Apple put iPad 2 rumours to rest by unveiling the next-generation tablet last week, clearing the way for media and bloggers to obsess about another company product reportedly in the pipeline: the iPhone 5.
Summer launch expected
The iPhone 5 will also reportedly include Apple’s A5 processor, just unveiled in conjunction with the iPad 2. Backing the smartphone with aluminium instead of glass, in theory, will help prevent the scratches that cause a certain subset of iPhone users to burst into tears of unimaginable grief.
The elimination of the current iPhone’s exterior antenna rim could slam the final coffin-nail into an issue that’s plagued Apple since last summer, when iPhone 4 owners reported that gripping the smartphone in a certain way, with their bare hand, resulted in radical signal dampening. Those “death grip” reports sprung back to life with this year’s release of the Verizon iPhone. A bumper or slipcase around the iPhone 4’s antenna rim will solve the issue, at the cost of the device’s minimalist aesthetics.
Rumours have also been flying around for months about possible additions to the iPhone 5, with pundits freely conjecturing about everything from more powerful cameras and upgraded hardware to 3G-enabled FaceTime video-conferencing.
Carrier choices to make
That uncertainty, coupled with Apple’s habitual refusal to share information about upcoming releases, helps keep the company’s rumour mill at a constant, deafening buzz. But as the iPad 2 demonstrated, that mill is only semi-accurate at best when it comes to predicting new hardware and software
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