New iPhone 8 Leak Confirms Launch Date
New iPhone 8 Leak Confirms Launch Date:- iPhone fans will already have September 12th cleared in their diaries. After all it has been seen as the expected launch date of the new iPhone portfolio for many months. But now that appointment can be firmed up, as the date has been confirmed by a number of sources (although Apple is still to officially comment).
The twelfth is being reported by French site Mac4Ever with the corroborating information coming via the French telecoms networks. Like any mobile network they will be sorting out staff rotas, planning marketing campaigns, and generally will have to be ready in advance of Apple’s announcements. That means pre-briefing dates and times to the networks, and that means the information is out there.
Launching the devices on September 12th sits within the traditional window of the launch events of new Apple smartphones. I would expect Apple to carry on with the traditional date and look at the Friday after the launch event to be the opening of pre-orders (which would be September 15th) with the handset going on sale one week later on Friday September 22nd.
This date also gives Apple the best chance to disrupt any smartphone that picks up momentum after the Berlin IFA show. In previous years Sony and LG have managed to come out of that show with critical acclaim that translated well into consumer recognition. With IFA finishing the week before (it runs from September 1st to September 6th) the tech press will cover IFA, call their winners, fly home… and then it will be Monday 11th and time to preview the Apple event before the event happens the next day.
That’s a very small window for a rival to become established.
The only manufacturer that I think has a chance of disrupting the ivory-tower smooth PR plans of Cupertino is Samsung and the return of its phablet. The Note 8 was announced earlier today, with pre-orders commencing immediately in many territories. That means the devices will likely be picking up detailed reviews in the week before the iPhone appears, it will be on display and demoed to the geekerati during IFA, and the first handsets could go on sale the day before the new iPhone portfolio is revealed.
It’s certainly going to be on shelves as iPhone pre-orders begin, and if the iPhone 8 is in as short a supply as analysts believe, then the Note 8 is there and ready to be taken home by a consumer immediately. It has the same dual camera system as Apple is expected to launch, a larger screen compared to the iPhone 8, and the same reduced bezels with samsung’s distinctive curved edges.
With the best will in the world, the hardware inside the iPhone 8 is not going to be a surprise. The question marks appear to be around the availability (not many to start with is the current belief), the actual name of the handset (iPhone Pro, with no number, is my guess), and how expensive this new flagship will be.
If you go SIM free, don’t expect to get any change out of one thousand dollars.
Source:- https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2017/08/23/apple-iphone8-new-launch-date-leak-rumor/#1bcdb4e34609
