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The iPhone 5 is ready for production says a Foxconn source

Published by on Jan 26th, 2012, 1 Comment

9to5 Mac has received some information from a reliable source at Foxconn Technology Group in China that the next iPhone, known as the iPhone 5, is currently being geared for production.

The source revealed that there are various sample devices around but it is impossible to tell which of them is most likely to be the final product. However, there are a few features that are common among all the devices. They include:

  • 4+ inch display (made by LG on at least one of them).
  • Rather than a teardrop shape, samples are all symmetrical in thickness
  • None of the samples have the iPhone 4/4s form factor

What is important to note here is that iPhone 4S production did not gear up until late spring of last year.  If a pattern is followed and an approximate five month lead time is given, it would appear that Apple is back on its new iPhone launch for summer/WWDC pattern that it maintained until last year.

The source that provided this information was the same source that indicated to 9to5 Mac late last summer in the U.S. that the iPhone 5 was not about to be launched, against the prevailing tide of information, and that Apple was building the iPhone 4S model instead.

Any thoughts on all the emerging iPhone 5 details?

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  • http://twitter.com/mobivangelist Peter Matthaei

    I think this is a load of crap. I’m going to go with Chairman Gruber on this: No, the iPhone ain’t gearing up for production of the next generation, and it’s highly highly unlikely that Apple is going to increase the screen size.

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