Next iPhone in Final Testing Stage, Launches in September

Word has it that Apple is currently in the final testing stage, that being the AP stage, of their next generation iPhone. This means that the device is being carried around by high-level Apple and carrier executives, and we can expect the phone by September. This set of factoids comes from a source speaking with 9to5Mac that’d previously been “accurate” in providing inside tips. This news also came attached to some Verizon bits including the idea that Verizon and Apple have yet to strike...

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Samsung: Olympic edition smartphone coming in 2012

Photo : pocket-lint.com Samsung has outlined its plans as Official Wireless Telecommunications Partner of the London 2012 Olympic Games, and one of the big announcements is that it will be releasing a special edition smartphone in the UK. Speaking at the company's Olympic campaign press conference, with Pocket-lint (and David Beckham) in attendance, David Song, managing director of Samsung UK and Ireland, said that the company will be grasping the opportunity to help the Games be the most technologically...

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iPhone 5 to go completely SIM-free with August release?

The iPhone 5 could do away with SIM cards altogether according to new rumours trickling in from Macotakara and Apple Insider. Only last week Stephane Richard (CEO of France Telecom, owners of Orange) had revealed that the iPhone 5 was sure to be slimmer than the iPhone 4, but still felt the SIM card was an integral and important part of the picture. Now it seems the Cupertino-based firm are sidestepping SIM technology altogether in an attempt to make the handset as thin as possible. Macotakara,...

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