Why You Should Wait Until the Fall to Buy an iPhone

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summer is a bad time to pick up a new iPhone, according to WSJ senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern. She tells host Zoe Thomas why shoppers should wait until the fall and which Apple products are worth buying now. Plus, we’ll explain the steps you can take to curb real and spam campaign text messages. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Thursday, June 27th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
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0:55.0	And then, thinking of buying a new iPhone or other Apple products this summer, you may want to
1:00.8	wait.
1:01.8	Our senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern
1:04.1	says the company has given shoppers a very big reason
1:07.4	to hold off on their purchases until the fall.
1:10.4	But she's still got a few tips
1:12.0	on what Apple products are worth picking up now.
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