By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:16 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:20 EST, 2 August 2012 . The countdown to Apple's new iPhone continued today as the boss of Sharp Corp. said it will begin shipping screens for the new gadget within weeks. The new phone, expected to be called simply the iPhone, is widely rumoured to be unveiled on September 12th at an event in San Francisco. The handset is then expected to go on sale in October, in time for the lucrative Christmas shopping season. Sharp Corp's President Takashi Okuda (R) is surrounded by media as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo. He said the firm will start shipping screens for a new iPhone next month. 'Shipments will start in August,' Sharp's new president, Takashi Okuda, said at a press briefing in Tokyo on Thursday after the company released its latest quarterly earnings. He declined to give a more specific date for shipments beyond this month. Sharp, identified as a supplier by Apple last year, is one of three companies expected to build the screens for the latest Apple offering. More... 'We've been ripped off - it's offensive': Apple launches attack on Samsung as it relates how Steve Jobs 'bet the farm' on the iPhone . iPhone 5 and iPad Mini 'will debut with a classic Apple unveiling on September 12th and be in the shops nine days later' The other two suppliers of the panels are LG Display Co Ltd and Japan Display Inc. Online rumours have claimed the iPhone screens will be thinner than their previous incarnations . with the use of so-called in-cell panels. The new technology embeds . touch sensors into the liquid crystal display, eliminating the . touch-screen layer found in current iPhones. What's around the corner: Sharp Corp's President Takashi Okuda refused to reveal more details about the new iPhone screen . Sources earlier told Reuters that the panels will be 4 inches corner to corner -- 30 percent bigger than current iPhones. The news comes as Samsung and Apple on Tuesday faced off at the start of a high-stakes patent trial, where Apple has accused Samsung of stealing iPhone features like scrolling and multi-touch. A Youtube video claims to show the full casing of the new iPhone, including the larger screen .
New iPhone expected to be unveiled on September 12th .
Screen believed to be four inches corner to corner .
Will include major update to Apple's iOS software .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:16 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:20 EST, 2 August 2012 . The countdown to Apple's new iPhone continued today as the boss of Sharp Corp. said it will begin shipping screens for the new gadget within weeks. The new phone, expected to be called simply the iPhone, is widely rumoured to be unveiled on September 12th at an event in San Francisco. The handset is then expected to go on sale in October, in time for the lucrative Christmas shopping season. Sharp Corp's President Takashi Okuda (R) is surrounded by media as he leaves a news conference in Tokyo. He said the firm will start shipping screens for a new iPhone next month. 'Shipments will start in August,' Sharp's new president, Takashi Okuda, said at a press briefing in Tokyo on Thursday after the company released its latest quarterly earnings. He declined to give a more specific date for shipments beyond this month. Sharp, identified as a supplier by Apple last year, is one of three companies expected to build the screens for the latest Apple offering. More... 'We've been ripped off - it's offensive': Apple launches attack on Samsung as it relates how Steve Jobs 'bet the farm' on the iPhone . iPhone 5 and iPad Mini 'will debut with a classic Apple unveiling on September 12th and be in the shops nine days later' The other two suppliers of the panels are LG Display Co Ltd and Japan Display Inc. Online rumours have claimed the iPhone screens will be thinner than their previous incarnations . with the use of so-called in-cell panels. The new technology embeds . touch sensors into the liquid crystal display, eliminating the . touch-screen layer found in current iPhones. What's around the corner: Sharp Corp's President Takashi Okuda refused to reveal more details about the new iPhone screen . Sources earlier told Reuters that the panels will be 4 inches corner to corner -- 30 percent bigger than current iPhones. The news comes as Samsung and Apple on Tuesday faced off at the start of a high-stakes patent trial, where Apple has accused Samsung of stealing iPhone features like scrolling and multi-touch. A Youtube video claims to show the full casing of the new iPhone, including the larger screen .
August 2012 . The countdown to Apple's new iPhone within weeks. The new phone, expected to be be unveiled on September 12th at an event in San the panels will be 4 inches corner to corner --