We love a good iPhone 5 rumour as much as the next tech site, but this latest is one we're not at all convinced about.
A spurious photo of an iPhone 5 'digitizer' (front casing) has been unearthed by a Chinese reseller, suggesting that the next Apple handset will feature an edge-to-edge display.
This would increase the screen size by eating into the bezel, without increasing the physical size of the handset.
Rumour mongers
Apple could very well be working on such a thing, but there's something a bit off about this image.
Not only do some of the lines look wonky – how un-Apple – this image would be so easy to whip up in Photoshop and print out on acetate.
One digital photo later and you've got yourself a ready-made Apple iPhone 5 rumour – and all the lovely traffic that such a thing can bring.
So, while we fully accept that the iPhone 5 could feature a larger screen and smaller bezel, there is nothing to indicate that this is a real Apple design.
We're sorry to disappoint the home-button lovers, but we heartily recommend you don't take this photo as confirmation of the key's continuing existence.
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duskrider
March 2nd 2011
4. "We love a good iPhone 5 rumour as much as the next tech site, but this latest is one we're not at all convinced about."
So, let me get this straight: You're writing an article about a rumour that you don't believe is right. Wow. I don't want to get into personal attacks here, but are all of you 'journalists' turning into airheads?
Tech sites these days are starting to make the Enquirer look compelling. I think TR is no longer going to be my first stop each day, and maybe not even daily at all anymore. Substance is gone. You are spending way too much time appealing to the ADD generation and have completely forgotten about IT pros and real technically minded people. TR is no longer special but is just becoming a vapid, shallow site for quick glances at the news. There are so few in-depth, "investigative reporting" type articles anymore and that's quite sad.
I could not come here for a week, then spend 10 minutes here and I bet I would be up to speed.
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windymiller
February 28th 2011
3. @ wrongd0g
Go away si_smith.
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backstroker
February 28th 2011
2. A shortage of journalistic GOTY, perhaps?
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wrongd0g
February 28th 2011
1. Oh don't we just love the double standards reporting here.
Today we have a story about a iPhone digitizer thats likely faked.
Last week we had an unsubstantiated claim that hackers could ban other PS3 gamers.
A few weeks before that, stories about PS3 firmware containing a backdoor, IRC chat logs cited at the source of this story.
Whatever happened to reporting NEWS?
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