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iPhone 5 Release Date and Price Announced
Today Apple announced the iPhone 5 which will start at $199 and will be released, as expected on September 21st after a pre-order that will start on September 14th.
As was expected, the iPhone 5 will come with the same storage and pricing options as previous iPhones, even with the addition of 4G LTE and the new 4-inch display. The 16GB iPhone 5 will start at the normal $199.99 price point and the device will continue on with a $299.99 price tag for the 32GB model and $399.99 for the 64GB iPhone 5. All of those prices will require a new two year contract.
The iPhone 5 release date is set for September 21st.
Apple also announced both a pre-order date and a release date for the iPhone 5.
Read: iPhone 5 Features 4G LTE on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon.
Pre-orders for the iPhone 5 will start on September 14th which is this Friday. Pre-orders will be available through Apple and presumably through AT&T, Sprint and Verizon which will be the carries that host it on their 4G LTE networks.
Third party retailers like Best Buy may also announce pre-orders as well.
As for the release date, Apple confirmed September 21st as the iPhone 5 release date, the same date that a source told Gotta Be Mobile would be the official iPhone 5 release date.
The United States will be one of the the first regions in the world to see the iPhone 5 launch and it will be joined by other regions including:
- Canada
- UK
- France,
- Germany
- Australia
- Japan
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
Then, on September 28th, several other countries will see the iPhone 5 launch. Those include:
The company’s new iPhone 5 comes with a host of new features including a new 4-inch display with 16:9 aspect ratio, 4G LTE data speeds, a new design made of aluminum and glass, an improved rear camera, and of course, iOS 6.
Jack
09/12/2012 at 1:37 pm
The phone is looking really good but the features are almost the same. Hope the iOS 6 is much better.
Read that the battery life is quite good compared to the iPhone 4
Anyway… must check out the first iPhone 5 Review https://www.applicationshow.com/mobile-news/the-iphone-5-iphone-5-review-iphone-5-pictures
Essakhan
09/24/2012 at 1:53 pm
I want I phone 5 .i am in Qatar how much
Molan James
11/08/2012 at 9:48 pm
Hi @Essakhan Currently iPhone 5 on the second hand market is very hot because of high demand. According to Movaluate analysis, AT&T iPhone 5 16G Black is the most popular among other variants which is about $800.
https://blog.movaluate.com/2012/11/05/iphone-5-sales-behavior-on-the-second-hand-market/
I hope the factory unlocked iPhone will be available soon to stabilize the second hand market.
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