Despite Apple's silence, millions of its fans all around the globe now have a solid date to mark on their calendars for the highly expected release of the next generation iPhone, aka "iPhone 5." It's now widely believed that the flagship smartphone will be introduced September 12 and will be made available from the following Friday, September 21.
On Tuesday, this yet-to-be-made-official information got reiterated by a new report by TechCrunch, which said, citing "a trusted Verizon employee," that the U.S. carrier was going to have an all-staff vacation blackout starting from September 21 to September 30. The site claimed that the vacation blackout clearly indicated that the next iPhone would "almost certainly be available in stores" on the first day of the blackout.
Last week, BGR came up with a report in which it cited "a trusted AT&T (T) source," saying that the carrier was planning to launch the sixth generation iPhone during the third or fourth week of September. That report was preceded by another report by Rene Ritchie of iMore, saying that the Cupertino tech giant was even expected to start taking pre-orders of the iPhone 5, "at least in the US," from Sept. 12.
Now, it appears that both Verizon and AT&T are currently preparing for the release of the iPhone 5 or whatever Apple will finally choose to name it.
According to TechCrunch, the rumored dates related to pre-orders and launch of the new iPhone seem to match with Apple's historical timeline of announcements. Last year, Apple announced iPhone 4S October 4 (Tuesday) and started taking pre-orders from October 7 (Friday). The device was made available in stores a week later, October 14 (Friday).
On Tuesday, this yet-to-be-made-official information got reiterated by a new report by TechCrunch, which said, citing "a trusted Verizon employee," that the U.S. carrier was going to have an all-staff vacation blackout starting from September 21 to September 30. The site claimed that the vacation blackout clearly indicated that the next iPhone would "almost certainly be available in stores" on the first day of the blackout.
Last week, BGR came up with a report in which it cited "a trusted AT&T (T) source," saying that the carrier was planning to launch the sixth generation iPhone during the third or fourth week of September. That report was preceded by another report by Rene Ritchie of iMore, saying that the Cupertino tech giant was even expected to start taking pre-orders of the iPhone 5, "at least in the US," from Sept. 12.
Now, it appears that both Verizon and AT&T are currently preparing for the release of the iPhone 5 or whatever Apple will finally choose to name it.
According to TechCrunch, the rumored dates related to pre-orders and launch of the new iPhone seem to match with Apple's historical timeline of announcements. Last year, Apple announced iPhone 4S October 4 (Tuesday) and started taking pre-orders from October 7 (Friday). The device was made available in stores a week later, October 14 (Friday).
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