A Verizon employee has just confirmed to Techcrunch that the next iPhone will be available starting September 21st. The employee confirms that Verizon has declared blackout from September 21 to September 30. Apple will be announcing the iPhone 5 on September 12th and the pre-orders will also begin from September 12th.

We will be covering the event here on TheAppleGoogle. With the iPhone 4S, Apple announced it on October 4th and the device went on sale after a week. We do expect the same scenario for the iPhone 5 as well.

Mark your calendars for September 12th, folks!