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I’ve upgraded every year on launch day except last year and I have never had a midnight preorder.

Preorder for UK used to be 8am and all other countries were offset from 8am BST.
Store opening and collection was 8am local time which I assume it still is.
Weird I remember way back there weren’t pre orders. They just went on sale. When they were sold in July before moving to the September timeframe. You ordered at Midnight on the day of release.
 
Looking forward to pre-order day folks!

In the meantime, decent bit of Mini and Max comparison from the Verge...


Plus Max proper hands on from Engadget, looks absolutely stunning!!


Let's not forget the Mini hands on too! Looks like the hands on embargo has now been lifted!

 
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Weird I remember way back there weren’t pre orders. They just went on sale. When they were sold in July before moving to the September timeframe. You ordered at Midnight on the day of release.

You maybe going back to 3GS days.
iPhone 4 onwards was preorder. Preorder opened on 15th June 2010 with delivery on 24th June. Preorders have since shifted to a Friday.

Look at these prices for launch day. Frightening how much they cost now.

 
Looking forward to pre-order day folks!

In the meantime, decent bit of Mini and Max comparison from the Verge...


Plus Max proper hands on from Engadget, looks absolutely stunning!!


Let's not forget the Mini hands on too! Looks like the hands on embargo has now been lifted!


Embargo lifted then.
 
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You maybe going back to 3GS days.
iPhone 4 onwards was preorder. Preorder opened on 15th June 2010 with delivery on 24th June. Preorders have since shifted to a Friday.

Look at these prices for launch day. Frightening how much they cost now.

3GS was like the 3G, queue up outside the Apple store(or network stores). The first iPhone was launched at 6.02pm!
 
I only joined the iPhone family on 3GS. I was originally a Nokia launch day guy!!

Still getting used to no calendar on the Lock Screen!!!

Scary that because of an iPod Nano it lead to having an iPhone, MacBook Pro, iPad, Mac Mini, in various iterations.
I started on a Nano myself. Just wanted a good MP3 player at the time. Nearly a decade and multiple iPhone's, 2 iPods and a MacBook Pro later (may upgrade that soon). First iPhone was the 5.
 
I started on a Nano myself. Just wanted a good MP3 player at the time. Nearly a decade and multiple iPhone's, 2 iPods and a MacBook Pro later (may upgrade that soon). First iPhone was the 5.

A cheap iPod nano (not) lead to an yearly empty bank balance.

I upgraded my MacBook Pro this year to the new 13”. I love it. Not ready for silicon ready yet.
 
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