These are actual gold-plated phones. Not the same thing
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John Davidson
The possibly soon-to-be-released new Apple phone possibly
known as the iPhone 5S will probably have a new colour
choice: gold.
KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted
that the rumoured
new phone, the existence of which Apple is yet to
confirm,
will have a lot in common with the current iPhone,
most notably
the screen size. While the rest of the world is
moving towards (and in
many cases, beyond) the 5-inch screen,
the iPhone 5S will stick with the
iPhone 5’s 4-inch screen.
But anyone disappointed by the lack of screen real-estate will be
able to buy a new gold-coloured model, Mr Kuo has predicted.
Also making up for the mere 4 inches of screen will be
that long-rumoured fingerprint scanner, which
will
be in the 5S,
built into the home button which will be made of
sapphire,
Mr Kuo predicted. That’s a slight departure from Apple’s
own
patent application
for biometric phone unlocking, which has
the fingerprint scanner
located between the home button and the
screen. The home button seems
like a better choice.
The phone, expected to be launched on September 10 (Sept 11 here),
will also come with an option for 128 gigabytes of storage, Mr Kuo has
predicted, which could come in handy because, disappointingly, the
phone
isn’t expected to come with the micro SD memory card
slot that most
other smart phones have.
Anyone disappointed by the lack of expandible memory will be
able to buy a gold-coloured model, however.
The rumoured phone’s rumoured camera won’t be upgraded in
terms of
megapixels, Mr Kuo said, but it will be upgraded in
terms of its maximum
aperture, which will now be as wide as f2.0.
Anyone disappointed by the lack of extra megapixels will be able to
buy a gold-coloured model.