Apple never mentioned anything about when their iPhone 5 would be released, well not specifically anyway. However the folks over at the Examiner are suggesting that they gave a big hint about its date for release. This was by way of the rollout schedule of iOS 6.
iPhone 5 release date indirectly hinted by official iOS 6 rollout schedule
Many are saying that Apple has pretty much confirmed that they would release the iPhone 5 in the autumn given that it is the scheduled time for the official release of iOS 6. This would be the ideal opportunity to bring out a new handset as it would be released with the latest operating system. It is thought that iOS 6 will come packed with around 200 new features. Of course some of these will be minor. Commercially it makes more sense for Apple to release the iPhone 5 with the new iOS 6 preinstalled, as this would give it a bragging rights of 200 new features that many of its rivals (Samsung Galaxy S3) may not possess.
Apple has shown us the new Maps app in iOS 6, the new app sees the end of five years of collaboration between Apple and Google, with Google Maps being ousted. Should the iPhone 5 be released with iOS 6 this would mean it would have the turn-by-turn navigation feature, something if you recall Samsung has used in many of its ads to show that it is better than Apple’s iPhone. This could boost its selling power and Android rivals would no longer be able to use it as a way to put the iPhone down.
At the moment there has been no official release date from Apple and all fans can do is speculate over whether Apple did let the cat out of the bag by revealing the release schedule for iOS 6. Given that we’ve always seen a new iPhone launch with a new major OS update, we are taking this as a given.
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