Breaking: Apple confirms iPhone 5 in launch event invite

The above image is from the invitation that Apple sent some members of the press earlier today which confirms the long-rumoured September 12 iPhone launch event. The number 5 which shows up as a shadow seems to point that they will indeed call it the iPhone 5. The launch will be held in San Francisco at the Yerba Buena Centre for the Arts on next Wednesday. Note that the 2012 iPhone is really the 6th generation of the device since it launched in 2007. Counting the iPhone, the iPhone 3G, the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S.  We will cover the event live as it happens in San Francisco next week.

Video: Next iPhone rendered in 3D by iLab based on leaks

We've been seeing numerous purported iPhone part leaks and case designs. While Apple has not even announced when it will launch the sixth version of its smartphone, companies like iLab which deals in parts and repair feel convinced that the next iPhone will look like the above 3D rendering.

iLab has also decided to show the thinness of the device by placing it next to a Samsung Galaxy SIII model. No other product gets this much attention based on part leaks and speculation even before it is officially announced. We can expect demand for the next iPhone to be off the charts.

Source: iLab via CNET

"Next iPhone" made from purported spare parts emerges

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It is inevitable that the surging interest and demand for Apple's next iPhone is reaching peak levels. Now that most of the competition have released their flagship smartphone products for the year, the public at large is hungry for the next game changing iPhone.

Chinese parts supplier iLab Factory put together a non-working device from various spare parts. These parts have been seen before in other leaks but never as an assembled device (again, without any working components). 

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The Apple Beat: iPhone Media Event Predictions

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Next week is expected to be an exciting one for Apple as they prepare to make some significant announcemnents. The big reveal will of course be iPhone related but since Apple's is slated to unveil the iCloud service, there's a good chance we'll be seeing some new iPods as well as saying goodbye to some iconic products.

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