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We’re sure that many Apple fans were disappointed earlier this year when Apple took the wraps off the new MacBooks, thus neglecting the iMac’s refresh in the process. Well it seems that come 12^th September, not only will Apple be unveiling the next-gen iPhone, but according to reports (via Fox News), refreshed iMacs could also be unveiled. It is unclear as to what sort of new features the refreshed iMacs will have, but Ivy Bridge processors, USB 3.0 ports and expanded SSD capabilities are reportedly among the list. Seems like an odd time to announce the iMac given that the iPhone’s announcement will probably overshadow it, but for those who have been waiting for an iMac update, perhaps your wish might come true on the 12^th of September. We’ll treat this with some skepticism for now and suggest you do the same, but check back with us then to see if the rumors have panned out.

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Many believe that the 21^st of September could be when Apple will release the iPhone 5, but unfortunately that date cannot be confirmed yet. Hopefully Apple’s 12^th of September announcement will reveal those details. However the folks at MacRumors have learnt that FedEx is planning a surge volume event on the 21^st to the 24^th of September which appears to coincide with Apple’s iPhone release date. Of course given that FedEx deals with thousands of companies, not just Apple, it would be slightly arrogant of us to presume that this might have anything to do with the iPhone.

However as MacRumors have pointed out, FedEx is Apple’s choice of shipping partner for US deliveries, sometimes turning to alternatives such as USPS during periods of heavy demand, so perhaps this speculation might not be too far off the mark. Either way with less than a week to go to the big day, we guess we won’t have long to wait to see if all these iPhone rumors and speculations come true, so stay tuned!

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When the iPhone 4S was released, the iPhone 3GS became Apple’s “budget” device, allowing customers to purchase and own an iPhone at a cheaper price, albeit an older model. With the upcoming release of the iPhone 5, will the iPhone 3GS still be kept around? According to a report from The Telegraph, that might not be the case and they have suggested that Apple could be discontinuing the iPhone 3GS, and will instead introduce an iPhone 4 8GB model instead. The iPhone 5 will feature the usual storage options – 16GB, 32GB and 64GB, thus allowing an older iPhone model to be sold at a cheaper price and with small storage.

However others have speculated that because iOS 6 was announced to be compatible with the iPhone 3GS (not all features will be available), it could be that Apple will be keeping the phone around for a while more. In any case with the release of the iPhone 5, the iPhone 3GS will be 3 years old which is considered to be “ancient” as far as technology is concerned, but we guess we will have to wait and see if these rumors pan out, so stay tuned!

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For the most part we’re sure that many aren’t too concerned about every single component that goes into their iPhone, after all its usually the exterior design of the device and hardware specs such as processor speed, RAM and camera megapixels that help sell the phone, wouldn’t you agree? Either way for those interested about the innards of their iPhone device, it featured a noise suppression chip that was introduced as a separate component in the iPhone 4, and an integrated one on the A5 chip in the iPhone 4S. This chip was built by a company called Audience and according to recent reports, it looks like Apple might be passing on Audience’s chip for the next-gen iPhone.

According to the company’s CEO, Peter Santos, “Audience now believes that it is unlikely that the OEM will enable Audience’s processor IP in its next generation mobile phone. Audience is not aware of any intended changes by this OEM to its use of Audience’s processors or processor IP in prior generations of the OEM’s mobile phones.” This has led to some speculating that Apple could have built their own chip instead. Will it handle as well as Audience’s? We guess we will have to wait for the folks at iFixit to tear down the next-gen iPhone to see if these rumors pan out.

[Image credit – iFixit]

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According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it has been reported that Apple is currently in talks with record labels to obtain the necessary license for Apple to launch a Pandora-like service of their own. If the reports are accurate, this service will be ad supported and is expected to be available only on Apple’s hardware, although there might be a possibility of the service making its way onto PC as well. However the report has also revealed that there will not be any support for Android although this is hardly surprising given that Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android are rivals in the smartphone world. This is still apparently in the early stages of negotiation, so it seems unlikely that this will be revealed at Apple’s event which will be taking place on the 12^th of September where the iPhone 5 has been rumored to be announced at. In any case we’ll be taking this with a grain of salt for now, but what do you guys think? Would you like if Apple had some sort of native Pandora-like streaming service that came installed on all their products?

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