Expected: A5 CPU, higher spec CMOS camera. Let's hope it has larger screen, longer battery life, Bluetooth 4, faster 801n. Or maybe NFC chip for wallet type application? I suspect Square people already has some insight.<p>Its more than iPhone 5 event: iOS 5, iCloud, new iPod touch, new iPod refreshes or even new Apple TV.<p>Updated: Not sure why its voted down. I don't work for Apple.
This is total speculation, and probably easily explainable by any number of things, but: I bought the iPhone 4 the day it came out, subsidized price. I just called *639# to check my upgrade status, and the message says I'm not eligible for a full upgrade now, but "may qualify on 11/25/2011". That isn't any sort of upgrade anniversary for me - at least, I don't think it is - so that's an interesting date.
By most accounts the iPhone 5 will not have LTE. That's going to sting with Verizon customers in the United States. While it will probably support HSPA+ on AT&T which is already decently fast, Verizon CDMA is direly slow.<p>It will be a hard sell to get Verizon customers to pass up LTE for the next two years when there are already a few really good Android phones with LTE and most major cities have LTE coverage right now. Not to mention the many more cities will have LTE in just a few months.<p>I suppose that is just a sacrifice Apple will have to make. It will not matter for AT&T or most of its other carriers around the world.
Personally, I feel product announcements should be made by the head of the team that developed the product in the company. That's what Google does, for example.<p>It gives some well deserved spotlight to that person for their hard work.<p>It also prevents the company from developing an image that it is entirely dependent on one person for all it's product development, be it true or not.
AllThingsD has interesting points to make here; I wish they would write with proper grammar.<p>Also, I hate when they say "according to sources". What sources?! At least macrumors states exactly where they get their info from.