The upcoming iPhone 5 of Apple may be thinner and lighter

The upcoming iPhone 5 of Apple may be thinner and lighter if reports that the much-anticipated smartphone the in-cell touch panels are proven to be accurate. Due to an increase in the production yield rates for the panels, Apple was reportedly encourage to start working with a pair of companies based in Japan, Sharp and Toshiba. The panels will reportedly allow Apple to do away with using glass or extra sensors on the upcoming iPhone 5 since the touch technology is integrated into the LCD itself. This will result to a thinner and lighter design for the upcoming Apple iPhone 5. The technology will reportedly be highlighted in upcoming display conferences that are set to be held in Taiwan. The use of in-cell touch panels have been discussed by a number of companies in the past couple of years. With the possible use of the in-cell touch panel technology on the iPhone 5, a number of component suppliers of Apple may be affected including Wintek and TPK Holdings, which supply the standard glass used on glass touch technology. Reports have also hinted at a possible third quarter release for the iPhone 5 of Apple and may be launched by Apple either in June or in October. Last year the iPhone 4S was introduced by Apple in October. Some industry watchers have also hinted that Apple may not use the name iPhone 5 on its next product offering due to the fact that it called its latest iPad offering as the new iPad instead of the iPad 3. Since no confirmations were made by Apple on the supposed features that were reported earlier on the upcoming iPhone 5, it remains uncertain if these will be actually used on the next version of the iPhone of Apple. Earlier reports indicated that the upcoming iPhone 5 will use Liquidmetal to make the device quite durable although this report also remains uncertain since the company has remained silent on the possible features that will come with its upcoming device offering. wholesale accessories,iphone accessories,ipad accessories,ipod accessories