Apple May Already Be Testing the New iPhone and iOS 7

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Apple [1] undoubtedly has plans for a new version of iOS [2] and a successor to iPhone 5 [3], but now we have the first signs that the Cupertino giant is already testing them in the real world.

According to developer logs The Next Web [4] has seen, Apple is testing a device with a new, "iPhone 6.1" identifier running iOS 7. Furthermore, the device was sending requests from an IP address on Apple's Cupertino campus.

Even if the developer logs are genuine, they don't bring us any specifics about the new device or the software it's running.

Still, it's possible that the next generation iPhone is already undergoing testing at Apple, even though it's not likely to be launched before fall 2013. For comparison, a prototype [5] of the iPhone 4 -- very similar to the final version -- was unearthed several months before the phone was actually launched in June 2010.