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I had heard somewhere that the first batch of a new electronics product (like the iPhone 15 if you pre-order right now) is more likely to have manufacturing defects and other subtle issues. So it is best to wait a few months to buy a new product.

Does anyone know if this is true? If so, how long is optimal to wait to have the highest probability of all the kinks being worked out? Like when should I buy the iPhone 15?

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I don't think this is true these days and especially not true of this phone release.

IIRC, Apple will have made somewhere close to 20k phones before getting anywhere close to mass production and as the ID didn't change that much, the risk is pretty low on there being a long term material issue.

If the ID changes next year (just going off manufacturing rumors), I might wait a little, but this year seems like no risk.

If you live anywhere near an Apple Store, there's not a great incentive to wait. Everyone seems to have their pet story of that one time Apple didn't replace a thing they thought should be replaced, but generally the in-store employees will swap out a defective device without hassle.

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