Don’t buy that new iPhone yet!

It’s that time of year, the kids are back in school, the heat wave is subsiding, and all of the cell phone carriers are advertising ridiculous deals on iPhones.

But don’t be caught up in the marketing madness. There’s a reason that cell phone carriers push their phones this time of year… And that’s because Apple is about to announce the next iPhone!

All of the carriers know this, so they are trying to get rid of any stock they’re holding of phones that are about to become “last year‘s mode”. 

It’s just the circle of iLife…

So when will Apple make the official announcement, and what will they release? No one knows for sure, but here is what we believe will happen.

We believe Apple’s announcement will take place on Wednesday September 7, and we believe that they will release new iPads, new AirPods, a new Apple Watch, and without a doubt the new iPhone 14.

We believe they will release 4 new iPhones models this year, and based on the disappointing sales of the smaller “mini” iphones over the last two years, we expect Apple will not announce a mini-iphone this year, but instead will embrace larger screened iPhones.

I know this may be disappointing to some people who prefer the smaller phones, but those “mini” fans just have not bought enough phones lately for Apple to keep making them… and so we should all get used to bigger…

In an effort to further differentiate the standard iPhone and the Pro model, we believe the Pro will get a massive camera upgrade, replacing the 12 megapixel camera with a 48 megapixel camera as well as a more powerful processor, but the standard iPhone will retain last year‘s camera and processor.  

What Apple is trying to tell us is that the Pro models are for the person who spares no expense on their technology, wants the fastest processor and the best camera, and is happy to pay for it while the standard iPhone is for the person who needs a new phone but doesn’t care as much about the bells and whistles and just wants a good phone for a fair price.

And lastly as they’ve done for the last couple of years we expect Apple to offer the phones in a couple of new colors… I’ve heard purple thrown around two or three times, but until we hear the announcement there’s no way to guess.

So even though the carriers will offer you amazing deals right now, once the new iPhones come out the price of the old phones will go down anyways… And even that great deal you’re getting might be better a month later. 

At the very least wait until the announcement so that you have all the information to make a proper decision about what your next iPhone should be.  For me, there’s no question it will be the 6.1” iPhone 14 Pro (possibly in Purple).