A new photo purporting to show the iPhone 5‘s internal gubbins has appeared, showing off a mysterious component that could be key to buying sandwiches using your smart phone. The squarish component in the image, which surfaced on Chinese site Apple.pro and was spied by AppleInsider, is thought to be an NFC chip, which would let you …

Enterprising tinkerers have created a new video showcasing components reportedly heading for the iPhone 5, even comparing a leaked front panel with the Samsung Galaxy S3. Although the iPhone 5 is rumoured to be the biggest iPhone yet with a 4-inch display, it’s easily dwarfed by Samsung’s 4.8-inch flagship phone in terms of both width and height. Check out the …

Google could be about to throw its Nexus branding wide open, with Samsung, Sony and LG all tipped to release new Nexus smart phones before the end of this year. Japanese site Android Noodle released what’s reportedly a product roadmap from Japan-based network operator NTT DoCoMo, Phandroid reports. The cryptic list appears to detail three new Nexus mobiles as coming in …

Leaked parts that will supposedly feature in Apple’s new iPhone have been assembled, with eager tinkerers reporting that the acquired bits and bobs fit together ‘perfectly’. iResQ screwed the leaked repair parts together, BGR reports, attaching the rumoured smaller docking connector and headphone jack to the phone’s taller rear casing. Check out one more snap below. As well as giving …

We may not have long to wait before Amazon reveals its follow-up to the popular Kindle Fire, with the online book flogger sending out mysterious invites to an event on 6 September, our US colleagues at CNET News report. The date would match earlier rumours that a sequel to the Fire tablet — which is agonisingly restricted to the US …

Forget Netflix, Lovefilm, Sky and all the rest — Sainsbury’s wants to be your go-to destination for streaming movies and TV shows. The orange-tinted supermarket is launching an on-demand video service for the Sainsbury’s Entertainment store later this year, promising that customers will get “convenient access to an extensive library of film and TV.” New additions will arrive “often on …

HTC boss Peter Chou has penned a stirring message to his employees, in which he promises the ailing company is “coming back”, and urges workers to “kill bureaucracy” in order to win the smart phone battle. Chou clearly isn’t happy with the direction of the company, which has seen competition from the likes of Samsung put a serious dent in …

One network operator’s employees in the US have been banned from taking holidays from 21-30 September, according to reports, strongly suggesting the 21st of next month will see the iPhone 5 going on sale. TechCrunch says a trusted Verizon employee has divulged that the carrier is keeping all staff at their stations for 10 days. That’s likely because things are about …

Another day, another tiny bit of Apple’s next iPhone gets photographed — check out the above snap, which purports to show the iPhone 5’s redesigned charging cable, including the new teeny tiny connector. iLounge spied the picture, which has been prolifically tweeted by someone seemingly representing cable company veister.com. While there’s no way of knowing whether the snap genuinely shows …

A leaked snap that supposedly shows the front panel of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Note 2 has appeared online, indicating that the follow-up to Samsung’s monolithic mobile will have an even bigger screen. Update: Know Your Mobile has been sent another photo purporting to show the Note 2, which looks like it broadly matches the above picture, as well as teasing …