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zooon bo? http://www.todayonline.com/TechandDigital/...-March--Sources 02:08 PM Dec 01, 2011 LONDON - New, larger screens have begun to ship for use in Apple's iPhone 5, respected sources have reported. The decision to use a larger screen for the new iPhone would put the Apple device in line with the majority of top Google Android phones. A 4-inch LCD panel would be an increase of 0.5 inches on the current iPhone 4S, and compare more favourably with top-selling devices such as the 4.2-inch Samsung Galaxy SII and the Motorola Razr's 4.3-inch screen. The change would also be in line with reports that Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was working on a "radical redesign" of the iPhone up until very shortly before his death earlier this year. Japanese blog, Macotakara claim that Hitachi Displays and Sony Mobile Display Corporation have begun to ship the displays for a "new iOS device". Both companies are also known to be working on screens for the iPad 3. Conflicting rumours, however, have suggested that the iPhone 5 may adopt either a new, teardrop shape or simply be an enlarged iPhone 4S. iLounge, a respected Apple blog, claims the new model will be 8mm longer and use an aluminium metal case, citing rumours from Taiwan IT news site Digitimes. When users will find out for certain is also subject to debate; a March launch has been suggested for the iPhone by a number of blogs, who have also suggested it for the iPad 3. Hexus, a tech review site, however, has claimed that Apple could make a rare announcement at February's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The latest iOS software contains references to a new iPad, iPhone and Apple TV. Previous rumours had suggested that the launch of the iPhone 4S was originally planned to be for the more comprehensively redesigned product iPhone 5. Floods and other events disrupting the supply chain, however, may have been behind Apple's decision to launch the upgraded 4S, but upgrade patterns for the original iPhone have adopted a similarly incemental cycle. THE DAILY TELEGRAPH

They sure beat Apple to the launches of new phone ...... Yahoo News : Apple copycat 'hiPhone 5' comes calling in China SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The newest version of Apple Inc's popular iPhone has already hit the Chinese market -- the fake market that is. The 'hiPhone 5' is selling for as little as 200 yuan ($31) on China's top e-commerce platform Taobao, which is owned by Alibaba Group. But one has to pay around 800 yuan for a more "genuine" one, according to some shop clerks at a mobile phone market in Shanghai. "Look at this. It's not the same as the 300-400 yuan ones," Shanghai-based daily Metro Express quoted a clerk as saying, pointing to one originally priced at 850 yuan. The 'hiPhone 5' is based on leaked images of the yet-to-be-launched iPhone 5 and is thinner and with less rounded edges than the existing iPhone 4, according to the newspaper. However, it is extremely light, almost like a plastic toy, like most pirated mobile phones, it said. Apple, which is expected to roll out the latest version of the iPhone 5 smartphone within a few months, sold a record 20.34 million iPhones during the last quarter, even though its newest model is over a year old. ($1 = 6.431 Chinese Yuan) No wonder US coming to deep recession .....