iPhone 5 rumor roll-up for the week ending Aug. 12

12.08.2011
The 5 is a world-historical event, even though it's not, technically, an event yet. This week the iOSsphere rumors ranged far afield, with contributions from Italy, Russia and China.

New imaginary images of the phone emerged, along with rumors of the iPhone-in-the-cloud, more evidence that The Date will be sometime before sometime in November because that's when the Russians will get it, and a lesson in the difference between gross margins and RAM.

"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." -- Winston Churchill

This is what the iPhone 5 looks like. If some of the rumors are true.

Frustrated with the lack of iPhone 5 prototypes turning up in bars, and with grainy photographs or slicker renderings of possible iPhone 5 cases, MacRumors took the phone by the horns and .

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