The iPhone 6 News Blog

Searching for news and rumors about the iPhone 6? It’s doubtful that we’ll see it announced today at the WWDC, but you never know what Apple has in store for us. Be sure to follow the iPhone 5 News Blog’s live coverage as Sam Levin of AppMinute liveblogs the event!

You might not know it, but the iPhone 5 News Blog — the parent website to this one — was the first blog of its kind to cover the rumors surrounding the iPhone 5. I started it on August 10th, 2010, not long after the iPhone 4 had been released. Since that time, the blog has gone on to have almost 11 million visits, with its articles being syndicated by Google News, The Drudge Report, Huffington Post, and more. Not bad for a little blog!

I started the iPhone 6 News Blog and iOS 6 News Blog last year so that we could track the rumors surrounding these other highly anticipated Apple releases. I hope you have managed to explore all three tech blogs, as my team and I really try to keep them updated with the latest news, rumors, and opinion.

Today, I’m excited to announce that the iPhone 5 News Blog will be liveblogging the WWDC. Sam Levin, host of AppMinute, will be covering the event from the inside and doing real-time updates on the blog. It remains to be seen if we’ll see any new hardware, aside from the new MacBooks, but we’ll be on the scene!

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Slow to begin building their own 4G LTE network, T-Mobile won’t be getting the iPhone 5 this year, but the iPhone 6 is a definite possibility.

There is consensus in the tech community that the next iPhone will be the first 4G LTE smartphone that Apple has ever created. Unfortunately for T-Mobile, it seems unlikely that they will be one of the U.S. carriers selling it.

News today broke that T-Mobile is finally beginning to build its 4G LTE network in the United States. While this may seem like good news to T-Mobile customers, it comes at the expense of the nation’s fourth-largest mobile carrier failing to get their LTE network up in time to sell this year’s iPhone 5. According to Geek.com: “T-Mobile will invest $4 billion into the deployment. The $3 billion breakup fee (plus much more in assets) that it received from AT&T is likely sparking the move. T-Mobile has struggled to keep up the other three US carriers. In terms of subscribers, it’s the number four US carrier, after Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint (in descending order).”

If 4G LTE is to be a defining feature of the iPhone 5 this year, it goes without saying that T-Mobile will not be considered as a viable iPhone reseller in the United States until their 4G network is fully operational. It might be possible to imagine them selling the iPhone 4 and 4S, but given the immense excitement surrounding the iPhone 5 this year, it is hard to imagine how selling what will be outdated and very outdated iPhones would constitute any kind of market advantage for T-Mobile.

The iPhone 6, however, is another issue entirely.

By the time the iPhone 6 is released, it will at the very least be Apple’s second foray into 4G. In fact, should Apple decide to release an iPhone 5S between the iPhone and iPhone 6, the iPhone 6 could turn out to be the third 4G iteration for Apple — and its release could be as far off as 2014. This would give T-Mobile plenty of time to implement a solid 4G LTE networks, and perhaps avoid having to iron out the many technical bugs that AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint may have to contend with in 2012, one the new (and first) LTE iPhone is released.

 By Michael Nace

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Rumored features for the iPhone 6 will remain fuzzy until the next iPhone is released. But WSJ.com already foresees inductive charging on an iPhone 6 in 2012.

While WSJ.com has led the charge in breaking reliable information about the iPhone 5, it would seem that they now have some better insight into one of the big, bold features that awaits the iPhone 6 in 2012. According to a new report on WSJ.com, tech writers Lorraine Luk and Yukari Iwatani Kane claim that inside sources at Apple are close to developing wireless inductive charging for the iPhone 6 that, together with OTA updates and synching, could make that device completely wireless. Luk and Kane report that: “People briefed on Apple’s plans said the company is planning a major iPhone revamp then, with one person saying the company has been experimenting with features such as a new way of charging the phone.”

The obvious conclusion here is that Apple is perfecting wireless “inductive” charging for the iPhone 6, which will allow Apple to unveil an industry-first in 2012 with a completely wireless iPhone 6. Read More

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From PatentlyApple.com

While the iPhone 5 rumor mill has had its fair share of purported features for the 2011 iPhone, few of the features have been what onlookers would call “novel.” In many ways, wanted features for the iPhone 5 such as NFC, an 8-megapixel camera, voice recognition, and a larger screen already exist in the smartphone marketplace on Android phones. As a result, an underlying current of discontentment and concern continues to rise among iPhone users who feel as though the iPhone 5 could end up being just a “catch-up” device to Android.

Today, however, a new report emerged that suggests the iPhone 5 could indeed include a novel, new feature: a projector. While some Android phones have dabbled in this idea, none have successfully installed an onboard projector for displaying video, photos, and the screen onto any flat surface.
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A faster, more powerful A6 chip will give the iPhone 6 the ability to run exciting new features, like 4G and 3D displays, all while producing less heat than the current A5 chip.

Just as Apple’s A5 chip has come to reign supreme in the smartphone and tablet market in 2011, reports today indicate that the A6 chip is now being tested, and promises to power the iPhone 6 with enough low-heat processing power to enable groundbreaking new smartphone features in 2012. The first report came from Reuters, which stated that “Taiwan’s TSMC has started trial manufacturing of next generation A6 chips for Apple Inc , a source familiar with the matter said.”
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iPad 2 users are raving about the speed and agility of the A5 chip, and iPhone users are excited about the prospects of an A5-equipped iPhone 5. But new rumors suggest that a bigger, better A6 chip is coming to the iPhone 6 in 2012.

Apple has been diligent in continuing to beef up its mobile processing power, rolling out the famed A5 chip in 2011, debuting on the iPad 2. Given the impressive performance of the iPad 2 to date, iPhone users are excited to experience the A5 chip, together with iOS 5, in the new iPhone 5, which is rumored to debut in the Fall of 2011. Read More

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Looking for news about the iPhone 6? Wow — you’re really ahead of the curve, aren’t you? Well, the good news is that we’re as excited about the iPhone 6 as you are. In fact, we at the iPhone 6 News Blog registered before any other niche tech website out there, making us the first blog to exclusively covers the new, rumors, and opinions surrounding the iPhone 6!

To be sure, other top tech websites and blogs will cover the iPhone 6 news and rumors as well. But all of those tech websites are simply re-active. We at the iPhone 6 News Blog take a pro-active approach to covering the next-generation iPhone 6.
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