Category Archives: iPhone 5
New Patent Suggests Apple Working on 3D iPhone Tech [video]
We love us some patents here at RedmondPie, and Apple is one company that just likes to apply for patents as if the fate of the world depended on it.
Of course, this being Apple, their patent applications tend to get picked up by the technology press and then picked apart in the hope we find a future product or service hidden in there somewhere!
Today is one day when such a patent has reared its head, and this one appears to pertain to a spot of 3D technology, something that Apple has yet to bring to any of its devices, be they iOS or Mac.
AT&T Doubling Upgrade Fee to $36 From Feb 12th
If you’re planning to upgrade to iPhone 5 / iPhone 6 (depending on what Apple decides to call their next generation iPhone) then it has just got a little bit more expensive.
BGR reports that AT&T is increasing the upgrade fee charged when customers upgrade to a new handset on contract from $18 to $36.
The new upgrade fee goes into effect from Sunday, February 12th. BGR reported earlier:
Macroscalar Processors: The Next Big Thing in iOS Devices?
Apple’s, nearly 1000 member strong, in-house processor design team is really working hard on speeding up Macs and iOS devices.
Patently Apple reports that Apple filed a trademark application for the term “Macroscalar” in the US and Hong Kong. The term concerns microprocessors found on computers, more specifically, it refers to a type of architecture for processors that Apple is developing.
Apple, as MacRumors points out, typically gets their trademarks first registered in countries like Trinidad and Tobago, and only after it releases a product does it apply for trademarks in countries like the US. And indeed, a trademark application for the term “Macroscalar” was filed in Trinidad and Tobago August last year.
Next iPhone and Galaxy S III To Retail With Liquipel Waterproofing Technology [REPORT]
A short while back, we tracked the progress of Liquipel, a company which has produced an almostmystical, invisible formula enabling the waterproofing of our treasured, fragile gadgets.
The coating, which looked simple enough to apply in the demonstration videos, then showed an iPhone 4S playing back video and running App Store games whilst submerged in a couple of inches of water.
Having apparently liaised with Samsung and Apple, Liquipel has now rumored to have struck a deal which would apply the apparently magic solution at manufacturing level to the respective companies’ upcoming devices.
Apple To Launch iPhone 5 At WWDC This June, Says Analyst
Apple decided, that in 2011, it would break the regular launch pattern for the iPhone and deviate from the traditional June unveiling.
The company took to the stage in October instead during the “Let’s talk iPhone” event to announce the details and release date for the current iPhone 4S.
Even though the 4S has only been with us for just over three months, people are starting to speculate and anticipate when we will see the announcement of the iPhone 5.
Foxconn stock climbs on Apple projections
This just in from the “not surprising since a rising tide lifts all boats” department — stock in Apple’s primary manufacturing partner, Foxconn, climbed to a recent high on speculation that Apple might be using metal casings for the next-generation iPhone.
The speculation is in line with what Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty noted last month. Huberty believes that Apple is moving away from the glass casing used on the iPhone 4 and 4S and moving to a metal casing instead. Foxconn spokesman Cheng-Kuang Liu, of course, wisely declined to comment about the rumors.
