The iPhone 13 release date might be September 24th
Any iPhone fan familiar with Apple’s launch schedule could easily predict this year’s iPhone 13 release date, assuming the iPhone maker can stick to its pre-pandemic launch cycle. The iPhone 12 series was delayed by a month last year, with Apple unveiling the phone in mid-October and launching two of the four versions a few weeks later. The remaining two devices need a few extra weeks to reach stores.
Several iPhone 13 rumors claimed that Apple is already taking steps to ensure enough supply of critical components to prevent launch delays this year. Apple will never address iPhone supply rumors, but if the information is accurate, then Apple might be able to launch the iPhone 13 on time this year. A new research note from Wedbush gives us the iPhone 13 launch date that any iPhone fan could guess: September 24th.
Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a research note on Monday (via Barrons) that the iPhone 13 announcement will likely drop in the third week of September without offering an actual date. A quick look at the calendar will tell us that Tuesday, September 14th, is the most likely day for the iPhone 13 keynote, assuming Ives’s speculation pans out. Apple usually holds the iPhone keynotes on Tuesdays.
A September 14th announcement event would be followed by preorders, which traditionally begin on the next Friday. That would be September 17th for the iPhone 13 series. The handsets would then ship to buyers a week later, on September 24th, the last Friday in September this year. That’s also the date when Apple retail stores and its partners would start selling the new handsets worldwide.
This unconfirmed iPhone 13 launch schedule would make plenty of sense for Apple in a regular yea. But the pandemic isn’t over, and it might still impact Apple’s plans or the year.
