Check out here below iPhone 5S pictures and find out more about its release date. Also it is possible that iPhone 5S will feature new NFC chip created by Qualcomm few days ago. I've heard that Apple has decided to speed up the launch cycle of its smartphones and test production could begin as early as this month. Some resources report that suppliers of components for the new iPhone already approved samples of their products and will be soon released a batch of 50-100 thousand iPhone 5S. According to different sources of information, iPhone 5S release date should be in the first half of 2013 or until the end of summer. This is necessary in order to achieve a more intense competition to the new flagship of Samsung whose appearance in the sale is also scheduled for the first half of next year. As can be seen on iPhone 5S pictures the device looks no different from the iPhone 5 - the same design, the same size and the same diagonal screen. However you can see on photos the difference inside the model. For example, fixings for board are not at the same place as in iPhone 5. Also there is news that Qualcomm has released new NFC chip (near-field-communications) that fits iPhone 5S. This new iPhone 5S feature will give better speed and performance of mobile payments. But there are some journalists questioned the fact that iPhone 5S images displayed on the panel are not 5S's, the fact is that it may be a old pre-test sample of iPhone 5 (which for some reason has not been approved). As with iPhone 5 (test model) all identification symbols are replaced by the letter "x". However I think that it is not strong proof that photos of iPhone 5S are fake and it is possible that we actually see the first pictures of the new Apple smartphone which will be more powerful than the iPhone 5 and release date of iPhone 5S will really be in the mid of 2013.