China Mobile claims that it has reached an agreement with Apple to bring to bring its 4th generation TD-LTE
mobile data connection to the
next generation iPhone.The claim isn't exactly
new news as it was originally reported
back in May, and doesn't specify which model of iPhone it will be in, but could hint at the
next generation iPhone actually being an
iPhone 4S type device, with
updated 4G capabilities, rather than a totally
new iPhone 5 design.
This could also tally with the recent rumors that the next generation iPhone, iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S, has actually started carry network testing.
China Mobile, the largest
mobile network provide based on subscribers, isn't the only large carrier to let iPhone news slip of iPhone specs and release dates. Earlier this year
Korea SK Telecom claimed the iPhone 5 would launch in July (turned out to be the white iPhone 4)