Rumor: iOS 5 coming September 5th to U.S. / Oct 5th elsewhere
According to a “very reliable source,” iPhone Italia has reported that one of Switzerland’s carriers, Swisscom, will start offering the rumored iPhone 5 on October 5. Also, the Italian site’s source is “100% sure” that the iPhone 5 will also be available in the US on September 5, as Apple would already have to be talking with carriers about distribution for a new device this Fall.
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With rumors like this, it’s always important to take anything you hear with a grain of salt. Swisscom currently offers the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS, and there are also two other carriers in Switzerland that Apple has already partnered with for iPhone distribution.
September 5 falls on a Monday, and Apple has never released anything like a new iPhone on a Monday. Without any more background information to where this information from Swisscom actually came from, it’s difficult to place trust in this rumor.
Also, the soon-to-be CEO of Verizon recently said this about Verizon’s last quarterly earnings call:
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