iPhone 5 (or the iPhone 4S, as some are calling it) rumours are flying thick and fast - indeed, it's become somewhat of a storm with the industry convinced that the new handset will make its debut in early September.
Let's raid the iPhone 5 rumour fridge to find the tomatoes of truth amid the stinky stilton of baseless speculation.
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iPhone 5 release date
This year's WWDC was about software, not hardware, with Apple focussing on iOS and Mac OS
On 20 April 2011, it emerged that the iPhone 5 release date may be September 2011. This date was cited by three sources who spoke to Reuters. September 5 has been and gone, though, and there's still no sign of the new iPhone.
On 6 May it was reported that Apple manufacturer Pegatron has reportedly been given a massive order by Jobs and co to produce 15 million handsets ready for the phone's autumn launch.
On 19 July Apple seemingly confirmed the presence of a new iPhone in the market by the end of Q3, leading to yet more suggestions that the iPhone 5 launch date will be in September.
Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer was asked during an earnings call why he was suggesting a 12 per cent drop in revenues for the Q3 financial period - a traditionally robust time thanks to the scores of people buying the latest iPhone.
He said that there is "a lot going on in the fall with iOS 5 and iCloud" but added there will be a "future product transition that we will not talk about today".
T3 says Apple is also hiring more staff for September, while it's also been reported that US network AT&T has slapped a holiday ban on staff for a possible launch. Some (now proved wrong) were even saying it could be 5 September.
Price cuts of the iPhone 4 in August also hinted at a September release date for the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S.
On 15 August Apple reportedly began pushing up the amount of orders for the handset.
On 17 August, the rumour of a September iPhone 5 launch date gained more traction - this time pegged at 12 September - when it was reported that Telefonica, which owns the O2 network, is set to begin scaling back iPhone stock in advance of "the launch of a new smartphone".
Another rumour in mid August said that Apple may delay the iPhone in order for it to get a faster A6 chip.
On 5 September 2011, a screengrab of a supposed Best Buy memosurfaced, suggesting that the iPhone 5 could go on sale in the US on 21 October.
Further evidence of an iPhone 5 launch date in October came on 12 September with reports claiming that the iOS 5 gold build will be sent to manufacturers in time for a mid-October launch.
And on 14 September, the CEO of France Telecom, the parent company of Orange, got specific when he said "If we believe what we have been told, the iPhone 5 will be released on 15 October."
On 21 September sources quoted by All Things Digital talked of an Apple event on 4 October ahead of a mid-October iPhone 5 release date.
The iPhone 5 will debut alongside iOS 5 in the Autumn
iOS 5 will ship in the Autumn, so it seems a safe bet that the iPhone 5 will have made its debut on or before then.
