September 9 seems all but officially confirmed as the date when Apple will unveil its eagerly-anticipated iPhone 6, but when can users expect to get their hands on Apple’s next generation handset?
According to a new report coming out of China — from PCinLife, the country’s top IT portal — Apple’s new flagship phone will be available in stores between the 16th and 19th of September. This tallies with another earlier rumor from May, in which a German retailer stated that the iPhone 6 would hit the market on September 19: suggesting that this date may be the global date.
Does this fit with what we’d expect? In a word, yes. The iPhone typically goes for pre-order the Friday after its unveiling, and arrives in stores for sale the Friday after that. In this case, that would put the date firmly at September 19 — meaning that would-be customers have just 24 days to wait until they’re opening their new iPhone 6 boxes.
It is worth noting, however, that this timeframe in all likelihood refers to the 4.7-inch variant of the iPhone. The rumored 5.5-inch “phablet” model (which will apparently be considerably rarer than its little brother) will apparently appear sometime in December, just in time for our Christmas lists.
Source: Weibo
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Luke Dormehl is a U.K.-based journalist and author, with a background working in documentary film for Channel 4 and the BBC. He is the author of The Apple Revolution and The Formula: How Algorithms Solve All Our Problems … and Create More, both published by Penguin/Random House. His tech writing has also appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Techmeme and other publications.
8 responses to “You’ll be able to get your hands on iPhone 6 ‘between 16-19 September’”
I think this date is off by about 3-4 days. According to my service provider contracts from the past two iPhone releases, the date is around September 22. I don’t think they’ll release the phone before people hit their 2 year contract periods.
What makes you think everyone has the same 2 year contract expiration date?
last year the iPhone was released on the 21, this year it will be the 19th. the iPhone aren’t released on the same day every year.
Personally, I’ll probably wait till the dust settles and get it on 10/4 or so… I’ve been eligible for an ‘upgrade’ since 7/15, and will most likely move the upgrade over to one of my other lines avoiding losing the unlimited data :)
also if you look at the iTunes festival calendar for sept. there is no acts set for the 19th.
And according to ancient Persian astrology on 19th stars are aligned just perfectly for iPhone launch. Can’t be otherwise than a huge success.
The 19th is a Friday. The iPhone has always launched on a Friday if my memory serves me right. “IF” this rumored Sept 9th announcment does indeed come to pass then I believe the 19th will be the launch date. Has anyone heard any “official” announcment from Apple about any event on the 9th? It’s less than two weeks away now.
They usually send the press invites for the unveiling events about 7-9 days beforehand, so don’t expect anything out of Apple until between August 31 and September 2nd.