Apple’s next-gen iPhone 5S will go on sale sometime in July, after a big reveal on June 20, according to reports from Japan.
While it doesn’t say where it got its information from, the twenty-year-old MacFan site reports that the launch event has been set and the device will go on sale a few weeks later.
Electronista calls the rumor “plausible” in its report on the matter and certainly fits with many other rumors that have been presented in recent weeks
A June launch would see Apple return to the summer release schedule for the first time in three years.
For the past two years, the company has unveiled iOS at WWDC in June before releasing it alongside a new iPhone in the fall.
The iPhone 4S was launched in October, while last year’s iPhone 5 was launched in September. This was followed by three consecutive June product launches for the device, which was first launched in January 2007.
What could be Apple’s thinking behind a summer launch?
Well, it would shorten the time Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, and Sony Xperia Z were on sale before a new iPhone hits the market.
That timeframe is currently around six months and a July release date would cut it down to just three.
The MacFan report goes on to say that the rumored low-cost iPhone is being held back for later in the year, specifically August, with the handset being tailored for the Indian and Chinese markets.
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About: Electronista