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KGI analyst Ming Chi Quo was all over the Interweb yesterday

thanks to thoughts on the Mac and the next iPhone. The last shall be first for this

story. Apple Insider has Quo saying that Apple is set to slim down the iPhone or at least

slim down part of it. He's either buying or supporting rumors that have the

Cupertino company bringing in-cell touch panels to the next iPhone.

According to the piece the new display design, which would embed the touch sensor within the

TFT LCD could result in thickness savings of as much as 0.44 millimeters by removing the separate touch center layer and one layer

of adhesive. Quo thinks that that could help Apple intro an iPhone that's less than 8 millimeters in thickness.

Though Giga Om thinks that that is less likely than giving the device a bigger battery.

Yes, there are thinner Android phones on the market than the current iPhone,

but Giga Om doesn't think that that concerns

Apple, quoting that piece, it makes more sense for Apple to use the space savings

not to make the next iPhone thinner but instead to offer more room for the battery.

A thicker battery in the same overall iPhone size would offset any additional power usage

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