“Tuesday, October 4,” John Paczkowski reports for AllThingsD. “That’s the day Apple is currently expected to hold its next big media event, according to sources close to the situation, where the tech giant will unveil the next iteration of its popular iPhone.”
“While Apple could certainly change its plans anytime, sources said that the October 4 date has been selected by the company to showcase the iPhone 5,” Paczkowski reports. “Sources added that the plan is now to make the new device available for purchase within a few weeks after the announcement.”
Paczkowski reports, “It will be newly installed CEO Tim Cook’s first big product introduction and the place where the public will get a first lengthy impression of him that may well set the tone for Cook’s new role. And that’s why, said sources, although he’s never quarterbacked an Apple product announcement before, Cook is certain to preside over the iPhone 5 rollout.”
“What will be interesting to see, of course, is if Jobs himself will also make an appearance, which is something that is likely to be determined by his health in a decision that will made very close to the event,” Paczkowski writes. “And while putting Jobs onstage with Cook could diminish the new leader’s first public effort, what better ‘one more thing’ than Jobs himself making a cameo appearance?”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lava_Head_UK” for the heads up.]
I guess we won’t get a T-Mobile announcement-drat!
Bring. It. On.
Unicom and Sprint aren’t good enough?
Jobs won’t be onstage. That would almost be rude to Cook. Cook will nail it, Jobsless.
Agreed. Jobs won’t even show up. Not even as part of the public.
At best, Cook will Jobs give a FaceTime call from his iPhone 5.
Oh yeah. It’d be nice if Mr Jobs came to the event and just sit on the front row though.
Tim needs to lead the event showing that he has the reigns, but I hope Tim calls Steve to the stage for a standing ovation.
I heard it was October 5th. Damn.. if it’s the 4th, then they won’t launch the iPhone 5… but the iPhone 4s.
The 5th is my B-Day, hint, hint….
Mines the 4th 🙂
It’s fine where it is.
So’s mine! What a great bday present to look forward to! I can’t wait.
But “Ocrober” translates as “eight”. Could this be iPhone 8?
Or, rather, could this be iPhone 10 since October’s number among all 12 months is 10?
Or even iPhone 12 or iPhone 14, if you add the number of day?
If you take the UTC value for the date and time, convert it to binary, then back to octal, then convert that to HEX and then to ASCII you get: “I am your father, Eric.”
I’ll believe it when apple sends out one of their invitations.
This is not any rumours site a-la “MacRumours”, so this looks very reliable.