After conflicting reports about when the iPhone Ultra would launch, there’s now a clear consensus that it will be announced in September alongside the iPhone 18 Pro.
It does, however, look likely that Apple may adapt the iPhone X strategy of announcing it in September and having it go on sale a little later, and a report yesterday suggested that launch availability may be very limited …
There had been some earlier reports suggesting that the iPhone Ultra launch might be very delayed, perhaps even into early next year. By last month, however, there was a clear consensus that any delay in the upcoming premium model going on sale would be a short one.
It’s looking extremely likely that Apple will officially announce the folding iPhone in September, and that it will either go on sale alongside the iPhone 18 Pro or no more than a month later.
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has now warned that even with a gap between announcement and sale, the new model may be in very short supply. He said supply chain sources suggested that “only” one million units will be manufactured within the third quarter, with delivery times potentially stretching four to six weeks or more.
