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The Upgrade

Will Apple sales beat last September?

Apple stages its iPhone launch every September and the fall lineup lands this month. This September against last answers the only question that matters for the biggest product cycle in consumer tech: is upgrade demand growing or fading.

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Activity begins when trading opens.

MARKET WINDOW

September 1 to 30, 2026, compared against September 1 to 30, 2025.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Sales are total verified consumer dollars processed under the Apple retail and Apple online store descriptors during the window, U.S. consumer rails. App Store, iCloud, and Apple services subscriptions are out of scope. The target line is total sales over September 2025.

RESOLUTION METHOD

Yes wins if window sales exceed the prior-year line; No wins otherwise. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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