“All Things Digital’s John Paczkowski, Apple’s current go-to outlet for backchannel leaks, reports that the new iPhone will be unveiled at a special event on Tuesday Oct. 4,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
“Paczkowski’s sources say ‘within a few weeks,'” P.E.D. reports. “But in a note to clients Tuesday, Ticonderoga’s Brian White suggests that the lag time between unveiling and release is likely to be considerably shorter than that, especially given how late in the year the iPhone 5 event is occurring.”
P.E.D. reports, “A look at previous lag-times suggests that he is right… The wait between iPhone introduction and sale has steadily decreased from 201 days in 2007 to 17 days in 2010.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]