iPhone 7 pre-orders rumored to kick off on Sept. 9

It looks like the iPhone 7 will be unveiled in the first week of September. Noted leaker Evan Blass posted on Twitter that the upcoming iPhone will go up for pre-order from September 9, with an earlier tweet stating that the phone will release on September 12.
Confirmed: Pre-orders start on the 9th. You can extrapolate the launch event date from there. https://t.co/gwoPzIM1dIConfirmed: Pre-orders start on the 9th. You can extrapolate the launch event date from there. https://t.co/gwoPzIM1dI— Evan Blass (@evleaks) July 28, 2016July 28, 2016
If Apple sticks to its timeline, we may see the iPhone 7 announcement on September 6 or 7. Last year, the iPhone 6s was announced on September 9, a Wednesday, with the phone going up for pre-order three days later on September 12.
As for the device itself, rumors suggest that the iPhone 7 will eschew the 3.5mm audio jack for Lightning audio, along with upgraded internals and a larger camera unit.
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