iPhone 5 Preorders Begin In Germany For Deutsche Telekom Customers

Good news for a certain cross-section of German Apple hardware enthusiasts: the iPhone 5 is now available for preorder.

German phone carrier Deutsche Telekom will immediately begin taking preorders from its customers for the iPhone 5, a DT spokesman told Bloomberg News. The report does not note whether or not this move to take reservations for the next-generation iPhone is approved by Apple, but general Internet chatter suggests that Deutsche Telekom is simply assuming a new iPhone is coming and is getting ready for the huge demand.

The DT spokesman also told Bloomberg that they would take the preorders "in anticipation of supply bottlenecks," in order to make the process smoother and more timely whenever the iPhone 5 comes out.

Per the Bloomberg report:

The operator will hand out coupons to people who expressly request the successor model to the iPhone 4, without providing the name or release details of the device, [the DT spokesman] said.

Though this report does not add any specifics to the iPhone 5 rumor pool, it is at least more indication that the device is probably coming soon. The most generally accepted guess for a release date is sometime in early October, as first floated by Boy Genius Report and then confirmed by the well-connected Jim Dalrymple of tech blog The Loop.

BGR on Sunday also published what is apparently a leaked document from Best Buy that shows the electronics giant expects the next-gen iPhone during the first week in October, adding fuel to the early October rumors. Coincidence that Deutsche Telekom has begun taking preorders exactly one month before the rumored release date time-frame of the iPhone 5? Perhaps. But who knows.

For more of the latest Apple rumors, take a look at our roundup of the most recent (and craziest) speculation.

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Comments

[satanlite]

11:05 PM on 09/07/2011

I love tweaking apple fanboys/girls. It's like a religion to them.

[satanlite]

11:12 PM on 09/07/2011

... and I should say I use BOTH platforms.

[Eventronics Management]

02:39 PM on 09/07/2011

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[MikeyJaii]

11:44 PM on 09/06/2011

You guys should start saving up for the iStartReleasingANewOneEveryMonth phone.

[Equinator]

08:13 PM on 09/06/2011

I already put my chair in front of the Apple store. (Just kidding)

[Daws]

01:23 PM on 09/07/2011

...you're really outside the store aren't you?

[Equinator]

02:53 PM on 09/07/2011

You can tell it is me, as I am the one who has a horse with them.

[kleind862]

04:52 PM on 09/06/2011

Time for all the sidewalk campers to come out of the woodwork to wait in line for this new gadget.
It puzzels me that people are so addicted to this stuff that they would just have to have the newest junk and pay premium cost for it.No matter what they invent or come out with you will never find or replace the brains you have lost.

[DaMojo]

09:42 AM on 09/07/2011

And they'll charge it on their credit cards and pay lots of interest....even though the last one hasn't been paid off yet. LOL

[satanlite]

11:12 PM on 09/07/2011

Need to ignore another war for koltan.

[Carl Hungus III]

02:17 PM on 09/06/2011

My iPhone RETRO has a twisty cord, pull-up antenna, number dial and a dial tone! Plus it makes me breakfast in the morning. LOL

[Cordell Cameron]

01:42 PM on 09/06/2011

Over-priced peice of junk.

[LA Fleur de lis]

04:16 PM on 09/06/2011

What IS the price of the iphone 5?

[Cordell Cameron]

04:23 PM on 09/06/2011

I'm sure it starts at $599.99

[VoteEarlyVoteOften]

08:45 AM on 09/06/2011

Made in Communist China.

You can have a meaningful life without it.

[Carl Hungus III]

02:19 PM on 09/06/2011

Hummers and Jeeps as well!

[jchal20826]

02:19 PM on 09/06/2011

South Korea banned the I Phone because its made there.

[hungrypilot]

09:24 AM on 09/06/2011

SPAM...go away!

[johnwood]

03:37 AM on 09/06/2011

Breaking News
Rumor confirmed: iPhone5 has 2 nipples

[netzwerg]

02:33 AM on 09/06/2011

"A iPhone assembled in China cost about $600.00 a piece, using only 90% baseline increase, if you assemble that same iPhone in the US, it's equal baseline price would be $1,140.00 a piece."

That's nonsense. An iPhone assembled in China costs about 200$, if assembled in the US maybe 220$. Labor costs are only the smallest part.
China has the better infrastructure to ship this stuff now, better seaports, better access to raw materials and so on.

[netzwerg]

02:20 AM on 09/06/2011

As an Apple shareholder, I am very pleased with the craze about the new iPhone again.
Go buy it my friends, you wont be disappointed, it's worth every cent, I promise!!

[redmaple]

01:23 AM on 09/06/2011

Why would you pre-order a device you know nothing about??? Stupid.

[netzwerg]

02:20 AM on 09/06/2011

Because they want to go to work and show off the phone before the other [censored] buy it.

[PhloxJeana]

01:21 AM on 09/06/2011

I just pre-pre-ordered the iPhone 7. It should be out by xmas.

[Sunny California]

02:03 PM on 09/06/2011

Lol if i start saving now, I may be able to afford the iPhone 7!!!

[jeffriranda]

12:12 AM on 09/06/2011

These should allow you to add your existing files on your computer (there is also an option to burn a CD to your computer, but I suggest using a different program); from your computer you can import into iTunes and transfer to the iPhone

http://reliftxssite.com/

[kpmclean]

10:25 AM on 09/06/2011

You can already do that!