Next Generation iPods, iPad Mini Retina Display, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4 Bumper

According to their source, Apple is planning to release as many as three new iPod models very soon, a seven-inch iPad Mini with Retina Display later this year or early next year, the fifth generation iPhone as soon as January and also received some interesting details about bumper case for iPhone 4.

The following details of the next generation Apple devices:

iPod :
Apple apparently has 3 iPod models ready and could introduce them as early as this month or latest by September. The new models include the iPod Touch, new iPod Nano, new iPod Shuffle, while the third model could be a new touch screen iPod shuffle. This is quite likely as Apple usually refreshes its iPod product line in September every year.
 

iPad Mini :

A seven-inch-screened version of the iPad is substantially finished and will be ready for announcement either later this year or early in 2011. Apple has been prototyping devices with screens of this size for a long time—quite possibly predating the original iPhone.

iPad Mini will have a 1500×2000 Retina Display, and a front facing camera. Ok for the camera, that’s pretty much obvious – Apple wants FaceTime on as many devices as possible. The Retina Display on the iPad is an interesting issue, though: if we take the current iPad screen and multiply the pixels x4, we get a 4096 x 3072 display. Assuming that such a resolution would make an actual Retina Display, developers would need one heck of a screen to create apps for it. My guess is that Apple will double the pixels on the next iPad, but they’re not going to release a Mini version with a Retina Display.
 

iPhone 5 : 

Apple is pushing up the release date of the fifth-generation iPhone to early 2011 (as early as January) because of the antenna issues with the iPhone 4. It’s unknown whether this will be a repackaging of iPhone 4 components in a different shell or something more substantial.

iPhone 4 Bumper : 

Apple is working on a less expensive all-silicone version of the Bumper case for iPhone 4 to give away after September as part of the iPhone 4 case program. Apple apparently was planning to bundle the bumper case with iPhone 4 but then decided against it, indicating that it was aware of the iPhone 4 antenna issue. Their source has also told them that the original iPhone 4 case had more hard plastic than the final version.

As for the iPhone 5 in January, iPod Touch, new iPod Nano, new iPod Shuffle, there’s not really much to discuss. It’s just a silly rumor, just like many others we hear every single day. The iPhone 4 is doing well, so is the iPad Mini with Retina Display, and we just have to wait until next year to see the new iterations.