Psssst! What's the word on the street?

May 7, 2013 4:40 PM

Does anyone know when the Apple iPhone 5GS will be available? Thanks.
posted by jbenben to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

No one knows the answer to this question, or at least no one who would talk about it publicly. But MacRumors has a Buyer's Guide that estimates that a new iPhone model is released about every 338 days, or 109 days from now. They recommend waiting unless you really need one now.
posted by bcwinters at 4:45 PM on May 7, 2013 [2 favorites]

Well, the new version of iOS (7) is getting previewed at the WWDC next month. And a new iPhone never comes out until that is released. So based on the past, we're looking at a September/October release.
posted by signondiego at 4:51 PM on May 7, 2013

I agree that fall is a good bet. We've seen apple moving their mobile releases closer to the holiday season—both with the long period between the iPhone 4 and 4S and the quick follow up to the 3rd generation iPad. iPods have been released in the fall for quite a well as far as I know.

Then again... who knows?
posted by nrobertson at 9:53 PM on May 7, 2013

All anyone can do is guess. The only people who can answer this question will lose their jobs if they do. There are rumors it'll be out in June. No, wait: September! Nope: October, because iOS 7 is running behind. Except rumor has it Apple has shifted all available personnel over to the iOS 7 team and it's running on schedule. Is that true? What's the schedule? Only Apple knows.
posted by 2oh1 at 11:00 PM on May 10, 2013