iPhone 5S Release Date Set for Sept. 6

By Vincent Funaro, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The iPhone 5S release could be set for Sept. 6.

The company will be launching the device on that date, according to a report from Cult of Mac.

The report cites a German blog known as iFun that stated that the next iPhone will be coming to the market on Sept. 6. It attributes the information to a credible source and says "it must be taken seriously," according to translation of the article from the Huffington Post.

The new code used to create the iOS 7 beta hints at a fingerprint sensor feature being available on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 5S.

The recent developer release of the software for its fourth beta provided fans with a significant clue that Apple plans to bring the technology to the iPhone this year.

The evidence appears as a new code bundle in the accessibility portion of iOS 7. It is named BiometricKitUI and it contains strings related to a tutorial on how to use a fingerprint sensor on an iPhone.

The strings show a photo of a person holding an iPhone with their left hand while touching the home button with their thumb, a photo of a person holding an iPhone with their right hand while touching the Home button with their thumb and a fingerprint that changes color during the set up process.

The fingerprint sensor was first rumored for the Apple smartphone after Apple acquired security firm AuthenTec, a company that specialized in the component. Apple purchased it in 2012, which is when news of an iPhone featuring this technology began surfacing. This could end up being one of the selling points for the company's upcoming iPhone lines that consists of a next-generation model and a low-cost version with a plastic shell.