Analyst Claims Next iPhone Will Be A Complete Redesign, Thinner, With Larger Screen, Support 4G LTE Networks

It's been over a day since Apple's new iPhone 4S has been available and we've already started hearing rumors and speculations about Apple's next generation iPhone.

CNet reports that according to their sources, Apple's next iPhone will indeed get a major redesign and it was apparently Steve Jobs' last big project, something we've heard earlier. Steve Jobs Apple's co-founder and ex-CEO sadly passed away last week.

CNet reports:

The next-generation iPhone "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason...this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes," Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw, wrote in a research note this week. He expects the iPhone 5 to be a "cult classic" because of Jobs' involvement.

Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw also claims that the next generation iPhone (which may be called iPhone 6 as it will be the sixth generation iPhone) will be thinner and come with a larger screen though with similar dimensions as iPhone 4S, suggesting that it could come with an edge-to-edge screen. Kumar also claims that the next generation iPhone will support 4G LTE networks.

Kumar also cites another source in the report, who claimed to have knowledge of the redesign:

Another source, who I spoke with this week and who claims to have knowledge of the redesign, said the iPhone 5 is a "complete redesign. This is a very large project that Steve dedicated all of his time to. He was not that involved in the 4S because his time was limited."

Ever since Apple launched iPhone 4S, which looks like iPhone 4, it has been expected that Apple's sixth generation iPhone will be completely redesigned just like iPhone 4 was a completely redesigned iPhone after iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

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