The iPhone XR goes on presale, Apple sends out invites for another launch event and the drama over the new bagel emoji in iOS 12.1.
The iPhone XR is the least expensive model in Apple's 2018 iPhone lineup and the phone analysts had originally predicted to be the best seller of the bunch. But at this point, the iPhone XS and XS Max have already been on sale for five weeks and it's still too early to tell if the XR will be able to outsell its higher-end siblings. As of Friday at 2 p.m. PT, some of the colored models of the iPhone XR were already showing one to two-week delays on Apple's website, particularly for the 128GB models on T-Mobile.
This week Apple also sent out invitations for an Oct. 30th launch event in New York, and not at Apple's campus in Cupertino like last time. Each invitation has different stylized versions of the Apple logo, with over 300 designs. It also has the phrase "There's more in the making," which alludes to more products, besides the iPhones and Apple Watch the company announced last month.