next-generation iPhone have
leaked online, as more and more
details emerge of what's shaping
up to be an unusually crowded
Apple product pipeline in 2013.
Sourced by Chinese site Zol.com.cn,
the photos, which it's claimed
originate from a plant operated by
Apple manufacturing partner
Foxconn, appear to show the
handset at varying stages of the
production process.
Assuming what we're looking at is
the real thing (and it should be
noted that some claim that they're
merely fake iPhones), the iPhone 6 is
barely distinguishable from the
iPhone 5, both in terms of
dimensions and design.
Very much present and correct, for
instance, is a physical home button,
which Apple is supposed to have
been considering ditching for years
now. If you set much store in
rumours, that is.
The presence of curved edges and
the centrally located front-facing
camera that was repositioned with
the iPhone 5 also indicate that the
seventh-generation handset may
not be the radical departure in the
design stakes that some had hoped
for.
This chimes with separate reports
indicating that the key differences
between the current model and the
iPhone 6 will be largely restricted to
the phone's internal specifications.
News of Apple's plans comes amid
claims that it is also planning to
release a phablet-sized phone this
year, variously dubbed the iPhone
Math or iPhone+, as well as a budget-
priced smartphone in the form of the
long-rumoured iPhone mini.
Fresh iterations of the iPad and iPad
mini are also due later in 2013 and
we may even see the arrival of an
Apple watch, as the gadget giant
takes a tentative step into the world
of wearable technology.
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