Apple is believed to be working on a brand new iPhone with 5-inch Full 1080p HD Retina display, the device could be available as early as 2014.The screen is 1″ inch larger than the current iPhone 5S, called the iPhone 6 the device could challenge the Note 3 from Samsung claim analysts.
The rumour comes from a Japanese magazine called Mac Fan.
The Mac Fan rumour also suggests that Apple’s next iPhone handset will launch in September 2014 in different colours.
A survey recently revealed that different sexes are often drawn to different coloured iPhones.
Chicago-based Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) examined buying behaviour of Apple’s luxurious iPhone 5S handset, which comes in three colours: space grey, silver and gold.
CIRP examined buying behaviour of Apple’s luxurious iPhone 5S handset, which comes in three colours: space grey, silver and gold.
Space grey accounts for 43 per cent of all sales of the handset and the study found that men predominantly chose the favourite grey shade, while most women preferred the lighter and more sparkly silver option.
Interestingly, the gold iPhone 5S, which was originally reported in being the most short in supply, accounted for 27 per cent of sales and was equally popular among men and women.
The Daily Mail in the UK said that whatever the next handset looks like, Apple will have to compete more fiercely with Samsung than ever before, which is squeezing Apple with a 2.5 per cent rise in market share.
Samsung Electronics shipped a record 88.4 million smartphones in the third quarter of this year to take its global market share above 35 per cent, while rival Apple’s slice thinned, according to recent research data.
The figure marked a 55 per cent surge for Samsung over the same period last year, the independent research firm Strategy Analytics said.
The South Korean tech company’s market share swelled to 35.2 per cent from 32.9 pec ent in the third quarter of 2012, whereas Apple’s market share dipped from 15.6 per cent to 13.4 per cent.
