The announcement of the iPhone 4S shocked the technology community, as most people were fully expecting Apple to debut their iPhone 5 model. Now that the iPhone 4S has been fully detailed, many people are wondering what to expect with the new generation of iPhone 5 that will likely be released next year. While there is no concrete information concerning the iPhone 5 specs for next year, we can form a few assumptions based on this year’s current iPhone 4S specs.
iPhone 5: What Improvements to Expect in the next generation Apple iPhone
One of the things many people were surprised to see about the new iPhone 4S release is that it retained the same outer appearance as the iPhone 4. Because there was no upgrade in screen size or appearance, many technology experts wonder if Apple is reserving any radical changes it has for the iPhone line for the fifth generation release. Current Android screens run around the 4″ mark and set the industry standard for screen sizes, so many speculate that the iPhone 5 screen size will be at least 4″ and above.
Aside from screen size improvements, another area of improvement versus the iPhone 4S is expected to be a processor update. The iPhone 4S processor is a 800MHz dual core beast that is currently clocking in at speeds just faster than Android darling the Samsung Galaxy S II. The iPhone 5 processor is expected to be a quad core processor that will likely triple the speeds that are currently available for the iPhone 4S.
One of the debut new features of the iPhone 4S was its Siri voice recognition system. Siri makes it easy to find information and quickly access your contacts, but support for writing texts and emails is pretty sparse. By the new release of iOS 6 for the iPhone 5, we expect Siri to be heavily improved as a hands free tool for communicating with your phone. This is a great boon for people who need to communicate while on the go.
Twitter integration is now built into iOS 5 as a default function. This makes interacting with the service even easier, but we expect that the iPhone 5 will allow for integration with Facebook as well. Offering complete integration for networks that people use every day makes it easier for them to use their phone, which Apple seeks to provide by offering an integrated experience within iOS.
This integration will be taken further for the iPhone 5, making it a truly amazing web based experience right from the palm of your hand.
Overall, the new iPhone 5 will feature better hardware and a possibly larger screen that will make for viewing videos and pictures even easier. Better social integration using features like Siri and Facebook and Twitter integration will allow you to stay connected right from your phone. Users will find more to love in the iPhone 5 as it will offer more than the small upgrade that we saw this year in the iPhone 4S.
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