iPhone 6 Rumours

The latest rumor stems from a report that Apple bought PrimeSense, an Israeli chipmaker company responsible for producing gesture-detecting sensors similar to the Kinect controller for Microsoft's Xbox 360. The acquisition of PrimeSense may mean that Apple may incorporate the 3D machine vision gesture controls to all of its devices, including the Apple TV, iPad tablets and future iPhones. Apple is rumored to release the iPhone 6 in 2014. Call me a curmudgeonly party-pooper, but coming so soon after the launch of the last iPhone, methinks it a little early for the gang of three – rumour, hype, and hyperbole – to be awoken from their post iPhone slumber. It’s the same with Apple. So rather predictably given current trends, they foresee an iPhone 6 with a malleable and rounded Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display. What’s not so predictable is whether (as some Apple patents indicate) it will have a touch sensitive surface – cue haptic feedback? Crystal ball operators also see bigger. Bigger battery, bigger camera (14Mp), bigger storage (128GB). Bigger price too! It’s the disparity between what the pundits forecast and what Apple actually delivers that gets me every time.