iPhone 5

iPhone 5 Release Date Scheduled in Autumn 2012

Apple plans to release iPhone 5 this fall, most probably in September or October. IT is rumored that this release calendar will be maintained in the next years, too. However the information which is published by the Japaneese Macotakara blog are contradicted by some analysts like Gene Munster, Piper Jaffray and other Apple “followers” which consider that the new iPhone 5 will have the release date set in this summer. In the past Apple preferred to launch new models from the iPhone range at the beginning of the summer. Therefore iPhone 4 and 3GS have been brought on the market in the… Continue to iPhone 5 Release Date Scheduled in Autumn 2012

Will The Samsung Galaxy S3 And The iPhone 5 Be Waterproof?

The Galaxy Samsung S3 is just around the corner. Probably that’s why rumors related to its booklet and to all the features that this device may carry on, have not stopped ringing. Samsung has already announced that the successor of the Samsung Galaxy S2 will not be present at the Mobile World Congress this year, so you will not see it February.

The Korean Company has plans to present their new flagship smartphone in a separate event. Meanwhile, rumors say that a new feature might be added to the list of advantages of the new Samsung Galaxy S3 – water resistance.  It seems that the new smartphone will have a special coverage in order to protect it from any accidental immersion or occasionally splash.  But what is really true in… Continue to Will The Samsung Galaxy S3 And The iPhone 5 Be Waterproof?

Rumor: iPhone 5 With 4 Inches Display And Rounded Shape

According to speculation, the new Apple smartphone to be launched this year (iPhone 5) will feature a four inches display and rounded design.
iPhone 5related rumors have re-appeared. Now, we have heard that the size of the display and also some design details should be similar to the third generation of smartphones. These rumors have been brought by the 9toMac site, which claims to have sources in the very Foxconn, the famous company which manufactures and assembles the iPhones and also many other electronic products.

According to the website, the iPhone 5 would have five 4-inch display… Continue to Rumor: iPhone 5 With 4 Inches Display And Rounded Shape

Face Unlock For iPhone – RecognizeMe [Cydia]

Face Unlock For iPhone - A few months ago, when Apple launched their iPhone 4S, Siri was the star and everybody knew why, because let’s be honest, every iOS app which has no corespondent on the Android Market is way cooler than the others, even though it has no purpose. Many iPhone 4S users have not even tried Siri, and when I say “try”, I really mean “use”;opening the application once or twice and bragging about it to your friends doesn’t mean “try” nor “use”.

Now we have a new star, but this time it comes from the other side… Continue to Face Unlock For iPhone - RecognizeMe [Cydia]

Apple’s iPhone 5 Could Have the Smallest SIM Ever – Nano-SIM

Great news for Apple and the iPhone 5, the German company Giesecke & Devrient, has produced a SIM card smaller than the ones we have at the moment, called Nano-SIM.

This new card is 30% smaller than the Micro-SIM currently used by the iPhone 4 and only measures 12x9mm compared to the previous measuring of 15x12mm. It is expected that the standard of Nano-SIM be accepted by the ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) by the end of the 2011.

Support for older phone models is assured through a suitable r adapter, in the same way we do today to transform… Continue to Apple's iPhone 5 Could Have the Smallest SIM Ever - Nano-SIM

iPhone 5 sold in U.S. only by Sprint until the end of 2011 ?

The wildest rumors regarding iPhone 5 fuse on the web .iPhone 5 could be sold in U.S. only by Sprint unil the end of 2011.

This is very interesting and may be plausible. Let’s atart in the order of events. Initially, the Wall Street Journal announced that Apple and the third U.S. carrier, Sprint,  signed an agreement amounting to $ 20 billion, representing not less than 30 million iPhone 5 ‘s spread until 2014. Sprint plays big, very big for this gamble, because this may prove Sprint to be a winner as well as a loser. And then it… Continue to iPhone 5 sold in U.S. only by Sprint until the end of 2011 ?

iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S: which one will be released?

News on iPhone 5  and iPhone 4s are flowing very fast now. And it is kind of normal because there are just a few hours until Aplle’s big event will start. Everyone is curious which one will be released.
iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S  to be released? Or both?
Since Apple has confirmed the holding of its keynote on October the 4th , just about anything and everything is advertised on the future iPhone 5. Some rumors suggest that iPhone 5 will be released with a design that will encorporate five major changes (wider, thinner especially on the lower part… Continue to iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S: which one will be released?

iPhone 5: what GPU will be used?

The iPhone 5 ( or 4S ) is expected tomorrow and if we can take for granted that the processor will offer two cores (Cortex A9) – like most of its high-end competitors – the question “what GPU will be used?” is more and more interesting to analyze.
From the beginning, Apple used PowerVR GPU in the iPhone: the 4 Series (MBX Lite) in iPhone and iPhone 3G, the 5 Series (SGX530 and SGX535) in the iPhone 3G and iPhone 4 and 5XT Series ( SGX543MP2) in the iPad 2. Our logic suggests that Apple should use the same SoC as… Continue to iPhone 5: what GPU will be used?

iPhone 5 release date 2

The event which Apple will hold in October will be on 4th at 10 am. This is official. Un-official the rumours say that this should be the release date of  iPhone 5, after all.
I know that we wrote a lot of posts regarding the long-waited iPhone 5 and in some of them we announced that it will not be released at the Apple event on 4th of October. Please don’t blame us, that is the media today :D .

We still know something for sure. Apple announced officially that the date of event is the above mentioned.
Just iPhone… Continue to iPhone 5 release date 2

No iPhone 5 in October 2011, Just iPhone 4s

According to greek site DigitalLife and their 100% reliable and not disclosed sources, there will be no iPhone 5 in 2011, just a pimped up version of the current iPhone 4, which will be simply called iPhone 4s.

Here are the upgrades vs iPhone 4:

8 megapixel camera
1080p video rendering  at 30 frames/second
second antenna on the top for improved signal
A5 dual core processor at 1GHz

It seems that the new and improved iPhone 4s will be announced early October and hit the market in North America on the 21th, same month.
As no other technical/visual… Continue to No iPhone 5 in October 2011, Just iPhone 4s

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