Building up to the new iPhone 5S/5c announcement on September 10, there are new leaks, photos and the conjecturatti are out in full force suggesting how the next iPhone 5S mania will play out. It is has also been a great time for hackers who like to cut-in on the publicity. It's just so many leaks in so little time. So here's summary of them all...
Watch Your Back We Can Hack it?
Hackers reported that there is hole in the iOS 6 that enables hacker to crash the device through Apple's CoreText font rendering framework. Through strings of text or sending a text message to iMessage on an iPhone/iPad, the messaging app can be made to crash. Safari can also be made to crash through a similar method.
Some hackers will be thwarted, however by the fingerprint scanner.
No Vacations = iPhone 5S Release Date?
Black-out dates for vacation time for employees often signal when the next iPhone 5S will go on sale.
- AT&T won't let employees take vacations on from September 15-28, which may signal the release date for the iPhone 5S.
- T-Mobile vacation blackouts dates are September 20-22.
- Verizon Wireless is allegedly restricting vacations between September 18 until September 22.
- Apple won't let employees go on vacation from September 15-28, also.
- The probable launch date for the iPhone 5S---- September 20!
The iPhone 5S Named
The name iPhone 5S has been somewhat confirmed because it appear on Japanese carrier KDDI's official website which has since been removed. Let's see, after the iPhone 4 came the iPhone 4S. After the iPhone 3G came the iPhone 3GS...What a big surprise....
Trade-in and Trade-up at Apple Stores
Apple will launch an iPhone trade-in program, confirmed by CNBC. The program called iPhone Reuse and Recycling will give gift cards for trade-ins of iPhones from 3G and up for as much as $280. Recycling and will be done by BrightStar.
Apple replied to Engadget with this:
"iPhones hold great value. So, Apple Retail Stores are launching a new program to assist customers who wish to bring in their previous-generation iPhone for reuse or recycling. In addition to helping support the environment, customers will be able to receive a credit for their returned phone that they can use toward the purchase of a new iPhone."
Shades of Gray for iPhone 5S
New photos show the iPhone 5S will also come in graphite gray. It's black on the bottom and gray in the middle making the forth color after black/slate, white/silver and white/gold. In the past cases were leaked in many colors while Apple only released two.
Attention Walmart iPhone Shoppers
The iPhone 5S has to be coming soon because Walmart has reduced the price of the iPhone 5 16GB to $98 with contracts for AT&T, Verizon or Sprint down from the previous price of $129. Walmart also offers a trade-in program for an instant store credit.
iPhone 5S Has Guts
The only things that have been leaked are iPhone 5S cases. In an attempt to prove that the Phone 5S has got to have better guts, a guy dissected an iPhone 5S to fit into and he couldn't screw in the right spots. The SIM card was moved all well as the processor and make room for a bigger battery. There is room on the case is for more LED flash. He didn't have the guts to ruin a perfectly good iPhone 5 so the iPhone 5 never got screwed...., yet.
As all iPhoneatics all know by now. We will know for sure exactly what the iPhone 5 will be like on September 1o.
There have been fewer leaks surround the plastic Play-Doug colored iPhone 5C which reportedly comes in many colors and has a 4" Retina touchscreen, 8MP camera and lightning connector. The iPhone 5C could be released in China but most likely won't make it to the United States.
It is also rumored that the iOS 7 update will be released on September 16 to give time for downloaders to finish the update before activations upon the release of the iPhone 5S.
Happy Labor Day!