Apple iPhone 5 Design: 10 Features That Absolutely Won`t Make the Cut

As the Worldwide Developers Conference draws near, rumors surrounding the iPhone 5 are running rampant. Some say that Apple will announce the iPhone 5 at the event and release the smartphone over the summer, as it has done in the past. Others say Apple might not even release the iPhone 5 until next year. Beyond that, rumors are swirling (and conflicting) over what new features will show up in the iPhone 5.

At this point it’s anybody’s guess what new features Apple’s design engineers and software developers will devise for the iPhone 5 until Apple is good and ready to disclose it. But that doesn’t mean that one can’t speculate. Considering the sheer number of rumors out there, one could easily assume that some of them are correct and some are dead wrong.

But rather than focus on what could very well be right, the following items examine the rampant rumors that won’t come true. The iPhone 5 will boast many important feature updates, but the following features or enhancements won’t make it into the mobile device this time around:

1. Over-the-air updates

One of the latest rumors surrounding the iPhone 5 is speculation that it will finally offer over-the-air updates. In other words, rather than plug the smartphone into a computer to update its operating system, users will be able to do so wirelessly over the Web. Although Android-based devices are updated in that fashion, don’t expect the iPhone 5 to follow suit. As those Android devices have shown, over-the-air updates take time to bring to all users. In general, the experience just isn’t as simple or efficient as Apple’s method. Over-the-air is great in principle, but it doesn’t work all that well in practice. And Apple knows that.

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