With the new year set to begin within two days, millions of fans of Cupertino based tech giant Apple are hoping that they will get a brand new edition of hottest selling smart phone iPhone 5 in the new year and the largest selling tablet iPad.

This will be the best smart phone launched so far following the tremendous success of the latest version of Apple smart phone, iPhone 4S. When Apple launched iPhone 4S, many were disappointed as to why Apple didn’t launch a completely new version of the phone, but iPhone 4S went on to become the biggest hit of all editions of the smart phone.

There are rumors that another hot selling gadget iPad 3 will be released as early as the last week of February. Though no definite dates of iPhone 5 release have been announced, nonetheless, the new version can see the light of the day very early. Here we discuss the important updates that we may find in the forthcoming version of iPhone.

iPhone 5 is expected to be a lot better and much more improved than the existing iPhone 4S. It is necessary for Apple to bring out its iPhone 5 with a far smarter dual core processor. A German Mac blog Macerkopf reported that Apple is reportedly working with a highly sophisticated next generation iPhone for 2012. The company has begun to test various screen resolutions and processors for the next iPhone. The new iPhone, according to Macerkopf, may possibly have 720p display with a stunning 16:9 aspect ratio. As well, the gadget will be powered by NVIDIA quad core processor.

Though the existing iPhone 4S comes with a great A5 processor and 1080p video capturing 8-megapixel rear camera. As per rumors, the new version of the device, possibly an iPhone 5, will be up with a more high resolution display with an aspect ratio of 16:9. The High Definition playback at 720p will be a great thing with an iPhone. As a whole, the tech blog concludes that Apple seems to be concentrating more on display resolution aspects of the next iPhone version.

Apple doesn’t give away any information whatsoever about its forthcoming products and experts believe that the tradition will not change at least this time too. Macerkopf reports that two dependable sources told the blog that Apple is testing a number of screen resolution configurations for its upcoming iPhone. Along with a quad core processor, the company is to provide great importance for having a new screen aspect ratio for the new iPhone. The current iPhone version has a 3:2 aspect ratio and Apple is now working to raise it to 16:9. Apple is also testing a 1280 x 720 screen size, which would make iPhone 5 like LG Nitro HD in display performance, says the German tech blog.

There are some more upgrades going to happen in the forthcoming edition of the smart phone from Apple. Rumors suggest that the iPhone 5 will come with some stunning features like iCam, which will revolutionize the way iPhone will take photos. Others suggest that Hitachi and Sony have signed deals with Apple to provide LCD displays for the next generation iPhone.

Source - [ nvonews.com ]