As the summer winds down, all eyes are now on Apple’s annual fall event, where the company is presumed to release iCloud and iOS 5, likely alongside a next generation iPhone as well. The company’s music-centric events have generally been held in the first part of September, and a new rumor claims this year’s shindig should be right on schedule as well.
MacRumors is reporting that Wednesday, September 7 is the first predicted date for Apple’s fall media event this year -- or at least that’s the word according to the Japanese website Kodawarisan, who hasn’t been very active in the Apple rumor game lately after accurately predicting a new Mac mini back in 2009. However, September 7 isn’t simply a date they pulled off the calendar and threw on their website.
“We confirmed with Kodawarisan that the date was not the product of guesswork, but came from a source in the know,” writes Arnold Kim of MacRumors. It goes without saying that August is traditionally a busy season for Apple rumors, although in past years the focus has been on iTunes and iPods -- that is, until Apple passed on releasing a new iPhone in June.
Now, all eyes are on the September event, which is expected to focus on the iPhone 5, iOS 5 and iCloud. The last three music events were held on September 9 in both 2008 and 2009 and September 1 last year, so the rumored September 7 date seems realistic given Cupertino’s track record.
Despite a September 7 media event, we wouldn’t get your hopes up for actually buying an iPhone 5 on that date -- AllThingsD has pegged the next iPhone release for October, so there’s likely to be a bit of a wait before customers can pull the trigger on buying the next handset.
Update: Well, that was fun while it lasted. According to Jim Dalrymple over at The Loop, “Apple will not have an event or launch the next iPhone on September 7” -- and that comes straight from his sources, who have been known to be pretty accurate.
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