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hey I'm Kareem levy and welcome to rumor has it the show that rounds up the week's biggest tech rumors and you can vote on what you think about the rumors too in the interactive player if you're watching on cnet this week everything is getting bigger and the next iPhone could want your fingerprints on the screen on purpose let's get started first up according to the verge nokia is eyeing a launch date later this year for a six inch Windows Phone the big phone codenamed bandit will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and it will offer a 1080p display with a polycarbonate body and a 20 megapixel rear camera six inches is heading into phablet territory and is slowly creeping into tablet territory but it's not unheard of just this week samsung announced that the 6.3 inch samsung galaxy mega was going to get a u.s. rollout beginning on friday but this would be the first windows phone phablet so why not i say go for it nokia build your little heart out samsung could use some competition next some leaked photos point to the next iphone having a fingerprint reader people started talking about this feature last year when apple acquired fingerprint recognition chipmaker authentic the talk ramped up again last month when a beta tester discovered biometric scanner code in one of the iOS 7 builds the blog laptop reports that photos leaked of the inside of the alleged iphone 5s show support for fingerprint scanning hardware the pictures look like nothing much to the untrained eye but according to laptop there's a redesign metal spacer cushion near the home button that has extra room to accommodate additional components and that could be the elusive fingerprint reader I guess we'll see next month but i'd rather have NFC than a fingerprint reader what do you guys think and finally and other make it bigger news according to the korea economic daily samsung is working on a 12 inch tablet that will be released in october the report is very brief because all it really says Samsung's current biggest tablet is 11.6 inches and according to a wall street journal article from last month Apple may also be testing larger screens could this be a new trend what do you guys think how big is too big what is your tablet sweet spot don't forget to vote and leave a comment and ask the scenic council what it thinks the cnet council is composed of five editors who cast their votes anonymously their opinions are not an endorsement by cnet or CBS Interactive obviously because these are rumors folks and the cnet council's verdict is yes they do think that Samsung is working on a 12 inch tablet because as one editor says they're working on every size tablet pets are show everybody share your rumours that rumor has it at cnet com or call us at 1 800 750 cnet and tweet us and tune in next week for more tech rumors