iPhoneism has learnt that millions of iOS users around the world will be able to download iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on October 10th. This expected release date has been cited by AppleCare employees.
"People familiar with the matter" who happen to be AppleCare employees say that they have been informed by the company to expect an increased number of customer calls seeking support to iOS related matters. AppleCare call centers have been told to expect increase as much as eight times over the normal amount in customer calls and the staff has been informed beforehand to deal with the enormous influx of calls.
For those of you wondering about the significance of October 10, this particular date happens to be a Monday. Previously we've seen Apple release its software updates on Mondays as well. So if this tipster is indeed saying the truth, we should very well except to download iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch on October 10. Don't forget, iOS 5 isn't the only thing that will be released publicly. Apple will also ship iCloud concurrent to iOS 5, for the public so if iOS 5 goes live on Monday October 10, that's when iCloud will be made available to the public as well.
If one is to believe Apple's past tradition of releasing an iPhone on Friday, its likely that we might see iPhone 5 release on Friday October 7th and iOS 5 releae on Monday October 10th. This however is an assumption because as per recent rumours, iPhone 5 release date is said to be either October 15th or October 21st.
Nevertheless, October 10 seems possible when Apple will allow public to download iOS 5 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch because we know that iOS 5 beta 8 is being seeded this Friday and iOS 5 GM is being seeded on September 23. After September 23, October 10 like we said, seems a possible day for Apple to publicly release its latest software update for supported iOS devices.
All of these rumours are rumours mind you, we can't be really sure about anything until we hear official word from Apple. We're still waiting for Apple to reveal some detail about iOS 5 and iPhone 5 release. Meanwhile, do let us know in your comments below about the excitement you feel when time finally comes that you are able to download iOS 5 for your device.