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

12.08.2011

It certainly could perhaps possibly under certain circumstance maybe hint at that.

The Internet echo chamber drew out the implications: "Bringing the iPhone to China Mobile would be an incredible leap forward for the iPhone," declared . 

Of course, the last , launched by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zhedong, was also pretty incredible, but not in a good way. Dutch historian Frank Dikötter wrote that that "coercion, terror, and systematic violence were the very foundation of the Great Leap Forward" and it "motivated one of the most deadly mass killings of human history." The death toll estimates ranging from 18-32 million. There's no app for that.

"Hypothetical teardown" of iPhone 5 reveals ... something or other.

This is the kind of thing that makes one's head ache.