There’s an entire pane on my phone dedicated to photo apps, because I’m the kind of person mobile photo apps are designed to target. If TechCrunch‘s prediction is to be believed, I may soon have an entire phone dedicated to photo apps—the iPhone 5, which will include Core Image and its newly-released long list of image control features for iOS 5. The new CI features will give iOS 5 developers more to work with and less to create from scratch, meaning easier filter creation and thus easier app creation.

Over this past WWDC, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) specifically discussed only software. They announced iCloud, iOS 5, and the new Mac operating system. It is believed that the iPhone 5 will be released in September. Sources with 9to5Mac have revealed that the iPhone 5 is now in the final testing stage. Employees at Apple are actually carrying around the devices with them for testing purposes as of right now. [9to5Mac]

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is rumored to be acquiring between 200 and 300 glass-cutting machines. Apple is expected to use these machines to slice the curved display covers for the iPhone 5. The acquisition of the glass-cutting machines is believed to accelerate the production of the iPhone. Suppliers are reluctant to buy the glass-cutting machines themselves because of the prohibitive cost. [DigiTimes]

According to Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek, the Apple iPhone 5 is unlikely to have LTE functionality. Misek also said that the iPhone device that is expected to launch in September should be called the iPhone 4S. And if his sources are correct, Apple will announced that the iPhone 4S will be available on Sprint, T-Mobile, and China Mobile.

Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo had checked with supply chain sources to learn more details about the Apple iPhone 5. The sources revealed that the iPhone 5 will not feature a new design. IT will have only “slight modifications” of the iPhone 4. The modifications will include an 8 megapixel rear camera and Qualcomm baseband for GSM and CDMA models. Other analysts are speculating that the iPhone 5 will have NFC (near field communications) technology built in.

iDealsChina.com claims that they have a picture of what the iPhone 5 will look like. Based on the picture, it appears that the iPhone 5 will have a larger screen than the iPhone 4. Chinese accessory manufacturing companies gets access to early design documents so that they can build cases and products ahead of the release date. [MacRumors]

Digitimes is reporting that Apple’s fifth-generation iPhone will have a 4-inch display and will arrive in June. DigiTimes’ source comes directly from a production line team working on Apple devices overseas. [DigiTimes]

Pegatron has received orders for the iPhone 5 and they are expecting the first batch to hit 10 million units. The new iPhone is expected to be announced in June or July of this year. Supposedly the 5th generation of the iPhone is expected to have near-field communications capabilities built in. Pegatron is currently busy building iPhones with CDMA support for Verizon.