In October, everyone expected Apple to launch the iPhone 5, not just the iPhone 4S, which was basically an upgraded version of the pre-existing handset in the market. Naturally, when that didn’t happen, there was mass disappointment. But now, a series of new rumours from different sources seem to be confirming the existence of the fabled iPhone 5, and that the late Steve Jobs – Apple’s CEO at the time – scrapped it because it had a larger screen, fragmenting the iPhone eco-system.
Apple-centric blog iLounge’s editor wrote a few days ago that his sources have confirmed that the next-generation iPhone will have a larger 4-inch screen and be 8-mm longer, along with sporting an aluminium casing. The device is apparently still in the engineering stage.
Earlier this month, Business Insider also ran an article after talking to a source who apparently spent two weeks with the device in its prototype stage, before it was scrapped. He too had said the iPhone 5 came with a 4-inch screen and aluminium casing, along with leaking some other juicy tidbits.
It was also reported that the iPhone 5 was much thinner and would have ‘liquid metal’ technology like that available in the iPods, and thus be available in a wide range of colours. Also, it apparently had a touch-sensitive home button to replace the current physical one.
Based on all these rumours, the guys at design firm ADR Studio put together a few rough mock-ups of the purported iPhone 5 – complete with a video – calling it “an evolution rather than a revolution”.
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