Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs passed away the morning after newly-appointed Chief Executive Tim Cook unveiled the iPhone 4S on October 4 at a special event on the Apple campus. However, despite the fact that the iPhone 4S is the latest Apple iPhone, it seems it wasn’t the last iPhone Steve Jobs worked on.

According to one analyst, Steve Jobs also had a hand in designing the next and as yet unannounced iPhone (believed to be the iPhone 5, boy we always put our hopes high). This expert also believes the device will become a cult classic because it was the last product Jobs had a part in developing. CNet cites Ashok Kumar, an analyst at Rodman & Renshaw as saying the next iteration of the iPhone “was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design.” He adds, “For that reason…this product will establish the high water mark for iPhone volumes.”

Other than this little morsel, Kumar’s research note contains some of the same iPhone 5 rumors we’ve heard before, such as support for LTE, and a larger screen (while maintaining the same dimensions as the current iPhone). Kumar is also predicting a slimmer design for the iPhone 5, and other CNet sources also say the next iPhone will be a complete redesign.

And so… the iPhone 5 rumor mill continues… For another year or so…

SOURCE via CNET