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Will Apple iPhone 5 be lighter, thinner, faster but bigger?

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Apple has given a big lead to forecasters as to what the next iPhone will carry when it launched the iPad 2 in March. The other most important lead to predict the future iPhone 5 is the competition in the current market. Post-CES 2011, HTC, Motorola and Samsung have launched some powerful and slender Android devices, which have set the critical minimum standard that Apple will have to reach to make a mark with its new iPhone 5.
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