Apple Announces Digital-Only Event to Be Held on October 13: iPhone 12 Expected

[naturalstar]

Oh, I should have asked... are we semi-certain Qualcomm is returning? That's important.

 

[yaxomoxay]

My theory on the circles is that they're hinting at the 3 iPhone sizes. But after reading the few other theories floating around, it's also possible there are mutliple clues built into the graphic.

It's four circles...

 

[Canyda]

It'll almost certainly be launched alongside Fitness+, but I suspect they would like both available by Nov 1st (when everyone has to start actually paying for Apple TV+)

That seems logical. The Canadian Apple website currently says that Apple One is "Coming this fall" whereas there's a separate notation in the pricing for the Premier plan that says Fitness+ is coming "late 2020". To me, those are two distinct times. So I do wonder whether Apple One would launch *without* Fitness+ in the Premier plan off the top?
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It's four circles...

 

[citysnaps]

Should be a great quarter for Apple!

 

[LotusLord]

Now the question is do I upgrade. My Xs is solid so I don't need to upgrade but my upgrade program 24 months is up in early December if I remember right. I'd like the new phone, as well as over the ear headphones since I'm working from home so often.

 

[Macmamamac]

David Icke confirmed as event host.

 

[citysnaps]

Hilarious how people here "act" excited then right after the keynote they blast Tim Cook with the "Timmy" crap and constantly say "Worse Keynote Ever" in order to bring the forum down. THEY KNOW the product will outsell everything else and it burns them up simply because it's Apple.

Spot-on. It's always a race to the bottom, with a trophy awarded to the one who can muster up the biggest juvenile eye-roll.

And then a few months later Apple will report a killer quarter with record revenues and profits.

 

[justperry]

Silly. Infrastructure won’t be widely available for years. Hell even LTE isn’t completely rolled out across the country.

Apple iPhones are delivered worldwide, there are already countries with 100% or close to 5G coverage

 

[Unregistered 4U]

Hilarious how people here "act" excited then right after the keynote they blast Tim Cook with the "Timmy" crap and constantly say "Worse Keynote Ever" in order to bring the forum down. THEY KNOW the product will outsell everything else and it burns them up simply because it's Apple.

Usually two separate groups of folks?

 

[kazmac]

Would be thrilled to see something about AS Mac launch too.

 

[justperry]

Holy, well you know... I don't want to get edited.

But yeah! That would be easy for them to do. Have an AR pop up of the airbags (device, Apple Watch, or whatever) at eye level in case it's buried in a couch or in a drawer.

genius.

It doesn't stop there, if you lost your item attached to an Airtag outside, even if on the other side of the world, it would be located if there are other iPhones nearby, each and every iPhone would be a relay.

 

[ricardobayes]

I think we are going to see a new iMac. A reliable leaker Kuo said a 24-inch iMac would be released in the fourth quarter, which is now. It probably will not be an Apple Silicon one.

 

[gaximus]

OH BABY! YES! I like that the speed in the name... that hopefully means faster everything.
I expect an entire line refresh! Anything that wasn’t updated in the last 4 weeks is out. And all new stuff is replacing it.

It actually means that they are loosening App Store Guide lines and allowing drug dealing apps to be submitted. "Hi Speed" is more catchy than "hello heroin".

 

[UltimateSyn]

You guys remember the last time hosted a November event? Well, they never have. Hope that means that they will get ALL of their big announcements for the rest of the year (i.e. Apple Silicon Macs) off at this event. Could be a monumental event if they do!

 

[Abombito]

It's four circles...

I considered that, but the 4th one doesn't have fully defined edges. This is all very scientific! Gotta love how Apple drives us into picking apart every little detail, those evil geniuses.

 

[klasma]

Do you reckon "Hi Speed" refers to 120hz has made it in to at least one of the new phones after all?

120 Hz is frequency, not speed!

 

[JM]

It doesn't stop there, if you lost your item attached to an Airtag outside, even if on the other side of the world, it would be located if there are other iPhones nearby, each and every iPhone would be a relay.

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[yaxomoxay]

It doesn't stop there, if you lost your item attached to an Airtag outside, even if on the other side of the world, it would be located if there are other iPhones nearby, each and every iPhone would be a relay.

A stalker's dream.

 

[justperry]

My husband loves his launch day X, but lately it has been slowing down on him and lagging, even with a reset. So for him it’ll be mainly to have a normal functioning device lol. But I also think it’ll be a nice boost overall performance wise. Plus it’s nice to just have a refresh

Battery might slow it down.
A complete restore could make a difference.

 

[SuperCachetes]

... why would the notch be smaller(?) on the smaller screened iPhone? It's size is to contain the sensors / dot projector / cameras, which would surely be the exact same parts, and therefore size, regardless of the screen size.

Well, since you asked...
https://www.macrumors.com/2020/09/14/kuo-no-120hz-iphone-12/

I don't have any skin in the game one way or the other, but Kuo does have a good track record.

 

[justperry]

As someone who is upgrading my iPhone this year, I’m stocked

Wow, you already have a bunch of them new iPhones....

 

[Maconplasma]

Kinda sad, but the only thing from this event that I'll likely be interested in are the AirTags, assuming a reasonable price. Such is the state of Apple innovation these days...

The real sad thing is people seem to think that is as long as THEY don't need something from Apple everyone else feels the same and Apple's innovation is now stagnate. I can tell you first hand that you are in the minority in your thinking.

 

[klasma]

Didn’t they drop the S label after the 6s?

They didn’t:
6 –> 6s –> 7
X –> XS –>11
12 –> 12s(?) –> 13(?)
Three-year casing design cycle with S in the middle.

 

[justperry]

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Doesn't stop there, if this would become available to other platforms Apple would be selling billions.
iPhones are sold around the world but the majority of this world population uses Android, if that would be available then a lost item will be found in no time.

 

[Unregistered 4U]

It doesn't stop there, if you lost your item attached to an Airtag outside, even if on the other side of the world, it would be located if there are other iPhones nearby, each and every iPhone would be a relay.

And, if you’re wearing the new AirPods? You get a 3d ping in the direction of the AirTag.