In the “Lets Talk iPhone” Apple Event earlier today Apple announced the date of the Pre-Order and shipping date. In US, UK, Canada, Australia, France and Germany pre-orders can be done at Friday October 7th. The iPhone 4S devices will be shipped one week later on October 14th. You can make pre-orders for AT&T and Verizon, Sprint is coming later. » iPhone 4S Pre-Orders Start October 7th In 7 Countries, 93 Other Countries Will Folow!

Appleinsider reported that Apple is blocking out employee vacations for October 9th through 12th and October 14th through 15th. Most of the time this means that Apple is planning to launch a new iPhone, and ofcourse we are expecting Apple will do the same this time. This is good news and means we only have to wait a view more weeks before we can get our hands on the next gen iPhone “5 / 4s”. » What Is The Reason That Apple Is Blocking Out Vacations For October 14th?

BGR received some information from a trusted source surrounding upcoming release of iOS 5 that could help pinpoint a more specific launch time frame for the iPhone 5. They have been told that iOS 5 beta 8 will not be released until this Friday. Beta 8 will be the last Beta version before the public release “GM version” of iOS 5, which will be introduced around September 23rd and will be released around October 5th. » iOS 5 Beta 8 Will Be Released This Friday, Final Release On The 23rd & iPhone 5 Will Be Released Early October

BGR reported that Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores are anticipating taking preorders for the iPhone 5 starting in the first week of October. This information wasfound in a leaked document from a Best Buy source. This document also noted that Sprint will be carrying the iPhone 5 at launch. » Best Buy Will Start Selling Sprint iPhone 5 The First Week In October?

Normally Apple will release a new iPhone every year in the month June and July. But BusinessInsider got some information this year’s expected iPhone 5 may not launch until September. Berger writes, “For the iPhone 5, we continue to hear that a July launch is unlikely, with various casing suppliers and touch suppliers still ramping up, with some chip vendors not having yet received firm iPhone 5 orders, and with other sockets like the image sensor (most likely going to Omnivision exclusively, but with some potential for Sony to split that socket) still in flux. » iPhone 5 May Not Launch Until September

The iPhone has been officially launched in China yesterday. A few hundred people were waiting to get their hands on the iPhone, says Fortune. The first official iPhone was given to a person in Bejing at half past 6 in the evening local time.

» China: Big Row For iPhone