Currently we aren’t too sure exactly what this update will bring, however it seems likely that Apple’s developers will have been concentrating heavily on squeezing every last minute of battery life out of the iPhone 4S. Since the smartphone’s release lots of people have complained about its battery life, however we have no complaints with this aspect of the 4S following extensive hands-on time with it (that said certain software configurations can heavily affect things).

What we would like to see is more improvements made to Siri, it’s still in its beta stages and certain features only work in the United States we think it is about time that this changed. A recent Siri hack showed the true potential of the iPhone 4S’ built-in personal assistant, therefore it would be nice to see Apple unleash Siri’s more advanced capabilities and perhaps further integrate within iOS and the many applications available from the App Store.

Asides from battery life and Siri we think that most people are pretty happy with the iPhone 4S, some suggest that the Facebook integration is miles behind that of Android and even Windows Phone 7, but in terms of the smartphone’s most important features and functionality it has to be said that iOS 5.0.1 combined with the iPhone 4S delivers an extremely rich smartphone experience for the user.

Below we have set up a simple poll to gain some feedback from our readers, however we would love to see your other iOS 5.0.2 wishes in the comments section at the bottom of this page, please mention what changes you would like to see no-matter how minor they are.

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We think that iOS 5.0 brought plenty of new features to the iDevices, therefore we are not looking for new ones. Instead we are looking for fixes, UI tweaks and other general improvements, however before we get started here is a breakdown of what the iOS 5.0.1 beta is said to address:

Fixes bugs affecting battery life
Adds Multitasking Gestures for original iPad
Resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud
Improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation
Contains security improvements
iOS 5.0.1 beta introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations.

Obviously it is nice to see that voice recognition, security and battery-related issues are being addressed, also original iPad owners will happy see the addition of multitasking gestures, but we are sure our readers will have more ideas as to how Apple can improve its mobile platform.

One problem which we would love to see resolved was initially reported by 9to5Mac, basically there is a major flaw where someone can unlock the iPad 2 running iOS 5.0 using the device’s smart cover and without having to enter a password. This exploit does not give the user full access to the iPad, but it is security vulnerability none-the-less.

As you can see Apple has admitted that Siri’s Australian voice recognition is not up to scratch, but we think Siri on the whole could do with a substantial update. This could improve speech recognition in other regions across the world and allow UK consumers (and others) to take advantage of Siri’s navigation-related features in the same-way US iPhone 4S owners can.

These are just a couple of quick ideas we had, but hopefully you guys have ideas which you want to share with us, if so leave us a comment below with your iOS 5.0.1 change list suggestions.

In a recent post we spoke about how the iPhone 4S wiped the floor with the iPhone 4 and Motorola Droid Bionic, however we also spotted something else when checking out AnAndTech’s benchmarks – to cut a long story short running iOS 5.0 (GM build) on the iPhone 3GS resulted in much more impressive benchmark results than iOS 4.2.1 delivered on the same device, obviously these results don’t necessarily equate to real-world performance, but it gives us something to think about none-the-less.

The iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2.1 scored 13580 when running the SunSpider Javascript Benchmark (0.91), however when the same test was ran on the same smartphone running iOS 5.0 GM it scored a much better result of 5785. In this particular test lower scores are better as it means that the benchmark finished quickly, this just goes to show how much better iOS 5′s native web browser is than previous iOS versions.

In Rightware’s BrowserMark test the iPhone 3GS running iOS 4.2.1 scored 26151, in this test higher scores are better, and the same model running iOS 5.0 scored a whopping 37276 – when compared to most modern-day smartphones this is still quite low, but it is still a huge improvement.

Not all of iOS 5′s features will work with the iPhone 3GS, however it is safe to say that it should give the 3GS a new lease of life. You can see a full list of changes here, we have heard that in terms of battery life the 3rd-gen iPhone does suffer, but if you turn of iTunes and iCloud syncing things improve quite vastly.

If you are expecting the best iOS 5 experience from the iPhone 3GS you are being unrealistic, but if you understand the 3GS’ limitations and want a richer we browsing experience etc it will be well-worth installing. Will you install iOS 5 on your iPhone 3GS tomorrow?

Recently a crash report sent to FutureTap clearly stated that the device in question was running iOS 5.0 (you can see an image clearly showing this on IntoMobile). FutureTap are responsible for an augmented reality app called “Where To?”, it looks like the early iOS 5.0 build is experiencing difficulties with this particular app.

The crash tells us that an “unrecognized selector” caused the “MKUserLocationBreadCrumb” to terminate unexpectedly, IntoMobile suggest that maybe iOS 5.0 features a new APi for location purposes, hence the reason it crashed.

We have seen location-centric applications grow in popularity lately, with Foursqaure, Facebook Places, Google Maps and Google Latitude being used on a daily basis by millions of people we wouldn’t be surprised to see a more of an emphasis put on location with the next iOS release.

Would you like to see more location integration built into iOS? If so, what would you like to see?

The iPhone 4 was and still is a great smartphone (ignoring the signal issues), however you are lucky if you get much more than 24 hours of battery life from a charge, also there is no Adobe Flash support, no removable battery and no memory card slot, we wonder if this will be the case with the iPhone 5.

2011 has seen lots of of high-end smartphones release already, therefore this year is arguably the hardest year for Apple to stay dominant in the high-end smartphone market, will Apple cave-in and offer features which the iPhone has never offered before to stay competitive?

We expect the iPhone 5 to be much faster than the iPhone 4 and may even feature the dual-core Apple A5 SoC, if this is the case the battery capacity is very important, if you can’t get much more than a day from the battery it may be an idea to offer a removable battery, this has never been seen with any previous iPhone release, however could be essential this year.

Many think that the iPhone 5 will run iOS 5 out-of-the-box, there is talk of integrated cloud storage which is great for data security, however if there is no cloud storage people may want to see some form of removable storage. No iPhone has ever featured a memory card slot and Apple charge a lot for higher capacity models, you have to pay an extra $100 for an extra 16GB of storage for the iPhone 4, whilst many retailers sell 16GB microSD memory cards for just $20-$30.

Finally Apple has been very stubborn regarding Adobe Flash support, Apple claim that Flash is detrimental to battery life and Adobe’s security credentials are questionable, however with Android already offering Flash support and Windows Phone 7 receiving it soon it may be an idea to offer Adobe Flash support for the iPhone 5. Perhaps upon installation iPhone 5 owners could be prompted with a clear warning of why Apple recommend that you do not install it, this leaves the end-user with a clear choice.

If Apple stay stubborn and snub all of the previously mentioned technologies and features we think that lots will go for an Android or Windows Phone 7 smartphone instead, will you?

What other technologies should Apple’s next iPhone feature?

At the time of this post the poll suggests that revamped notifications is the feature which our readers want the most, it currently accounts for 26% of the votes, whilst Adobe Flash comes a close second with 25% of the votes.

Other features which our readers want include wireless syncing (16% of the votes) and an Android-like lock screen (11% of the votes), the poll also suggests that people are not too bothered about music sharing or a new auto-correct system.

Apple has previously stated that Adobe Flash will not be coming to iOS, therefore let’s hope that we get some revamped notifications, if not we are sure that there will be plenty of disgruntled iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch users.

Are you surprised by the results of our poll?

iOS 4.3 has brought notable new features to users, including a personal hotspot feature for the iPhone 4, Home Sharing via iTunes 10.2 , new AirPlay features and also improvements to the Safari browser.

However, version 5.0 of the software is thought to be coming in April, at another of Apple’s media events, which is yet to be announced. New features will apparently include iTunes cloud storage and a revamped version of MobileMe, as reported from Redmond Pie.

Considering we have only just got our hands on iOS 4.3, it does seem a bit farfetched that iOS 5 could be arriving as early as next month. So perhaps with this in mind, you should take these rumors with a pinch of salt. Of course, we hope it’s true as a bump up to 5.0 instead of iOS 4.4 should theoretically mean bigger and better features for users.

What are your thoughts on this? Do you think iOS 5 will release next month or is it too soon?