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iPhone 5 may release with reshaped batteries

There will be many owners of the iPhone 4S currently downloading the Corona Jailbreak now it has gone live. While the current version is being jailbroken reports of what Apple may be planning for their next smartphone begin to emerge. Today we have news that the iPhone 5 may release with reshaped batteries powering it following a patent application.

A lot of speculation about the iPhone in the last year or so has talked about the device having LTE connectivity. Apple hasn’t put the technology into their handset because the current chips are not only too large, but also put too much strain on the battery. According to a report on Cult of Mac the iPhone 4S would probably last under six hours if it was connected to a LTE network.

There are a couple of things that could address this in the coming months though, as firstly new LTE chipsets are on route that are not only smaller, but also demand less power. Secondly a new Apple patent application reveals that the company is looking to make batteries slimmer and more efficient.

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What the iPhone 5 May Look Like: Our Favorite iPhone 5 Mock Ups

Few people will know what the iPhone 5 will look like until Apple announces the next iPhone and provides a solid release date. This doesn’t mean we haven’t seen a fair share of mock ups that imagine what the iPhone 5 will look like.

Many of these artist renderings and videos are to the extreme, and include features we couldn’t imagine on a phone so thin, but others are closer to reality. My favorite iPhone 5 mockup is about as likely to be the real iPhone 5 as Steve Jobs is to come out of retirement. We’ve rounded up our favorite takes on what the iPhone 5 will look like, and what features it might have. We expect an iPhone 5 release in October, possibly on all four major cell phone carriers.

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