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Apple's new iPhone 5: Rumours and gossip looking ahead to October 4 press conference







Apple iPhone (Pic: PA)


Apple have finally announced their press event for 4 October, and anticipation of the iPhone 5 is reaching fever pitch.
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Speculation on the web remains as frenzied as ever as to what we can expect when new CEO Tim Cook takes to the stage.
So, we’ve taken the pain out of you having to trawl the web for gossip and have pulled together the most credible rumours on the net.
Truth be told, we’re mainly writing this piece to counter the mis-spelling of the word ‘rumour’ on all the US tech sites… But we digress.
Let’s Talk iPhone

Apple invitation
Let's Talk iPhone is the name of the event invitation. Although this is an obvious pointer to a new version (or versions, but we’ll come to that in a minute) of the mega popular Apple iPhone being unveiled, it also alludes to something more subtle.
Last year Apple bought a speech recognition company called Siri. Not to be confused with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’s daughter Suri, Siri have produced a very nifty app which serves as a personal assistant on the iPhone.
That in itself is not that impressive. But Siri works with natural language, so you can simply tell it what you want. Saying something like: “dinner for two at Chez Gerard next week for 8pm” will set the app to find out if a table is available and book it for you.
Watch the demo:

All of this points strongly to a new way for iPhone users to use their phone. Plus voice recognition is appearing everywhere, so this rumour is a pretty solid one.
Despite the crushing embarrassment of sitting on a packed train and commanding your phone to book you an appointment to have your verucas removed, we’re pretty intrigued by this one.
The look
Plenty of sites seem to be grabbing on to leaked photos of companies that have produced cases for the new iPhone, so we can expect some kind of small design change.
Once again, speculation points to something thinner, wider, a bigger screen, a more metallic back or even having a curved screen.
All bets are off on this one until we see it.
Tech stuff
It’s not that interesting, but the new phone will pack a faster processor (handy for flinging your angry birds more smoothly across the screen), more memory and an 8 mega pixel camera.
NFC
NFC what, I hear you ask? Not to be confused with a fried chicken based fast food chain, NFC stands for Near Field Communication. And for those of you that don’t already know about it, it’s set to be the next big thing in mobile.
For years, we’ve all hated having lots of loose change in our purses/pockets/wallets. Have you ever thought: “Wouldn’t it be great if we could just take out our phones and swipe them over a special reader in a shop which lets me pay for small goods up to the value of £15?” Of course you have. And now this is becoming a reality.
Once again, the thought of people rubbing themselves vigorously up against Oyster card readers to pay with their phones in their pocket is perhaps not the best vision, but the iPhone is firmly on the NFC bandwagon and in a couple of years, using your mobile to pay for your Daily Mirror will be commonplace. Trust us.
Budget iPhone
Rumour is also rife of an iPhone 4s which is a reworking of the current iPhone aimed at the more affordable end of the market.
We’re not entirely sure what constitutes ‘affordable’ as it is unlikely to match Nokia’s recent release of sub £100 phones for the Asian market.
But it won’t make your eyes water like the Iphone 5 - which will probably cost around £700 to buy without a contract.
Beyond the iPhone

Tim Cook will be presenting after replacing Steve Jobs as CEO
Don’t forget that Apple’s big annual event isn’t just about the iPhone.
Apple often revamp their iPod range and they are known for having a segment called ‘and another thing’ at the end of the session where they land a sucker punch that no one sees coming.
No one has any idea what this will be but the rumour mill has spat out everything from an HD version of the iPad 2 with a hi res ‘retina display’ to Apple producing their own 50in flat screen TVs. Once again…..it’s anyone’s guess.
In the shops

Customers queue outside an Apple store
Last but not least, you are likely to be able to get your hands on the new iPhone on 14 October.
We know this because Apple has apparently cancelled all shop staff leave on that day.
The cancelling of staff leave is usually something reserved for police and the like anticipating a major event, but in this case, the only riots will be in the Apple stores themselves as devotees queue for 72 hours and then scramble wildly to get their hands on the latest tech.
For the rest of us mere mortals who don’t really fancy sleeping out on Regent Street and not showering for three days (which we’re only really prepared to do for the greater good such as Glastonbury) then we’ll have to rely on the inevitable stock shortages and another frenzied round of news as to how many weeks delay it’ll be before we can get our mitts on one.
Now we wait
So that’s it really. We’re incredibly excited in a geeky fanboy way to see what is going to be announced. We’ll be glued to our screens next Tuesday as the conference kicks off at 10am in San Francisco (which is 6pm UK time) to eagerly see what morsels of technical joy Apple will be bringing into our lives.


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Hey ButtPlug, you'd better get down to 7-11 and stock up on Kleenex and baby lotion.

But it won’t make your eyes water like the Iphone 5 - which will probably cost around £700 to buy without a contract.

Jaysus, what a waste of money.

Still, I suppose Ninja Steve's medical bills are through the roof by now.

harryb, it's time for you to have a quick wank, there is a new candidate in the phone jewelry department

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

The cancelling of staff leave is usually something reserved for police and the like anticipating a major event, but in this case, the only riots will be in the Apple stores themselves as devotees queue for 72 hours and then scramble wildly to get their hands on the latest tech.

jesus christ, these people are so sad. I bet harryb was also in line waiting all night to get his XBOX360

^ You 2 are funny

Originally Posted by sabaii sabaii

to eagerly see what morsels of technical joy Apple will be bringing into our lives.

are they talking Android Devices or iPhone ? hard to say these days, all the minions geeks share the same tard speak and the same over excitement over some silly piece of technology

Sabaii you bastard I know you started this on purpose.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

harryb, it's time for you to have a quick wank, there is a new candidate in the phone jewelry department

Butters, you are a strange one. You own an iPhone and I wouldn't touch one with a shitty stick.

Well so far this is a fucking joke.

They now have tabbed browsing and notifications. Something Android has had for ages.

Talk about playing catch up.

And it looks like they've copied Blackberry Messenger to get the teenagers market LOL

Blah Blah Blah fucking cloud *yawn*

8:41 pm "Today we're announcing a new app called 'Find my Friends.' Now when I'm at Disneyland, I can easily see where my family is. Or I can see if my son made it to school today."

Yes mate, Disneyland is very appropriate.

Blah Blah Blah new iPods.

8:50 pm $129 for 8GB nano, $149 for 16GB — available today.

RIP OFF ALERT.

And now - the iPhone 4S!

Talk about dropping the ball. Everyone's going to think this is just a tweak and wait for the proper iPhlop 5!

Wankers!

And they've got some bloke from Epic playing games with it.

What an anticlimax.

Total Mickey Mouse fuck up.

Better have something up their sleeve or they'll get it in the neck.

Battery figures impressive but unproven.

GSM and CDMA - playing catch up with the competition again.

Possibly the most irrelevant chart of the night.

So they've improved the camera. Yawn.

And the most pedantic slide of the night....



Wow, 0.9 seconds quicker ready for a photograph. That makes such a difference.