Apple Sets Sept 12 Launch of Latest iPhone

  • Full details on Sept. 12
  • High-end smartphone with bigger screen, LTE
  • Available in stores by Sept. 21

September 12 will be the coming out party for the release of the iPhone 5.

  • Full details on Sept. 12
  • High-end smartphone with bigger screen, LTE
  • Available in stores by Sept. 21

September 12 will be the coming out party for the release of the iPhone 5. A media event will be held at San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the same venue where Apple revealed its iPad with retina display.

The fifth version of Apple’s high-end next generation smartphone has been touted to sport a larger screen that could measure four inches, a considerable increase in size from 3.5-inch display from corner to corner.

It is also likely that the new iPhone will be LTE 4G-enabled and will have a smaller dock plug. The invite distributed to the media offer no hint that full details of another anticipated product, a much-smaller iPad or iPad mini, will be unveiled here.

The looming announcement of the iPhone 5 this month is being timed for shipping in time for the holiday season.

Pricing and territories where the product will be made available in Australia are yet to be announced though some reports are indicating September 21 is the date when the iPhone will go on sale, nine days after September 12.