“The first part of the rumor [from German Mac rumor site, Macerkopf] suggests that Apple is internally testing not just dual-core iPhones like the iPhone 4S, but also quad-core handsets,” Oliver Haslam reports for Redmond Pie.
“We wouldn’t want to argue against that too much – it’s fairly obvious that Apple will be testing just about anything and everything at the moment, with quad-core iPhones being in test benches in Cupertino entirely likely,” Haslam reports. “That said, there is a big, big difference between Apple testing something right now, and them deciding it is ready for primetime. Technology may not be ready, or Apple may simply believe that the costs are not yet right if they want to hit a certain price point.”
Haslam reports, “It is the second part of this rumor which has us scratching our heads. According to the German site, Apple is also testing a variety of different screen resolutions for its iPhones, with the current Retina Display’s 960×640 apparently set to be superseded. Considering most of the competition is still struggling to compete with Apple’s Retina Display, we can’t see the next iPhone having anything other than that screen. As we mentioned earlier, though, it is almost a given that Apple is looking at all sorts of weird and wonderful things in the privacy of its own labs.”
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