The iPhone5 is dead. Long live the iPhone5. Yes, with the launch of its latest model, Apple has already killed the iPhone5, banished it from the online store, although the new phone is yet to hit UAE stores.
The international edition of apple.com<http://apple.com> however features the iPhone5C and the iPhone 5S. Pre-orders are only slated from Friday September 13 for the former and September 20 for the latter.
The new phones are yet to be launched in the UAE and what we are seeing here is a return to 2011 – the iPhone4S is featured as the main device in the iPhone section.
So technically anyone who wants to buy an iPhone5 online through the Apple store will not be able to do so and we do not know when Apple plans to launch the new phones in the UAE.
A staff at Virgin Megastore at the Mall of the Emirates however told Emirates 24/7 that he has been telling customers to wait until November end or December for the new phones to officially come to the UAE.
“We still have stocks of the iPhone5. We are continuing to price them at Dh2,699 for a 16Gb, Dh3,149 for a 32GB and Dh3,549 for a 64Gb handset,” he said.