Alleged plastic iPhone shot pictures a blue variant
Last week, a usually reliable French blog found a pair of images said to depict the polycarbonate shell of Apple’s purported lower-cost iPhone. The Cupertino company has long been said to be working...
View ArticleCompany selling Android handsets based on budget iPhone design
Over the weekend, a small electronics company named Techdy posted several photos and high quality video of, what is believed to be, the shell of Apple’s long rumored budget iPhone. Similar to previous...
View ArticleMore photos of alleged plastic iPhone shells surface
Continuing the recent flurry of alleged ‘budget iPhone‘ shell leaks, a new set of high resolution photos of the purported part have surfaced online this morning. There’s several photos actually,...
View ArticleAnalyst says mass production of iPhone 5S to start this month
According to Peter Misek, Apple will begin mass production of its next flagship smartphone, believed to be the iPhone 5S, later this month. The Jefferies analyst issued a note to investors this...
View ArticleAllThingsD confirms July iPhone 5S production, new mid-tier iPhone variant
The-not-so-reliable analyst Peter Misek made rounds last week convincing clients that mass production of the iPhone 5S was about to start later in the month, in time for a late-September or...
View ArticlePhotos picture plastic iPhone shell next to iPhone 5
With both big media, Chinese blogs and everyone and their mother in between seemingly betting on the arrival of Apple’s polycarbonate-made mid-range handset later this year, small wonder purported...
View ArticleHires closeups indicate plastic iPhone may borrow logic board design from...
The sheer amount of would-be budget iPhone shells and supposed parts coming out from Asia has gotten out of hand. Case in point: a small electronics company Techdy just recently posted several...
View ArticleAnalyst: iPad 5/iPhone 5S/budget model in September, no Retina iPad mini in 2013
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is fast becoming the de facto most reliable Apple watcher. Expanding on his April note which advised investors to brace themselves for a delayed iDevice roll-out...
View ArticlePlastic iPhone shell compared to 3GS, iPod touch in new hi-res video
Most of the reports we’ve seen over the past 6 months have suggested that Apple is going to be releasing a new, low-cost iPhone alongside its iPhone 5S this fall. And the theory has been corroborated...
View ArticleRumor: Apple to discontinue iPhone 5 alongside budget, 5S launch
A new report out of Korea today claims that Apple is going to be discontinuing production of the iPhone 5 this fall, transferring all of its efforts to its next generation flagship handset, the iPhone...
View ArticleSuspicious plastic iPhone backplate with certification markings surfaces
Here’s a nice little nugget naysayers should chew on. A photograph that surfaced on a Chinese website earlier today appears to seemingly depict a plastic chassis, presumably belonging to Apple’s...
View ArticleSketchy photos claim to show budget ‘iPhone 5C’ packaging
A new set of photos hit the web this morning, showing a number of boxes with the label ‘iPhone 5C’ on the side. Our first instinct is, of course, that these boxes belong to one of the many iPhone...
View ArticlePegatron investigation seemingly confirms plastic iPhone
The Wall Street Journal yesterday shared a report by New York-based China Labor Watch which had counted 86 labor rights violations in three manufacturing facilities operated by Pegatron, Apple’s...
View ArticleNew videos of alleged iPad 5 and low-cost ‘iPhone 5C’ surface
During Apple’s quarterly earnings call last month, Tim Cook said that the company had some “amazing new hardware” coming this fall. It’s something he’s mention several times over the past few months,...
View ArticleApple to unveil new iPhone at September 10th event
Apple will take the wraps off of its next generation iPhone, believed to be the iPhone 5S, on September 10, according to a new report from The WSJ-owned AllThingsD. The blog says that sources have...
View ArticleNew report reiterates ’5C’ name for budget iPhone, calls for a gold 5S colorway
It’s been a big weekend for iPhone rumors. And now that we’ve all circled September 10 on our calendars as the likely date for Apple’s big smartphone event, it’s time to start trying to figure out...
View ArticlePhotos of alleged ‘iPhone 5C’ volume buttons hit the web
Though we’re fairly confident that Apple will be holding an event on Tuesday, September 10 to unveil a new iPhone, we’re still not exactly sure what it will present. Safe money is on a new iPhone...
View ArticleBloomberg weighs in on upcoming iPads and iPhones
With less than a month until Apple’s September 10 iPhone event, Bloomberg has scanned the blogs and talked to its unnamed sources in an effort to dig up some previously unknown “facts” about Apple’s...
View ArticleHands-on clip of alleged yellow iPhone 5C shell
At this point, we’ve seen so many photos of purported budget iPhone shells that it’s hard to imagine Apple not launching the handset this fall. But just in case you are still skeptical, we’re adding...
View ArticleVideo shows off the iPhone 5C’s scratch resistance
Apple’s rumored mid-tier handset called the iPhone 5C is said to feature a plastic body much like the iPhone 3GS, only sturdier. Using polycarbonate plastic in place of the iPhone 5′s sensitive...
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