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New High-Resolution Photos of iPhone 5S Parts Reveal Little

BGR shares several new relatively high-resolution photos of parts claimed to be from the iPhone 5S. These parts have been leaking to repair firms over the past several months, and a number of photos have already been seen, but the new photos do represent the highest-quality look at these parts so far.

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Vibrator/audio control flex cable for iPhone 5S

Unfortunately, the photos reveal little about Apple's plans for the iPhone 5S, as they are minor parts generally seeing relatively small changes compared to their corresponding iPhone 5 parts.

The parts include the loud-speaker bracket, ear speaker bracket, vibrating motor assembly, Wi-Fi flex cable ribbon and SIM card tray from Apple’s upcoming seventh-generation iPhone.

Part leaks claimed to be from the iPhone 5S began in January with photos of a speaker enclosure, and have continued with additional photos of the home button and volume/mute button flex cables, front camera flex cable, and nano-SIM card trays. The source of the previous SIM tray leak claimed that the trays were identical to those seen in the iPhone 5, while BGR's report today claims that they are thinner.

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iPhone 5S nano-SIM trays

Most recently, just last week an antenna-related add-on piece for the iPhone 5S logic board surfaced, although the implications of minor changes observed in the part compared to the iPhone 5 remain unknown.

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Top Rated Comments

171 months ago
What! The SIM tray is staying the same. That's it I'm moving to Android.
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171 months ago
first pic looks like a break dancer about to spin on his head.
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171 months ago
In other news, studies reveal that water is indeed wet.
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171 months ago
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171 months ago
'The iPhone 5S(IM) - with a 12% thinner SIM tray!'

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171 months ago
This is extremely interesting.

More than your comment.
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