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Speculation swirls around Apple's next iPhone

Jefferson Graham
USA TODAY
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LOS ANGELES -- Consumers have come to expect that every September, Apple follows through with a shiny new iPhone.

We made the rounds of Apple enthusiast sites, and chats with analysts who cover Apple, to give the rundown on Apple's most coveted new product, the iPhone 6, in early September.

"They have used this time pretty consistently with it actually shipping towards the end of the month," says Tim Bajarin, an analyst with Creative Strategies. "The main reason for this timing is that they want to book a full quarter of new iPhone sales in the holiday quarter. This is always their largest quarter for iPhone shipments and can't miss this opportunity."

Richard Doherty, an analyst with the Envisioneering Group, predicts Apple will unveil the new phone on September 9th.

Here's what's being speculated about the new iPhone:

Larger screens. Apple is expected to have two models of the iPhone 6 available, both with larger screens than the 4-inch display on the iPhone 5s and 5c models. Apple is expected to come a little closer to the Samsung Galaxy S5's 5.5 inches with a 4.7-inch screen, as well as a second, larger model that will have at least a 5-inch screen, if not larger.

IOS 8. Like clockwork, Apple updates its mobile operating system every fall to accompany the new phone. IOS8 isn't a radical overhaul like last year's update, but does have many new features, including a new photos app that will replace iPhoto. promising to make it easier to transfer pictures to the cloud. Other new Apple apps will tie all the various home automation and health apps into one place, add the ability to add audio to texts, expand keyboard choices and let you open an app within an app.

After years of speculation, Apple is expected to also finally unveil its long-rumored digital watch that can monitor texts and e-mails, as well as keep time. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects the watch to be unveiled after the iPhone launch, along with new iPads.

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