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As the rumors swirl surrounding the iPhone 5's release date, it is worth asking whether one should buy an Android superphone or wait for the elusive iPhone 5. After all, most of the iPhone 5's rumored features are already available in a spate of Android devices.

Information on the next Apple iPhone is still dubious and only rumors are growing as to when it is going to be released, what is it going to be called and what features will it boast of.

Apple is poised to launch two new iPhones, a cheaper iPhone 4S and the all new iPhone 5 in rather quick succession, if industry buzz is to be believed. The theory suggests that Apple as a company is at an inflection point with regard to its smartphone strategy and is willing to take daring new steps in the backdrop of a surging challenge from Android OS-based devices.

Consumer technology giant Apple is expected to launch three iPhones, but the much-expected iPhone 5 may arrive only in 2012.

Apple is in the throes of dealing a double whammy to Android as it plans to release two iPhones, the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S in September.

Consumer technology giant Apple could release two models of iPhone - namely iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S - this September, according to an analyst at Deutsche Bank.

A lower-priced iPhone dubbed the Lite version kicked up dust over the weekend. The talk outlined the prospect of Apple embarking on a price war, probably aimed at keeping carriers by its side as smartphone battle is getting tougher by the day.

One analyst predicts Apple will go after the mid-market with a second new iPhone to be introduced in September of this year.

If you think the unlocked iPhone is too pricey, you're in luck - technology giant Apple is reportedly mulling a release of a mid-range iPhone sometime in September that won't tie you down to any contract.

Apple will finally make its products affordable for the middle class crowd by addressing the pre-paid mobile phone market, releasing contract-free iPhone for $350 along with iPhone 5 in September.

JPMorgan Chase, the Wall Street bank that during the financial crisis has managed to remain afloat has agreed to pay $153.6 million to settle claims by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission it designed and sold a product linked to risky mortgages during the housing market collapse of 2007.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Best Buy, Micron Technology, Biogen Idec, Aetna, Discover Financial, Weatherford International, CVS, Country Style Cooking, Walgreen, Invesco Mortgage and Motorola Mobility Holdings.

Component manufacturers have begun to receive orders for Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S and the production ramp is expected to start in July for an iPhone 4S launch in September/October 2011, Jefferies said in a note to clients.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Vitacost.com, Gulf Resources, Vical, Clearwire, Copano Energy, and Apple. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Prospect Capital, Leap Wireless International, Iridium Communications, Impax Laboratories, and Adobe Systems.

The economy hasn’t looked so good recently. The housing market is double dipping, corporate profits are starting to disappointment, and last Friday’s jobs report was beyond horrible.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Thursday are: Cascade Corp, Quiksilver, CVR Energy, CVR Energy, Bank of Montreal, Cooper Companies, Deutsche Bank AG, ProLogis, General Motors and Hypercom.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Wednesday are: HCP, Macy's, Sealed Air Corp, Thompson Creek Metals, EMC Corp, Nokia Corp, Sequans Communications, Armour Residential REIT, Inergy, H J Heinz Co, Tiffany & Co. and Massey Energy Co.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Tuesday are: Analog Devices, Endeavour Silver, Hartford Financial, Ferro Corp, Dow Chemical, Gamestop Corp, MEMC Electronic Materials, Nvidia Corp, Anadarko Petroleum Corp, Carnival Corp and Mosaic Co.

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Netlist, Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Aeterna Zentaris, Affymax, Star Scientific, Medicines Co., and Canadian Solar. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Avago Technologies, RF Micro Devices, Transition Therapeutics, Avanir Pharmaceuticals, and Vodafone Group.

Futures on major U.S. indices point to higher opening on Tuesday as speculation that the European Union authorities will agree a fresh bailout for debt-laden Greece buoyed sentiment.

The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Telecom Corp of New Zealand, Varian Medical Systems, Hess Corp, Thomas & Betts and Sequans Communications. The top after-market NYSE losers are: iSoftStone Holdings, Chico's FAS, Jabil Circuit, Frontier Oil Corp and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.