Apple has announces the next big thing – iPhone 5 .  The date is set for Apr 12 2012.

Yes it is official. Apple is holding an event next Wednesday, where the company is widely expected to debut its next iPhone. Like the iPad release earlier this year, Apple is holding at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.

The invite says only “It’s almost here,” with a shadowed “5” underneath the September 12 date. The event will begin at 10 a.m. in San Francisco.

Among the changes expected to come to the next iPhone are a larger screen, as well as compatibility with fourth-generation cellular networks. Numerous components have leaked out over the past few months that hint at some of those features, from screen covers and near-finished cases, right down to the much-rumored smaller dock plug.

iPhone 5 Development

Developers say they are expecting the UIViews to change in height and not width. It is also rumored that a new CPU will be brought is as always. Developers have had update in XCode . So they expect and incremental update when iOS 6 get released later this year. Apple has demonstrated incremental updates of iMovies (thank God we do not have to download 1.5 GB at one go) . Thank you Apple !

Hang in there.

Its finally here. But now Apple CEO asks you to use Google maps if you are not happy with iOS maps.