Probably Apple would like to keep everything in a secret until the last second, but the company decided to enlarge its market share and it affected on its plans negatively. I am speaking about the CEO of Orange, Stephane Richard who said the next iPhone will be out by 15th October on his network.
Generally, we have heard different rumors during these two days referring to the iPhone 5’ launch. One of them comes from a tipster who spoke with customer services at O2 and he claims the iPhone 5 will be released in the UK on October 21. Now when Orange CEO came with such announcement we are confused, because it is unbelievable Apple will launch the iPhone 5 in France, then in the UK.
Anyway, if these dates are close to the reality, it means the pre-announcements will begin at the of September, which coincides with the rumors claiming the iOS 5 will be getting its Gold Master release on September 23.
However, it’ll be right to wait for an official announcement from Apple, because this company does everything itself and I guess such an important statement will do, say, Steve Jobs.