Polycarbonate budget iPhone renderings to die for
Another publication has commissioned Dutch concept artist Martin Hajek to bundle all the less-pricey iPhone rumors together in some plausible renderings. The 3D designer’s fresh batch of conceptual...
View ArticleWSJ: Apple ramping up production for new iPhone this quarter
We’ve heard an unusual amount of chatter regarding the next generation iPhone over the past few months. Especially since the iPhone 5 just launched 6 months ago. But folks seem pretty certain that...
View ArticleReport claims iPhone 5S coming in multiple colors this summer
The next-generation iPhone, believed to be the iPhone 5S, is widely expected to land sometime this summer. This, despite the fact that the iPhone 5 just came out in September of last year, and Apple...
View ArticlePegatron CEO says Apple’s budget iPhone won’t be ‘cheap’
Speaking at his company’s shareholders meeting on Thursday, Pegatron CEO T.H. Tung made some interesting comments on Apple’s often rumored ‘budget iPhone.’ He said don’t expect the handset to be...
View ArticlePhotos of alleged budget iPhone shell surface [updated]
A pair of photos have surfaced this morning, allegedly showing the plastic shell of Apple’s rumored budget iPhone. The Cupertino company has long been said to be working on a lower-cost handset to...
View ArticleRumor: Foxconn has started shipping budget iPhone for Fall release
Leaks and sketchy pieces of information concerning Apple’s rumored less expensive iPhone continue to trickle in. This past Saturday, for example, a credible blog has brought us images of a purported...
View ArticleAlleged 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,...
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