Verizon Vacation Blackout Could Be iPhone 5 Release Date
Verizon needs all hands on deck at the end of September. What could that possibly be about?
We've heard plenty of rumors regarding the iPhone 5 announcement date, but far fewer as far the actual release date is concerned. Today brings us a new one, though, as it seems Verizon is discouraging employees from taking vacation days during the last week of September.
TechCrunch cites an inside source at Verizon who says the carrier has put an all-staff vacation blackout in place from Friday, September 21 to Sunday, September 30. September 21 is roughly a week after the rumored September 12 announcement, which seems to gel with iPhone announce and release schedules of years gone by.
Apple, of course, has yet to send out invitations to any such event, but it's widely believed the company will announce the new iPhone (also referred to as 'iPhone 5') in September. The company last year ditched its June refresh cycle and delayed the iPhone 4S until October. The iPhone 4S was announced October 7 and hit stores a week later, on October 14.
As far as specs go, the iPhone 5 is rumored to boast a larger 4-inch display (compared to the 3.5-inch display in the old and current models), as well as 4G LTE connectivity.

Now over 2 years later, Apple has finally caught up and will be releasing its first 4G phone and larger display of 4 inches. WOW they are really ahead of the competition (sarcasm).
Watch for the lines of the Apple commies to start camping in line for the one phone, one choice a year that Apple releases.
Are you referring to all of the Apple patent trolling? That is why I cant stand Apple. I wish Apple would try to beat the competition in the market place and not in the courtroom. This whole patent rectangles and curves is ridiculous.
People are only hostile because of all the Apple bull crap and trying to stop sales of Android devices.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57496833-37/apple-samsungs-galaxy-nexus-a-copycat-of-iphone/
You never see hostility between Android and Windows, only stupid Apple commies that think they are better than everyone else and have to try and stop competitiveness when they are losing and way behind in the game.
Now over 2 years later, Apple has finally caught up and will be releasing its first 4G phone and larger display of 4 inches. WOW they are really ahead of the competition (sarcasm).
Watch for the lines of the Apple commies to start camping in line for the one phone, one choice a year that Apple releases.
People are only hostile because of all the Apple bull crap and trying to stop sales of Android devices.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57496833-37/apple-samsungs-galaxy-nexus-a-copycat-of-iphone/
You never see hostility between Android and Windows, only stupid Apple commies that think they are better than everyone else and have to try and stop competitiveness when they are losing and way behind in the game.
Are you referring to all of the Apple patent trolling? That is why I cant stand Apple. I wish Apple would try to beat the competition in the market place and not in the courtroom. This whole patent rectangles and curves is ridiculous.
dude anything over 4 inches is big and very hard to use with one hand....i have the Rezhound and the screen is way to large for comfortable use....good on apple that is not jumping and the large and cumbersome bandwagon...can't wait for the new iphone....the lack of 4g is what kept me from purchasing one....now, i don't have that excuse anymore
NFC was rumored as one of the additions to the next iphone.
But even with that, it's sill nothing impressive over the 4S. And I believe that the only reason Apple decided to go with the larger screen and the different dock connector was because they got a lot of flack from critics of the 4S, noting that it looks no different than the 4. LOL @ the Samsung (I think it was Samsung) commercial poking fun at people waiting in (what looked like) an Apple store line during the 4S release, and one person goes, "dude, if it looks the same, how will everyone else know I have the new one...?"
Apple's been the most decent with aesthetics in order to differentiate themselves from the rest. But everyone else has caught up to what is ergonomically-realistic. There's not really anywhere else to go hardware-wise. You've gotta develop the services.
Plus they were publicly reamed for having 12 year olds manufacture their phones in China. Yes other companies were guilty as well but Apple got the bad press.
Christ, all you do is whine about Apple and troll. This post and the previous one before it are just blatant troll posts, regardless if the Android kids here vote it up.
The difference is, if you take your comment and replace Apple with Samsung, people will rage, and the account will get banned for "trolling" like Watcha, which was bull. Leads me to believe Samsung is paying for the comments section on this site!
Samsung? What Samsung? You're the only one that mentioned that name here.
Conspiracy much? You need to rearrange your tinfoil hat a bit.
Creating an account just to troll? Pot calling the kettle black.
And what is a Watcha, anyways? NVM, I don't need to know that.
Ciao.
Yes the most important point for hardcore Apple lovers is that the iPhone 5 is the last iPhone that Steve Jobs was directly involved in the development of. It could be a moldy turd with an Apple logo on it and it will still sell like hotcakes and draw people to camp for days outside Apple stores. I just wish Tom's would resist the urge to publish anything and everything iPhone related. Most of their articles meet either the geek-appeal test or convey useful technical knowledge; this tidbit of useless info does neither of those things.
There's no story about the billions ($4B I believe) that Samsung just invested into it's fab in Texas which makes, among other things, ARM Exynos-based A4 and A5 chips used in iPhones and iPads as well as chips for their own devices. This is also the largest foreign investment into a factory in the US. Guess that's not newsworthy though. And geeks surely wouldn't be interested in the transition to a 28nm manufacturing process for Samsung's SoC (system on a chip) components.
I can't believe that so much hype and shit go into the release of Apple products.
I lol'd in the first line, so I gave you a thumbs up.
thanks
because no one wants to really buy the android phones....on the other hand apple has created a product that everyone has tried to copy from day one....remember the first gen iphone?...no one had anything even close to what apple had...it's a fact