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Sketchy Rumor Claims iPhone 16 Pre-Orders Could Begin on a Thursday Instead of Usual Friday

Apple's annual iPhone event is scheduled to take place on Monday, September 9. Typically, this would suggest that iPhone 16 pre-orders would begin on Friday, September 13, but German blog Macerkopf this week claimed it heard that the pre-orders could instead begin on Thursday, September 12. The report did not elaborate on the source of this information, nor did it provide a reason for this potential change, so skepticism is warranted.

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It is worth noting that Apple's annual iPhone event most often takes place on a Tuesday, but the upcoming event on September 9 will be the first-ever iPhone event to be held on a Monday. It is unclear if the event being held one day earlier than expected has any relation to pre-orders potentially starting one day earlier as well.

In any case, Apple will reveal when iPhone 16 pre-orders will actually begin during its event. Will it be a Thursday or a Friday? Place your bets.

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antiprotest Avatar
24 months ago
Nah that's too much innovation for me.
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contacos Avatar
24 months ago
Next thing you tell me they won't have to take down a whole website to update a product detail page
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H.E. Pennypacker Avatar
24 months ago
Who cares. No one is rushing to pre order iPhone anymore especially in mass. Sure they will be sold out for a few weeks 48-72 hours after the pre order opens but I do feel there is less desire to always “have it first” with the common public.

That said I’ll be preordering at 12:01AM because I am a nerd.
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Porco Avatar
24 months ago
This news is so shocking it will take me a week to recover. Well, maybe 6 days, but that’s only my sketchy estimate.
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sw1tcher Avatar
24 months ago
If iPhone event is one day earlier (on a Monday instead of the usual Tuesday), and...

if iPhone pre-orders do start one day earlier (on a Thursday instead of the usual Friday), then...

will iPhone launch day also be one day ealier too (on Thursday, Sept. 19 instead of Friday, Sept. 20)?
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24 months ago
Maybe they are trying to avoid „Friday, the 13th“?
Might be seen as bad karma by some people…
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