There are other, less technical advantages for developers courtesy of the new iPhone 5, too. Explains Toca Boca's Ovemar: "The biggest advantage for us as kids developers is probably that a lot of iPhone 3G and 3GS [models] will be upgraded to iPhone 4 and 4S [models] in the hands of kids, because their parents get the latest device and pass the older downwards." And since those older phones offer more RAM and better framerates, developing for those old, but less old, devices gets considerably simpler.

Adds Barnard: "Many used devices will be sold and passed down. So, I'm about to see a huge influx of potential customers, which is never a bad thing."

As for iOS 6, there's lots to love for developers in Apple's forthcoming update.