Gadgets & Gizmos

The folks at Cupertino have decided that the next version of their iPhone will include the much snappier, dual-core A5 processor that is currently in use in the iPad 2.  This comes as no surprise as the processor provides superior performance, especially for game play, especially after the discovery in the iOS 4 SDK that the iPhone 5 will be A5-equipped.

Apple has a team of developers already working on new versions of their iPhone apps to leverage the additional power of the A5 chip.  It seems that the majority of these developers are from shops that produce high-end gaming apps which is a good fit since the A5 processor can mainly be leveraged by game designers.

The handsets that they’ve shipped to developers are prototype units and are not actually early versions of the iPhone 5.  They are simply testing what can be accomplished by developers with the new processor and most likely deciding what other features and hardware they will pack into the next release of the device.  Some speculate that the iPhone 5 will also include a higher-resolution camera and a world phone chip.  Insiders have said that the phone stays locked in a vault at night so who knows what’s in store.