Apple Rumor: Could These Latest Pics Actually Show the New iPhone 5?
- Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:06am by
Liz Klimas
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iLounge.com suggests the iPhone 5 will be longer than previous models. Wired speculates this would be to accommodate technology needed for LTE. (Image: iLounge)
The latest rumor released of the unconfirmed iPhone 5 is actually one that tech blogs are saying may be pretty accurate.
There‘s a buzz about the phone’s expected lengthier design. iLounge, which Cult of Mac notes has been good at iOS predictions of late, released new images that included a 4-inch long phone. Adding on this half inch or so, Wired notes, is probably a pretty accurate assumption of how the iPhone 5 would look. Here’s why:
The most obvious change in iLounge’s mockup is the 4-inch screen. That’s a big bump, as the iPhone’s display has stayed at 3.5 inches with a 3:2 aspect ratio since 2007. Why in the world would Apple change it now?
It all comes down to LTE. LTE radios take up more room in a smartphone than 3G radios and use more power. To put LTE capabilities in the next iPhone, you need to make room not just for the radio, but find enough juice to power it without significantly decreasing battery life.
The problem is there’s just not a lot of room inside an iPhone for anything more than is already there. An iPhone is a densely packed sandwich of silicon, radios, flash storage, motors and cameras. Over the past five generations, Apple has packed in everything that makes up an iPhone about as densely as possible, and the battery still makes up the bulk of every device.
If it’s going to fit anything else, Apple needs to make more room.
Wired does point out that talk of a larger iPhone has circulated before, but it’s the 3:2 ratio that may have gotten in the way. Wired states to maintain this length-to-width ratio with a longer display would make the phone harder to “operate one-handed.” It would also reduce pixel density. So what’s Apple to do? Wired writes several tech sites have offered the 9:5 solution:
By ditching a 3:2 aspect ratio in favor of a 9:5 display, the new iPhone would feel about the same in the hand as the iPhone 4S, retain its current 326ppi resolution, and allow Apple room for an LTE chip and more battery. Apps could either be easily updated to support the new iPhone’s 4-inch display without breaking compatibility with 3.5-inch devices, or run in a letterbox without modification at their existing resolution.
With a longer body, iLounge points out, the device would also get thinner than its current 9.3 mm thickness. The Blaze reported on other rumors that would also suggest a thinner phone last month: Liquidmetal and in-cell touch technology.
A lengthier display could also result in a thinner frame. (Image: iLounge)
If the Liquidmetal rumor — a material that would replace the current glass back of the phone with a stronger alloy — excited you, Business Insider (via ABC News) recently suggested it was very well just a rumor and may not be making into the highly anticipated phone. Steve Kovach interviewed the inventor of Liquidmetal, Atakan Peker, who suggested more work had to be done with the product before it was used on the iPhone.
“I would not say Liquidmetal was perfected,” he said. “This is a technology that has yet to be matured and perfected both in manufacturing process and application development. I should note that this is a completely new and different metal technology. Therefore, there is no suitable manufacturing infrastructure yet to take full advantage of this alloy technology. For example, I estimate that Apple will likely spend on the order of $300 million to $500 million — and three to five years — to mature the technology before it can used in large scale.”
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LICENSEDTOCARRY
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 9:46pmAnother toy for the iDiots. Ho-hum
Report Post »GoApple
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 1:44pmHEY.. I resemble that remark.
Report Post »china clipper
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:31pmA smartphone is a smartphone. They all have basically the same features.
Report Post »blair152
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:29pmI don‘t have an iPhone but I’d like to have one.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:56pmYou can have a Locator Chip implanted!
Report Post »eramthgin
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:47pmYes yes yes but when will it be released? I’m waiting!
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 7:44pmI may trade up when my contract is up.
Report Post »Get an Otter Box case too.
SageInWaiting
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:46pmThanks to BHO, I REALLY can’t economically justify the investment in one. I have greater needs right now. Now, more than ever, I must set my priorities and not get loured into the “impulse buys.” Before the current admin, it seemed I had sufficient surplus funds and could plop down the card for something like this; not any more. My car is near that 250K point (miles, not $$$$$$) the class-warrior-in-chief has been demonizing, I can’t sell my house in this market (so I have been forced to doubled my housing expenses to have a job), and my computer (something I need for my career) is too old to support Win7… and people wonder why businesses are struggling and the economy has tanked. Food, fuel (energy in general), and rent are rapidly increasing (though the gov’t and media try to deny it) and taxes are due to spike at year-end, further siphoning precious funds from my pocket. …but at least I’m still employed and somehow keeping most of my plates spinning on their poles – but there’s nothing left to purchase an iAnything, much less replace the things I currently have and need to make-do with.
Maybe _I’M_ the useful idiot… the “Occupy” crowd seems to have all the nice toys and get laid/raped while they’re at it. Hmmmm….. what am I doing wrong????
Report Post »TheImirOfGroofunkistan
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:34pmiDon’t care
Report Post »Kerstile
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 6:31amWinning comment! I have to go get some towels to clean up the coffee I just spewed on my keyboard.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:12pmThank goodness, the Iphone 4S released way back in October of 2011 is so antiquated. Might as well be two Dixie cups with a string in the middle.
Report Post »PointBreak
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 1:00pmTim Cook is running that place into the ground. It would also be nice if someone would report on the 35-40% failure rate of the iPhone 4S. The power buttons and ear piece speakers have gone bad on a ton of ‘em. Junk!
Report Post »That Guy
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 1:03pmYou can barley hear the caller on the other end on my iphone 4s
Report Post »The Eleventh Doctor
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 12:04pmA new toy for Occupy Wall Street…
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:50amIts a phone, big deal…Apple employs sweat shops in China…where is the outrage regarding that. Not like Apple is creating thousands of jobs here in the US…if people are getting excited about a phone, our Nation is really screwed.
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 7:43pmI agree that Apple needs to move some—if not all—of its manufacturing to the US.
Report Post »I don‘t buy this line that Apple or anyone can’t make quality products for reasonable prices in this country.
These liberals are fine with cheap, exploitive labor that provides them with their gadgets as long as they live comfortably. They have no problem with these or other Apple products being made in a Communist country either.
Cincybearcatfan
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:35amWho cares. Apple was king, not any longer. The new Galaxy S3, HTC One X and most likely 10 other Android phones will be ahead in technology by the time this phone comes to the market. Don’t get me wrong, it will be built beautifully, people would buy it even if it smelled and looked like a turd just so they could get that little apple on the back of it.
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