September 17, 2011 
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According to CultofMac, Apple is telling retail store employees to finish their iOS 5 and iCloud training by the end of September. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 on October 5th along with releasing the major iOS 5 update soon after if not before.
According to one of our sources, corporate managers are currently visiting select Apple Retail stores ahead of a prospective October launch of the next iPhone.
While Apple is tight lipped about upcoming product plans even amongst its retail staff, these corporate managers are making a point of telling Apple Store employees to get their RetailMe courses on iOS 5 and iCloud done by the end of September.
RetailMe is Apple’s proprietary in-house communications and training client, which offers bulletins, information about products and training videos for retail employees.
These nudges to Apple Store employees would seemingly confirm reports that Apple will unveil at least one new iPhone model in early to mid October, the iPhone 5.
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