iPhone 5 launch: live coverage of the Apple event While we're waiting, a bit of reading. "Is this the last great iPhone launch?" asks Mashable, before answering, essentially, that yes, yes it is: Battery life can improve, of course. But Lithium-ion, the dominant battery technology of the last two decades, has hit something of a wall, something seemingly inherent in chemistry. Absent a scientific breakthrough, battery improvements are all going to be on the software side - doing more with less power. The device could get lighter, certainly, and thinner, possibly - although you still need space for a power button, a lock button, a headphone jack, a dock connector and volume controls. It really doesn't get much thinner than the iPod Touch. But again, really, these are incremental improvements. Like the chips on the inside, they're always going to be interesting to the Apple cognoscenti - not so much to the audience at large. We'll care more and more about iOS 6 and its inheritors; not so much about the iPhone 6. That's why we're being teased with the possibility of truly new Apple products, such as the iPad Mini or iTV, later this year. These are the launches that will remain a big deal - when Apple, the world's most obsessively design-minded mass-market company, tackles an entirely new category. So what will this iPhone look like? The Guardian's Datastore has a Graphic News image that has visualised the rumours. And why not have a go at crowdsourcing the iPhone 5's specifications? Take part in our fun (ish) questionnaire. Ps - the last two links will essentially become redundant in three minutes, so you may wish to get clicking.