Still anticipating iPhone 5 to incorporate the first dual-core CPU, the A5 chip, Fonehome.co.uk expects the next handset to come closer to game consoles in entertainment performance. "The iPhone 5's dual-core CPU will be able to handle multiple calculations simultaneously, which will result in richer and more complex game worlds," . "Put simply, the iPhone 5's dual-core processor will allow for more on-screen characters rendered in greater detail and doing more interesting stuff. If that sounds like we're approaching console-levels of accomplishment, you're right."

, Fonehome wonders if a battery technology patent indicates that Apple may introduce wireless charging with iPhone 5, because "just under a month ago, Apple won a patent for a wireless mobile device charging technology." Of course, not every patent results in new capabilities in the next iteration of the iPhone, or even ever.

LOCATION DATA AND THE CLOUD

A number of sites picked up on a comment in Apple's official Q&A on iPhone location data: "Apple is now collecting anonymous traffic data to build a crowd-sourced traffic database with the goal of providing iPhone users an improved traffic service in the next couple of years."  

this refers to vehicular traffic, with a service based on a new turn-by-turn navigation capability. "That traffic experience would presumably be built on top of a turn-by-turn navigation system separate from the Maps application included in iOS and driven by Google," according to Macrumors. Some are speculating, despite the "next couple of years" reference, that at least some improved traffic or navigation capabilities could appear in iPhone 5.