Apple Might Announce Complete iPhone 17 Household on September 9

September is correct across the nook, and you understand what meaning—the iPhone 17 launch occasion is sort of right here.

German weblog iPhone-Ticker (through 9to5Mac) claims Apple will announce the iPhone 17 family—that features the common iPhone 17, super-thin iPhone 17 Air, and camera-focused iPhone 17 Professional and 17 Professional Max—on Tuesday, Sept. 9. That’s in accordance with paperwork from an area wi-fi service that the weblog has reportedly seen.

Apple tea readers—together with yours really, who must plan his life round such main product bulletins—have been speculating that Apple would announce the iPhone 17 household through the second week of September, per week after Labor Day and earlier than 9/11, for apparent causes.

A leak continues to be a leak, and till Apple makes it official, it’s not 100% affirmation. That being mentioned, we’ve appeared again at previous years, and Apple does are likely to announce new iPhones on Tuesdays in September for essentially the most half. Right here’s a fast stat evaluation, displaying 5 Tuesday bulletins up to now eight years:

• 2024: Monday, Sept. 9
• 2023: Tuesday, Sept. 12.
• 2022: Wednesday, Sept. 7
• 2021: Tuesday, Sept. 14
• 2020: Tuesday, Oct. 13
• 2019: Tuesday, Sept. 10
• 2018: Wednesday, Sept. 12
• 2017: Tuesday, Sept. 12.

The one actual outlier date was 2020, when the iPhone 12 was introduced in October as an alternative of September as a consequence of covid-19.

As famous by 9to5Mac, if the Sept. 9 date announcement holds, the doubtless pre-order and road dates for the iPhone 17 household could be Friday, Sept. 12 and Friday, Sept. 19, respectively, if Apple sticks to previous logistic methods.

A lot in regards to the iPhone 17 household has already leaked, together with the purported colours (there’s imagined to be a brand new orange for the iPhone 17 Professional/17 Professional Max) and the smaller battery for the thin iPhone 17 Air.

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We additionally know that the iPhone 17 household will run iOS 26 with Liquid Glass out of the field. The developer betas have been rolling out constantly since WWDC in June, and the first public beta has been out for almost two weeks now. All that’s actually left is to see how iOS 26 runs on the brand new iPhones, whether or not there are any {hardware} and software-specific options that haven’t been leaked, and if Apple will announce something new for Apple Intelligence. The AI-powered Siri snafu might have created the narrative that Apple is much behind OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, and Google’s Gemini, however CEO Tim Cook is adamant that AI is “as huge or greater” than the web. In an all-hands with staff, Prepare dinner mentioned, “Apple should do that. Apple will do that. That is type of ours to seize,” referring to the urgency and necessity of not lacking out on the AI revolution.

Apple Watch Collection 11 and AirPods Professional 3?

Apple additionally makes use of its fall iPhone occasion to announce new Apple Watches and generally new AirPods Professional. Final 12 months, we acquired the Apple Watch Series 10 with bigger shows and slimmer our bodies. In AirPods land, Apple refreshed the AirPods Max with USB-C. and all-new colors and introduced two variations of the AirPods 4 (one pair with and one without active noise cancellation). Earlier than that, in 2023, Apple launched AirPods Pro 2 with (USB-C).

Weirdly, very little has leaked out on the Apple Watch Collection 11, so both it’s going to be a really delicate replace with any promoting factors targeted on AI-powered well being and/or health teaching, or Apple has some main redesign that it’s doing an unimaginable job of maintaining from slipping out early. If Apple doesn’t delay AirPods Pro 3 to subsequent 12 months, we may see them in September.

We’ll know every part there’s to know in regards to the iPhone 17 and any Apple ecosystem equipment in simply over a month’s time. And as at all times, if something substantial leaks out early, you understand we’ll have ideas.