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@ElIZNL5 does an announcement on September 9th of the iPhone 17’s release count as YES, or must it actually be available for purchase on the 9th? Given the strict definition of release it would likely be the latter, but this is not really a market with much reason for speculation if that’s the case, given Apple has always done iPhone announcements in the beginning of the week and made them available for sale in the later half.
@pm Don't take anything about the state of the market as authoritative in the absence of the creator's own comment.
@musuko384 Someone pinged them, so wait a day or two then see if mods want to step in to make a ruling.
@ElIZNL5 the question was if an announcement is a release, or the date you can buy it is a release, or something different.