Iphone Event

The burning question, of course, is how much of an update it will be. The iPhone 4 was a big step up from its predecessor, the 3GS, which itself was basically the iPhone 3G with a better camera and speedier insides. The iPhone 4 did the camera and speed tricks again, while changing up the outside and adding a considerably sharper screen.
Will the iPhone 5 represent a tuning of an already tried-and-true device? Or will the longer wait result in something that's noticeably new? Those questions will be answered tomorrow morning, when Apple holds its "Let's Talk iPhone" event. In the interim, here's a small laundry list of things to keep an eye out for as the event unfolds.

New hardware

Apple's iPhone 4 models.

(Credit: Apple)

The most obvious thing to expect, of course, is a new iPhone. As mentioned earlier, the real question is just how new that new will be. Apple didn't have to do a whole lot between the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS to make the 3GS a success. The extra processing power and souped-up camera added video recording, and enabled a whole new class of apps.
Similar things happened with the iPhone 4 jumping to HD video recording and quadrupling the number of pixels that were on the same-size screen. The way apps looked became much more noticeable for users on the newer models, which in turn led to some developers coming back to long-abandoned apps to give them a new coat of paint, and maybe even fix a few bugs in the process.
Still, rewinding back to last year, the big iPhone 4 reveal was almost anticlimactic, owing to leaks that showed its exterior design months ahead of the official unveiling. Those included a high-profile leak of a near-finished device by blog Gizmodo, which posted photos and videos of the device in April, some two months ahead of Apple's event. Then there were photos and videos from Vietnamese site Tinhte, showing off the device once again.
When the time came to see the real device, all that was left to wonder about were the internals and how much it would cost. This time around, those sorts of leaks didn't happen. Yes, once again an Apple employee lost a prototype phone in a bar (in July), but we don't know where it ended up after that. It certainly wasn't in a photo and video expose (at least it hasn't been so far).
What's remained the same, however, is the flurry of rumors, which have been given longer than usual to percolate, twist, and turn. The speculation involves everything from talk of a mellow processor and camera boost to murmurings of a drastic overhaul that will create a device bearing little resemblance to previous models. Or hey, maybe we'll get both of those devices.
The two rumor camps have pointed toward differing possibilities for what the next iPhone will offer:

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