Could That New Mini iPhone 5 Port Be a MagSafe Connector?
One of the ‘features’ supposedly in the iPhone 5 has had everyone talking recently, and that is the inclusion of a smaller port. While some believe this could be Apple’s move to the micro-USB standard that almost every other device on Earth uses, others say Apple will stay with a proprietary port. Meanwhile, the Verge talks about what they believe a smaller cord connector would be like from Apple. They make a pretty good point that Apple isn’t going to change a standard that is in thousands of accessories just to make it SMALLER.
Instead, what if it is a MagSafe Mini Connector, sort of like what Apple currently uses on its MacBook devices? MagSafe is known for having a feature that prevents ‘tripping’ by disconnecting the cord thanks to its magnetic plug. With the weight of an iPhone though, would that work? Honestly, probably not unless the magnet is substantially stronger, but that’s not the only reason why MagSafe is useful. With this kind of plug you can put it in pretty much any way you want (there is no ‘correct’ side) and it basically plugs itself in thanks to the magnetic pull. This means a MagSafe connector is very easy and convenient, not that the 30-pin connector was that hard to plug in, though. What could make this new potential cord even better though, what if Apple manages to support both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt with this standard?
Keep in mind this is just speculation, don’t consider this a rumor per-say, just theory at this point. Honestly though, I could certainly see Apple making this move IF it proves true that they are moving to a smaller connector.
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Article source: http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/05/31/could-that-new-mini-iphone-5-port-be-a-magsafe-connector/
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Could That New Mini iPhone 5 Port Be a MagSafe Connector?
One of the ‘features’ supposedly in the iPhone 5 has had everyone talking recently, and that is the inclusion of a smaller port. While some believe this could be Apple’s move to the micro-USB standard that almost every other device on Earth uses, others say Apple will stay with a proprietary port. Meanwhile, the Verge talks about what they believe a smaller cord connector would be like from Apple. They make a pretty good point that Apple isn’t going to change a standard that is in thousands of accessories just to make it SMALLER.
Instead, what if it is a MagSafe Mini Connector, sort of like what Apple currently uses on its MacBook devices? MagSafe is known for having a feature that prevents ‘tripping’ by disconnecting the cord thanks to its magnetic plug. With the weight of an iPhone though, would that work? Honestly, probably not unless the magnet is substantially stronger, but that’s not the only reason why MagSafe is useful. With this kind of plug you can put it in pretty much any way you want (there is no ‘correct’ side) and it basically plugs itself in thanks to the magnetic pull. This means a MagSafe connector is very easy and convenient, not that the 30-pin connector was that hard to plug in, though. What could make this new potential cord even better though, what if Apple manages to support both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt with this standard?
Keep in mind this is just speculation, don’t consider this a rumor per-say, just theory at this point. Honestly though, I could certainly see Apple making this move IF it proves true that they are moving to a smaller connector.
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Article source: http://www.mobilemag.com/2012/05/31/could-that-new-mini-iphone-5-port-be-a-magsafe-connector/
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iPhone 5 release date rumors: 4-inch display rumors shot down by Apple CEO
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iPhone 5 release date rumors: 4-inch display rumors shot down by Apple CEO
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Alleged photos of the iPhone 5′s front panel surfaces
We’ve seen a couple of alleged leaked iPhone 5 components over the last few days, along with a purported schematic that is said to be the iPhone 5’s design and thanks to the folks at Macotakara, it looks like they have managed to get their hands on what appears to be the front panel of the iPhone 5. As you can see, when placed over the front panel of the iPhone 4S, the new front panel is noticeably larger and measures in at 10.33mm, which is a little over 4”, thus corroborating the claims of a larger display.
It also seems to corroborate rumors that the larger display would be “longer” as opposed to be wider, but then again since the legitimacy of these “leaked” components cannot be verified, it’s hard to say if these parts are merely prototypes, fakes or if it could actually be the real thing! So what do you guys think? We’ve heard conflicting reports of the display with some claiming it will be 3.95” inches, while others claim it will be 4”. At this point in time it is a little early to start “confirming” the design of the next-gen iPhone, so we guess we will wait and see what Apple has in store for us. In the meantime you can check out the video below for more details.
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Alleged photos of the iPhone 5′s front panel surfaces
We’ve seen a couple of alleged leaked iPhone 5 components over the last few days, along with a purported schematic that is said to be the iPhone 5’s design and thanks to the folks at Macotakara, it looks like they have managed to get their hands on what appears to be the front panel of the iPhone 5. As you can see, when placed over the front panel of the iPhone 4S, the new front panel is noticeably larger and measures in at 10.33mm, which is a little over 4”, thus corroborating the claims of a larger display.
It also seems to corroborate rumors that the larger display would be “longer” as opposed to be wider, but then again since the legitimacy of these “leaked” components cannot be verified, it’s hard to say if these parts are merely prototypes, fakes or if it could actually be the real thing! So what do you guys think? We’ve heard conflicting reports of the display with some claiming it will be 3.95” inches, while others claim it will be 4”. At this point in time it is a little early to start “confirming” the design of the next-gen iPhone, so we guess we will wait and see what Apple has in store for us. In the meantime you can check out the video below for more details.
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Article source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/06/alleged-photos-of-the-iphone-5s-front-panel-surfaces/
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Facebook smartphone possibly fatal for iPhone 5
I’m sure most by now have heard the speculation that Facebook is stepping into the smartphone hardware business, with the long rumoured Facebook phone, and apparently it appears that Facebook it trying to one up Apple by delivering a Facebook phone, but could the Facebook phone be fatal for the iPhone 5?
The guys over at Forbes have now given their opinion on whether the Facebook phone is a likely prospect citing the New York Times report to kick off with, and the fact that many tech blogs picked up on the news and speculated on whether the Facebook phone would be fatal for the iPhone 5.
I’m sure most know that it isn’t unprecedented for a software firm to get into the hardware game, as we know Google has done so, although they haven’t confirmed their desire to guild anything but software, and Microsoft also found new revenue by building their own devices, with the Xbox 360 becoming one of the company’s most profitable products.
However, when it comes to Facebook, they say that it is unlikely that Facebook will actually get into the manufacturing game but rather optimise and enhance an existing smartphone made by another maker such as HTC or Samsung, which they say is a ‘far cry’ from the hype surrounding the Facebook phone.
Having said that, it isn’t known just how much cash Facebook might be throwing into the development of the still unconfirmed Facebook phone; however in acquiring Instagram Facebook has shown they are now afraid to spend a large amount of money on a project, and as such if rumour turns out to be spot on, if Facebook believes they need to make their own smartphone they will probably be quite willing to spend the necessary cash in order to do so.
So in finalising they say what would a billion dollar Facebook phone look like remains to be seen, but even if a Facebook phone can get close to matching the look and specs of the iPhone 5, it is unlikely that a Facebook phone would be a serious threat to the dominance of Apple.
So we’d like to know what our readers think on this matter, do you think if Facebook does finally deliver the much rumoured Facebook phone it could pose a big threat and be fatal to the iPhone 5, or do you believe the iPhone 5 will remain the dominant smartphone in the mobile space?
Article source: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/06/01/facebook-smartphone-possibly-fatal-for-iphone-5/
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Facebook smartphone possibly fatal for iPhone 5
I’m sure most by now have heard the speculation that Facebook is stepping into the smartphone hardware business, with the long rumoured Facebook phone, and apparently it appears that Facebook it trying to one up Apple by delivering a Facebook phone, but could the Facebook phone be fatal for the iPhone 5?
The guys over at Forbes have now given their opinion on whether the Facebook phone is a likely prospect citing the New York Times report to kick off with, and the fact that many tech blogs picked up on the news and speculated on whether the Facebook phone would be fatal for the iPhone 5.
I’m sure most know that it isn’t unprecedented for a software firm to get into the hardware game, as we know Google has done so, although they haven’t confirmed their desire to guild anything but software, and Microsoft also found new revenue by building their own devices, with the Xbox 360 becoming one of the company’s most profitable products.
However, when it comes to Facebook, they say that it is unlikely that Facebook will actually get into the manufacturing game but rather optimise and enhance an existing smartphone made by another maker such as HTC or Samsung, which they say is a ‘far cry’ from the hype surrounding the Facebook phone.
Having said that, it isn’t known just how much cash Facebook might be throwing into the development of the still unconfirmed Facebook phone; however in acquiring Instagram Facebook has shown they are now afraid to spend a large amount of money on a project, and as such if rumour turns out to be spot on, if Facebook believes they need to make their own smartphone they will probably be quite willing to spend the necessary cash in order to do so.
So in finalising they say what would a billion dollar Facebook phone look like remains to be seen, but even if a Facebook phone can get close to matching the look and specs of the iPhone 5, it is unlikely that a Facebook phone would be a serious threat to the dominance of Apple.
So we’d like to know what our readers think on this matter, do you think if Facebook does finally deliver the much rumoured Facebook phone it could pose a big threat and be fatal to the iPhone 5, or do you believe the iPhone 5 will remain the dominant smartphone in the mobile space?
Article source: http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/06/01/facebook-smartphone-possibly-fatal-for-iphone-5/
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iPhone 5: Apple testing two or more designs with 3.999-inch screen
“Apple is testing multiple next-generation iPhones, and we have independently heard that at least one of these devices sports a brand new display,” declares 9to5Mac. See also iPhone 5 release date, specs and rumour round-up.
Disappointing news for Apple fans hoping for a significantly bigger screen
It’s unclear what 9to5Mac means by “independently heard.” “Dependently heard” makes more sense, since they’re depending on at least one person or perhaps on another rumor site for the assertions. But needless to say, there’s not a hint of who the source might be. Electricpig charitably if unjustifiably assumes in its headline that 9to5Mac has a “secret source,” and later, with even more charity and even less justification, assumes it’s a “secret insider.” Visit New iPhone 5 to have flexible display.
Apple is testing “a few next-generation iPhone candidates,” 9to5Mac claims. Two of these candidates have “a larger display,” specifically 3.999 inches diagonally. “Apple will not just increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but will actually be adding pixels to the display,” according to the website. Go to iPhone 5 will “launch” in September.
9to5Mac doesn’t reference The Verge post several weeks ago that laid all this out, but here it is, one of the rare iPhone 5 blog posts that was genuinely speculative. The Verge post explains that by changing the iPhone’s aspect ratio from the current 3:2 to 9:5, Apple could create an iPhone with a significantly larger screen area but keep the same overall phone dimensions. The screen would have the same width, 1.84 inches, but would be longer 3.49 inches compared to the current 2.91. Importantly, that change would preserve Apple’s Retina Display pixel density.
One difference between The Verge and 9to5Mac is that the former speculated that the new vertical pixel total is 1152 and the latter asserts that it’s 1136. John Gruber, at Daring Fireball, thinks the 1136 number makes more sense: His calculations show 1136×640 pixels would be “one pixel away” from a 16:9 aspect ratio. Take a look at Group test: What’s the best smartphone?
“We’ve also heard that Apple will be taking full advantage of their new pixels,” announces 9to5Mac, as though this would be a change from Apple’s lax past practice of letting all those pixels go to waste.
“Apple is currently testing builds of iOS 6 that are custom-built to the new iPhone’s display. These builds include a tweaked home screen with a fifth row of icons (besides the stationary app dock) and extended application user interfaces that offer views of more content,” according to 9to5Mac.
They seem to be suggesting that iPhone 5 would have a unique version of the iOS firmware, which seems unlikely, to put it mildly. Rollup assumes iOS would have code to detect that it’s being installed on a bigger-screened iPhone and then make whatever adjustments the UI would require.
In a separate post related to the possible pixel/aspect ratio change, Gruber says it would add some work and complexity for developers, but Apple could have an option for minimizing that. “iPhone apps are already expected to be at least somewhat flexible in height,” he explains. “In short, ‘windows’ on iOS resize like windows on a Mac. Except instead of the user being able to resize the window in both dimensions to any arbitrary size, on iOS ‘windows’ are expected to resize only in one dimension.”
If, as some expect, Apple introduces iOS 6 at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, it could encourage developers to be flexible “by changing the way notification banners are displayed,” Gruber says. Currently, these banners “are shown one at a time, and cover the content of the underlying app.” If Apple adopts something like WebOS format, then the banners would “stack” on the screen, and the app shrinks to fit the remaining space.
“If Apple introduced something like this in iOS 6, they could encourage iOS developers to adopt the recommended APIs to be responsive to changes in available vertical screen space,” Gruber speculates. “For now, they could pitch this in the context of shrinking screen space in response to on-screen notification banners, but, come October, apps that do the right thing would automatically be responsive to, say, a new device with 176 more pixels.”
Whatever 9to5Mac “independently heard,” it apparently didn’t hear much in the way of details about all these test units floating around. The post says nothing about the screen size of the other units, or in what ways the two 3.999-inch units are otherwise alike or different.
Article source: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/apple/3361513/iphone-5-apple-testing-two-or-more-designs-with-3999-inch-screen/
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iPhone 5: Apple testing two or more designs with 3.999-inch screen
“Apple is testing multiple next-generation iPhones, and we have independently heard that at least one of these devices sports a brand new display,” declares 9to5Mac. See also iPhone 5 release date, specs and rumour round-up.
Disappointing news for Apple fans hoping for a significantly bigger screen
It’s unclear what 9to5Mac means by “independently heard.” “Dependently heard” makes more sense, since they’re depending on at least one person or perhaps on another rumor site for the assertions. But needless to say, there’s not a hint of who the source might be. Electricpig charitably if unjustifiably assumes in its headline that 9to5Mac has a “secret source,” and later, with even more charity and even less justification, assumes it’s a “secret insider.” Visit New iPhone 5 to have flexible display.
Apple is testing “a few next-generation iPhone candidates,” 9to5Mac claims. Two of these candidates have “a larger display,” specifically 3.999 inches diagonally. “Apple will not just increase the size of the display and leave the current resolution, but will actually be adding pixels to the display,” according to the website. Go to iPhone 5 will “launch” in September.
9to5Mac doesn’t reference The Verge post several weeks ago that laid all this out, but here it is, one of the rare iPhone 5 blog posts that was genuinely speculative. The Verge post explains that by changing the iPhone’s aspect ratio from the current 3:2 to 9:5, Apple could create an iPhone with a significantly larger screen area but keep the same overall phone dimensions. The screen would have the same width, 1.84 inches, but would be longer 3.49 inches compared to the current 2.91. Importantly, that change would preserve Apple’s Retina Display pixel density.
One difference between The Verge and 9to5Mac is that the former speculated that the new vertical pixel total is 1152 and the latter asserts that it’s 1136. John Gruber, at Daring Fireball, thinks the 1136 number makes more sense: His calculations show 1136×640 pixels would be “one pixel away” from a 16:9 aspect ratio. Take a look at Group test: What’s the best smartphone?
“We’ve also heard that Apple will be taking full advantage of their new pixels,” announces 9to5Mac, as though this would be a change from Apple’s lax past practice of letting all those pixels go to waste.
“Apple is currently testing builds of iOS 6 that are custom-built to the new iPhone’s display. These builds include a tweaked home screen with a fifth row of icons (besides the stationary app dock) and extended application user interfaces that offer views of more content,” according to 9to5Mac.
They seem to be suggesting that iPhone 5 would have a unique version of the iOS firmware, which seems unlikely, to put it mildly. Rollup assumes iOS would have code to detect that it’s being installed on a bigger-screened iPhone and then make whatever adjustments the UI would require.
In a separate post related to the possible pixel/aspect ratio change, Gruber says it would add some work and complexity for developers, but Apple could have an option for minimizing that. “iPhone apps are already expected to be at least somewhat flexible in height,” he explains. “In short, ‘windows’ on iOS resize like windows on a Mac. Except instead of the user being able to resize the window in both dimensions to any arbitrary size, on iOS ‘windows’ are expected to resize only in one dimension.”
If, as some expect, Apple introduces iOS 6 at its upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, it could encourage developers to be flexible “by changing the way notification banners are displayed,” Gruber says. Currently, these banners “are shown one at a time, and cover the content of the underlying app.” If Apple adopts something like WebOS format, then the banners would “stack” on the screen, and the app shrinks to fit the remaining space.
“If Apple introduced something like this in iOS 6, they could encourage iOS developers to adopt the recommended APIs to be responsive to changes in available vertical screen space,” Gruber speculates. “For now, they could pitch this in the context of shrinking screen space in response to on-screen notification banners, but, come October, apps that do the right thing would automatically be responsive to, say, a new device with 176 more pixels.”
Whatever 9to5Mac “independently heard,” it apparently didn’t hear much in the way of details about all these test units floating around. The post says nothing about the screen size of the other units, or in what ways the two 3.999-inch units are otherwise alike or different.
Article source: http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/apple/3361513/iphone-5-apple-testing-two-or-more-designs-with-3999-inch-screen/
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