iPhone 16 Release: Apple Confirms Special Event, On A Surprise New Date
Updated August 26 with confirmed date for the keynote and commentary on the invite. The iPhone 16 series release date is nearly here. And now Apple has confirmed the date and time. Intriguingly, it’s not the date most people were expecting. In the last few minutes, Apple has sent out invites for the keynote event which will reveal the iPhone 16 series, we think, together with new Apple Watch models and AirPods. It’s Monday, September 9 at 10 a.m. Pacific, with an in-person press event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple’s Cupertino HQ. The Surprise Date What’s interesting is that, as you’ll see below, almost everybody had thought it would be Tuesday, September 10. Actually, if you read on, you’ll see that I have been favoring September 9 for some time, but I absolutely get why it had popular acclamation as the right day. For a start, Apple has never unveiled an iPhone on a Monday—even the very first iPhone, announced on January 9, 2007, Adebuted on a Tuesday. The inkling I had that...