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Sketchy Report Claims iPhone 5S Delayed Until Late 2013 Over Switch to 4.3-Inch Display

Wednesday July 17, 2013 6:51 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Bloomberg highlights a new report from Taiwan's Commercial Times claiming that Apple may be pushing back the launch of the iPhone 5S to the end of this year in order to increase the size of the device's display from the current 4 inches to 4.3 inches.
Apple Inc. (AAPL) may delay the introduction of the iPhone 5S until the end of the year after the design was changed to feature a bigger 4.3-inch retina display screen, the Commercial Times reported.

The company previously scheduled the release for September or October, the Taiwanese newspaper reported, citing unidentified people in the semiconductor industry. Takashi Takebayashi, a spokesman for Apple in Tokyo, wasn’t immediately available to comment to Bloomberg News.
The claim is highly unlikely to be true, as Apple undoubtedly finalized the designed of the iPhone 5S months ago and the company will reportedly begin mass production later this month. Regardless, the fact that the report was picked up by Bloomberg is giving it wide visibility.

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A number of reports have also indicated that the iPhone 5S will look largely identical to the iPhone 5, as seen in a prototype device manufactured last December. Photos of display assemblies claimed to be for the iPhone 5S have also surfaced, with those parts appearing nearly identical to the corresponding iPhone 5 parts with the exception of a change in orientation of the flex cable connectors that is compatible with the logic board layout from the prototype iPhone 5S.

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bbplayer5
75 months ago
Doubt it. But it would be the only way Id buy it.
Rating: 36 Votes
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foodog
75 months ago
I'm calling shenanigans.
Rating: 22 Votes
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Rocketman
75 months ago
Now that the 5S and plastic iPhone are in various stages of production, the prototypes of the next gen are starting to confuse the supply chain watchers.

Rocketman

cite:

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/22/apple-testing-screens-for-a-larger-iphone-and-a-13-inch-ipad/
Rating: 13 Votes
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keysofanxiety
75 months ago

I think 4" is just the right size for me.


Unfortunately, that's not what she said. :(
Rating: 13 Votes
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MacFather
75 months ago
Tim Cook is another John Sculley.
Rating: 10 Votes
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GoCubsGo
75 months ago
I read this early this morning. Like the fingerprint scanner, I feel as though it is stupid to cite delays in manufacturing because of a feature on a phone that hasn't even been announced. Anyone can say the phone may be delayed for any reason, such as, the pink elephants and unicorns aren't sitting still enough to take a photo of them to create the stock iPhone 5S wallpaper image.

I mean really.
Rating: 9 Votes
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Gabe242
75 months ago
Bull. No way they are gonna redesign completely in one year.
Rating: 8 Votes
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Carniphage
75 months ago
Bloomberg..

..The National Enquirer of tech news.
Rating: 7 Votes
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italynlprkn
75 months ago

Tell me you're not falling for what is easily manipulated in Photoshop or just changing the location and angle of the other phone.

Tell me you're not taking my comment seriously.
Rating: 7 Votes
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ChrisTX
75 months ago
Apple isn't likely to do this until next years iPhone, but it would be a welcome change if they did.:cool:
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