Rumour Round Up: Galaxy S4 eye scrolling and iPhone ‘Insert Number Here’

Rumour Round Up time and yep, the iPhone 5S/6 rumours are circling again.

But first, several sites are reporting two new and nifty, although slightly freaky functions that the Samsung Galaxy S4 will ship with.

PC Advisor reported that the S4 would launch next week on Thursday with Smart Scroll and Smart Pause.

Eye roll = Smart Scroll

Smart Scroll involved the screen automatically scrolling if the device detected that a user was looking at the screen, while Smart Pause involved a video pausing when the phone detected your moving away from the screen, PC Advisor said.

But how?! New York Times reported a Samsung employee who had tested the phone as saying the device used software to track a user’s eyes to determine where to scroll, but not how this technology work; maybe some kind of in-eyeball device?

Interestingly, the New York Times said Samsung had filed for a number of patents for Eye Scroll, involving “software having a feature of sensing eye movements and scrolling displays of mobile devices”.

GSMArena has full rumoured specifications here, including the new  Exynos 5 Octa processor with a 4.99 inch screen at  1080 x 1920 pixels.

iPhone 5s in production?

The iPhone 5S, it’s rumoured, has begun production.

MacRumors reported that Japanese blog Macotakara is saying Foxconn is ready to ramp up production on iPhone 5S, which would be built on the same production line as the iPhone 5.

CNET reported the 5S could sport the new A7 Apple chip, a better camera and a fingerprint chip.

iMore quoted sources as saying the iPhone 5S could be ready for August, with the same basic design as the iPhone 5, a more advanced processor and better camera.