11 Apple Rumors Ahead of Next Week's iPhone Event

With just a few days until Apple's big event, we're at the height of rumor season. Will there be a budget version of the iPhone announced? Most likely. Could the next-generation iPhone come with a fingerprint scanner? Eh, maybe.

We won't know what Tuesday will bring for sure, but in the meantime, here's a look at the biggest rumors making the rounds online:
Rumor 1: The Name
Rumor 2: Larger Display
Rumor 3: Faster Processor
Rumor 4: Gold and Graphite Casing
Rumor 5: Fingerprint Scanner
Rumor 6: The Budget iPhone
Rumor 7: China Mobile Partnership
Rumor 8: Colors
Rumor 9: Apple TV Update
Rumor 10: Ships With iOS 7
Rumor 11: No iPads

Calling it the most "forward-looking" iPhone it's ever launched, Apple equipped the iPhone 5S to run 64-bit apps (all previous models ran at 32 bits) thanks to a new processor: the Apple A7. It packs more than 1 billion transistors into a 102mm chip. Apple has re-engineered all the built-in apps — such as the Email, Calendar and iPod — for 64-bit architectures.

Apple says the new chip makes the iPhone 5S five times faster than the iPhone 5 and 56 times than the original iPhone.

One of the major additions to the hardware is a fingerprint sensor in the home button, which enables a feature called TouchID. The iPhone 5S scans the fingertip of the person pressing the button, eliminating the need for a lock code. TouchID also means the end of the repeated ritual of entering your Apple ID password every time you download a new app. http://mashable.com/2013/09/10/apple-2/

Battery life is rated as follows: 10 hours 3G talk, 8 hours 3G browsing, 10 hours LTE or Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours video playback, 40 hours music playback and 250 hours standby.

The iPhone 5S will go on sale Sept. 20 in nine countries

The iPhone 5C has the same physical dimension as the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, but it's made of soft silicon rubber rather than anodized aluminum. Taking cues from the fifth-generation iPod touch, the iPhone 5C comes in the following colors: blue, green, yellow, pink and white.

It boasts a 4-inch retina display and features the Lightning connector shared by the iPhone 5, iPad mini and full-sized iPad.

The iPhone 5C will sell for $99 in the United States for a 16GB model and $199 for a 32GB model.

Pre-orders start on Sept. 13 and the iPhone 5C will go on sale on Sept. 20 in the United States...

The company is calling the mobile operating system overhaul "the biggest change to iOS since the original iPhone."

From new fonts, icons and a neon color palate to more gesture controls, universal search and camera functionality (with filters), iOS 7 is remarkably different than its previous versions — not only from a style standpoint, but also deep within how it works.

It's smart, too. It can learn where and when you commute to keep you posted on traffic alerts.