January 2: Happy New Year iPhone Rumors!

Happy New Year iPhone Rumors!:

What, you thought the Woody Allens of tech would take a year off? Pshaw. They may even bump up the release date to this summer.

According to developers who've contacted The Next Web, some software traces of the next iPhone hardware and iOS software from Apple have begun showing up in the logs of some apps. The hardware signature for the phone is "iPhone6,1," an obvious numerical jump from today's iPhone 5, which identifies itself online as "iPhone5,1" and "iPhone5,2," depending on which 4G bands it uses. The devices are also traceable back to an IP address at Apple's Cupertino campus, which suggests this is not an elaborate fake.
The news is striking because while this early test phase typically predates a new iPhone release by several months, it's far ahead of the expected Fall release date of the iPhone for 2013. The iPhone 5, Apple's current headline device, was released last September. The implication of this news is that Apple's new phone could arrive as soon as this summer, and that tallies with a recent independent rumor that also suggests Apple will choose novel IGZO tech for the phone's displays. A third rumor suggests Apple will avoid using its best manufacturing partner, frenemy Samsung, to make the chips inside the device.
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