As iPhone 5 gossip and speculation continues to rise ahead of an expected autumn launch, Reuters is the latest to claim Apple is seeking to use the new, smaller design due to packaging constraints from relocating the headphone jack.
Reuters believes that Apple has moved the headphone jack to the bottom of the new iPhone, to where it is also located on the iPod touch, and as such a smaller dock connector is required.
Two sources "familiar with the matter" confirmed that the 19-pin port is being used "to make room for the earphone moving to the bottom."
This would mean that the huge range of 30-pin accessories - such as speaker docks, chargers and game controllers - would no longer work with the new phone without some form of adapter.