Apple iPhone event: the 10 key questions

 
 What about the processor?
This seems like a no brainer: pretty much every rumour over the last few
months has said that the new iPhone will be powered by the same A5 chip that
runs the iPad 2. I don’t see any reason to think otherwise and the A5 is the
main reason that I think the new phone will be called the iPhone 5.
My guess: it will be powered by an A5 processor.

Will the new iPhone have an NFC chip?
Google’s Android handsets have had NFC ‘wave-and-pay’ technology for a while
now and certainly mobile phones are the future of payments. Apple seldom
jumps on new technologies early, however. It prefers to have a service in
place to use them and I don’t think NFC is established enough yet.
My guess: no NFC chip this time.

Will it have a better camera?
Since the first iPhone rumours emerged, the answer to this question has been
the same: the new iPhone will have an 8-megapixel camera – a considerable
improvement on the 5-megapixel version in the iPhone 4.
My guess: the new iPhone will have an 8MP camera.

Is there anything new to come in iOS 5?
At its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Apple unveiled iOS 5, the next
version of the operating system that runs the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
The company does this so that developers can prepare their apps to take
advantage of the newest features. But will there be any new operating system
features announced tomorrow? Apparently so. The suggestion is that the new
iPhone will have a feature called Assistant, which embeds voice operation
throughout the device. It’s based on Siri, which Apple bought last year.
My guess: Assistant will be the only new iOS feature.

How much will it cost?
The 16GB iPhone 4 costs £510 from Apple and the 32GB version costs £612. Apple
typically keeps its prices the same when new technology is released. So what
will it do this year?
My guess: the price points will stay the same, with the 64GB model at £612 and
the 32GB at £510.

What will be the release date for the new iPhone?
There has been all kinds of guesswork about the release date over the last few
months. This Is My Next suggested
last month that the new iPhone would go on sale on October 21. That’s
two-and-a-half weeks after the launch event, which seems plausible. But
could Apple do it sooner?
My guess: the new iPhone will be released on October 14.

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