Well, now that the Apple iSlate is finally out--wait, what? It's not out yet? Then how come we've already moved on to the next iPhone? I always figured the Internet only has room for one major Apple rumor at a time. Oh well. A few months ahead of schedule, the speculation about the latest iPhone refresh has begun.

According to the latest round of rumors, the new phone is due out "as early as June," which squares with the phone's schedule in past years--a schedule that's not likely to change much for the foreseeable future. Also on the list is a better camera and "touch-sensitive casing," according to reports by Bloomberg.

Robert Chen, the analyst quoted in the report, compares the casing to that on the Magic Mouse. Otherwise, he says, most of the innovation will occur on the software side--which again seems to square with past releases of the phone.