The fact that Apple has yet to announce the Apple iPhone 5 is not stopping Deutsche Telekom from starting to take pre-orders as of today. Company spokesman Alexander von Schmettow confirmed the move to Bloomberg:
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, he said.
According to the German-language focus.de (Google translation), Deutsche Telekom is giving customers who ask for the next generation iPhone a ticket that will let them claim it (on a first-come, first-served basis) when it becomes available. Only the carrier’s customers are eligible to receive this ticket.
Do you think other carriers will now follow suit?
Current rumours point to an October launch for the iPhone 5.