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Zach Epstein
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Rumors that inevitably swirl ahead of each new iPhone launch. Among them, there are always rumblings of supply shortages at launch, and some reports inevitably state that the new iPhone's release may even be delayed due to manufacturing difficulties. Such is the case with the upcoming new "iPhone 8," which will be Apple's first completely redesigned iPhone since it released the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus back in 2014. The company has been reusing the same phone design each year since then, but that comes to an end in 2017 with a ground-up redesign for the iPhone 8, and new glass housings for the "iPhone 7s" and "iPhone 7s Plus."
This line of rumors ahead of the iPhone 8 launch is shaping up to be a bit different from years past, however, because in the case of this new iPhone, the rumors are likely true. Based on everything we've read and everything we've heard from our own sources, the iPhone 8 will be delayed. That "delay" may end up being a severe supply shortage at launch as production ramps up, or Apple might go as far as to push the phone's release back to October.
There's an above-average amount of doomsday prepping surrounding reports of the iPhone 8 delay, but try to keep in mind while you read it that it's all just nonsense. As the late Chester Bennington belted so famously, in the end it doesn't even matter.
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