Late Apple CEO Steve Jobs might have had a role in designing the next two iPhone smartphones, according to a report.
According to the San Francisco Examiner, Apple's government liaison Michael Foulkes spoke to District Attorney George Gascón in regards to the growing number of stolen Apple devices.
Gascón has been in talks with Apple in hopes the Cupertino-based organization would implement a disable mechanism on devices when reported stolen.
"It was very underwhelming," said Gascón about his talk with Foulkes. "He did most of the talking. It was incredible. He would just go on and on, one subject to the next. It was hard to follow. It was almost like someone who's been trained in the art of doing a lot of talking and saying nothing."
Gascón did note how the Apple government liaison spoke about the "long and laborious" process the company takes in researching and developing a 'kill-switch' for devices, the Examiner reported.
"They preceded Tim Cook," said Gascón about the next two generations of the iPhones, which Foulkes might have slipped are already in development.
Apple has not commented on Gascón's claim.
Improved security has been a rumored featured for the iPhone 5S. According to a report by China Times, a Taiwanese chip firm named Chipbond stated they were selected to provide components to the next iPhone smartphone, which include an NFC chip and a fingerprint authentication sensor.
According to MacFan, Apple will hold an event on Thursday, June 20, to showcase the next-generation iPhone. In addition, the iPhone 5S is expected to go on sale in early July. A June 20 event would come around Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which is set to take place in June as well. Apple did use the WWDC to announce the iPhone 4, iPhone 3, and iPhone 3GS.
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