iPhone 5 Digitizer Reveals Larger Screen? Update: Faked

Update: One of our readers (thanks, inexplicability!) has commented with an image that has been cropped and touched up with vertical and horizontal bars in order to show that the top portion of the digitizer has either suffered from an extreme anomaly by the camera, or that it has been ‘shopped. I’m leaning towards the second option, as there are also some marks that have look as though they have been copied over each other. In other words, this one can safely be classified under the ‘fake’ category. You can view the full size image that inexplicability whipped up after the read link.

This rumor comes straight from the shady nether regions of the Internet, so take it for what it’s worth: iDealsChina has reportedly managed to get their hands on an iPhone 5 digitizer, and by the looks of it, the bezel is much thinner. While there are no measurements (or even a pencil to use as a reference point), the screen seems to be larger—possibly a full 4?.

If the iPhone 5 is able to retain its current form factor while increasing screen size, it could finally stand tall amongst Android behemoths such as the Evo or Droid X. Assuming this digitizer is the real-deal, developers may have to update their applications to support the larger screen (unless it keeps the Retina’s 960 x 640 pixel resolution), but that wouldn’t be a huge problem; Android devs are able to support a ridiculous number of different resolutions without much issue.

If the iPhone 5 does feature an edge-to-edge display, it would be one of the most significant design changes yet.

[9to5 Mac]

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Code Buried in iOS 4.3 Reveals iPhone 5 Will Have Dual Core A5 Processor

posted by Trey Trawick on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 4:34 pm.

Code found within the recently released iOS 4.3 suggest that the next generation iPhone will have the same dual core A5 processor as the iPad 2. 4.3 references a device with the model number “N94AP”, which is rumored to be the iPhone 5. The kernel for N94AP contains the model number “S5L8940?, which is same model number as the iPad 2's A5 processor. It’s not definitive proof, but it is very compelling.

The iPhone 5 *might* get the A5? No, it will get the A5.

@EmilyCaffrey it does. its kernel is even in the iPad 2 4.3 firmwares (Apple’s build system accidently left it in since they all have A5).

Other than battery life, there is little reason for Apple to not upgrade, and if they want the iPhone 5 to stay competitive against its Android rivals (which are rapidly gaining marketshare), Apple needs to cram in all the features that will fit.

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