As All Things D reports, their sources said “the Oct. 4 date has been selected by the company to showcase the iPhone 5.” Details of Apple’s smartphone will be revealed on that day and it will be available several weeks later.
Previous media reports indicated October as the month for the iPhone 5 release.
Newly appointed CEO Tim Cook is slated to make his first big product introduction on Oct. 4, an honour previously held by Steve Jobs, who stepped down as CEO last month.
All Things D writes on the new CEO’s role: “Still, the pressure will be on Cook to turn in a good performance at the event, especially after what has so far been a very smooth leadership transition at Apple.”
Rumours have circulated over what the new iPhone 5 will include. Nick Bilton of the New York Times writes the next iPhone may be updated with an eight-megapixel camera made by Sony. Also, it will house a powerful A5 dual-core processor currently found in the iPad.
Analyst Mark Moskowitz said he expects the new iPhone 5 to offer “1GB of RAM to increase memory access times,” according to AppleInsider.
