By Eddie Wrenn
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A leaked image gives us a first glimpse of the iPhone5 - and anyone who was waiting for a bigger screen may finally have their prayers answered.
Established Apple site 9to5Mac revealed a leaked image of what is claimed to be the iPhone5, and the site - which has a good record for reporting accurate leaks from Apple - has a plethora of details about the new model.
For the first time, the iPhone shakes off the 3.5inch screen-size, bowing to the latest generation of Android smartphones, which over the course of the last two years have shifted the typical screen from  three-to up to four or even five inches.
With Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference due in San Fransisco on Monday, June 11, iPhone fans are hoping to get either a glimpse or a confirmed release date in just a few weeks.
It's coming! 9to5Mac has released this image, purported to be the iPhone 5. Features that can be spotted include a much larger screen, and a smaller dock connector
There appears to be a choice of colours - a black model and a white model - as has been the case with the last few models of iPhone.
Other hints given away by the photo - and more are available at 9to5Mac - are that Apple has redesigned the dock connector to be smaller.
This may end up making older accessories - from charger cables to speaker docks - incompatible, but there will likely be adapters released to ensure older accessories still work.
Speaking of compatibility, developers may need to update their apps to take advantage of the larger size, or there may be a situation similar to when the first iPad was launched, when iPhone apps would appear with a big black border around the age.
The iPhone 4S was released in the UK and US on October 14 last year, and Apple is expected to follow suit with an Autumn launch this year - although, as ever, the company is staying notoriously tight-lipped.
Following the death of co-founder Steve Jobs last year, new CEO Tim Cook will lead the WDC conference this year, to the gathered developers about the future of Apple, upcoming products and changes to both Mac software software and iOS, the mobile version of Apple's operating system.
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Two weeks ago Apple registered the iPhone5.com domain name, amid rumours that the next model is the final model approved by Jobs.
A shakeup in the design of a larger-screen iPhone could go a long way in boosting its 'wow' factor, convincing fans to trade in their old iPhones for new ones, said Shaw Wu, an analyst at Sterne Agee.
'Not only do users pay for features, but they also pay for aesthetics and design.
'That's as important, or more important, than features,' Mr Wu said.
'People love the current design - but it's 18 months old.'
With the release of Android devices such as the HTC One X and the Samsung Galaxy S3, packing quad-core processors and almost five-inch screens, the impetus lies with Apple to innovate and revolutionise the market once more.
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Who, Earth, Universe, 1/6/2012 0:32what exactly can't you get your head around little Earthling. You continue believing that paying 600 pounds for something that my 8 year Sony Eriksson w810i is just as good at what it was designed to do, and get your free 0.4inch bigger screen once your 60 pound contract allows you to do so. - Steffan, Eastbourne, 31/05/2012 23:46 Try understanding what it does with a computer, tv etc faultless AirPlay, wireless printing That's what your Sony cannot do
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Apple still catching up to Samsung's Galaxy S2 and S3 then :-)
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A "leak" two weeks before going on sale is called "advertising" in my world. Lovey, London, 31/5/2012 19:36 - Its not going on sale in 2 weeks, read the article again. It says that they may release further information and confirm a release date in 2 weeks. The phone will probably not be released for another 5-6 months.
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The thing with a I phone is the battery life is rubbish. Tell me how many of you have to constantly charge it? You'd think at that price you would get better battery!! Also damn the lead it's short! What is apple thinking? Apart from that yes it serves it's purpose. However with a touchscreen phone you cannot text without looking. Yes I am a avid text guru and with a normal phone don't have a problem. Enough said (",)
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Can't believe this company has fooled tens of millions of people in thinking they need to upgrade their phone ever year- Steffan, Eastbourne- ----- What's wrong with a company listening to their customers and giving them the product they ask for???? You can tell the complaints here are from people who for whatever reason have a grudge against Jobs. I have an iPhone4 and have no plans to upgrade to 5, until I get my free upgrade in a couple of years. Your comment is nonsense and you know it. - Who, Earth, Universe, 1/6/2012 0:32what exactly can't you get your head around little Earthling. You continue believing that paying 600 pounds for something that my 8 year Sony Eriksson w810i is just as good at what it was designed to do, and get your free 0.4inch bigger screen once your 60 pound contract allows you to do so.
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The phones are great, yes I have had/got all of them. Typing this message on my 4s, but unless in the next upgrade they sort out the really poor reception and dropping of calls, I will change to something else. No good being able to read the Internet, this paper, update my blog on a phone that does not make very good calls! Sort the phone bit out and it will be a perfect product.
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I can't wait to upgrade whatever the cost, apple are the best!!!!
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Can't believe this company has fooled tens of millions of people in thinking they need to upgrade their phone ever year- Steffan, Eastbourne- ----- What's wrong with a company listening to their customers and giving them the product they ask for???? You can tell the complaints here are from people who for whatever reason have a grudge against Jobs. I have an iPhone4 and have no plans to upgrade to 5, until I get my free upgrade in a couple of years. Your comment is nonsense and you know it.
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The newer 'smart' phones are way too big. Whatever happened to smaller phones being the way forward? I don't want to spend a lot of time reading the internet on a screen I can fit in my pocket and I never will. Back to small phones please!
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Want some real insider knowledge? Steve Jobs and his design team ARE Apple. They, with Jobs inception/direction, gave us the entire range of iProducts and took Apple from bankrupt to the world's most valuable firm in a very short period. It might be argued that Steve Jobs dying wish on the iPhone was that it didn't have a screen much larger than the iPhone4. Apple products may just be an MP3 player, a phone, a laptop, but yet somehow they are different, they are Apple. It makes us want them, pay a premium for them, and now the current CEO of Apple is going against Steve Jobs wishes and acquiescing to the market. The iPhone5 will not only define the success of the current CEO but paint the future for Apple. If Jobs made Apple everything we love, will this new CEO change these things so that Apple is no longer unique but a more expensive version of what's already on the market?
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