After Apple presumably unveils the iPhone 17 at subsequent week’s Awe-Dropping Apple occasion on Sept. 9, the acquainted ready sport begins: just a few days till preorders open, adopted by what can really feel like an limitless slog earlier than the brand new telephones lastly arrive. However when precisely?
We do not know the whole lot but. Regardless of months of leaks, Apple nonetheless holds onto the important thing particulars, corresponding to delivery dates, till the official announcement. As soon as the rumored iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, Professional and Professional Max are literally revealed, we’ll be capable of verify hypothesis about colours, show, cameras and extra. We’ll additionally study how a lot the brand new iPhone will value, which can also be nonetheless up within the air.
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Be mindful, the preorder and launch dates we’re about to say are based mostly on Apple’s previous launch schedules. The iPhone 17 timeline remains to be speculative, and Apple did not reply to a request for remark.
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When will the iPhone 17 be launched?
For almost a decade, Apple has introduced its new iPhone lineup in early September. The one exception was in 2020 throughout the COVID-19 pandemic when the discharge was pushed again to Oct. 23 for the iPhone 12 and 12 Professional, and Nov. 13 for the iPhone 12 Mini and 12 Professional Max.
A supposed leak reported on by German website iPhone-Ticker strains up with professional opinion, and we can’t confirm these dates as a result of we do not have entry to the inner paperwork iPhone-Ticker is sourcing. But when these leaks are true, they recommend that preorders for the iPhone 17 will start on Sept. 12, with a Sept. 19 launch.
This is a chart for the discharge dates of earlier iPhone fashions:
Earlier iPhone launch dates
| iPhone sequence | Announcement | Preorder | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|
| iPhone 16E | Feb. 19, 2025 | Feb. 21, 2025 | Feb. 28, 2025 |
| iPhone 16 sequence | Sept. 9, 2024 | Sept. 13, 2024 | Sept. 20, 2024 |
| iPhone 15 sequence | Sept. 12, 2023 | Sept. 15, 2023 | Sept. 22, 2023 |
| iPhone 14 sequence | Sept. 7, 2022 | Sept. 9, 2022 | Sept. 16, 2022 |
| iPhone 14 Plus | Sept. 7, 2022 | Sept. 9, 2022 | Oct. 7, 2022 |
| iPhone SE | March 8, 2022 | March 11, 2022 | March 18, 2022 |
| iPhone 13 sequence | Sept. 14, 2021 | Sept. 17, 2021 | Sept. 24, 2021 |
To see this 12 months’s dates in the identical chart format (as a result of a few of us favor an easy-to-read chart), the schedule appears like this. The preorder and launch usually are not official dates from Apple:
Potential iPhone 17 schedule
| Announcement | Preorder | Launch |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, Sept. 9, 10 a.m. PT | Friday, Sept. 12 | Friday, Sept. 19 |
Will all the new iPhones be launched in September?
Based mostly on final 12 months’s launch, Apple could launch the whole lot within the fall besides its least costly possibility — this 12 months, the iPhone 17E. The iPhone 16E was launched in February, and Apple is broadly anticipated to comply with the identical format for the rumored iPhone 17E.
That will imply the iPhone 17 Professional Max, iPhone 17 Professional, iPhone 17 Air and the iPhone 17 base mannequin — if that is the lineup — could be launched in September. The iPhone 17E — if it exists — could be launched in February.
Apple’s future iPhone launch dates
Apple is anticipated to alter its launch format with the rumored iPhone 18. Reviews recommend that Apple will solely launch higher-end fashions in fall 2026 — iPhone 18 Professional, Professional Max, Air and a rumored new foldable iPhone — and launch the remainder of the road in winter 2027.
Why does Apple break up iPhone launch dates?
By pushing its top-of-the-line Professional and Professional Max fashions in September, Apple can seize a lot of the vacation purchasing season. Releasing the extra fundamental fashions within the winter permits a second crest of pleasure, however diehard followers and vacation consumers may have already spent their cash on the pricier fashions within the fall.