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iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c Go on Sale

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When the clock struck midnight Pacific Daylight Time, both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale. Within minutes United States Apple Store Online quoting 7-to-10 days shipping time for the contract-free T-Mobile iPhone 5s. The same went for Gold iPhone 5s. Twenty-two hours later, US Apple Store Online is quoting October shipping time for all iPhone 5s.

Surveying three Apple Stores in Southern California, almost all iPhone 5s were sold by 20:00 hours. The leftovers were 16 GB and 32 GB iPhone 5s for Verizon and Sprint; mostly Sprint.

Meanwhile, Apple Store have plenty of iPhone 5c stock. Late shoppers at Apple Store South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, California were looking to buy some iPhone 5c.

According to Apple Store employees, they were expecting some iPhone 5s shipment on Saturday.

September 20, 2013 is a huge day for iPhone 5s. It was not made available for pre-order on September 12, 2013 like iPhone 5c, the colorful-polycarbonate sibling.

Apple is likely to announce its first week launch number of both iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c together this Monday, if not sooner.

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US Apple Store Online is Down ahead of iPhone 5s Launch

iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c went on sale on Friday September 20, 2013 first in New Zealand. US customers still have to wait for the clock to strike 12:01 Pacific Daylight Time.

US Apple store Online just went down ahead of iPhone 5s launch. Based on a few chatters, Apple might not be offering unlocked iPhone 5s on launch day.

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iOS 7 is released

Apple releases iOS 7 to the general public on Wednesday September 18, 2013. It carries build number 11465 which is the same build with iOS 7 Golden Master which was seeded to developers on September 10, 2013.

iOS 7 is available through over the air Software Update or download through iTunes.

In addition to that, Apple also released iTunes 11.1 today.

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Apple, iOS 7, iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c.

From September 10, 2013 Apple announcement.

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iOS 7 will be available as a free software update starting on Wednesday, September 18 for iPhone 4 and later, iPad 2 and later, iPad mini and iPod touch (fifth generation). Some features may not be available on all products.

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Apple has seeded iOS 7 GM Build 11A465 to Developers as of Noon September 10, 2013.

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iPhone 5c

CUPERTINO, California—September 10, 2013—Apple® today introduced iPhone® 5c, featuring an all-new design, packed with incredible features in five gorgeous colors—blue, green, pink, yellow and white. iPhone 5c is built on a foundation of features people know and love like the beautiful 4-inch Retina® display, blazing fast performance of the A6 chip, and the 8 megapixel iSight® camera—all while delivering great battery life. iPhone 5c comes with more LTE bands than any other smartphone in the world, a new FaceTime® HD camera, and iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone.

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iPhone 5c will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 20, and customers can pre-order their iPhone 5c beginning Friday, September 13.

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iPhone 5s

CUPERTINO, California—September 10, 2013—Apple® today announced iPhone® 5s, the most forward-thinking iPhone yet, featuring an all-new A7 chip, making iPhone 5s the world’s first smartphone with 64-bit desktop-class architecture for blazing fast performance in the palm of your hand. iPhone 5s redefines the best smartphone experience in the world with amazing new features all packed into a remarkable thin and light design, including an all-new 8 megapixel iSight® camera with True Tone flash and introducing Touch ID™, an innovative way to simply and securely unlock your phone with just the touch of a finger. iPhone 5s comes with iOS 7, the most significant iOS update since the original iPhone, engineered for 64-bit technology and featuring hundreds of great new features, including Control Center, Notification Center, improved Multitasking, AirDrop®, enhanced Photos, Safari®, Siri® and iTunes Radio℠.

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iPhone 5s will be available in the US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 20.

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In addition to that, Apple will be bundling iMovie, iPhoto, Keynote, Numbers and Pages with each and every new iOS 7 device.

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Apple September 10, 2013 Live Coverage Links

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It is that time of the season again, here comes the Apple special event. Join everyone else at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on Tuesday September 10, 2013 for Apple’s “This should brighten everyone;s day.” special event.

There is a good chance Apple would live broadcast the event on Apple home page.

As usual there will be numbers of sites providing live coverage of the event. Here they are in alphabetical order:

More links will be added as they become available.

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Apple to drop 64 GB iPad mini

On Tuesday September 10, 2013 Apple is expected to unveil new line-up of iPhone and the general release version of iOS 7. Apple is not likely to make any iPad announcement on that day. Meanwhile, according to sources who recently had been to Foxconn factory in China, Apple is likely to drop 64 GB iPad mini from iPad line-up this October. It is unclear why Apple would do so. Currently a 64 GB iPad mini retails for $529 and $659 for Wi-Fi only and Wi-Fi + Cellular models, respectively.

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