Apple iPhone 5 Release Date, News, Features and Specs

Apple New iPhone 5 leaks is generating lot of speculation and assumptions based on leaks and insides e.g 4 Inches Retina Display, A5 Dual-Core Processor, iOS 5 and much more.

Since the emergence of the first iPhone in 2007, The iPhone is one of Apple's most successful products, with more than 16 million sold in the last quarter of 2010 and accounting for more than a third of the company's sales in the period.

iPhone 5 Release Date News

The iPhone 5 Release Date is expected to be in September 2011. Apple suppliers will begin production of its next-generation iPhone in July this year, before shipping components to Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, flagship of Foxconn Technology Group, for assembly. But either way, iPhone 5 or 4GS is set to release eventually with some much expected required and desired tweaks at least.

Apple iPhone 5 Features an Specifications Expected

The iPhone 5 is currently in prototype testing. Let have a look at some of the most discussed and debated rumors, desires, expectation and their possibilities:

Apple new iPhone 5 expected features include an updated camera, perhaps 8 megapixels on the back. The Home Button might be dropped in favor of the multi-touch gestures used on iOS 4.3. This is a little less likely due to 4/5 finger gestures being next to impossible on the small screen. A slightly larger screen is expected be used, perhaps 4 inches. But loves to use the smaller 3.5 inch screen with the only main difference being the higher pixel density Retina Display.

Impressed from iPad design features, some new design changes are also hinted in upcoming iPhone 5, with a flat metallic back and rounded edges. Drawing from the iPod touch styling, the backing to the iPhone 5 is chrome and changes in thickness from thick to thin like the new MacBook Air. But it is also likely that Apple will stick to the iPhone 4 design, perhaps with something to squash the antenna rumors that caused a stir last year. A physical keyboard is on the list of rumores, I an unable to give it weight more than zero percent.

Apple iPhone 5 Infographic, Rumors and Possibilities

The infographic embedded below, shows a number of changes that might happen to the next generation iPhone 5 and also gives a percentage of how likelihood of the feature to be available on the New iPhone 5.

Special thanks to two highly-skilled designers Düne and Soso from French blog NoWhereElse for producing this wonderful infographic which summarizes all the rumors, expectations and possibilities for upcoming iPhone 5. Don't forget to check the blue progress bars for the likelihood of each one of these rumors to actually occur. And feel free to share your comments on these predictions.