iPhone 5 reportedly slated for early October launch

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for the love of god stop stalling.

@rook I am with you on this one. I almost broke down and got that new Samsung Galaxy because I was tired of waiting on an iPhone 5; even with having an iPhone 4. However, I will be able to sell my iPhone 4 and buy an iPhone 5 and end up with a few extra bucks in my pocket. Each year, Apple pays me to have a brand new phone. It cost me $600 initially ($500 if you take out that $100 gift card), but I have a brand new phone each year that I absolutely love. I am completely spoiled by Apple and am sure that I would not have been as happy with an Android phone. I think a lot of people would be int eh same boat, but I hear you, 15 months is way too long to wait for a new phone.

I think this is the most accurate rumor yet. Beta 6 just came out, it's nearing its end as a Beta in late August. GM version will go live end of August/Early September. Apple sends out invitation for an announcement in mid-September. Two weeks later, iPhone 5 launch day in early October.

Although I've been waiting for the iPhone 5 impatiently now ever since I decided to skip out on the iPhone 4 and hang in there with my 3GS, after all the rumors and dates, the lack of any real information over the summer and now a firm date of October (another two months from now) I'm about ready to throw in the towel.

I know it will be the best phone and that I'll want one when it finally comes out. I know they're going to sell every one they can make and then some. Yet I also know that by waiting a year and a half between hardware iterations I'm sure a lot of people have gone android that shouldn't/wouldn't have. It's just too long a gap between releases in 2011.

I've never commented on an iPhone post (or any for that matter) and probably never will again. To those in the tech community that have kept the candle burning so long, I salute you. Personally though, if I didn't already have a million apps, fully developed iTunes and iPhoto libraries, an iPad and a MacBook pro I would have gotten a different phone by now (for better or worse). As it stands I'm over the iPhone 5 before it ever shows up, and that's just a little bit sad.