iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 22
With the advent of summer, the iOSsphere is heating up, through recirculating tried and probably-not-true rumors about iPhone 5. The good thing about Apple shifting iPhone announcements to the Fall, is it gives us a new summer entertainment option.
iPHONEYS: The iPhone 5 edition
This week: the rumored “mini” dock port is confirmed, by more rumors; the dimensions of iPhone 5 are laid bare by anonymous images from anonymous tipsters; Liquidmetal is back in the picture; and hundreds of millions of Chinese love the idea of a 3G iPhone.
You read it here second.
“The photos were sent over to us from an anonymous source that claims to be an employee of a ‘known’ 3rd party [iPhone] case company.”
~ anonymous poster at PCTabletCase.com, showing there is no discernible difference in the iOSsphere’s treatment of openly faked iPhone 5 concept art and unopenly faked rumors.
iPhone 5 will replace the 30-pin connector with a smaller 19-pin connector, fur shur
This rumor about a new “mini” port has been around for at least a year. What’s new is that TechCrunch’s John Biggs claims that it is now “confirmed.”
“TechCrunch has independently verified that Apple is working on adding a 19-pin port, replacing the current 30-pin port, to the new iPhone,” Biggs writes. “The new port…is similar in size to the Thunderbolt port available on many MacBook devices but I’ve been told by three independent manufacturers that the pin-out will be different.”
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The 30-pin port has been Apple’s standard since the company released the third generation iPod, according to Biggs. “The connectors offered structural stability when connecting to most accessories but it’s clear – especially with the introduction of the MagSafe 2 port [announced for the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with Retina Display] – Apple is more concerned with space savings inside each device,” Biggs writes.
And what a surprise that is.
“It is a move that will surely send shocks through the iPhone accessory ecosystem,” Biggs opines.
It certainly sent shock waves through his readers, as the comments to his post reveal.
“Top commenter” Scott Ableman was resentful. “Ugh. A reminder of one of the many reasons I resent Apple. Every other phone manufacturer decided back in 2008 to conform to the MicroUSB standard, and that’s been wonderful, but Apple wants people to feel they have to buy proprietary accessories from them. Don’t get me wrong. I respect them as marketers and profiteers. I just hate their contempt for me as a customer.”
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The rest is here: iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending June 22
