A photo that originally appeared on Sina Microblog, (a twitter like client in China) has been reposted by 9to5Mac claiming that the photo could be taken at Wintek’s manufacturing unit. If we observe the zoomed image, we would realize that the home button in these touchscreen panels is elongated, oval in shape and much broader than the current generation iPhone. Because it is a leaked pic, so there are huge chances that it wouldn’t be leaked from Foxconn. However, someone at Sina Microblog replied to this tweet that the picture could belong to Wintek’s touchscreen plant.
These elongated buttons on touchscreen panels of iPhone are an indication that we could expect some gestures on iPhone 5. It is similar to Macs where we have a large area or trackpad to use two, three or four finger gestures. But still we have a doubt that they are actually oval in shape or overshadowed with stickers on them. Though, we also have some doubts on the credibility of the image wether these touchscreen panels are made for Apple or some other chinese company. There are many other companies out there in China who simply rip off the design. As always, our fingers are crossed.
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[via micgadget]