBasedGod]

Apple always finds a way to make even iPhones look bad from the new one.

[GodTM]

I don't see how they can ship in June, when the chip from Qualcomm (if it does end up using the MDM9615) won't be ready until Q2 of this year? Would that give them enough time to test the chip?

[Scitzofrenic]

GodTM, on 25 January 2012 - 10:50 PM, said:

I don't see how they can ship in June, when the chip from Qualcomm (if it does end up using the MDM9615) won't be ready until Q2 of this year? Would that give them enough time to test the chip?

You do realize that you're asking if the company that put out a defective iPhone 4 and then gave the solution as "here's a rubber bumper" has time to test a product that they KNOW people will buy anyways....right???.,...,,,I mean this is the same company that released a new product (the iPhone 4s ) 4 months later than normal and STILL 4 months after THAT has not solved the battery issues of hundreds of thousands of users.

Don't get me wrong, apple makes products that make me buy them. HOWEVER, Apple doesn't give two flying fucks about testing their products. Why should they? Let's be honest. Apple KNOWS we will buy it no matter what.

Point in summary: testing at apple is like NASCAR cars going slow. It rarely happens and no one gives a **** about it when it does.

[ejearthone]

I agree completely with Scitzofrenic...my iphone 4 STILL has antenna problems and my bros iphone 4s still has horrible battery problems and they are both on the latest firmware we brought the devices to best buy where we bought them and they didnt do anything about it. but i just bought a new ipad and i have no regrets its almost like people have become so used to the way apple devices work they cant resist them..i dont know why lol

[kirk88]

I would love to get a new design this year, but I don't think they should make the iPhone any bigger than it is now. Old design with little bigger screen would be great as well, I could imagine that happening due to apples sales being that great this quarter (or 4 / 4s running that good in their current desin)

[metalduster]

iPhone 5 will definitely surpass Samsung galaxy S3