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Apple to unveil iPhone 5S and iPad 5 during June 29th special event

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 · 12:01 pm · 35 Comments

“Apple is going to celebrate 6 years since the launch of the original iPhone, presented by Steve Jobs in San Francisco on June 29th, 2007,” Adam Landonn reports for Technorati.

“Gizmorati‘s Matthew Lucas reports that an Apple inside source told the tech news publication ‘the iPhone 5S and the iPad 5 will be unveiled during a special event called ‘Original Passion, New Ideas’, on June 29, 2013,’” Landonn reports. “He also reports that Apple will celebrate iPhone’s 6-year anniversary since the smartphone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, and the unveiling of the new devices, iPad 5 and iPhone 5S by Tim Cook.”

Landonn reports, “The iPhone 5 was the last model to receive detailed input from Jobs, according to Businessweek.”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: If you planned on celebrating 6 years of iPhone, wouldn’t you do it with an “iPhone 6,” not an “iPhone 5S”?

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Tags: Apple, Apple special event, Apple special media event, ios, iphone, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, steve jobs, Tim Cook

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35 Comments

Sal

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:05 pm · Reply

On a Saturday?
- RC
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:10 pm · Reply
  
  I know, right? Geez, there is no way this is happening on a Saturday…what a stupid rumor!!!
  - bataylor
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 10:04 pm · Reply
    
    eh…either way it was just gonna be yet another row of icons (that thing gets any longer, it’s gonna need a condom–hahahaa –that’s what she said…….no….that’s Literally what she said—–) and an even more wafer thin iPad this time with a Cornea resolution display and yet another even more proprietary connector–cause that usb mini thing is just too ubikwit…yubiqwit……….all over the place…….a GED is a terrible thing to waste.
  - edward
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 11:06 pm · Reply
    
    they had particular pattern to announce new product in the past during Steve era. but it’s not anymore. it’s Tim Cook. he isn’t care which date if they are ready to release, then do it. but I don’t expect any innovation on those because all new function, technology are already found in android now. of course, they could change design little bit, and replace faster CPU or GPU, more memory, etc. these are all they have done so far. no innovation. shame on apple.
- rdiddly
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:11 pm · Reply
  
  Is that the Mayan calendar? On mine, it’s a Wednesday.
  - soundguyrob
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:11 pm · Reply
    
    you are looking at May
- rdiddly
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:12 pm · Reply
  
  Oops. My bad. Sorry. (I was looking at May, which is close to Mayan.)
FutureMedia

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:11 pm · Reply

My memory says the iPhone was introduced in January 2007 at the MacWorld keynote because I was there.
- FutureMedia
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:15 pm · Reply
  
  January 9, 2007 to be exact. It’s listed in the Apple Keynotes Podcast.
  - Pridon
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:23 pm · Reply
    
    June 29 was the date to buy. My son reminds me of it because it was on his birthday.
    - greggthurman
      
      Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:38 pm · Reply
      
      I remember that day well, because I stood in the rain for 6 hours (Spokane, WA) to get mine (still have it). At 60 years of age (then) I was the oldest in line.
- bataylor
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 10:06 pm · Reply
R2

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:13 pm · Reply

Maybe they got the announcement tangled up with the launch date. I could see it announced sometime earlier in June and then launching June 29th, commemorating 6 years since the original iDay.
- Sal
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:24 pm · Reply
  
  That makes more sense
- silverhawk1
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:27 pm · Reply
  
  Launch before AAPL 4Q begins to jack up numbers?
anypats

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:15 pm · Reply

I think it was introduced in January but available for sale on June 29.
- solid
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:24 pm · Reply
  
  Yes, delay needed for FCC approval and all.
Sal

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:29 pm · Reply

By the way: “Original Passion, New Ideas”???? Does that sound like an Apple presentation? To me it sounds like some half-baked slogan for an advertising agency.
- pdr400
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:41 pm · Reply
  
  I was thinking the same thing. “Original Passion” strikes me as a possible Apple event title–I can come up with half a dozen oblique references it could be making. But “Original Passion, New Ideas” is just lame.
michael moore

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:29 pm · Reply

Regardless. Apple doesn’t celebrate historical events. That goes against forward thinking. They’ll mention those dates as it pertains to a new product’s launch, but not to celebrate or honor a specific date. Look at the 10 year anniversary of Apple retail, barely a blip. We, the fans, celebrate Apple’s notable dates for them. Tim and the gang keep pushing for the future and we love them for it.
- Shadowself
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:40 pm · Reply
  
  Actually, Apple did celebrate anniversaries before the return of Steve Jobs — think TAM among others. No one other than Tim Cook and a few others knows if Apple will start to do so again. However, six years seems like a very unusual anniversary to restart celebrating such things.
  - RePlay
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:41 pm · Reply
    
    Unusual, I would agree. But probably not unexpected. Seems people will celebrate any “year” anniversary of just about anything, just as an excuse to celebrate something, no matter how trivial or mundane. Guess it is important to them though.
mokasuncle

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:32 pm · Reply

So far no one was able to predict such Apple events even as close as 10 days ahead. Now someone claims to have “sources” more than 3 months ahead? I don’t buy this s…
- John
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:38 pm · Reply
  
  I agree.
  - silverhawk1
    
    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:55 pm · Reply
    
    Freeze the market like M$ thought they could.
Nerd Beautiful

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:01 pm · Reply

Maybe with a 3SSS?
bobzodiak

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:16 pm · Reply

Personally, I would like to see Apple introduce an iPod touch with a 4.7-5″ screen.
- Weekend
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 2:28 pm · Reply
  
  You and millions of other potential buyers.
- R2
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:19 pm · Reply
  
  Yes, but why leave it there? The device should be a WiFi-only companion to a larger iPhone. iPhone Plus/iPod touch XL. That should be the plan. If it can work as an iPod then it can work as an iPhone.
Mike

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:17 pm · Reply

MDN take is spot on.
Now, Now...

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:24 pm · Reply

iPhone 5s… where the ‘s’ stands for six!
commun5

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 1:36 pm · Reply

Doesn’t make any publicity sense to release both the iPhone and the iPad at the same time, so I’m not buying the rumor. To my knowledge, this kind of category blurring in press events has never happened with Apple.
Paul

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 2:13 pm · Reply

MDN should know better!

It’s 3, 3s, 4, 4s, 5…………get the idea?
- Jim
  
  Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 3:44 pm · Reply
  
  Paul should know better!
  
  It was 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5….
mredofcourse

Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 5:01 pm · Reply

Let me add one more reason why this rumor is stupid…

Unless the iPhone 5S and iPad 5 were simple spec bumps, they’d require a new iOS. This is especially true if there was any “new ideas” put into it.

A new iOS would have been showing up in logs by now, if not also beta released for developers.