Next iPhone could be launched in Aug-Sept 2013: Report

The next generation Apple iPhone is likely to be launched in August or September 2013, an analyst has predicted.

The next generation Apple iPhone is likely to be launched in August or September 2013, an analyst has predicted.

According to This Week In Apple Rumors, Barclays analyst Kirk Yang predicted that the next iPhone would land in August or September, along with a cheaper iPhone aimed at emerging markets.

That August/September prognostication puts him in line with a growing squad of Apple-watchers calling for a July/August/September release, including Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities, Jeremy Horwitz of iLounge, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster and Peter Misek of Jeffries, the Huff Post reports.

Kuo and Horwitz are the two prognosticators-to-watch as they've proven to be accurate in the past, the report said.

According to the report, if the rumour turns out to be true, then the new iPhone would be launched about a year after the introduction of the iPhone 5, on September 12.