Waiting for the new iPhone? Better get comfortable

By Andrew Ramadge HANGING out for the new iPhone 5? You'd better get comfortable - it looks like it'll be another month.

iPad queue

USUALLY, it's June. This time, we thought it might be September. Now, it's looking more like October.

The Wall Street Journal today reported that US telco Sprint had struck a deal to sell the next Apple iPhone, as well as AT&T and Verizon.

Traditionally, only AT&T, the country's largest telco, has had the rights to sell iPhones in the US.

In February, the second-largest telco Verizon also struck a deal with Apple and now, Sprint, the third-largest, is on board as well.

Timeline

iPhone		Jun 29, 2007
3G		Jul 11, 2008
3GS		Jun 19, 2009
iPhone 4		Jun 24, 2010
iPhone 5		Oct ??, 2011
Source: Wikipedia

But that's not particularly interesting for us in Australia, is it?

The only part you really need to know is that the WSJ report said "mid-October".

That's the new expected launch date for the "iPhone 5" — it doesn't have a real name yet — pushed back from September, when most thought it would come out.

An October launch had already been suggested by tech blogs, but, you know, people tend to take it more seriously when it's in the WSJ.

Until this year, Apple has launched each new iPhone in June or July. The reason for the new model's delay is not known.