For the first time since the iPhone 3GS, South Korea may get the iPhone 16 in September, at the same time as the US.
Queues for the opening of the Apple Hongdae store.
Queues for the opening of the Apple Hongdae store.
Apple’s smartphone launches tend to consist of day-one sales in a few key territories, with others arriving in the weeks that follow. For South Korea, this tends to be a release weeks, or even a month, after many other major markets.
For 2024, that could change. According to sources of The Korea Times, Apple is bringing the release in South Korea forward. Potentially making it one of the initial launch countries for the new iPhone models.