Taiwan Celebrity Get His First Hand-On with iPhone 5 [Picture]

Jimmy Lin is once the most popular celebrity in Taiwan and Chinese community all around the world. But is this the reason for him to have such a privilege to get first hand-on with Apple’s latest smartphone- iPhone 5 before the official launch. According to his Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter), he had shown the picture of iPhone 5, and more important, he was examining the phone in his hand. From the picture, the iPhone 5 model is quite similar to the leaked picture of so-called latest iPhone that we shared.

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In addition to the picture he shared, he also add in some description of the iPhone 5 in Chinese.   

今天了證實iPhone 5 的確將變得更長，並採用與 iPad 相同的鋁合金材質，同時也因 採用4 吋螢幕，厚度更薄，但我覺得手感差不多，不過耳機插孔也改為在底部。在連接器方面，，iPhone 5 將不再使用標準 30 pin 的連接器，改用較小的 19 pin 連接器。

After translated to English, it’s actually mean:

Today, I have confirmed that iPhone 5 have became taller, and made with Aluminium alloy which is same as iPad. Due to the modification to 4” display, it made the phone slimmer. Headphone jack has been changed to bottom of the phone. Besides, iPhone 5 no longer use the standard 30pin connector but with smaller 19pin connector.

From his description, he did not mention regarding of his opinion on the new changes or the full specification of the phone. If you are eager to know more, there is two week to go before the official launch of Apple’s iPhone 5. Please stay tune to Ricky Chew Dot Com to get latest news of iPhone 5.