iPhone 5 is part of complete, total, Apple product overhaul

It's amazing how much you can learn from "sources in the upstream supply chain." A five-sentence, 142-word story in DigiTimes, filled with little more than speculative generalities, launched a mini tidal wave of "reporting" across the Internet.

Usually DigiTimes cites just "supply chain sources" so the extra adjective lends an air of specificity and therefore, incredibly, credibility to its latest . 

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According to these sources, "Apple plans to completely overhaul its product lineups, including iPad, iMac, iPhone and MacBook Air, in 2012." The company will finalize its parts ordering for this ambitious project in December, according to the same sources. DigiTimes doesn't indicate whether December is the usual time for Apple to finalize parts ordering for the coming year. The new iPhone and iMac "are unlikely to be revealed until the second half of 2012."