Apple has reportedly set a September 5 US release date for the as yet unannounced iPhone 5.
That's according to a senior executive at Swiss carrier Swisscom, who also reportedly told iPhone Italia under conditions of anonymity that the device will rollout globally a month later on October 5.
According to IBTimes, Swisscom is Apple's partner in Switzerland, together with carriers Orange and Sunrise.
The CEO of US telecoms firm Verizon also confirmed in a conference call with analysts over the weekend that the new iPhone will be released sometime "in the fall".
Last week, after reporting record revenue and earnings for its most recent financial quarter, Apple dropped the biggest hint yet that it's to launch iPhone 5 in the coming months, referring to an upcoming "product transition" set to impact its September quarter.