Kodawarisan, a Japanese web site, is reporting that Apple’s Fall Event, which in the past years was focused on iPods but will likely include the iPhone 5 announcement this year, is scheduled for Wednesday Sepetember 7th, 2011. The rumored date does make sense referring to previous years.
MacRumors has commissioned CiccareseDesign to create high quality renderings of the iPhone 5 based on leaked case designs. Interestingly, at the time these design specifications were posted MacRumors said they “received a reliable tip that this is not what the iPhone 5 will look like.”
Nokia has just provided the first concrete indication for the launch date of its critically beloved (but strategically doomed) handset, the N9. A countdown has emerged on the dedicated Swedish site for the MeeGo smartphone, pointing to 10AM on September 23rd as the crucial time. Below the ticking digits, there’s also an invitation to become one of 30 “N9 Pilots,” who’ll be a lucky group of testers that get to enjoy the N9 in September and even keep it when they’re finished. Source: Nokia and N9Pilot.se via Engadget
Apple may be planning to release two iPhone 5 models this fall, according to the iPhoneDownloadBlog.
The site has heard from an employee of an Apple parts supplier who believes Apple is planning to build a ‘normal’ and a ‘pro’ version of the iPhone 5.
Recently reports suggest that Apple could be working on a cheaper and perhaps smaller iPhone. In February Tim Cook fueled rumors by saying Apple is doing “clever things” to attack the prepaid market, because he wants Apple to be “for everyone,” not “just for the rich.” Cook also said he recognizes “price is big factor in the prepaid market,” but Apple is not “ceding any market.”
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