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The next-generation iPhone, expected to be released around September of this year, will be "thinner and lighter" than the iPhone 4. And while manufacturer Foxconn has had difficulty assembling the devices, Apple may try to move as many as 40 million by the end of the year.

Component supplier sources that spoke to the Wall Street Journal corroborated recent rumors pointing to an 8 megapixel rear-facing camera and baseband processors supplied by Qualcomm. However, these same sources suggested that the new iPhone will be "thinner and lighter" than the current model.

WSJ's report adds to the conflicting rumors we have heard in the last few weeks regarding the next-gen iPhone's form factor. Numerous sources, including those for Bloomberg, have said that the new device will look largely the same as the current iPhone 4. Sources for BGR, though, claimed that the device will have a "radical new case design." Perhaps instead we will be ultimately treated to something between both extremes—a thinner and lighter version of the current form factor is certainly plausible.

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