iPhone 5 release date

A new report from Asia is claiming that the 2012 iPhone will flaunt a new design, and will use “liquid metal” technology. Thinner, lighter and still stylish, the report suggests that Apple’s partnership with LiquidMetal technologies will take the iPhone keynote’s centerstage.
For starters, Apple signed a deal with Liquidmetal Technologies two years ago allowing them to use the patents related to metal and alloy designs. So basically, the rumor is based on an old Apple news.
According to a South Korean news agency, Apple’s next smartphone will use  amorphous metals for its main body, and it will compete against Samsung’s flagship Android phone which is reportedly using ceramic. With the patented metals, Apple’s iPhone 5 is expected to be “highly resistant to external impacts.”
The metals that Liquidmetal developed, apparently, offer benefits that will allow Apple to make a thinner and lighter devices. These metals offer elasticity too, so we might see a “curved” design (if the report is accurate). Liquidmetal’s patented metals also focus on strength, hardness, corrosion and wear-resistance, and acoustical properties.

Last week, rumormongers said the next iPhone might also feature a 3D display just because the California-based phone and computer maker is set to hire a 3D technology expert. It is worth noting that Apple is also rumored to unveil its own TV set this year, so the 3D expert, hopefully, will not work with the next iPhone because 3D on smartphones is not yet ready for primetime due to lack of content.

Last year, Apple upgraded the iPhone by introducing a new CPU, the dual-core A5 chip (originally from the iPad 2), and the new camera sensor, an 8-megapixel back-facing camera that supports 1080p video recording. This year, analysts and tech bloggers are expecting to see an iPhone 5 with the dual-core A5X chip and quad-core graphics processor, also with 12 megapixels camera, larger screen, and also a new, and not iPhone 4-ish design.
In related news, Apple’s new iPhone partner in United States, Sprint, is reportedly rolling out more LTE cities before June, the rumored launch month of the iPhone 5. According to reports, Sprint’s incoming LTE network will welcome more than 12 cities, and joining the original 6 cities announced, Sprint will reportedly switch on Long Term Evolution in Akron, Chicago, Fort Worth, Nashville, New York, Rialto and Stockton.
Analysts believe that LTE is the most important asset this year, and Sprint’s last chance against Verizon and AT&T is about LTE. Opening more LTE areas will allow Sprint to attract more customers, specifically the “advanced” users who care about the speed of the phone’s internet.
Similar to the new iPad, the iPhone 5 might use the A5X chip, the redesigned system-on-a-chip which supports AT&T and Verizon’s LTE networks and other wireless carriers in other countries.
With LTE or Long Term Evolution, customers can stream videos and music faster, and download files even faster than the traditional home broadband.
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