iPhone 5 will have bigger screen

Next-gen iPhone 'out in summer'

 

iPhone 5 will have bigger screen, says Foxconn source

09:05 AM Jan 26, 2012

 

SAN FRANCISCO - The next iPhone will be released sometime in the summer, and will come equipped with a bigger 4-inch screen, but will not closely resemble the iPhone 4 or 4S, according to sources who claim to have seen samples of Apple's next-generation smartphone.

The 9 to 5 Mac blog reported yesterday that an unnamed employee at Foxconn - the Taiwanese manufacturer of the iPhone - has said that there are "various sample devices" for the next iteration, informally dubbed the iPhone 5, already floating around.

Mr Seth Weintraub, a writer on the blog, said that, given Apple's normal habits, and a typical five-month lead time to put a prototype into production, that puts a new iPhone launch on track for a summer release.

Apple traditionally timed its annual launch of new versions of the iPhone for the summer, but bucked the trend last year with an October release of the iPhone 4S.

The Foxconn source said the sample devices, all of which vary slightly, have some things in common: 4-inch displays, larger than the current 3.5-inch screen; none have the familiar iPhone 4/4S form factor; and none are "teardrop-shaped", like the Macbook Air. Instead, all of the samples are "symmetrical", and possibly longer and wider than the current iPhone.

The source had previously correctly predicted that last year would not see an iPhone 5 launch, but rather the launch of the tweaked iPhone 4S.

Apple sold 37.04 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2011, and has sold 183 million iPhones since the product went on sale in 2007. AGENCIES

Source:  www.todayonline.com/TechandDigital/EDC120126-0000095/Next-gen-iPhone-out-in-summer