Will 2011 be remembered by the legions of loyal Apple liegemen as the year the world met Siri? Will it be remembered as the year Steve Jobs passed away? Will it be the year of the iPad 2? Let’s hope for Apple’s sake that it’s not the year of the “No iPhone 5.”
The much-rumoured Apple smartphone turned out to simply be an upgrade of the iPhone 4, but rumours abound that the 5 will hit shelves in 2012. Here are a few things you can expect from the iPhone 5.
First of all, you can expect the phone to debut at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Event in June 2012. There have been murmurings of quad core processor smartphones hitting the market and microchip giant AMD, of whom Apple is a licensee, has developed a few of these so far. The iPhone 5 will most likely have a quad core processor which means even faster functioning of the phone. The current iPhone 4S features the A5 processor also found in the iPad 2.
Initially a larger screen was reported to be one of the keys to the redesign that the iPhone 5 will sport. A five-inch screen is purported to be the basis of the new design and if this is the case will fulfil Steve Jobs’ wish. Apparently the company had a 5-inch model ready to introduce, but Jobs axed it at the last second because he feared Apple would not be able to do it justice at that point. Whether or not a larger screen will be accompanied by 720p resolution remains to be seen.
Each of the previous iPhone designs have featured an improved camera so it’s not outrageous to think that a ten megapixel camera will be included in the device.
For the most part these are rumours, but it is definitely safe to assume a redesigned iPhone will hit the market in mid to late-2012 with a quad core processor and upgraded camera. Until then, you’ll just have to keep scouring the Internet for leads on the device’s specs.
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Apple’s Android competitors outshine the iPhone in the camera resolution and screen size department. Claw Digital Review says , Apple’s retina display is smaller than many slab Android phones but often approaches or beats them in resolution. If Apple goes with a larger screen, 8-megapixel camera and full 1080p video recording, it’ll need more horsepower to support all of them. The bigger screen, in particular, will also demand more battery power. Apple’s been very careful about battery life (it’s why it fought so long and hard against multi-tasking) and it may have to increase battery size and capacity to support a larger retina screen.