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The Most Anticipated iPhone 5 Features for 2011

Apple will finally unveil the iPhone 5 next week, or so it is expected, during an Oct. 4 meeting at its Cupertino, Calif. campus, and everyone is wondering what features the new smartphone will come with.

And until one see the next-generation iPhone one can only imagine what it will look and feel like. Regardless, the iPhone 5 will be a step up from the current iPhone 4 and users are indeed anticipating many upgrades.

Here’s a roundup of what rumored features we would want to see in the new iPhone 5.

A Powerful A5 Chip: This is the same chip that gives the iPad2 its power. Rumors are that Apple will likely fit an A5 chip into iPhone 5, giving its speeds of about 1.2 or 1.5 GHz with 1GB RAM.

Battery Life: Apple is known to constantly improve its products. The iPhone 4 has about 40 percent more talk time than the iPhone 3GS. Therefore, it is no wonder that it is being rumored that the new iPhone will come with a thinner, lighter battery and may provide an extra 100 hours of standby time and more than two hours of talk time.

iOS 5: Everyone will decide on whether to get the new iPhone based this. Apple’s iOS is top-notch and is bringing some stiff competition to Google’s Android. If the iOS 5 gets in the new iPhone, it will be a winner. The iOS 5 comes with 200 new features to include an improved notifications system and iMessage.

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Bachmann uses iPhone for cash pitch

As Friday’s midnight deadline loomed for filing third-quarter presidential campaign finance reports, Rep. Michele Bachmann made one final pitch to supporters asking for money using an unusual source - her iPhone.

The Minnesota Republican’s iPhone message repeated an earlier email from Bachmann reminding voters that the deadline “is one of the last ones before voting starts in Iowa, and every donation matters.

“The Washington ‘elite’ are chomping at the bit to see the numbers our campaign reports, and I need your support today more than ever,” she wrote.

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