Were Iphone 8 and X Released Together?

You can pre-order iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus and order Apple Watch Series 3 beginning September 15 on the My Verizon app, online and in Verizon stores, and all will release in stores starting on September 22. iPhone X – the future of the smartphone – will be available to pre-order at Verizon on October 27.

Was iPhone 8 and X released together?

Apple unveiled the three new iPhone models on 12 September. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus will be available to pre-order from 15 September, hitting shelves on 22 September. The iPhone X meanwhile will be available at a slightly later date, with pre-orders starting on 27 October, with an on-sale date of 3 November.

Why were iPhone 8 and X released so close together?

"But we felt like the most important thing for us to do was to announce them on the same day so we wouldn't have customers buy an 8 and then we announce the X and ship it and they go, 'Oh, you hosed me, I would've bought a X. '" "That's the reason that we did the stagger," Cook said. "It wasn't a marketing thing.