An October release for Apple's eagerly awaited iPhone 5 handset is now almost certain, after continued silence from the company about when the handset will appear.
A screenshot submitted to American technology blog This Is My Next seems to confirm the day might well be October 21.
The screenshot, sent to American blogger Chris Ziegler by an anonymous employee of the Best Buy electronics chain, which recently launched stores in the UK, shows an email sent to American Best Buy employees regarding an upcoming Apple launch.
It requests that a manager be present at 6am on October 21 to install a "large Apple fixture" on the big screens in the American electronics store.
The tantalizing aspect to this detail is that 6am is the time at which Apple requested managers attend for the launch of iPhone 4 last year - also to install screens.
The Best Buy employee also revealed that an event was scheduled for October 10 for managers to discuss upcoming "big releases"- which would fit with an iPhone 5 launch a fortnight later.
An Apple spokesperson said, "We are not commenting on rumors or speculation."While the company is typically tight-lipped about the launch dates of its iconic smart phones, evidence has been mounting that a late October release seems likely.
Apple's marketing machine is extremely well-oiled, particularly when it comes to their hero product, the 100-million-selling iPhone - and preview events are usually orchestrated weeks in advance. With no official word from within the company in early September, a late October release looks increasingly likely.
Android rivals such as Samsung's Galaxy S II are now also considerably faster than the current iPhone 4: the company may not be able to afford to wait much longer than late October to release their upgraded handset.
An Apple engineer lost a prototype in a bar a few weeks before release has also become a regular ritual. This year, a prototype iPhone 5 was reportedly lost in a San Francisco bar, and sold via the internet.
The late October release date would appear to be supported by images that appeared on the internet recently said to show production parts for a new model that have arrived at Chinese resellers in preparation for the global launch of the high-powered phone.


据英国《每日邮报》9月5日报道，关于这款期待已久的iphone 5手机的面市时间，苹果公司始终缄口不语，而现在看来，10月份发售的消息已经是确凿无疑的了。

从发送给美国科技博客This Is My Next的一张截图就可以确定，iPhone5的发布日期是10月21日。

截图是由美国百思买电子连锁店的一名员工发给一个名叫克里斯•齐格勒的博主的，百思买公司近期在英国开设了连锁店。这封发送给美国百思买公司员工的邮件的截图显示了这个即将面市的苹果手机的发售日期。

邮件邀请百思买的一名管理人员参加10月21日上午6时在该公司举行的为一款"重量级苹果设备"在该店大屏幕上的投放仪式。

引起人们注意的是"上午6时"这个细节，去年，苹果公司要求管理人员出席iPhone4发布会也正是在这个时间。


百思买的员工还透露， 10月10日将会有一个经理们讨论"发布大事"的活动,有可能是关于确定两周后iPhone5即将发布的相关事宜。

苹果公司的一位发言人说，"我们不会对这些谣言和猜测发表评论"。虽然苹果对这款标志性智能手机的发布日期守口如瓶，但越来越多的迹象表明，发布日期就在10月下旬。


苹果公司的市场营销机制很圆滑，他们总会提前几周精心安排一些活动，尤其对于销量过亿的iPhone这些主打产品。



目前，三星Galaxy S II的安卓系统要比iphone4快很多，所以，苹果公司将会迫不及待地在10月份推出它的升级版。


而苹果公司的工程师总会在新款手机发布的前几周将其原型机弄丢，这似乎也成了苹果的一个惯例。据说今年iPhone5的原型机也落在旧金山的一家酒吧里，并在网上出售。


近期网上有照片显示，为了给该高性能手机的全球发布做准备，iPhone5的一些部件已经被运送到中国代理商处，这也说明了它会在10月下旬发布。

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