Apple will reportedly sidestep a September 11 preorder date by moving sales to Saturday, only to burden buyers with a significantly less convenient start time.

Concept for the iPhone Ultra

Concept for the iPhone Ultra
Typically Apple holds its yearly iPhone launch on or around the second Tuesday. This hasn’t always been the case; out of the last eight iPhone events, we’ve had five Tuesdays, two Wednesdays, and one Monday.
And, in 2020, that launch was in October, not September. So it’s not a hard and fast rule.