Next Up: iPhone 5

27.02.2011
Next week Apple will spill the beans on the , which can only mean one thing: It's time to start focusing on the iPhone 5 -- which will (probably) be announced in June.

Like clockwork, on Friday uncovered a photo from a of Apple parts that will get that process under way.

The site suggests the unconfirmed part could be the digitizer panel for the next iPhone. Interestingly enough, the part appears to have a larger cutout section for a screen which could support from DigiTimes that the new model will feature a to compete with some Android devices.

Besides being unconfirmed, the photo is problematic because the part doesn't appear next to anything -- giving it no scale. It could just as easily mean that the upcoming iPhone could be smaller if the screensize remains the same and the bezel shrinks. The screen could also be any other size, there's really no way to tell.

Regardless if this is a legit part or not, it seems like Apple has a few changes in store for the next iPhone besides a larger screen.

Jonny Evans of Computerworld that the new model is expected to run on a multi-core A5 CPU and may feature a . Evans also suggests that Apple will be getting into the NFC field after as the Mobile Commerce Manager.