With it now widely accepted that Apple’s annual iPhone launch event will take place on September 9, the next pressing question is when this year’s iPhones will go on sale. Leaks from networks in the U.K., Germany and Japan pegged the date at September 18 with Forbes’ Ewan Spence speculating that Apple will open pre-orders for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus on its website on September 11.

It appears this date is spot-on. Apple-focused French website Mac4Ever (via Forbes) published details leaked by a French carrier confirming that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will be available for pre-order in that country starting September 11.

Although the publication has not revealed the carrier in question, it did share a photo of the purported notification received stipulating the pre-order date.

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As noted by Gordon Kelly at Forbes’, France is a tier one country in Apple’s world and has historically had the same pre-order and release dates for new Apple products as the U.S. It is therefore safe to assume customers in the U.S. will be able to pre-order their iPhone 6s or iPhone 6s Plus on September 11 as well.

iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus – What we know so far

Like the iPhone 5s before it, the iPhone 6s range will feature the same exterior design as the outgoing iPhone 6 range and come in the same screen sizes: a 4.7-inch iPhone 6s and a 5.5-inch iPhone 6s Plus.

Apple’s iPhone 6s lineup will instead focus on internal upgrades, including a more powerful A9 chip with 2GB of RAM, a new LTE chip capable of download speeds twice as fast, Force Touch technology and (maybe) support for a stylus, a new 12-megapixel rear camera, improved FaceTime camera and longer battery life.

The iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will ship with iOS 9 – also slated for general release on September 9 – to include features such as a more intelligent Siri, a Proactive assistant, Apple’s new News app, public transit info for Maps, new messaging features, new power management options and a host of ‘hidden’ features.

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