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More images of iPhone 5S prototype emerge, complete with probable A7 chip and dual-LED smart flash

MacRumors has posted additional images of a prototype iPhone 5S this morning, adding to the increasing leaks of the upcoming device. Rather than using the A6X chip that is in the current-generation iPad, MacRumors speculates that the new processor’s model number means the next iPhone’s chip will be an A7.

In addition, the new iPhone will sport dual-LED flash. Of note, the two LEDs seem to be different colors:

The different colors could be exactly what analyst Ming Chi Kuo called “smart flash”, as we reported back in March. This would increase the quality of photos by making it possible for only one color LED to flash in particular lighting situations.

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