iPhone 5, iPad Mini to Debut Sept. 12

Get ready for a big Apple event on Sept. 12: That's when the company will announce the iPhone 5 and iPad mini, sources tell iMore. The new iPhone will be available on Sept. 21, reports have said; it's not clear when the scaled-down tablet will be out. That release date is just 11 months after the iPhone 4S was released, compared to 16 months between the 4 and the 4S.

If you're wondering what it'll look like, you're in luck: Leaked video purports to show its casing. It looks a lot like the 4S, notes Henry Blodget at Business Insider, and that's a problem for Apple. While Samsung's Galaxy "feels like a next-generation phone," the iPhone "looks small and old." The September event will also likely debut the new iPod Nano and perhaps the next iPod Touch, and it will probably include a presentation of the previously-announced iOS 6. (More Apple stories.)