Accessory ecosystem ready before announcement is usually a good tell.

Status product at that ASP. Services attach rate will be what Cook actually cares about.

I want the foldable but I'll wait for gen 2. Learned that lesson with the original Apple Watch.

I'd rather they fix Pro Max battery life than chase foldables, but marketing wants a hero.

finally

Respectfully, some of y'all need to touch grass until the actual keynote stream starts.

about time

The comment section on every Apple site turns into the same arguments. Can we at least wait until the keynote?

If you've been on the fence since June, this doesn't really settle anything — just more noise.

Power-button Touch ID gang never left. Welcome back if the code is right.

Under-display fingerprint on OLED folds has been flaky industry-wide — side button please.

I'll finance a foldable the day the crease is invisible in daylight. Not before.

I'll believe the foldable when I can pre-order it. Until then it's vaporware with nice CAD renders.

Foldable iPhone Ultra is such a mouthful. They'll rename it before launch.

If they really ditch Face ID for Touch ID, that's a huge UX shift for apps.

Touch ID on a foldable makes sense — Face ID with a crease/camera punch is awkward.

If yields are that low, soft launch in limited markets first. Apple's done that before.

Spigen teasing a case means tooling is far along. Accessory makers don't mock these up for fun.

Production ramp issues would explain why it might miss the September event.

Classic Apple — leak enough to keep the rumor cycle alive, then underdeliver on the actual announcement. Or overdeliver. Who knows.