If you are holding out for when Apple released their next generation iOS smartphone, the iPhone 5, don’t expect it to look that much different from the current iPhone 4 as apparently images of what are reportedly iPhone 5 cases reveal the iPhone 5 design will be much the same as the iPhone 4.
According to an article over on 9to5 Mac, the source of several accurate cases for the Apple iPad 2, Alibaba, is showing iPhone 5 cases in their listings, and apparently the cases show the design to be almost identical to that of the iPhone 4.
These purported cases for the iPhone 5 sport camera and LED flash cut-outs to the rear, sleep/wake button and earphone jack holes at the top along with a SIM slot opening on the side although apparently case makers don’t leave those ports open in cases.
According to Alibaba, the iPhone 5 2011 case is a hard case made from Polyester and is available in six colours.
The current rumour with the iPhone 5 is that the device will come out to play sporting a larger almost edge-to-edge display with a much thinner bezel, which came about from some design mold engineering drawings a while ago, which also shows the design of the iPhone 5 to be similar to the current iPhone 4.
Thus judging on the current evidence available it would appear that the new iPhone 5 wont look that dissimilar to what is available right now. Do you think Apple should have gone with a completely new design for the next generation iPhone?
Now that the Verizon iPhone is available, it appears that the rumour mill has moved on to the next iPhone expected from Apple later this year, the iPhone 5, and apparently a teardown of the Verizon iPhone may hint at what the iPhone 5 design will look like.
According to an article over on Computer World, an IHS iSuppli analyst, Wayne Lam has intimated that the inside of the Verizon iPhone hints that Apple should be able to recycle its design for the iPhone 5. Lam says…“Apple should be able to retain about 95% of the design of the CDMA iPhone.”
The Verizon iPhone was recently torn down by iSuppli finding that the CDMA iPhone sports a Qualcomm baseband processor rather than an Infineon chip. From this Lam assumes the iPhone 5 will sport both GSM and CDMA.
Lam has said…“The changes required [for a GSM iPhone] are not insignificant. But the CDMA iPhone foretells the feature design of the next iPhone.”
However, apparently the analyst believes that rather than opting for a single iPhone for both GSM and CDMA networks, Apple will continue with two versions. Lam suggests that Apple will retain much of the Verizon iPhone design for the iPhone 5, stating, “Apple’s past history is that it has a very methodical pattern of design, and so is fairly predictable.”
Having said all this, the iPhone design hasn’t changed that much over the years other than with the iPhone 4, so it’s probably safe to say that Apple won’t drastically alter the design for the new iPhone 5, so will no doubt look much the same as the Verizon iPhone…agree or disagree?
According to an article over on 9to5 Mac, the source of several accurate cases for the Apple iPad 2, Alibaba, is showing iPhone 5 cases in their listings, and apparently the cases show the design to be almost identical to that of the iPhone 4.
These purported cases for the iPhone 5 sport camera and LED flash cut-outs to the rear, sleep/wake button and earphone jack holes at the top along with a SIM slot opening on the side although apparently case makers don’t leave those ports open in cases.
According to Alibaba, the iPhone 5 2011 case is a hard case made from Polyester and is available in six colours.
The current rumour with the iPhone 5 is that the device will come out to play sporting a larger almost edge-to-edge display with a much thinner bezel, which came about from some design mold engineering drawings a while ago, which also shows the design of the iPhone 5 to be similar to the current iPhone 4.
Thus judging on the current evidence available it would appear that the new iPhone 5 wont look that dissimilar to what is available right now. Do you think Apple should have gone with a completely new design for the next generation iPhone?
Now that the Verizon iPhone is available, it appears that the rumour mill has moved on to the next iPhone expected from Apple later this year, the iPhone 5, and apparently a teardown of the Verizon iPhone may hint at what the iPhone 5 design will look like.According to an article over on Computer World, an IHS iSuppli analyst, Wayne Lam has intimated that the inside of the Verizon iPhone hints that Apple should be able to recycle its design for the iPhone 5. Lam says…“Apple should be able to retain about 95% of the design of the CDMA iPhone.”
The Verizon iPhone was recently torn down by iSuppli finding that the CDMA iPhone sports a Qualcomm baseband processor rather than an Infineon chip. From this Lam assumes the iPhone 5 will sport both GSM and CDMA.
Lam has said…“The changes required [for a GSM iPhone] are not insignificant. But the CDMA iPhone foretells the feature design of the next iPhone.”
However, apparently the analyst believes that rather than opting for a single iPhone for both GSM and CDMA networks, Apple will continue with two versions. Lam suggests that Apple will retain much of the Verizon iPhone design for the iPhone 5, stating, “Apple’s past history is that it has a very methodical pattern of design, and so is fairly predictable.”
Having said all this, the iPhone design hasn’t changed that much over the years other than with the iPhone 4, so it’s probably safe to say that Apple won’t drastically alter the design for the new iPhone 5, so will no doubt look much the same as the Verizon iPhone…agree or disagree?
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