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    News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Totally agree the 4S was a stop gap, A5X cpu is a definite component as it's already in production. Steve Jobs would never have sanctioned a thicker iPad though (I said this in the iPad thread but nobody listened, he just wouldn't have let it happen) so form factor wise anything could now happen.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Wonder if they'll break his 3.5" screen is the best size for a smartphone rule? My old X10 was 4" and that seems pathetically small compared to most high end droids now (4.3 or bigger - my new note's 5.3)! Or will they follow the word of jobs blindly?

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    I'm kind of wondering if I've missed out here - where's the usual hypegasm in the run up to an iPhone launch? Or are all the journo's who do this normally now focused on the Galaxy S3 this year, (seldom seen so many thin rumours trotted out as "fact" in so many places)

    I'll be curious - from a purely technical perspective - to see what new toys they trot out for iPhone5. No doubt it'll be a pretty impressive device, especially as the competition (Windows and Android) are busy upping their game, so anything less than a tour-de-force will probably be greeted with a lot of derision.

    Not that I'll buy one - it's wrong for me - and I have a preference for Android at the moment.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    That was quick,the iPhone 4S is already outdated!



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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Is it just me, or is this a non-story? Apple supplier hires more people. It's not even as if they ONLY supply Apple (and I've got a bunch of Apple kit!).

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    More news just in.... My company just hired a new designer in space engineering, rumour has it we are making the StarShip Enterprise next year - just like the one on TV......

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    I hope it is revolutionary, but my feeling is windows phone 8 will be the next big thing. Microsoft always seems to hit target when they want to.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Yeah, just like they did with Zune, and Vista. Oh, no, wait.....

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Quote Originally Posted by b0redom View Post
    Is it just me, or is this a non-story? Apple supplier hires more people. It's not even as if they ONLY supply Apple (and I've got a bunch of Apple kit!).
    I did say to add to speculation; though we can't guarantee sources, the original report was based around information from the supply chain and not just the increase in workforce.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Quote Originally Posted by jjgreenwood View Post
    I hope it is revolutionary, but my feeling is windows phone 8 will be the next big thing. Microsoft always seems to hit target when they want to.
    And have you seen the sales figures for Nokias great Windows phone push? Just over a million shipped in 3 months...yep shipped, not sold...there is a long, long way before Windows phone gets to even 5% of the market, and in those 3 months it's market share fell!
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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Quote Originally Posted by 3dcandy View Post
    Totally agree the 4S was a stop gap, A5X cpu is a definite component as it's already in production. Steve Jobs would never have sanctioned a thicker iPad though (I said this in the iPad thread but nobody listened, he just wouldn't have let it happen) so form factor wise anything could now happen.
    No chance on A5X - it's bloody huge - more like a laptop CPU. A6 probably with A6X in ipad4.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Quote Originally Posted by jjgreenwood View Post
    I hope it is revolutionary, but my feeling is windows phone 8 will be the next big thing. Microsoft always seems to hit target when they want to.
    Has there been any firm information on WP8? Only stuff I've seen has been that it's going to have that same Metro interface as WP7 and something about parts of the OS (kernel?) being shared with the ARM version of "full-fat" Win8.

    Got to say (putting my large pro-Nokia bias to one side) that although WP7 devices look reasonable (blue Lumia 800 especially) there's not really been one that's been "different" enough to make me want to dump the investment I've currently got in Android. In which case I'm going to reserve judgement about WP8...

    Of course if Nokia were to do a Lumia with WP8 and that hyperpixel camera from the PureView 808 then I might be tempted! But I can't see that happening this year - so 2012 will be a straight Galaxy S3 v's iPhone5 fight I think.

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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    Quote Originally Posted by gagaga View Post
    No chance on A5X - it's bloody huge - more like a laptop CPU. A6 probably with A6X in ipad4.

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    Sure is, but then that's because it's 45nm. Doesn't seem a very good design overall, but I'm guessing Apple where feeling the need for a new iPad. Also it and the new display have meant that to keep the battery life similar the iPad got thicker. Saint Steve (!) wouldn't have let that happen, he'd have kept the A5 I reckon and kept it same thickness. However, as said, now he's gone I'd expect a bigger display and form factor now so why not the A5X? If it's the A6 they'd get a huge amount of critiscm for the iPad and A5X and Apple very rarely make a new cpu and then not re-use it in updated products.
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    Re: News - Has Apple issued the order for iPhone 5 production?

    To update this rumour, looks like TI has ramped up production of its power management chips, with Chinese suppliers suggesting a release target of September.

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