Apple iPhone 5 - two stunning designs

Two independent designers take a stab at what they think the future iPhone 5 will look like and come up with two very different yet stunning designs. Here they are...

Antoine Brieux's design concept is a complete departure from the all-too-familiar Apple look.

Antoine Brieux's iPhone 5 design

[@ Gizmodo]



In contrast Michal Bonikowski's design builds on top of the existing and proven iPhone 4 and iPad 2 chasis.

Michal Bonikowski's iPhone 5 design

[@ Yanko Design]

Apple iPad 3 rumors

Apple iPad 3 concept

While iPad 2 is still a precious commodity today with Apple Store citing 1-2 weeks delivery time iPad 3 rumors already started to germinate. Some early reports indicate that Samsung is designing a new 2Ghz dual-core mobile processor to be used in mobile devices that has processing capacity of a regular PC. Since Apple uses Samsung components for its mobile devices and existing A4 and A5 chips are both made by Samsung it is likely that Apple will drop the new faster processor into the iPad 3 when it is released next year. There are also some speculations circulating that suggest iPad 2 was a mere speed bump-up while the iPad 3 is going to be the real deal. Only time will tell whether any of this is true.

Rumored iPad 3 features at a glance:
- an even faster 2Ghz dual-core processor from Samsung
- double-resolution 2048×1536 screen
- release in 2012
- 3D capabilities

Apple iPhone 5 feature summary infographic

Check out this rad info-graphic detailing possible iPhone 5 features and the likelihood of their appearance in the Apple's next highly anticipated headset...

Image courtesy of www.nowhereelse.fr


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What iPhone 5 might look like...

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The latest iPhone 5 rumors have it that Apple is giving up on the glass backing and external antennae(both of which have been plagued with trouble - from cracking glass to weakened reception) in favor of a rounded aluminum backing. If any of this is true than we should see something that looks more like the iPad 2 backing when the next generation iPhone hits store shelves this summer. [BusinessInsider]

Shortly after the iOS 4.3 release code junkies around the world that get real kicks combing through lines of random code have discovered snippets that evidently point to the highly anticipated iPhone 5 (code named N94AP) and it is listed as having the same S5L8940, dual-core, A5 processor as the iPad 2. While this is not a new rumor it is however new evidence that supports the claims of iPhone 5 having a new dual-core A5 processor. It only makes sense that Apple would use its new A5 processor in iPad 2 and iPhone 5 considering they used a single-core A4 processor with the iPad and iPhone 4. [BGR]

iOS 5 unlock screen teaser pic

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Apple iPhone 5 prototype features

There are a lot of iPhone 5 rumors floating out there. Some of them suggest another complete re-design from the ground up and a significant hardware upgrade all around. We can only hope those rumors are true. Below is a compilation of the iPhone 5 rumors we think are likely to meet the Apple's next generation handset. Also enjoy a few teaser pics. [Engadget]

Apple iPhone Pro prototype

- Release date around June or July
- New better antenna design
- Apple's AirPlay technology to share content between different screens
- Apple's new A5 dual-core processor (based on Cortex A9 design)
- New SGX543MP2 dual-core graphics chip (offers about four times the processing power at the same clock speed as compared to the current SGX535 chip)
- New graphics supports OpenCL (used to offload general purpose computing tasks to the GPU)
- New Qualcomm mobile chipset (supports three networks: CDMA, GSM and UMTS)
- Available on both AT&T and Verizon networks
- Likely to see a bump up in memory
- Even more storage
- Small increase in screen size (3.7-inch instead of 3.5)
- Upgraded 8-megapixel 1080p video recording cameras (to compliment the newly upgraded graphics processor)
- Possibly 4G capable
- HDMI-out (to TV)
- Near-Field Communication(NFC) technology would turn iPhone into a proximity credit card - just wave it over a terminal
- Ability to watch live over-the-air digital TV
- An integrated pico projector (for sharing small screen with others)
- Conceivably increased battery life

Apple iPhone 5 prototype edgy unibody

Apple iPhone 5 prototype slim

Apple iPhone 5 prototype blacked-out

Apple iPhone 5 Near Field Communication (NFC) diagram

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2nd generation Apple iPad 2 rumors

iPad 2 rumors started spreading almost as soon as the first iPad hit the store shelves. Some seem preposterous while others appear to be more likely to wind up in the next gen iPad.

Here are some of the rumored features we think are more likely to appear on the 2nd gen iPad:

- same 9.7 inch display size
- slightly slimmer screen bezel (3mm)
- flat back covering instead of a slightly rounded as on the 1st gen
- front and rear facing dual cameras for Face Time video chat
- a bit slimmer case than the original
- new super high-resolution display technology (alike iPhone 4's Retina Display)
- built-in dedicated SD slot
- multi-axis gyroscope
- a dual Qualcomm GSM/CDMA chipset (enabling data support for other carriers like Verizon)
- a larger, wide-ranged speaker protected by metal mesh
- 3 different versions of iPad that support Wi-Fi, UMTS and CDMA
- new faster A5 processor (similar to ARM Cortex A9 - 1GHz dual-core processor)
- more memory (at least 512MB)
- will likely release in Spring 2011 (around April)

iPad 2 - cases

iPad 2 - larger, wide-range speaker covered with metal mesh