After Apple announced the self repair program for iPhone 12/13 in November there hasn't been a peep about it. The original announcement said it would launch in "Early 2022" which should be now right? If it were coming in March they should have said "Q1". To me "early 2022" implies before the end of Q1? No ?
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I don’t think ‘early‘ necessarily corresponds to quarters. Apple sometimes identify its products as ’early’, ‘mid’ and and ’late‘ yyyy, which could suggest (but not require) dividing the year into 3 x 4 month chunks…
But ultimately I don’t think parsing the word ‘early‘ will get to answer here - I presume it will launch when the parts and other bits and pieces are ready, and given everything that’s going on with supply chains at the moment, I’d always bet on things being later rather than earlier!
But ultimately I don’t think parsing the word ‘early‘ will get to answer here - I presume it will launch when the parts and other bits and pieces are ready, and given everything that’s going on with supply chains at the moment, I’d always bet on things being later rather than earlier!
No, it's exactly the opposite. Early 2022 means they don't want to narrow it down to a quarter. If Apple wanted to communicate Q1, they would have said Q1.