Apple iPhone 5: First Look

It happens every time: When Apple drops hints it has a new product about to hit the market — in this case the iPhone 5 — the blogosphere lights up.

The new phone, if you believe what they're saying…will be out Sept. 5…will have a rounded back…a larger screen…won't disconnect calls if you touch the edges…will fly — well, it won't fly, but the rumors do.

Seth Weintraub, who writes for 9to5mac.com, says, "a tipster sent us some pictures of what he now thinks is the iPhone 5. He caught what he said was likely an Apple employee hunched over the device on the way home from work in San Francisco earlier this week. He told us he was able to get a very good look at the device but the pictures he snapped 'didn’t do it justice.

Apple iPhone 5 'to launch in October, not September'

The Apple iPhone 5 rumour-mill continues to grind with All Things D reporting today that the new iPhone will be released in October this year. That contradicts earlier rumours which suggested September as the likely time of release, specifically September 5.

All Things D, citing “sources with knowledge of the situation” said that rumours that the iPhone 5 would launch in September were misinformed. The blog said its sources expected a launch late in October.

The new report does not rule out the possibility that Apple will announce the new phone some time in September and launch it the following month.