As reported by TechCrunch, the American operator Verizon Wireless would “freeze” all vacation requests by employees in the period 21 to 30 September 2012. In this period would have expected the arrival on the market of the new sixth-generation iPhone from Apple.

The official announcement of the new iPhone 5 is expected to arrive on 12 September, during a keynote in San Francisco. As of the end of the press conference should start taking pre-orders with first deliveries scheduled after a week as was the case in the past for other Apple products.
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