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I am super excited since I will be upgrading after three years with my good old iPhone 11 Pro Max. Honestly, I am more excited about reading everyone’s thoughts and excitement during the conference and of course joining in during the iPhone 14 pre-order and tracking treads here. I remember how fun and stressful it was tracking my Apple Watch Series 6 with everyone here in 2020 .

This is the BEST community of apple and tech fans I have ever come across ha.

I was a part of the 12 series preorder thread and met some amazing people who I still speak to on here.
 
I would also recommend downloading the App Store app on your phone to pre-order. Sometimes the website crashes or is glitchy and the app works faster. It's how a got my 7 Plus, XS, and 11 pro max pre-order in while others were dealing with the site.

I had the app open and a window on my laptop and iPad, to see who would load first. I didn’t get in for 10 minutes during the 12 series and still got my device on launch day.
 
If it all proceeds as planned, I’ll order 14PM before work on the 9th, and a week later, I’ve just scheduled that day off so will be at my local UPS hub and be in and out of there in 5 minutes with the new phone.
Then I go to the dentist office
Over the last 3 years, I was always the first or second to pick it up in Lubbock, TX.

That’s exactly what I do. Only thing is my hub don’t open until 10am now, where in the past, they used to open at 8am here in Maryland. It sucks now I’ll have to wait an additional 2 hours, but it’s better than UPS delivering between 5-9pm in my neighborhood.
 
Anyone else heard the rumor that the base model of the 14 pro max will have 256 GB instead of 128? This is because of the rumored 100 price increase. If that ends up being true, I should be good with the base pro max model since 256 GB is more than enough space for what I do on my phone.

I heard that rumor. I’m changing storage from 256GB to 512GB.
 
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Astrophotography, satellite calls, and here’s my pitch, they tease the mixed reality headset and they call it “Apple Space” - AR changes your space, VR takes you to different spaces (another world), maybe they have some Jobs-like gimmick where there’s a “relaxation mode” that surrounds you with stars
 
I am thinking the satellite calls might be true as well as astrophotography with the” far out “ theme. There definitely will be some surprises I hope that leakers haven’t heard about yet.

The 13 events last year had the theme of California streaming and one of the stand-out features was the cinematic mode and the camera filmmaking capabilities ( Hollywood).

We shall see….
 
If it all proceeds as planned, I’ll order 14PM before work on the 9th, and a week later, I’ve just scheduled that day off so will be at my local UPS hub and be in and out of there in 5 minutes with the new phone. 📱
Then I go to the dentist office 🦷

“Blue tooth connectivity” should not be taken literally!
 
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Hope there’s a new Mac mini , probably buy one for my brother for Xmas , he’s on a 2014 model and it’s definitely starting to show its age …

Same here. I'm finally moving on from my 2013 iMac and have decided to go the non-AIO route. Bought a MacBook Air M1 last year and an upgraded Mac Mini in the next month would be perfect timing for me. I'm doubting they'll announce it at an iPhone event but hopefully we get a quiet update on the Apple Store shortly after. 🤞
 
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I am kinda embarrassed to ask this since I am usually on top of these things. But so I am clear, I know Wednesday they will announce the new iPhones but will pre-orders happen on the same day or Friday?

I know we can’t really answer this question until it happens but did the schedule with phones change in 2020 and 2021 or not?
 
I am kinda embarrassed to ask this since I am usually on top of these things. But so I am clear, I know Wednesday they will announce the new iPhones but will pre-orders happen on the same day or Friday?

I know we can’t really answer this question until it happens but did the schedule with phones change in 2020 and 2021 or not?

It’ll more than likely be on Friday, with a launch day on the 16th (according to the rumors). I’m hoping all of this true.
 
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Astrophotography mode.
In August 2023, Apple will issue a press release for an upcoming event in September. The release will feature an image of the ocean with a periscope sticking out. Then 2 weeks later, they announce the iPhone 15 with the same old 3X optical zoom. But with improved waterproofing.
 
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