Record iPhone Sales and a Delay in China - MOSK: 09.15.2025

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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- Waits Lengthen for New Line of iPhones - iPhone 17 Orders Break Record in China - iPhone Air Delayed in China - Apple Lists Repair Costs for Latest iPhones without AppleCare+ - Apple’s New Operating Systems Drop Today - Apple Downtown Detroit Opens This Friday - Apple TV+ Naps Many Primetime Emmy Awards - “The Studio” and “Severance” Score Big for Apple TV+ at the Emmys - Ken's speaking online tonight at SVMUG. Meeting's at 7PM PDT. More info at SVMUG.org - Sponsored by CleanMyMac - Now with Cloud Cleanup. Try 7 days free and use code MACOSKEN20 for 20% off at clnmy.com/MACOSKEN - Security moves by Apple against serious spyware attacks on Checklist No. 440 - Find it today at checklist.libsyn.com - Catch Ken on Mastodon - @[email protected] - Send Ken an email: [email protected] - Chat with us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Support the show at Patreon.com/macosken

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.9	Sizing up iPhones' latest opening weekend, new operating systems hit today, and Apple TV Plus wins big at the Emmys.
0:17.6	It is Monday, the 15th of September 2025.
0:21.5	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.0	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Clean My Mac, now with Cloud Cleanup.
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0:45.1	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
0:52.3	Find out more than your support at patreon.com slash macOScan.
1:01.4	iPhone orders here in the state seem to be going about as expected with one surprise.
1:07.3	As of yesterday, one could order an iPhone air and still get it this Friday.
1:13.3	Personally, I am surprised.
1:16.0	I wonder if it's a thing people have to see before they believe it's for them.
1:21.0	Or maybe news out of China is skewing availability.
1:24.9	We'll come back to that.
1:26.3	China is where we are starting in earnest because
1:28.9	that country is home to more iPhone surprises. We'll start with the piece from South China
1:35.1	Morning Post, which had orders for iPhone 17 breaking records in China. According to the report,
1:43.3	in the first minute after pre-orders began at 8 p.m. Friday
1:47.5	local time, sales on JD.com, one of China's largest online shopping platforms, surpassed the first
1:56.0	day pre-order volume of last year's iPhone 16 series, according to the e-commerce operator.
2:03.9	The standard iPhone 17 with 256 gigabytes of storage emerged as the most popular variant, JD.com said.
2:13.4	Kind of unexpected, especially where some analysts had thought that iPhone Air would do exceptionally
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