The Anticipation is Real: The Hype Around Apple's iPhone Release

I had been waiting for what felt like an eternity, along with millions of others around the world, for Apple's next big move. The rumor mill had been churning out countless reports and speculations about a new iPhone release, but I knew that something was off. My sources told me that this was it – the day would finally reveal whether or not Apple had a new iPhone in store for us.

I remember sitting down with my team to refresh Apple's website at exactly 8 a.m. est. This was it – either we'd get our hands on a new iPhone, or we wouldn't. The tension was palpable as we all waited with bated breath. Usually, if there's a new product coming, it usually happens within the first hour after the press release is made available online. But this time, nothing happened. The first hour ticked by, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment wash over me. Even my own tweet about whether we'd get a new iPhone today or not seemed to fall flat – people were quick to mock me with fake news memes and tell me they'd unfollow me if I didn't deliver on the promise.

But then, something unexpected happened. At 8:45 a.m. est, Tim Cook was on a call with major press outlets, giving them an entire press briefing about the new iPhone release. This meant that everyone else had gotten wind of it, including my sources and me. I knew that when the press briefing was over, there would be no going back – the cat was out of the bag, so to speak.

I waited patiently for Tim Cook's call to end, knowing that once he was off the phone, all bets were off. And boy, did it ever get interesting. Within minutes, I tweeted the exact launch time – 11 a.m. – and confirmed price details. The Twitterverse erupted as people began sharing their own reactions and speculations about the new iPhone release.

But not everyone was pleased. 9 to 5 Mac, a popular tech blog, had put out an article earlier that morning claiming that another report I'd made about the April 15th date was "invented" and "not worth giving oxygen to." This sparked a heated debate in the comments section, with some people defending me and others calling me out for being wrong. One troll even took it upon themselves to tell me that Tim Cook didn't know or care if I existed – talk about low blow.

In the end, of course, all was forgiven when Apple dropped the official press release at 10:59 est, complete with a commercial on YouTube and all the details we'd been waiting for. The iPhone SE was officially announced, and those who had doubted me earlier were left looking foolish. As I said in my tweet – "I told you so."

It's worth noting that not everyone was pleased with my role in revealing the news first. 9 to 5 Mac liked a troll comment from one of their readers who called me out for being wrong, and the author of the original article seemed rather embarrassed about their earlier claims.

Despite all the drama and back-and-forth, I have to say – it feels amazing to finally bring this iPhone SE saga to an end. The doubters are done with us now, and we can all take a collective breath of relief. To my sources, who put in countless hours working to get me the information ahead of time – you deserve all the credit. You're the real MVPs.

And as for those who doubted me? Well, let's just say it's nice to be proven right every once in a while. Until next time, folks!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enJohn krauser is a hack I do not trust a single word this guy says John Prosser is a not a laker does John crosser have any credibility and all basically just confirmed to the self as a fake by contradicting nine to five format this guy John has made a name for himself by tons of oh what tech news in a way that doesn't suck and hit the subscribe button in turn on notifications because you're stuck inside right now you don't got a choice Oh what's going on guys welcome back to front page Tech's up but Todd the show that gives you all it is tech news from one geeks that is me to another that is you all the latest tech news it's more like tomorrow's tech news today well well how the turntables well well well how the turntables listen I saw your comments no Tim Cook didn't get me I have not been captured I'm still here still gonna do the thing leaked stuff listen it was very stressful last couple weeks I just had to take a breather feel better now let's do this no it's weird we are in a really weird position these days for some reason like when the phone finally officially launches when it finally drops and all your favorite tech youtubers are putting out their iPhone se officially announced videos our job here is kind of done at that point so I hope every single one of you out there in the toilet squad had fun watching all the brand-new iPhone se videos knowing that you knew it was coming since before April even started we told you April 15th that's the date that's the launch even when other news outlets were out there reporting imminent launch as early as what is now two weeks ago over two weeks ago we never budged from this date ladies and gentlemen you tell me when is the last time a leaker of any kind gave you the exact date of a surprise press release from Apple weeks in advance when was the last time don't worry I'll wait but what I'm here for today is to actually tell you the story about what happened on launch day because honestly that story is pretty great and if you follow me on Twitter then you got to be on that roller coaster with me now it started way early in the morning everyone woke up they got ready to sit there to refresh Apple's website at exactly 8 a.m. est this was it this was either iPhone day or it wasn't John was either right or he wasn't no iPhone launch imminent whatever that means I gave a date and this was it make or break honey so here we go 8:00 a.m. it's boom we're all there we're all refreshing the website and nothing and usually if there's a new product coming if there's a product dropping via press release on Apple's website it usually happens within that first hour but the first hour went by and nothing happened so it was not looking good I mean I even went ahead and tweeted whether we get a new iPhone today or not it has been an honor to serve your toilets gents in finding me that one scene from Titanic where the ship is totally going down but the band still plays till the end literally when every minute that went by after that it got worse the hate tweet started coming in people were sending me fake news memes that were quick to laugh at me and tell me that they were gonna unfollow me all sorts of good but while everyone was busy typing clickety-clacking typing their eight tweets to me I was hearing things turns out at about 8:45 a.m. est Tim Cook was sitting on a call with major press outlets he was giving them an entire press briefing effectively giving them the info the same way that they would have had there been an event for this device the issue you see is that I knew the call was happening and I was getting the info in real time so I waited I waited for Tim to get off that phone because I knew when he did there was no changing the date no changing the time that phone was gonna drop so when that phone call was over you bet your ass I went over to Twitter and I tweeted I'm sorry Tim because just a few minutes later I tweeted the exact launch time it was just about an hour and a half away at 11 a.m. and soon after that I dropped - confirmed price and then the confirmed name it was go time boys in fact even MacRumors finally reported my info about a half hour before the phone dropped if it was too late so seriously respect to MacRumors I appreciate that 9 to 5 Mac on the other hand well they were bitter to the very end and it was beautiful to watch they had put out an article earlier that morning titled another sketchy claim iPhone se launching today and in that article they referred to me in my leaked my report of the April 15th date as an earlier finger in the air reports now keep in mind at this point I knew the exact time that this phone was coming out so I just I just let this happen I didn't I didn't say anything I kept my mouth shut and I just watched it happen with a big-ass evil smile on my face and when the author of that article was asked about it on Twitter he said he didn't want to give any oxygen to what appears to be a completely invented claim Oh invented claim oh man this is beautiful I could not make this up there was even some troll comment that someone tweeted me saying pretty sure Tim doesn't know or care you exist Lo and one of the people from 9 to 5 Mac liked the troll comment this is not a joke this is real they looked at the conversate they looked at them they looked at the people tweeting me and liked this one they were that upset oh ho God Oh bitter Toto very end I'll give you that 9 to 5 Mac listen no hate ok no hate 9 to 5 Mac it's whatever okay I'm over it you'll you'll figure it out eventually and just like that we're down to the final seconds 10:59 hits everyone is there everyone's on the newsroom page refreshing the website and boom Oh am press-release drops the commercial on YouTube drops the iPhone se is official and just like that once again seriously these are all the John parse orders are fraud people running back to read through all my previous leaks now anyway it feels so good to finally bring the iPhone iPhone se saga to an end hold the drama all the doubters finally done with so to the many members of the toilets got out there thanks for never doubting me thanks for always rooting for me I hope we had a lot of fun watching the iPhone se videos knowing that you already knew what was coming and of course to my sources the ones that put in all the work and risked a ton just so a bunch of nerds on the internet could know some stuff a little bit earlier than usual and get a look behind the scenes I know it's my name attached but you deserve all the credit and if they doubted us before they definitely won't now see you tomorrow also I told you soJohn krauser is a hack I do not trust a single word this guy says John Prosser is a not a laker does John crosser have any credibility and all basically just confirmed to the self as a fake by contradicting nine to five format this guy John has made a name for himself by tons of oh what tech news in a way that doesn't suck and hit the subscribe button in turn on notifications because you're stuck inside right now you don't got a choice Oh what's going on guys welcome back to front page Tech's up but Todd the show that gives you all it is tech news from one geeks that is me to another that is you all the latest tech news it's more like tomorrow's tech news today well well how the turntables well well well how the turntables listen I saw your comments no Tim Cook didn't get me I have not been captured I'm still here still gonna do the thing leaked stuff listen it was very stressful last couple weeks I just had to take a breather feel better now let's do this no it's weird we are in a really weird position these days for some reason like when the phone finally officially launches when it finally drops and all your favorite tech youtubers are putting out their iPhone se officially announced videos our job here is kind of done at that point so I hope every single one of you out there in the toilet squad had fun watching all the brand-new iPhone se videos knowing that you knew it was coming since before April even started we told you April 15th that's the date that's the launch even when other news outlets were out there reporting imminent launch as early as what is now two weeks ago over two weeks ago we never budged from this date ladies and gentlemen you tell me when is the last time a leaker of any kind gave you the exact date of a surprise press release from Apple weeks in advance when was the last time don't worry I'll wait but what I'm here for today is to actually tell you the story about what happened on launch day because honestly that story is pretty great and if you follow me on Twitter then you got to be on that roller coaster with me now it started way early in the morning everyone woke up they got ready to sit there to refresh Apple's website at exactly 8 a.m. est this was it this was either iPhone day or it wasn't John was either right or he wasn't no iPhone launch imminent whatever that means I gave a date and this was it make or break honey so here we go 8:00 a.m. it's boom we're all there we're all refreshing the website and nothing and usually if there's a new product coming if there's a product dropping via press release on Apple's website it usually happens within that first hour but the first hour went by and nothing happened so it was not looking good I mean I even went ahead and tweeted whether we get a new iPhone today or not it has been an honor to serve your toilets gents in finding me that one scene from Titanic where the ship is totally going down but the band still plays till the end literally when every minute that went by after that it got worse the hate tweet started coming in people were sending me fake news memes that were quick to laugh at me and tell me that they were gonna unfollow me all sorts of good but while everyone was busy typing clickety-clacking typing their eight tweets to me I was hearing things turns out at about 8:45 a.m. est Tim Cook was sitting on a call with major press outlets he was giving them an entire press briefing effectively giving them the info the same way that they would have had there been an event for this device the issue you see is that I knew the call was happening and I was getting the info in real time so I waited I waited for Tim to get off that phone because I knew when he did there was no changing the date no changing the time that phone was gonna drop so when that phone call was over you bet your ass I went over to Twitter and I tweeted I'm sorry Tim because just a few minutes later I tweeted the exact launch time it was just about an hour and a half away at 11 a.m. and soon after that I dropped - confirmed price and then the confirmed name it was go time boys in fact even MacRumors finally reported my info about a half hour before the phone dropped if it was too late so seriously respect to MacRumors I appreciate that 9 to 5 Mac on the other hand well they were bitter to the very end and it was beautiful to watch they had put out an article earlier that morning titled another sketchy claim iPhone se launching today and in that article they referred to me in my leaked my report of the April 15th date as an earlier finger in the air reports now keep in mind at this point I knew the exact time that this phone was coming out so I just I just let this happen I didn't I didn't say anything I kept my mouth shut and I just watched it happen with a big-ass evil smile on my face and when the author of that article was asked about it on Twitter he said he didn't want to give any oxygen to what appears to be a completely invented claim Oh invented claim oh man this is beautiful I could not make this up there was even some troll comment that someone tweeted me saying pretty sure Tim doesn't know or care you exist Lo and one of the people from 9 to 5 Mac liked the troll comment this is not a joke this is real they looked at the conversate they looked at them they looked at the people tweeting me and liked this one they were that upset oh ho God Oh bitter Toto very end I'll give you that 9 to 5 Mac listen no hate ok no hate 9 to 5 Mac it's whatever okay I'm over it you'll you'll figure it out eventually and just like that we're down to the final seconds 10:59 hits everyone is there everyone's on the newsroom page refreshing the website and boom Oh am press-release drops the commercial on YouTube drops the iPhone se is official and just like that once again seriously these are all the John parse orders are fraud people running back to read through all my previous leaks now anyway it feels so good to finally bring the iPhone iPhone se saga to an end hold the drama all the doubters finally done with so to the many members of the toilets got out there thanks for never doubting me thanks for always rooting for me I hope we had a lot of fun watching the iPhone se videos knowing that you already knew what was coming and of course to my sources the ones that put in all the work and risked a ton just so a bunch of nerds on the internet could know some stuff a little bit earlier than usual and get a look behind the scenes I know it's my name attached but you deserve all the credit and if they doubted us before they definitely won't now see you tomorrow also I told you so\n"