Okay, we all know the next iPhone is going to be announced in a little under three hours… but which one? The iPhone 4S or the iPhone 5?
Claiming they have been “briefed” on today’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event by “sources familiar with Apple’s plans, the guys over at The Next Web say they’ve confirmed the iPhone 4S, which will have the same form factor, an A5 processor, 1GB of RAM, an 8 megapixel camera with “improved optics” and more. Don’t expect the iPhone 5.
The Next Web reports:
Sources familiar with Apple’s plans have revealed to us that Apple will indeed debut the new iPhone 4S today, featuring an 8-megapixel camera with “enhanced optics” and “more definitive GPS features” thanks to Apple’s new A5 processor.
Our sources tell us the iPhone 4S “is much more powerful than an iPhone 4″ and “feels like the high-end device”, all but confirming that the device will feature Apple’s new A5 processor and include 1GB RAM, as tipped in previous reports, noting that the device will retain the same dimensions and design as the iPhone 4.
The 8-megapixel camera will output photos with a 3264 × 2448 resolution, the same resolution of a photo posted by an Apple employee a number of weeks ago. The 8-megapixel camera also lines up with Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s accidental confirmation that the Japanese electronic giant was to supply an eight-megapixel camera for Apple’s next-generation iPhone.
We were also told that the iPhone 5, which is rumoured to sport a teardrop design and aluminium unibody, is merely an Apple prototype for a future iPhone 5 “which won’t be available any time soon”, as the “iPhone 4S will have the same dimensions”.
This isn’t really anything new. At this point, you’ve really got to be toking hard to think the iPhone 5 is coming, when there’s no evidence for the iPhone 4S. Still, consider this the penultimate word on the subject: Apple is not going to release a radically redesigned iPhone this year.
