According to lots of people who know lots of other people who know an "Apple Insider", this is what the handset is probably going to look like;
So it's a little bit thinner, a little bit longer, the front facing camera is in a different place, the headphone jack has been moved to the bottom, and it also has that new smaller dock connector that everyone is so up in arms about. Of course, these images could be a complete hoax, but at the moment, they are all anyone has to go on.
If these do prove to be accurate, then I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. It certainly ticks all of Apples boxes of changing a little as opposed to a lot. Given that you can get a new Android handset every other week though, I am starting to think that this is a good thing.
Of course, iOS 6 will debut with this handset as well, so we can all look forward to some shiny new software features to go with our shiny new handsets. To find out for sure though, we'll just have to wait until Tim Cook takes to the stage on September 12th.
Will there be an iPad Mini too?
Those lovely "Apple Insiders" have also been telling us for a while to expect a 7 inch iPad (or iPad Mini) before this year is done. This would be in direct response to the success of the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Asus Google Nexus 7.
The original plan was apparently to introduce the smaller version of their hugely successful tablet at the same event on September 12th. However, it is now widely believed that the iPad Mini will get its own dedicated event about one month later. This is because Apple consider the new iPhone to be so important that they don't want it to share the spotlight with anything else.
Once again, we will just have to wait and see. I believe a smaller iPad will appear before the year is out though, and providing the price is right, I think it will sweep aside the competition with ease.
Stay tuned folks!
Peter
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