Others were bolder, or perhaps more reckless. "A leaked Apple patent reveals possible schematic changes to the upcoming iPhone 5 -- the most surprising of them being that Apple's next-gen smartphone may be usable as a universal remote," . The phony idea that this is a "leak" and not a regular, public publication by a federal agency always seems to lend the requisite urgency that iPhone rumors call for.

No word on whether iPhone 5 will have a built-in bottle opener.

Over at the aptly named Planet Insane, that Near Field Communications (NFC) on the iPhone 5 "is becoming a huge possibility."

And why, you ask? Because he reads Patently Apple, which had post on a recently published Apple patent application about "iWallet" and NFC "which may possibly be the iPhone 5."