Apple iPhone 5 deals & review

There are many conflicting rumours surrounding the next iPhone from Apple, with some suggesting that it will be the iPhone 5, a complete overhaul in design, or the iPhone 4S, a slide modification on the existing iPhone 4. There are also rumours that both of these handsets will make an appearance, although this would be out of character for Apple who have until now just released one phone per year.

There are some things that can be taken for granted as appearing in the iPhone 5, and others that can be speculated as being highly probable. The phone will almost certainly come with a faster dual core processor and 1GB RAM, making it the fastest and most efficient iPhone yet released. The iPhone 5 will also retain or build upon the iPhone 4´s fantastic Retina display, with 300DPI resolution. While this could have seen an improvement from Apple engineers the human eye cannot detect any difference with a larger DPI (hence the Retina moniker) and so screen improvements may come in the form of one the iPhone 5´s biggest rumours – a larger screen.

Many people are talking of an iPhone with a large 4" screen (compared to the earlier 3.5", and in keeping with current industry trends) although if this is implemented it will not be at the expense of the overall size and form factor, with the iPhone 5 being a very similar sized phone to the iPhone 4.

The next iPhone will also come with iOS 5, which provides many additional software benefits and goodies. The iPhone 5 should go into production in August with a possible release date of September or October, although an exact UK release date has not yet been disclosed.