The Shape of the iPhone 5?

New cases allegedly created for the iPhone 5 have appeared, supporting the idea that the next-generation phone would sport the same form factor as the iPhone 4.

These claims are also supported by these engineering sketches found last week. The sketches show that the phone will be identical, but with a larger edge-to-edge screen, in both directions.

Some rather solid looking rumours starting to come out now!

White iPhones, 64GB iPhones, and Microsoft Complaints

WhiPhone
According to an analyst, shipments of the long-fabled super magical White iPhone 4 could start before April. Concord Securities Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told AppleInsider that Apple have made changes to the "film material to solve the full-lamination problem that [was] the reason why white iPhones [were] delayed".
At the time most of us believed the idea of paint colour halting production of a phone to be rubbish, but with the revelations of a white iPad, who knows.
Many have been buying problematic unauthorised white shells for their iPhones from Apple's overseas suppliers, including Apple's own co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Conveniently-Timed 64GB iPhone
Apple's long-term supplier Foxconn have accidentally had photos of an alleged 64GB iPhone leaked from their factory in Shenzhen. Leaked photos reveal striking similarities between this phone and the confirmed prototype Gizmodo picked up early last year, such as no details on the volume buttons, and no silver ring around the rear camera lens. This would lead us all to believe the phone could be in the final stages of testing before production. Of course, others believe the next iPhone would be only incremental upgrades such as this, similar to the iPhone 3 to iPhone 3GS specifications.


And Finally...
Microsoft claim Apple's latest legal brief to trademark the term "App Store" doesn't comply with rules on minimum font size and number of pages and have filed a motion.
The report is purportedly 6 pages too long than the maximum 25 pages and does not meet the minimum 11 point font size.

iOS 5 as Early as April?

Rumours abound today, as German site Macerkopf.de claims that Apple will unveil the new version of iOS at the beginning of April.
They also say that the company will show off a new MobileMe.
The $99 per annum service could potentially become free if plans were to go ahead, as well as  possible further integration with the OS if it is to be included in the event. The service may rely on self-storage at home rather than data being held in Apple-based servers. Further evidence is that Apple also discontinued sales of the boxed retail versions of MobileMe last month..


Apple's iOS event was held in April last year, leading us to believe an impending event seems likely. Another rumour is that the new new update would include improved voice navigation support, rendering your pretty touch screen a little more pointless..


If this is all to be true, it could be a busy couple of months for Apple, as we'll also be expecting their iPhone event around the end of June.


Macerkopf via AppleInsider