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Here is after we anticipate the iPhone 14 launch and launch date to be

Apple’s iPhone 14 is imminent – ​​but when will the launch date be? The iPhone release date is, generally, a thing of habit, with the launch date generally being in the second full week of September with an on-sale date towards the end of that month.

The latest rumors peg 6 September as the event date. That’s a week earlier than we’d previously thought. Because of the usual timing pattern of Apple’s iPhone-related event, September 13 still seems most likely to us.

Major iPhone launch events always take place on a Tuesday, like most Apple event launches. The iPhone release date is normally 10 days later on a Friday.

The original iPhone came out in January 2007 (although the UK launch was towards the end of that year) with some launches taking place in June and even October after that. But since the iPhone 5, things have settled in the September slot. The exception to this was in 2020, when the delay to the iPhone 12 lineup was caused by the global slowdown in production due to the pandemic. The iPhone 13 series returned to normal, so we’re expecting the iPhone 14 launch to follow that pattern again.

Here’s when the iPhone launch has taken place in the past

  • iPhone 5 – September 12, 2012
  • iPhone 5S / 5C – 10 September 2013
  • iPhone 6 / 6 Plus – 9 September 2014
  • iPhone 6S / 6S Plus – September 9, 2015
  • iPhone 7 / 7 Plus – 7 September 2016
  • iPhone 8 / 8 Plus / X – 12 September 2017
  • iPhone XS / XS Max / XR – 12 September 2018
  • iPhone 11 – 10 Sep 10 2019
  • iPhone 12 – 13 October 13 2020 (later due to manufacturing delays with the pandemic)
  • iPhone 13 – 14 September 2021
  • iPhone 14 – probably 13 September 2022, although some sources suggest 6 September 2022

When could the iPhone release date be?

With the iPhone release date normally taking place 10 days later on a Friday, that means the iPhone 14 release date will almost certainly be 23 September 2022. Should the 6 September launch date come to fruition the release date may be 16 September 2022. Though we think this unlikely.

What are we expecting from the iPhone 14 launch?

We are expecting four iPhones to appear this year. An iPhone 14 Mini is (sadly) not one of them. Instead, all the signs point towards the ‘standard’ models comprising the main iPhone 14 alongside a supersized version called the iPhone 14 Max. This will just be bigger, with the same features and camera as the standard model.

In terms of the Pro models, we’re expecting there to be an iPhone 14 Pro and then an iPhone 14 Pro Max following the pattern we’ve seen over the last couple of generations. They will have new smaller cut-outs for the front camera hardware, though the standard models look set to retain the notch. The Pro models also look set to have a new processor, while the standard models stick with the A15.

Both series seem set to use the same 6.1 and 6.7-inch sizes that we’ve seen in recent generations of iPhone. We’d expect the iPhone 13 Mini to stick around for those who want a smaller size (and there’s the iPhone SE, of course).

There will, of course, also be the announcement of the availability of the new version of the iPhone’s software – iOS 16. There should be a new Apple Watch 8 and possibly an Apple Watch Pro, too.

We might also get new iPads, although new Macs will surely be left for another event.

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