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Something looks a bit off with that photo [1]. The screen size is wrong. It has the aspect ratio of a pre-5 iPhone (notice the extra-large gap between the bottom of the screen and the home button compared to [2]). It also appears to be running iOS 6, which I'm pretty sure isn't possible on a 5s.

[1]: http://geohot.com/mt.jpg [2]: http://images.apple.com/iphone/compare/images/compare_iphone...

The screen size looks wrong because the app is running in pillar box mode — it's only been compiled to run for 640x960 screens (i.e. iPhone 4S and older).

The keyboard is iOS 6 styled because the app hasn't been compiled for iOS 7.

Nothing out of the ordinary here.

The bottom of the keyboard is not the bottom of the screen. http://i.imgur.com/TzUAKI9.jpg

MobileTerminal (the app he's running) hasn't been updated with iPhone 5 support

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