Some say it’s on September 5, some say on October 4, others claim that it will be on October 21st. There is no exact date on when will the most awaited iPhone 5 be launched but one thing is for sure, it’s coming soon.
Rumor has it that in the mid-October, there will be no vacation for Apple employees since the new handset iPhone 5 will be released during this time. It has been rumored that Apple has blacked out vacation leaves of its employees on mid October. People are speculating that this will be the release of the new iOS 5, upgrade software for the old handsets, iPods, iTouch and iPads then days later will be the launching of the new iPhone 5. They patterned it to the release of iOS4 which was made on June 21st 2010 and 4 days later Apple launched the iPhone 4.
According to reviews, iPhone 5 will have the features that all smart phone users would ever want to have. Although there has been no official statement from Apple regarding the features, iPhone geeks foresees that iPhone 5 will be using iOS 5 whose features include direct manipulation and the use of multi-touch gestures. It is expected to have more than 200 more features that will include iMessage, Notification System and News stand.
iPhone 5 is also rumored to have iCloud wireless service which will allow users to store photos, applications, documents and calendars and the user doesn’t necessarily have to save it on the phone’s memory. They also said that iPhone 5 will still be powered by A5 chip processor just like the one that iPad 2 is using. Other rumored features include 8 megapixel dual cameras with Led flash, 4-inch screen size and it will be thinner compared to its predecessors.
It has been reported by a UK publication that iPhone 5 prototypes has been sent to their partner companies for testing sometime in late July. But this was not confirmed by Apple and sources said that there was no guarantee that those handsets in the boxes they saw were iPhone 5. They presumed it was iPhone 5 since it has been rumored to be released towards the last quarter of the year.
But all of these are just rumors and speculations. The Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam once said in an interview early this year that Apple has been silent regarding the details of the progress of the new handset iPhone 5 and its release date. This made some of Apple’s partners feel that they are being kept in the dark.
Despite the rumors, many people are still looking forward to own an iPhone 5. It has been circulated that those who would want to purchase it can do a pre-order starting on September 30. With the increase in demand posing on them Apple is expected to produce and ship 25 millions of handset worldwide within 2011.