Apple May Introduce IPhone 5 on June 6

Apple will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference on June 6, an event that may be the stage on which it unveils its iPhone 5.

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WWDC has historically been the event where the Cupertino, Calif.-based company announces its next iPhone and iOS software. It introduced the iPhone 4, with a new retina display and FaceTime app, at last year's event around the same time in June.
The iPhone 5, reported to have entered trial production, is said to have a slightly larger screen size and a metal case. The handset is supposedly roughly the same size and shape as the iPhone 4, with the placement of the camera and buttons unchanged.
However, the company itself is touting the software-centric nature of this year's event, where it is expected to unveil its iOS 5 operating system, which is expected to be highly integrated with cloud-based services.
"At this year's conference we are going to unveil the future of iOS and Mac OS," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, in a statement.
Apple's Mac OS X Lion, the new desktop operating system, will also get a large share of attention. Apple plans to bring over some of the features in iOS, including "LaunchPad," "Mission Control" and multitouch gestures, which display a list of running apps on the desktop platform.
The five-day conference gathers software engineers and developers to learn more about Apple's operating systems, iOS and Mac OS X. WWDC 2011 will include more than 100 technical sessions presented by Apple engineers, with more than 1,000 developers expected to be in attendance.
The conference will be held in San Francisco from June 6 to 10.