Both those dates are Fridays, the day Apple traditionally makes new products available to take advantage of the weekend rush. Interestingly, the early rumour is an echo of a similar one last year when internal communications at 's Deutsche Telekom accurate. This time around, a British website has claimed to have gotten hold of an email from Vodafone UK to its employees. 1m705q
However, while the leaked Vodafone UK email tips September 25 as the actual release date, another report by a Greek website (via Phonearena) seems to suggest that the announcement will be made on September 8, which happens to be a Tuesday - the same day as last year's September 9 launch event.
Of course, a September launch is highly likely anyway, but we would still advise readers to take the news with a pinch of salt despite the similarities between last year's leak and this new one.
As for the next iPhone itself, Apple is said to be an entry-level model like the current iPhone 5c is. It would run on the Apple A7 or A8 SoC and have a 4-inch screen.
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