Usually, Apple has begun accepting pre-orders for new iPhones within three days after its reveal.
Citing a supply-chain source, a new report from Macotakara claims this will also be the case this year. This means that pre-orders for Apple’s next-gen OLED iPhone Edition, iPhone 8, and iPhone 8 Plus will happen at midnight PDT on September 15th.
Instead of hitting retail stores a week later like it has in the past, Apple plans on shipping the OLED iPhone Edition to customers sometime in October due to the device’s production schedule.
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: We have a feeling that pre-order night is going to make previous pre-orders look like they ran smoothly (which, if you ever experienced one, is definitely not the case).
Good luck, OLED iPhone pre-orderers! We’re all going to need it.
And October or later ship I TOTALLY expected and, meh, so not in a hurry. All good things comes to he or she who waits. Heck I’m still enjoying my 7 Plus.
And in other news, rain is wet… so tired of these useless stories
Gee whiz. A two-week delay. Apple is doomed.