It’s 8:24AM EST… How in the **** can’t a 2 trillion company handle demand for the most boring iPhone release ever?

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It’s 8:24AM EST… How in the **** can’t a 2 trillion company handle demand for the most boring iPhone release ever? - lemm.ee

Apple always does this before a big launch. Most likely they are applying site updates, major patches, etc.

Side note: thanks to Apple Card changes, this is the first phone I won’t be preordering.

Launch time is 8AM EST. You think Apple can’t have the “updates” ready well before? Lmao that’s not an excuse.
I don’t think this is that crazy. Avoids customers making mistakes, like someone could very easily place an order for an iPhone thinking it’s the new one before the keynote.