Desi oficiam nu stim prea multe despre lansarea noului terminal iPhone 5, cei de la Thisismynext au reusit sa obtina un document intern al companiei Best Buy care prezinta un eveniment special al Apple programat pentru data de 21 octombrie. Evenimentul cere ca managerii magazinelor sa fie prezenti la serviciu dimineata la prima ora iar un eveniment cu cerinte speciale a fost inregistrat anul trecut cand a fost lansat iPhone 4. Cei de la thisismynext speculeaza ca iPhone 5 ar putea fi lansat atunci, speculatie facuta desigur in baza informatiilor oferite de angajatii Best buy.
We’ve just been tipped off this evening to a Best Buy location that’s been scheduled to have a mysterious “Apple fixture” installed on Friday, October 21st. That lines up nicely with some of the most recent iPhone 5 rumors pointing to a mid-October release, and considering that we’re already in September and we don’t have a press event on the books yet, October availability is looking more likely by the day. To be clear, this isn’t a run-of-the-mill installation for the big box — our tipster tells us that the request that a manager be on-hand at 6AM is out of the ordinary (they usually show up at 7AM for inventory), and that a similar arrangement was scheduled for the iPhone 4 launch. While it seems strange that thousands of retail employees could potentially be clued into iPhone availability over six weeks in advance, the language in Best Buy’s system is sufficiently vague so that it could technically be anything. It’s just hard to ignore the correlation to the mid-October rumors, particularly when the Wall Street Journal‘s throwing its weight behind them.
Pe langa evenimentul Apple din 21 octombrie, Best Buy organizeaza o sedinta generala cu toti managerii magazinelor in care se vor discuta cateva viitoare lansari ale unor terimnale mobile.Aceasta sedinta va avea loc pe data de 10 octombrie, o data care intra in perioada zvonita pentru lasarea iPhone 5. Daca Best Buy ar urma sa lanseze iPhone 5 din 21 octombrie atunci lansarea oficiala ar putea avea loc mai devreme deoarece Apple lanseaza iPhone-urile intai in magazinele proprii si abia apoi la reselleri.
Daca Best Buy are lansare pe 21 octombrie atunci eu unul presupun ca Apple va lansa iPhone 5 ori pe 7 ori pe 14 octombrie pentru a oferi un avans propriilor magazine.