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"Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn has reportedly expanded its workforce in preparation for the production of the next iPhone. The company has hired 10,000 employees since late March for the assembly line at its factory in Zhengzhou in anticipation of the new iOS handset, according to The Wall Street Journal.  &amp;quot;We have been very busy recently as we will start mass-producing the new iPhone soon,&amp;quot; a factory executive allegedly told the publication. The next Apple smartphone, widely believed to be the iPhone 5S, has been tipped for a summer release by numerous analysts. Japanese blog Macotakara recently claimed that the Cupertino firm is planning to offer the seventh-generation handset in a similar array of colours to its iPod Touch line. The website also stated that the iPhone 5S will bear a similar design to the current-generation iPhone 5, with an improved camera and processor, as well as fingerprint recognition technology. Apple is also strongly rumoured to be launching a budget iPhone alongside the flagship model, with previous reports indicating that this could also be available in a variety of colours. &amp;gt; Apple iPhone 6: What we know so far Watch Digital Spy&amp;#039;s video review of the iPhone 5 below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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