Apple has posted an announcement outlining the expecting opening of preorders for the iPhone XR this Friday, Oct. 19, while also adding that the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will be landing in over 30 new countries on the same day. As usual, Apple will open pre-orders for the iPhone XR on Friday, Oct. 19 at 12:01 a.m.
PST via the Apple online store on the web and in the Apple Store app, and the iPhone XR will be available in over 50 countries and territories beginning next Friday, Oct. 26 at 8 a.m. local time, with some amount of stock in Apple Stores being reserved for walk-in customers. The iPhone XR is being sold in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB versions in black, white, blue, yellow, coral and (PRODUCT)RED, with all models expected to be available for pre-order and retail purchase on launch day, and a portion of the proceeds from iPhone XR (PRODUCT)RED purchases will go directly to Global Fund HIV/AIDS grants.
Apple has also announced that the iPhone XR will be coming to Israel on Nov. 1, and Armenia, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Macau, Maldives, Myanmar, Ukraine and Vietnam on Nov. 2. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will also be available for pre-order in more than 30 additional countries and territories including Chile, Colombia, Malaysia and Thailand on Oct.