said that it had heard that there were problems on at least one assembly line with the production of the iPhone 5.

Unnamed sources confirmed to the website that there would be two new iPhone models - an iPhone 4-alike and an iPhone 5 - and Apple expects to have 10 million on hand at launch, likely to be 7 October.

As well as a larger screen and thinner, rounder body, the iPhone 5 will have a larger screen than the iPhone 4 and is said to be "impossibly" light by 9to5Mac's source.

Meanwhile, more cases supposedly for the iPhone 5 have been leaked. After a Chinese vendor claimed it had its hands on cases for the earlier this week, now claims to have some additional images of cases for the next-generation device originating from Essex-based .