iPhone 5 rumor-round-up

OK for many months now people have been speculating on what the new iPhone is going to look like… Well after doing some research and collecting data I have managed to grasp some info and bring it into a blog site round-up for all to see.

First and formost is the rumor of a bigger screen.

It is said the new iPhone (or “iPhone 5”) is going to have a 4 inch screen {see below} [up for from the original 3.5 inch]

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In the pictures mentioned above you will also come to notice that not only is the phone longer but most everything on the bottom of the phone has changed in 1 way or another.

For instance,

The headphone jack has been moved from the top of the phone to the bottom and the Dock connector has been shrunk by roughly half the size of the original port.

The mic looks to have been either enhanced or just moved to make way for bigger *stronger* speakers

Potential New iPhone 5 Parts

Square in Stores!

Square’s turning up the heat… Now when you walk into a store like Walgreen’s, Staples or Fedex (office locations) you will see the credit card terminal on the store shelves for sale at just $9.95 a dongle. You may ask yourself “Why would I pay for a Square Card Reader?”, well it’s because it’s actually free. There is a $10 rebate inside for “new users”. If you prefer to just go online and make an account you can still do that as well and wait for the card reader in the mail or just head down to the store to pick one up.

^{picture by engadget}

iPhone rumors have heightened!

At this point “iPhone 5” rumors are beginning to heat up as more and more images begin to “show up” across the net.

I have looked around and came across one that may be real and seems more legit than most…

Although a redesign is inevitable to give a potentially bigger screen (4 inches) and a smaller dock connector to make space for the rumored “stereo speakers” (instead of 1 speaker *with increased sizes*). There is also rumors of them moving the Headphone hack to the bottom (next to the speakers) and making the phone even thinner than the 4S.

Jailbreak updates coming from iDB

Just as pod2g alluded to in a previous post on his blog, it looks like the iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak will be demonstrated live at the conference in Amsterdam where the Hack In The Box conference is currently taking place.

The official Twitter account for the Hack In The Box Security Conference just sent out a tweet confirming “Jailbreak Live” will take place tomorrow.

What time can you expect to see the untethered jailbreak released in your neck of the woods? We analyze the likely time for the release inside…

HITBSecConf @HITBSecConf
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SPECIAL @chronicdevteam 1-day passes for #HITB2012AMS @ EUR699! Come see @pod2g @p0sixninja @planetbeing @nikias JAILBREAK LIVE (Pls RT)

24 May 12

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How your phone knows it’s orientation

Pod2G give his “Why Jailbreak?” Reasons

Why jailbreak ?

“There are multiple reasons to jailbreak, including :

• changing the iOS experience with powerful tweaks that can’t ever exist on the AppStore : SBSettings, WinterBoard, IntelliScreenX, LockInfo, and lot of others…
• playing retro games on console and arcade emulators.
• having access to a unix shell in you pocket, and all the open source software that can run on a unix OS.

The jailbreak is not meant for (and we are totally against it) :

• pirating AppStore applications

Also please don’t pirate Cydia tweaks, there are people working hard on these, and the price is usually low. There’s no reason to do that.”

Pod2G Jailbreak Update

Pod2G makes a new post about the 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak, also asks a favor/demand.

"Some facts about the 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak

@MuscleNerd wrote a quick sheet about the upcoming tools (link).

I won’t rephrase him, so here are the contents of the file at the time of writing :

Tech Support

Astra Technical Services
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5.1.1 Jailbreak Support (New Update(s))

According to Pod2G’s Website post, he will have his jailbreak supporting the following iDevices: (subject to change)

List of tested devices for the upcoming 5.1.1 jailbreak

Here is the list of devices that are known to work for sure :

• iPhone 3Gs
• iPhone 4
• iPhone 4 CDMA
• iPhone 4S
• iPad 1
• iPad 2 Wifi
• iPad 2 GSM
• iPad 2 CDMA
• iPad 3 Wifi
• iPad 3 CDMA
• iPad 3 Global
• iPod 3G
• iPod 4G
• AppleTV 2

Here is the list of devices that won’t be supported :

• AppleTV 3

Remains to test (but that should work) :

• iPad 2 Wifi, R2

[updated May 24th 2012, 01:00 GMT]