Apple is set to hold an iPhone event on Tuesday October 4th, but this weekend Cincinnati Bell, a small regional carrier in Ohio, let slip some interesting information about the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S.
These images come via TUAW, and show placeholders for the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4S. These screenshots do not show images of either device, but offer a look at the possible specs for Apple’s new iPhone.
Before you get too excited, these could just be placeholders put up by an expecting carrier — but even that is a telling sign. Just yesterday, we saw the Sprint iPhone 5 show up in Radio Shack’s inventory system.
You see, these screenshots appeared on the pre-paid pages of Cincinnati Bell. This is the first time we have heard about this carrier getting the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S.
(Read: iPhone 5 Survey Results: Inside iPhone 5 Buyers’ Minds)
The first screenshot shows the specs of an iPhone 5. This includes a larger 4″ display, up from 3.5″ on the current iPhone 4. We also see an 8MP camera listed, which is an improvement over the current 5MP iPhone 4 camera, and we also see 4G data speeds listed. While this might get your heart beating a big faster, calm down. This isn’t real 4G LTE, which delivers super fast downloads. Instead, this is HSPA+, which is only 4G in a fantasy world where marketers control definitions.
Are these the iPhone 5 Specs?
Next up, we see a screenshot of an iPhone 4S placeholder. This is the rumored low cost, tweaked iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S claims to have the current iPhone 4′s 3.5″ display and 5MP camera, but has an upgraded A5 processor. This device is notably cheaper at $99 after an instant $300 rebate.
Are these the iPhone 4S specs?
We are waiting for Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, to announce the new iPhone on October 4th at the company’s headquarters in California. We expect at least one new iPhone, but we may actually get two unique devices on Tuesday. If the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S are announced by Apple, we expect a release date of mid October on Sprint, AT&T and Verizon.
Apple is also expected to announce the iOS 5 release date. iOS 5 is a new version of the software that powers the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This new version is rumored to bring voice control in the form of a new Assistant app, only available on the new iPhone, as well as over 200 new features to the iPhone 5 and older iPhones.
This leak gives us hope that Apple may go even broader with the launch and allow regional carriers that use Verizon, AT&T or Sprint towers to get in on the iPhone 5 game.
Only a 4 inch screen??? The new htc Titan has a 4.7 inch screen!
And your point is? The Dodge Charger is bigger than the Cadillac CTS-V, but we all know which one is better (and faster!).
Which one is better? Both are american crap
You must be from Germany, LOL!
Calla cegato!
Fuck u both amarican pride !
Jealous uerotrash is angry because his broke government can’t support his lazy ass anymore.
I still like the Charger better! :D
Those Windows and Android phones are getting huge. I don’t know about you, but if I want to watch a movie, I’ll watch it on a TV, a Computer, or a tablet. Bigger is not always better. I want a phone that can do everything in an excellent way, but that maintains the compactness of a phone. I don’t want to lug around a miniature sub-par tablet that can make calls.
i agree.. if a phone is TOO big it’s cumbersome! it’s too heavy .. won’t fit easily in your POCKET lol..
and will burn way too much juice! .. small phone big tablet makes the MOST sense .. those big phones are starting to look like the shoebox cell phones of the 90′s LMAO
Bigger screen doesn’t necessarly mean larger iphone. Apple has some real estate to work with where they can make the screen bigger without compromising current overall size.
Dude, its taken Apple this ling to have an 8MP camera and voice assisted commands supposedly….that’s been in the EVO since it came out! So by the time this new iPhone comes out, an HTC will come out with a 12MP camera, dual processor and a 3MP front facing camera lol
BIGGER = MORE BATTERY
4.5 is perfect, 4.0 is great… I have 3.5, wish it was a 4. but a 5 inch screen on anything would make me laugh if it’s a cell. that’s near tablet size. I might get a 7 in Amazon Fire.
DUDE LIKE THEYVE HAD VOICE ASSIST FOR AWHILE. THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.
AND MY IPHONE 4 CAMERA IS BETTER THAN MOST 8MP CAMERAS
point well made
Just buy the Galaxy Tab and use it to call and receive calls just like a retarded as I can see some in the train and make me laugh!
And a lot more space your pocket has to give up to hold it
ILL BUY BIGGER PANTS
IF THEY KEEP THE ASPECT RATIO
ITS SERIOUSLY LIKE AN EXTRA 1/4 INCH
I DONT KNOW IF ITLL FIT?!?!?!??!
MOAR CAPS DUDE. and i bet your original iPhone took just as good of video as my Canon Powershot too… oh wait.
way to be a blatantly obvious fanboy with little to no knowledge of what you’re actually talking about.
Your a duche
4.7 inches, huh? That sucks. Why would I want a miniature tablet in my pocket that bulges out of my pants? HTC should stick with a size for their phones and tablets and make up their minds.
Top pic is fake. not even on I-Wireless website
Over 600 dollars!!!! I mean I know some will buy this just because, but 600 for a phone. That is just ridiculous. I am a big iPhone guy who has been waiting since spring for this phone. But I can’t see paying that much for it, unless it cooks me dinner or will be the last phone I need to buy for 6 years, like my macbook.
Just wanna say that iPhone costs 649€ / 759€ over here in belgium. That’s about 1000$.
We’re all envious of US Apple prices…
Wow $1000. Why high tariffs?
Glen
Remember, it’ll still be $299 & $399 subsidized thru major carriers.
I hope this the price for the 32 Gig
iPhone 5 ! $299.with all of the goodies will be almost the $400 U.S. My 3Gs IPhone is dying time
for me to upgrade !
this info is false. just wait till Tuesday… There might even be 3 devices?!?
It says copyrite 2010 ??? Is that normal?
Glen
in india it cost us like 1300$
iPhone 4 costs Rs. 34500 in India, that is about US$ 700
It will be the thinnest smartphone out which in itself is a Kick A feature, half the thickness of the 4. I had a 5 inch screen Dell Streak last year and it wasnt all that too big and fragile. So stfu about big screens, I;m sure my 30 inch 2560 x1600 res computer monitor is alot bigger than youll ever afford or my 70 inch led Samsung 240hz 3D tv owns you too so stfu Darkenhel2001.
Give me your address so I can come armed with my goons to take the stuff you worship.
snicker….
So you can afford extra-large sized pants, maybe you want a prize for that, but for the rest of us who live in a world in which we still want to carry our phones in our regular sized pockets, it is absurd to keep on making the screens bigger. I think 4″ is plenty and beyond enough, I’ve been using my iPhone 4, with it’s 3.5″ screen, and if I need more, well, I do so at home so I can use my iMac, or even my iPad… Meanwhile, I can still use my portable, and pocket fitting device, whenever I leave
My bionic fits in pocket just fine. I dont think men are suppose to wear skinny jeans. You might wanna consider buying pants for men instead of crying that the iphone lacks in screen size.
I’m embarrassed for you.
who gives a shit? its about the iphone not your stupid tv or computer
if you don’t make 100K a year, you are wasting your money on things! I wish I didn’t waste as much as I did in my 20′s, but I wasn’t this bad. If you’re rich, spend it (and give to charity for God sake!) :)
look at this fanboy. wow, you can’t afford my awesome stuff? is that a persuasive argument? why do so many fanboys get their panties in a bunch when anything that may be perceived as negative is said about their beloved Apple product? i just dont get it.
people like you make me think that all Apple product consumers are just a bunch of dbags that think they’re getting the BEST possible device, when actually by the time it’s released, its already behind on hardware specs. nubs.
That price would rule me out. The only way I could afford that would be a two year contract, that is something I won’t ever be doing again.
Oh well, I gave a GS2 to keep me happy unroll the prices drop.
How much do you think you’re getting a Galaxy S II for without a two year contract? Either way you’re paying upwards of $500 for a htc, samsung, or iphone with out a contract.
The iphone 4s is $400-$300 that equals $99.99? where’d my penny go?
Current screen size is already doing fine, since if i need more, i would bring ipad up.
Take the iPhone 5 upgraded camera, add the iOS 5 updated camera software, add iCloud Photo Stream and you have the ultimate way to take and distribute photos. Then use an iPad with miFrame and you have the ultimate digital photo frame
I thought the iPhone 5 was going to be available in 64 or 128 gig. What happened to that?
I have iPhone 8 here in my country called druckinstan. We also smoke cigarettes and boil tomatoes for dinner but at least we have an iPhone 8 that you don’t have in US. It is made of wood and bubble gum. The bubble gum is our national food source in my shit country. Boy I wish I had a potato to eat…..
Was expecting more from apple. Think android has the better phones now but will stick with my old iPhone till they come up with something better.
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I’ve got the iPhone 3 so I’m looking forward to the 5. I always skip a generation which saves me some $$. Don’t feel like I missed a lot with the 4 anyway. The other way I saved money was through CostPress which gave me an 8% discount on my AT&T plan.
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