The release date of iPhone 5 is a hot topic of debate among bloggers and Apple fans. Some people say that the device will get released in September or October. While others believe that the new iPhone will come out as early as June.

Recently, rumors about iPhone 5 June release date have started building up momentum. In a show aired by TV Tokyo on April 2, a Foxconn recruiter says that the company is hiring 18,000 additional workers to manufacture iPhone 5, which will come out in June. The conversation is originally in Chinese, but later on it was converted into Japanese. Afterwards, Macotakara - a Japan-based blog release the English translation of TV Tokyo's conversation with Foxconn recruiter.

If Apple's theory is to be believed that each iPhone model has minimum one year of life. In that case, iPhone 5 will not show its face until this fall. But, Apple has been releasing every new model of iPhone in June or July, except iPhone 4S, which released in October. In the case of iPhone 4S, it is believed that the launch date was delayed due to some undisclosed problems.

The recent addition to the speculations is that the much-rumored iPhone 5 will get released on June 15. The predicted date - June 15 is the closing day of Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), the annual Apple conference, which will kick off on June 11 this year. And Apple could surprise its fans with the most-hyped iPhone getting unveiled at the WWDC show.

Predicting the features of any iGadget from Apple is very difficult task. But this time all the credit goes to the third generation iPad that virtually confirms 4G LTE connectivity in the upcoming iPhone. Also it indicates inclusion of a high performance chip, possibly quad-core A6 processor chip with quad-core graphics.

It is also expected that the tech giant will increase the screen size in its upcoming iPhone to 4- or 4.6-inch. Apple iPhone 5 will be NFC ready and will pack up an upgraded primary camera. The new iPhone is expected to run on iOS v6.0 and boast of an improved Siri and iWallet app.

(reported by Johnny Wills, edited by Surojit Chatterjee)