Today at an undisclosed location in Berlin, Germany, Mobile Nations' own Alex Dobie and Richard Devine got to see a near-final dummy unit for Apple's next iPhone (iPhone 5,1). Here's their report:
While the unit we saw was non-functional, we can confirm several aspects of the product's design, as well as how iOS 6 will look on Apple's next flagship smartphone.
Many of these are details we've previously reported from other sources, however today we can confirm them following hands-on time with the unit.
The iPhone 5 is approximately as wide as the current 4S, only taller, and sporting a widescreen display. There's a smaller home button underneath, and the Home screen now sports five rows of icons on account of the extra real estate. As iMore reported earlier, there's a new, smaller Dock connector down below, in addition to a 3.5mm headphone jack. The bottom face of the design is peppered with a large speaker grille, alongside those other components. Around the back, there's a brushed metal rear panel decorated with a shiny Apple logo.
Essentially, it looks like every leak we've seen over the past several months. The pictures we've seen from factory leaks and other sources are an almost exact match for the device we saw today.
While nothing with Apple is ever truly final until it's held up on stage, it does indeed look like we're in for a widescreen iPhone with a new dock connector and a redesigned chassis in just a few weeks.
As iMore first reported, we're expecting a Sept. 12 announcement and a launch in the first wave of countries by September 21, with the second wave to follow on or about October 5.
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