14 DAY TRIAL // New photos and, more importantly, hardware specifications of the iPhone 5S have reportedly leaked from the Chinese supply chain.
Obtained by EXP Review, a Chinese hardware site (which is currently experiencing some downtime for obvious reasons) and dished out by ExtremeTech, both the photos and the specs seem on par with the latest industry chatter.
The phone looks identical to the iPhone 5, meaning the 5S will be a regular incremental update (as expected), while the technical specifications go roughly like this: 4-inch (1136×640) IGZO display; 2GB of RAM; quad-core PowerVR SGX544MP4 GPU; dual-core CPU clocked a bit higher than the current A6; NFC; fingerprint scanner.
I wouldn’t get my hopes up for that NFC bit if Apple sticks with metal for the chassis (you know, NFC doesn’t go well together with aluminum), but the rest of the specs seem plausible, if not probable.
The photos are certainly tantalizing, but not if you consider the high probability that these are nothing more than Chinese knockoffs destined to run Android. I'm skeptical, but there you have it.