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iPhone 5 Will Only Be a Spec Bump, New Design Coming in 2012?

Posted April 18, 2011 at 11:22am by iClarified · 18231 views
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo with Concord Securities has issued an investor note predicting that the iPhone 5 will only offer minor improvements on the iPhone 4 but Apple has a new design planned for the 2012 iPhone.

According to AppleInsider, Kuo has heard that the iPhone 5 will include the faster A5 processor already found in the iPad 2, as well as a higher resolution 8 megapixel rear camera. He has also been told that Apple will switch to a Qualcomm baseband for both GSM and CDMA models, along with an improved antenna design.

Kuo has heard that the iPhone 5 will begin trial production in August and mass production in September.

As for the iPhone 6, Kuo has heard that Apple is planning a new design with greatly improved hardware specifications. His sources say that this device could go on sale in the first half of 2012 due to "fierce competition" with Android.

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