It is virtually time: In simply two days, Apple will exhibit its new lineup of the iPhone 16 fashions at its iPhone occasion on Monday, Sept. 9. The livestream begins at 1PM ET. And if you happen to plan to get your arms on one of many new gadgets after the occasion, we’re right here to save lots of you time as a result of the brand new iPhones will not be in the stores but.
Apple is fairly constant in the case of releasing new merchandise and we do not count on that to vary this 12 months. We’ll inform you once we count on Apple to launch the iPhone 16 after its occasion. We’ll additionally let when you’ll be able to count on to obtain iOS 18 – Apple’s newest software program – in your present iPhone.
We do not but understand how a lot the iPhone 16 lineup will value. At the moment, the iPhone 15 fashions begin at $799 and vary as excessive as $1,599 for the 15 Professional with 1TB of storage. Will probably be attention-grabbing to see if Apple holds the road on pricing, or performs round with completely different storage capacities and worth factors, because it typically does.
Need to observe together with us throughout Apple’s massive occasion? Here is find out how to watch the iPhone 16 announcement. (We’ll publish our liveblog hyperlink nearer to the occasion begin time.)
When can I purchase the brand new iPhone 16?
Whereas we can’t have a set date for when the iPhone 16 will change into out there till the iPhone occasion on Monday, we will predict the date primarily based on Apple’s previous consistency. Right here’s what we count on:
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Monday, Sept. 9: Apple’s official occasion (confirmed)
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Friday, Sept. 13: Preorders open
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Week of Sept. 16: iOS 18 out there for obtain
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Friday, Sept. 20: New iPhones and different gadgets in shops
Once more, except for the confirmed announcement occasion, these dates are solely hypothesis primarily based on Apple’s earlier iPhone launch historical past. As an illustration, Apple typically opens preorders the Friday following the iPhone occasion. So if Apple follows its earlier cadence, you’ll preorder an iPhone 16 on Friday, Sept. 13. Likewise, if Apple retains the identical schedule because the previous, that may imply the iPhone 16 will formally be in the stores on Friday, Sept. 20.
How about new Apple Watch and AirPods merchandise anticipated to be introduced alongside the presumed new iPhone 16 collection? Usually, in addition they observe the identical dates, however there have been some delays previously. It’s completely attainable that a number of of those anticipated merchandise may hit shops in later weeks – probably at the same time as late as October.
When can I obtain the brand new iOS 18?
When you’re not planning to purchase the brand new iPhone 16, you will nonetheless have the choice to make your older iPhone comparable with the newer fashions – assuming your iPhone is eligible for iOS 18. (Almost all fashions launched previously six years are.)
Whereas Apple will not announce when it will launch iOS 18 to the general public till its occasion, we will once more speculate primarily based on the previous. The most recent software program might be out there the week after the occasion – at earliest, that may be Monday, Sept. 16, although it is attainable it will not change into out there till mid-week.
We’ll replace with the official dates for brand spanking new {hardware} and software program after Apple publicizes them on Monday.