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The iPhone 5: a secret unkept

2012-09-14T09:34:42-04:00

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When it comes to secrecy, Apple isn't so much doubling down as it is multiplying by zero. The iPhone 5 is a handset of many firsts for the Cupertino company - it moves to a larger screen, an all-new Lightning dock connector, and in-cell touchscreen technology, among other innovations. But it's also the first device to bear the name iPhone whose spec sheet we knew almost in full ahead of its unveiling.

Initially, we learned about the 4-inch display. That came from The Wall Street Journal on May 16th, got reaffirmed by Reuters on May 17th, and was reiterated by Bloomberg on May 18th. By May 19th, even if you had a legitimate mole inside Apple …

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Apple announces 4-inch iPhone 5 with LTE, Lightning connector, September 21st release date

2012-09-12T13:13:40-04:00

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The new iPhone is finally official. Apple has named its sixth-generation smartphone the iPhone 5 and Phil Schiller has detailed its full set of features, specs, and release details. Measuring 7.6mm in thickness and 112 grams in weight, this is the thinnest and lightest iPhone that Apple has ever made, and is constructed "entirely" out of glass and aluminum. The new iPhone looks pretty much identical to all the leaks and mockups we've seen in the past few weeks - evidently Apple wasn't able to keep a lid on its most anticipated product, after all.

"We're able to add a fifth row of icons."

And yes, it has a 4-inch display! The new screen resol …

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Our live blog of Apple’s iPhone 5 event starts today at 10AM PT, 1PM ET

2012-09-12T07:50:00-04:00

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We're once again at the tail end of an annual ritual, the iPhone rumor cycle, and we're just hours away from finding out what Apple has been working on for the past year. Will the iPhone 5 look exactly like the leaks, effectively an elongated 4 / 4S with a new mini dock connector? Will it support LTE on every US carrier? Are there any surprises in iOS 6 that Cupertino has been keeping under its hat? Will it even be called the iPhone 5 at all? Everything will be revealed at 10AM PT on Wednesday, September 12th, and we'll be covering it live.

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Vodafone stockpiles 500,000 nano-SIMs, hints at imminent iPhone 5 announcement

2012-09-11T12:37:06-04:00

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We've seen plenty of evidence suggesting the iPhone 5 will ditch Micro-SIM cards in favor of the Apple-designed nano-SIM standard, and now Vodafone UK has made that switch a near certainty. Just one day before the latest iOS handset is expected to make its debut, the carrier mistakenly posted a blog article titled "First photos of Vodafone nano-SIM cards." In the post - which was quickly deleted but preserved thanks to Google Cache - Vodafone reveals it presently has a huge stockpile of 500,000 nano-SIMs in stock and says "the first devices have now been announced." We find it hard to read that as anything other than a thinly-veiled referenc …

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EarSmart filtering tech for Siri ‘unlikely’ to be included in iPhone 5

2012-09-07T07:14:06-04:00

Gallery Photo: iPhone 5 mockup at IFA 2012

Audience, the Mountain View-based company which develops the earSmart audio filtering technology embedded in Apple's A5 chip, has announced that Apple is "unlikely" to use the system in the next-generation iPhone, set to be announced next week. EarSmart is known to power the iPhone 4S's Siri voice assistant feature, but third-party hacks have long enabled users to run the app on the iPhone 4 and iPod touch, devices which lack the A5 chip.

Writing in a statement last night, Audience clarified that it is "not aware of any intended changes by this OEM to its use of Audience's processors or processor IP in prior generations of the OEM's mobile …

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Official: Apple holding iPhone 5 event September 12th, and we’ll be there live!

2012-09-04T12:05:32-04:00

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The industry has been abuzz with rumors that Apple was planning a reveal of its next iPhone in mid-September, and now we know the truth. The company has just mailed out invitations to an event in San Francisco on September 12th at 10AM PT at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - where Apple has historically launched new products. The Verge will be there covering the event live, with minute-by-minute updates on everything and anything announced.

The next iPhone has been heavily rumored over the past several months, with multiple photos and videos of alleged iPhone 5 parts and casings in heavy rotation, as well as rather detailed information …

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The iPhone 5: see how the rumors look and feel (video)

2012-09-02T10:50:30-04:00

Gallery Photo: iPhone 5 mockup at IFA 2012

Among the more anonymous booths at IFA this year, a mockup for Apple's next-gen iPhone has surfaced, looking like a fully realized compendium of all the rumors and leaks we've been hearing about the device. It has an elongated screen, a shrunken dock connector, a repositioned headphone jack, and a two-tone back cover. First spotted by GSM Israel, the mockup is making sporadic appearances at one particularly keen case maker's stand, usually ensconced in color cases.

We were told volume production of the form-fitting cases has already begun, with a view to shipping to retailers in a week's time. The mockup we got to see today confirms absolut …

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New Apple earphones for iPhone 5 allegedly appear on video

2012-09-01T21:19:54-04:00

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It's been a while since Apple last updated its pack-in earbuds; the current model with the in-line remote and mic came out in 2008, and the design of the buds themselves dates back to 2006. That may be about to change with this month's all-but-certain release of a new iPhone, however. Vietnamese site Tinhte, which has a reasonable track record of getting hold of pre-release products, has posted a video of some earphones with a striking new design allegedly bound for the new iPhone 5.

'Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in Vietnam.'

Tinhte claims that the earphones are being manufactured at a Vietnamese Foxconn plant, and they bear th …

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WSJ: Sharp suffers iPhone 5 screen production delay as LG and Japan Display start shipping

2012-08-31T02:50:11-04:00

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Sharp's president Takashi Okuda said that the company would be shipping displays bound for the new iPhone by the end of August, but that plan appears to have hit a bump. The Wall Street Journal reports that while LG and Japan Display have already begun shipping the new screens to Apple, Sharp is yet to even start mass production. Since Apple is using three suppliers this is unlikely to delay the iPhone itself, but it's possible that it could lead to supply problems upon release.

The screens reportedly use in-cell touch display technology to allow for a thinner profile, and the challenges involved in this new form of mass production are said …

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iPhone 5: making sense of the rumors

2012-08-28T09:50:05-04:00

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We're almost a year on from the iPhone 4S' launch, and the world seems to agree that the time is right for a successor. We've been tracking some of the rumors about what many have dubbed the 'iPhone 5,' but we don't blame you if you feel a little overwhelmed - there's a lot out there and it's hard to know who to trust. With that in mind, we thought we'd sift through the most compelling rumors and let you know how we think Apple's next phone will shape up.

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This time last year the internet was abuzz with rumors about a radical redesign for the iPhone 4's successor, which turned out to be for nothing when the near-identical 4S was eventu …

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