A few days ago we encountered some new rumours we had heard about the iPhone 5. Most notably, these rumours claimed that after years of dissing larger screens (anything bigger than 3.5-inches) Apple was finally toying with the idea of creating an iPhone that had a bigger screen, something around the size of 4.0-inches. Other than that, we had also heard that Apple was not going to support NFC in the next version of the iPhone because it did not see a unifying support or industry standard behind the tech.
We’ll be prepared to have more rumours thrown at you for your reading pleasure. According to the China Times, NFC support is definitely coming to the iPhone 5. More importantly, the newspaper confirms that the phone will receive a 4-inch screen along with a redesigned antenna. The paper goes on to say that there will be a “metal chassis to improve antenna sensitivity” (if Google Translate works right) as well as a new scratch resistant glass over the screen.
Traditionally the updated iPhone has launched in July of the year, but according to China Times, this launch is expected to be pushed back until the third quarter of the year which still pegs it around July but means we could be playing with the months of August and September as well. This would make a 6 month gap between the launch of the iPhone 5 and iPad 2, but bring the iPhone 5 closer to the company’s annual musical event where it announces its new iPod’s and additions to the iTunes store every year.
Other speculation claims the iPhone 5 will sport the same A5 processor as the iPad 2 which should be no surprise to anyone as last generations iPhone 4 did the same thing as well.
Source: Cnet
