Another report seems to echo Tim Cook’s promise from earlier this week

Apr 25, 2013 14:56 GMT  ·  By

Investment bank Citigroup is reporting that Apple will unveil its iPhone 5S in early September, alongside a low-cost model for emerging markets, seemingly confirming the hottest iPhone rumors this year.

The China Times conveys a research note by Citigroup Global Securities which says that 2013 will mark the first time Apple will introduce not one, but two fresh iPhone versions.

One is the iPhone 5S and the other (not surprisingly) is said to be a cheaper iPhone. Both phones will be launched in early September, according to the research.

Apple will reportedly introduce TD-SCDMA versions of both iPhones at its September launch event.

Citigroup also weighed in on other products, including the (unconfirmed) iPad 5 and the iPad mini 2, which are expected to be released in the September – October timeframe.

Needless to point out, Citigroup’s prediction falls perfectly in line with Tim Cook’s own comments at the company’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week.

On April 23, Apple’s CEO specifically noted, “Our teams are hard at work on some amazing new hardware and services we can’t wait introduce this fall and throughout 2014.”

Cook stressed, “I don’t want to be more specific, but I’m just saying we’ve got some really great stuff coming in the fall and all across 2014.”

In related news, a MacDailyNews source (who has been reliable in the past) said Apple this year is preparing to “unleash a blizzard of new products.”

The source commented on Apple’s recent silence calling it “the calm before the storm,” adding that “What looks like a long pause from the outside is really a beehive of frenzied activity inside Apple; the big windup.”

Apple is also expected to at least drop some hints as to what it has in store for us at the Worldwide Developers Conference in June.