iPhone 5S to come in graphite too?

Is the iPhone 5S, Apple's next smartphone, coming in a fourth color—graphite, or gray?

This was the suggestion of an Apple enthusiast site that leaked photos of what it said could be the graphite-colored iPhone 5S.

"Up to this point, it has widely been thought that the iPhone 5S will only come in three colors: Gold, Slate, and white with silver trim. According to a new images we’ve obtained, however, it appears the iPhone 5S may also come in a fourth color—a gray or graphite color with a black trim," SonnyDickson.com said.

It showed several photos of the gray variant of the upcoming smartphone on a stand.

The site displayed as well some shots of the gray iPhone next to its gold counterpart.

A separate article on Mashable said the new photos show the gold version looking "more golden and less of a champagne color, with a white Apple logo on its back instead of a black one."

It also noted recent rumors indicating the 5S may be 31 percent faster than the iPhone 5, using a new A7 chip. — VC, GMA News

source: gmanetwork.com

iPhone 5S to get sapphire home button fingerprint reader?

 

Will the immediate successor of Apple's iPhone 5S have a sapphire home button?

 

 

The sapphire is not as much for glitz as it is for function - it may also double as a fingerprint reader, enthusiast site9to5mac.com said.

 

 "We’ve expected a fingerprint scanner for quite some time and even found code that seems to point to a biometric input for the new iPhone," it said.

It quoted KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo as saying the iPhone 5S may have a sapphire fingerprint reader home button that may protrude slightly in a convex manner.

However, the site quoted Kuo as saying the assembly could be difficult as the space under the home button is already limited.

The space under the home button already includes the Lightning connector, speaker and microphone.

"Thus, we think the shape of the home button could be changed from concave to convex to create more space for a fingerprint sensor," Kuo said.

On the other hand, Kuo said sapphire makes sense as it prevents the home button from being scratched.

"We believe Apple will switch from plastic to sapphire, whose hardness is second only to diamond. Sapphire would protect the home button from being scratched and the fingerprint sensor from being damaged," he said.

Kuo also said the sapphire home button-cum-fingerprint sensor might become a staple of iOS devices by 2014.

Meanwhile, 9to5mac.com said the upcoming iPhone 5S will likely have an improved camera system, and a faster A7 processing chip. — TJD, GMA News

 

source: gmanetwork.com