Feb 3rd is the Verizon iPhone day says BGR

According to BGR Apple will hold an event on February 3rd, 2011 to launch long rumored Verizon iPhone. BGR says that it has confirmed from a source ‘close to Apple’ that the company has rejected the vacation requests by the employees between February 3rd and February 6th. BGR also points that Apple chose the dates of 24th to the 27th for its iPhone 4 weekend launch that was also a Thursday through Sunday.

BGR also points out that Verizon usually launches its new devices on Thursdays, that increases the chances of iPhone coming to Verizon on that day. We will see!

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