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Latests Rumors: iPhone 5 will sport 4.0 inch screen, 7,4 m.m thick, and new deck connector.
A new report from iLounge editor-in-chief Jeremy Horwitz alludes to a thinner, longer version of the next iPhone that uses a 4.0-inch screen.
While attempting to keep the phone the same width as the current iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, the new iPhone design increases the height of the smartphone and alters the aspect ratio to a widescreen format with the 4.0-inch screen. Horwitz indicates that rear casing of the new iPhone will be metal rather than glass and completely flat rather than use a curved body style.
Keeping the front body design identical to the glass on the iPhone 4 and 4S, the new iPhone is approximately 20 percent thinner than the previous version. Specifically, the iPhone 4S is 9.3mm thick and the new iPhone would be 7.4mm thick.
According to Horwitz, this will be accomplished by using Gorilla Glass 2 on the new phone. The new version of Gorilla Glass can be manufactured thinner than the Gorilla Glass found on the iPhone 4S, but at the same strength as the current iPhone. Gorilla Glass is widely used by many smartphone manufacturers including LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung and HTC.
According to 9to5Mac, iLounge’s reputation for predicting future iterations of Apple products have been fairly accurate and stem from “multiple sources inside the case-making industry due to its CES iLounge affiliations.” Beyond the alteration in screen size and thickness, Horwitz claims that the dock on the bottom of the phone will change from the familiar 30-pin dock connector to a smaller size.
This new dock connector potentially has as little as 16 pins and would be rolled out on all new iOS devices including the next iPad and the next iPod Touch. However, this will require the consumer electronics industry to manufacture brand new iPhone-compatible devices that utilize the new dock unless a dock adapter is released.
Steve Jobs used the keynote at WWDC 201o to announced the launch of the iPhone 4, so it’s possible that Apple could repeat this process at WWDC 2012, for the iPhone 5.
