Battle of the Big Screens: iPhone 5 Versus 4.5″ Screen for Motorola Droid Bionic in September

A mock-up of Motorola's Droid Bionic, complete with 4.5" screen.The iPhone 5 isn’t the only smartphone slated for a September release that is due for a screen upgrade. New rumors suggest that Motorola’s Droid Bionic will be released in September as well, and sport a whopping 4.5″ screen. Will Apple answer with a big, new screen of its own for the iPhone 5? iPhone users who have been handicapping...

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Will That Be iPhone, Android, or BlackBerry? Your Preference Could Be Influenced By Where You Live And Your Age

A point that’s puzzled me a bit since I started writing for The iPhone 5 News Blog is that while Android-based handsets get frequent mention as a potential alternative choice to an iPhone, the original smartphone — Research In Motion’s BlackBerry — is rarely ever mentioned at all. RIM is a Canadian company based in Waterloo, Ontario, and also a major employer in my home province of Nova Scotia,...

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A New Take On the iPhone 5′s Specs and Form Factor

Justin Quinn's rendering of the iPhone 5, based on what has been rumored in the media.In the world of media, few other stories carry as much buzz and intrigue as that of the iPhone 5. Even in the past few weeks, as a looming debt crisis dominated the news, rumors of the iPhone 5′s form factor and release date managed to remains as fresh and fluid as ever, shrugging off any fears of future economic...

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“Mystery Man” Sends Purported “4G” iPhone 5 Photo to the iPhone 5 News Blog

A "mystery man" sent this photo to the iPhone 5 News Blog, claiming it to be an early 4G iPhone 5 prototype.As a rule, the iPhone 5 News Blog casts a cynical eye at all purportedly leaked photos of iPhone 5 components, prototypes, and cases, for the simple reason that, in lieu of an intoxicated Apple engineer leaving a prototype in a bar, Cupertino’s Worldwide Loyalty Team does a pretty crackerjack...

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More iPhone 5 Case Sightings, and What You Need To Know About iPhone Case Designers

More photos of purported iPhone 5 cases are surfacing today, begging the question of whether or not Chinese staffers at Apple’s components facilities are leaking tech specs. But while some of these cases may be mere fabrications, others might actually be rolling the dice. It would seem that, for the remainder of time that exists between now and the day that Steve Jobs walks out onto a stage with...

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Laughable: Purported Spy Photos of iPhone 5, “Other” iPhone Prove Nothing

The sleazebags who fuel the iPhone 5 rumor will stop at nothing to create news out of thin air. The so-called “confirmed” sightings of two iPhone devices being manufactured in China confirm only one thing: some people have no shame. Today, new purported “spy” photos have surfaced from one of Apple’s China components suppliers that allegedly prove two things: that the next iPhone will indeed be...

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Apple’s iPhone 5 Design Challenge – Samsung’s Galaxy S II Raises The Bar As The Android To Beat

As we noted here yesterday, Apple’s iPhone 4, getting long in the tooth as it is, remains the best-selling handset, representing in Q2 2011 a solid 2/3 of all smartphone activations, while Android smartphones represented 1/3 of activations. However, Apple can’t continue to rest on its laurels, and Samsung, with which Apple has a “complicated” relationship to say the least, has just raised the...

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AT&T Earnings Indicate Outdated iPhone Models Dominating Newer Android Smartphones

As the iPhone 4 is due to be put into mothballs, many smartphone users see it as nothing more than a rusting legacy device compared to the throngs of newer, bolder Android gadgets. And yet, AT&T’s earnings show that the iPhone 4 has catapulted Apple into near smartphone dominance. The iPhone 4 is well over a year old. In smartphone years, that’s like being a senior citizen, thanks to the...

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