iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Launch Predicted to Be Week of September 12th [Updated]

[MacRumors]

Well-known mobile phone leaker Evan Blass has this morning predicted which week of September that Apple will announce the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.

Blass, who has accurately leaked images and details about unreleased smartphones on Twitter (@evleaks) in the past, tweeted today simply "iPhone 2016 release: week of September 12th."

Blass is better known for leaking Android-based smartphone details ahead of their official confirmation, but his prediction for the iPhone 7's launch falls in line with Apple's typical September iPhone announcements - the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus launched on September 9th, 2015 - making it a pretty safe bet.

iPhone 2016 release: week of September 12th. - Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 23, 2016

Blass's prediction follows a tweet by the blogger four days earlier in which he claimed the internal codenames for Apple's upcoming iPhones are "Sonora" and "Dos Palos", without specifying which is which (both are names of cities in California, though the former could refer to the Mexican state). Apple's codenames for the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus were "N71" and "N66", respectively.

This year's iterations of Apple's flagship smartphones are widely expected not to feature major design changes aside from the removal of the headphone jack, as the company is said to be deviating from its standard tick-tock upgrade cycle in order to introduce major new features in next year's 10th anniversary "iPhone 8" which take time to develop.

This year the 4.7-inch iPhone 7 is expected to get an improved camera and optical image stabilization, while the larger 5.5-inch model is thought to be gaining a dual-lens camera and 3GB of RAM.

Other rumored features of this year's iPhones include a faster TSMC-made Apple A10 processor, repositioned antenna bands, faster LTE and Wi-Fi, a slightly larger battery, and a minimum 32GB of base storage. A larger 256GB model may also be available.

Update: Blass has since posted a follow-up tweet which notes that he was referring to the iPhone 7's retail release, and offered the more specific date of Friday, September 16.

Just to clarify, this refers to the retail release, not the launch event. To be even more specific, it should happen on Friday, Sept. 16th. - Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 23, 2016

Article Link: iPhone 7 and 7 Plus Launch Predicted to Be Week of September 12th [Updated]

 

[macs4nw]

Possibly. That's the week after Labor Day. Launches are often on a Tuesday, but that happens to be the 13th in that week. It could just as well be the week of the 19th though, so unless he has inside info, he's got at best a 50-50.

 

[mainstreetmark]

I heard they were releasing new Retina MBP's and Mac Pros that week too!

Naa... i'm just kidding. Nobody at that company is working on computer hardware anymore.

https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#Mac

 

[bushido]

sigh, September 2017 is so far away. Maybe I will check out the next Galaxy Note 7 in the meantime. I need a new toy and the next iPhone certainly aint it

 

[ButteryScrollin]

if following previous pattern, event would be on the 13th, preorders on the 16th, release on the 23rd.

 

[fermat-au]

Will the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter be released the same day?

 

[stephannikolic]

But is he saying it will be announced or go on sale that week? Because "released" can mean both ...

 

[Porco]

Launch predicted to be weak? Oh, week.

Well-known mobile phone leaker Evan Blass

He should probably see a doctor about that, I'm sure there is something they could do. No-one should be just left to suffer leaking mobile phones all over the place.

 

[newyorksole]

Uummm is it safe to say "Duh"?...

This will be the fifth year in a row that the iPhone comes out in September. Let me guess... The iOS 10 Beta will end in early September and the final version will ship with the new iPhones? Shocking!

 

[Dilster3k]

Somewhere in September? Damn guys, crazy prediction... It's as if they're are psychic or insiders!

 

[MH01]

I'm sure they will update most of the line that makes $$$$ in time for xmas. Kinda sucks everything now gets released at the end of the year, well here is hoping they actually update the computer products this year.....

 

[DefenseEngineer]

I heard they were releasing new Retina MBP's and Mac Pros that week too!

Naa... i'm just kidding. Nobody at that company is working on computer hardware anymore.

https://buyersguide.macrumors.com//#Mac

I wish I could like this comment a thousand times over. Because of thier lack of interest in keeping up to date computer hardware, I was just forced to buy a used one...
http://n3qeh.com/new-shack-computer/

 

[Sunny1990]

this is going to be a booring launch ever with so many leaks almost every one interested knows how booring the iPhone 7 looks

 

[Piggie]

I still, to this day, believe Apple leak out information at launch day approaches to kill any unrealistic expectations about a product.
I've seen it happen many times now over the years, and it's just all too much to be a coincidence.

Honestly I also do fully understand why it would make good business sense to officially leak things.

Think about it for a moment. If you are going to get up on stage, in front of the worlds press, and show off your latest and greatest product. The very last thing you are a company, or person on stage would ever want is for everyone in the room to be disappointed, as one or two unrealistic expectations become so strong that, almost everyone there was expecting "A" and you could only deliver "B"

Sure, silly things, like colours not showing up, or perhaps RAM not being increased would not be a worry, but anything major that's all in the media about it's coming NOW, you would not wish to disappoint on.

So, the most obvious thing is, and this is what happens almost every year.
There ARE some great expectations about a product, and they grow and change over the year, a few BIG ones stick, and stay there till we start getting close to launch day.

Then just a few weeks away, some rumour sites/posts start to kill things off, and we end up pretty much expecting what ends up being shown.

As I say, it makes sense. If anything you want to show MORE than is being expected.
It will interesting to watch over the next few weeks if any of the current expectations mysteriously get killed off prior to launch day.

What do we have so far?

Colours Blue/Black (not that important to worry about killing rumours)
RAM starting at 32GB ? 32/64/128 ?
Dual Camera's (been talked about for almost the whole years now)
Headphone Jack vanishing, everyone is expecting it.
A speaker on the top for stereo in landscape?
Antenna Bands?

 

[MH01]

I wish I could like this comment a thousand times over. Because of thier lack of interest in keeping up to date computer hardware, I was just forced to buy a used one...
http://n3qeh.com/new-shack-computer/

Ha ha so true. I bought a 2012 as well, and have since updated and added a egpu box, beats anything apple offers. At this point only the iPad range interest me....but the iPad pros are so expansive... Wow well, let's see what iPhone 8 brings

 

[TheRainKing]

iPhone 7: The ugliest iPhone ever made.

 

[Benjamin Frost]

The fact that Apple appear to be once again abandoning the 4" size and losing the headphone jack leads me to think that this iPhone will see the same downward trend in sales that we saw with the iPhone 6s.

Wish it were not so.

 

[Porco]

The fact that Apple appear to be once again abandoning the 4" size and losing the headphone jack leads me to think that this iPhone will see the same downward trend in sales that we saw with the iPhone 6s.

Wish it were not so.

The SE came out later than the 6S though, it was always very unlikely they would launch another 4" iPhone already. If we don't see another smaller iPhone in another year, then it's maybe more of a worry, but the SE might be it until a small version of the iPhone 8. It's hard to predict when the SE is such a one-off in terms of time of release in the context of the other phones.

 

[lolkthxbai]

I like to think that Dos Palos is the codename for the iPhone 7 Plus because if it's rumored Dual Camera.

 

[Zarniwoop]

An it is sure this is not going to be iPhone Pro?

 

[peterh988]

I heard they were releasing new Retina MBP's and Mac Pros that week too!

I was just about to post wha the chances were of a new MBP appearing at the same event.

Getting more desperate by the day.

 

[Alexrat1996]

Question people is the 12 when Apple will release it at there event but when is a possible preorder day and what time I hope to get before or on sept 22 that's why my birthday is

 

[5105973]

The fact that Apple appear to be once again abandoning the 4" size and losing the headphone jack leads me to think that this iPhone will see the same downward trend in sales that we saw with the iPhone 6s.

Wish it were not so.

The SE was really hard to get until a couple of months ago. I got mine in mid May and my husband had to use his business account and contacts to secure it for me. So I am thinking it's a bit early to replace this particular representative of that 4" size category. Maybe in 2017 Apple will deign to permit a 4" flagship model instead of forever consigning it to the beginners and budget category. Sigh.

 

[Sunny1990]

I am holding up until September 2017, better off with iPhone 6s plus than those horrible looking antenna lines and fugly protruding camera phone

 

[Paul6s]

if following previous pattern, event would be on the 13th, preorders on the 16th, release on the 23rd.

I got those same days stuck in my head since the beginning of the year lol! So much in fact that I even set a countdown of those days. So based on those days we have 52 days left for the unveiling, 54 days left for the night of us hitting the refresh button on our computers to preorder, and 61 days left for us to get our shiny new toys lol!