After months of rumours and speculations, the day the next iPhone may be released is almost upon us as Apple has sent out media invites for an event slated to take place on the 12th of September 2012 in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater.

This by far is one of the biggest stories of the day in the tech hemisphere as the next iPhone is one of the most awaited handsets of 2012. Apple also plays a part in adding to the hype, as in typical Apple fashion, it does not divulge any information about the forthcoming product but merely adds a caption which states ‘It’s almost here.’ Below this caption, the date of the event is displayed in bold and below it, a shadow of the number 5 is shown. This could only spell one thing – the iPhone 5.
Numerous reports in the past about the tentative release date of the next generation iPhone claimed that it will be unveiled by October. Those reports made sense as Apple does tend to give a handset a shelf life of a year. However, a single report stood out, as a post by iMore had pointed at September 12 as the date the iPhone 5 would be announced. It appears that the website’s sources were spot on and Apple will indeed be announcing the iPhone on this very date.

A report by AllThingsD had also backed these rumours by claiming that the iPhone 5 would be unveiled by early September. It stated that the brand is in the process of stocking up components for a launch that is scheduled to take.