Apple Announces 'Let Loose' Event on May 7 Amid Rumors of New iPads

[FineWoven]

so an apple pencil that can pick color outside the ipad?

Oh that would actually be really cool! I could easily see a lot of design and marketing types finding that extremely handy to convert real-world colors to their hex-based RGB equivalents. Plus it would undoubtedly get people talking about the iPad again which Apple very much needs these days.

 

[Jim Lahey]

Let loose on iPad Pro?

macOS confirmed.

 

[ThatsMeRight]

but still he called ipads in May
How do you know Apple didnt wanted first an event, and now they changed their mind?

He called iPads for February, March, April and then May…

 

[MayaUser]

Here's what I'm thinking:

What'll happen:
- New Apple Pencil with squeeze mechanic (Very Likely)
- New iPad Airs, including a 12.9" (Very Likely)
- New iPad Pros (Likely)
- New Magic Keyboard for iPads (Likely)

What's possible:
- iPhone color refresh
- Services update
- Hidden 17.5 feature gets announced
- New iPad mini
- Mac Studio (Unlikely, but I don't think unreasonable)
- HomePod mini colors/update (Unlikely, but also something I don't think would be unreasonable)

What won't happen:
- New AirPods or AirTags
- New iMac or MacBooks
- New Base iPad
- EU DMA changes in other territories
- iPhone SE
- New Apple TV

Also, major LOL to the people arguing about Mark Gurman. I don't know what's more sad/embarassing: the people who treat his word like gospel, or the people who have such a strong personal vendetta against him. He's just a dude who operates with information he gets from insiders. He's never painted himself as a messiah of leaks, like Jon Prosser did. He just says what he hears and sometimes he is right and sometimes he is wrong. You would think that people on a website called MacRUMORS would understand this 👻

easy to predict after Mark said this already months ago...why didn you said nothing about new pencil, or 12.9" air and new keyboard 3 months ago?
Nice try

 

[MayaUser]

He called iPads for February, March, April and then May…

Apple wanted to do ipads in Febryary then March then May...i hope you see how this goes
mark is not the CEO at Apple

 

[sw1tcher]

Mark also talk about new apple pencil, keyboard..and so on...on those you close your eye on!?

He also talked about expecting new USB-C Magic Mouse, Keyboard, and Trackpad during last October's "Scary Fast" event

New Magic Mouse With USB-C Port Expected at Apple Event Next Week

Apple will likely announce new versions of its Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad for the Mac at its "Scary Fast" event on...

www.macrumors.com

Yeah, he got that wrong too

Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse Still Feature Lightning Instead of USB-C

The newly announced M3 iMac is still accompanied by peripherals with a Lightning port for pairing and charging, rather than USB-C as rumored. In...

www.macrumors.com

 

[Unregistered 4U]

but still he called ipads in May
How do you know Apple didnt wanted first an event, and now they changed their mind?

Because shooting the videos for these events happen quite some time in advance so they have the time to edit and do reshoots if needed. Folks looking for leaks saw that “something” was supposed to be released in March with no event (ended up being a Mac). Faced with being flat out wrong “OHHHH the iPads have been delayed, there’s problems, the supply chain says…” when the original date was May and they knew barely more than that.

 

[spazzcat]

I think this is fake. There is nothing on apple.com, even in the newsroom

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[MayaUser]

Let loose on iPad Pro?

macOS confirmed.

good joke )

 

[Apple$]

GOOD MOARRNING!

 

[phenste]

Odd time for an event. For me I’m not updating my iPads any time soon. I hardly use the ones I have tbh.

Still any apple event is welcome I guess.

it is a little unusual but if rumors are to be trusted, the supply chain hindered production of some of the models Apple is announcing here. new iPads around early springtime are nothing new.

the whole lineup is quite past-due for an overhaul, relative to their regular release schedule—and given they’re doing an actual event, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some exciting things. my biggest curiosity is how this new hardware will integrate with iPadOS 18, but unless I haven’t been paying attention, rumors suggest nothing much new with that release…oh well

 

[GeoStructural]

"let loose" is basically the antithesis of Apple's control freak culture

Maybe it is a nudge to interchangeable pencil tips and how loose they will get. It will be the next big thing, "Tipgate".

 

[MayaUser]

Because shooting the videos for these events happen quite some time in advance so they have the time to edit and do reshoots if needed. Folks looking for leaks saw that “something” was supposed to be released in March with no event (ended up being a Mac). Faced with being flat out wrong “OHHHH the iPads have been delayed, there’s problems, the supply chain says…” when the original date was May and they knew barely more than that.

no, these videos, 1 hour video event Apple can do in 1-2 weeks at max.

 

[FineWoven]

Can't remember the last time there was a May event. I want to say it's been about 20 years or so, since the prime of the Steve Jobs days. But having back to back months jam packed with Apple goodness will be fun and, more importantly, finally put an end to the news drought for most of the year so far!

 

[MayaUser]

He also talked about expecting new USB-C Magic Mouse, Keyboard, and Trackpad during last October's "Scary Fast" event

New Magic Mouse With USB-C Port Expected at Apple Event Next Week

Apple will likely announce new versions of its Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad for the Mac at its "Scary Fast" event on...

www.macrumors.com

Yeah, he got that wrong too

Magic Keyboard, Magic Trackpad, and Magic Mouse Still Feature Lightning Instead of USB-C

The newly announced M3 iMac is still accompanied by peripherals with a Lightning port for pairing and charging, rather than USB-C as rumored. In...

www.macrumors.com

now do the list on what he was right on the last 12 months ,do the math and see the accuracy
Nice try

 

[Jim Lahey]

good joke )

My source, who is close to the matter, says they will tease macPad OS in May with a full reveal coming at WWDC, then cancel the project because they can't actually do it 👍

 

[mathewr]

same

me too. i use the mini for work everyday. I have a 4 year old 11 inch pro that i barely use.

 

[MayaUser]

My source, who is close to the matter, says they will tease macPad OS in May with a full reveal coming at WWDC, then cancel the project because they can't actually do it 👍

Now you are a leaker
But in fairness Apple only with that pad did this...announce something and then never see the light

 

[TVreporter]

“Let Loose” - confirmed Tim will release his stern grip on overpriced Ram and storage!!!

 

[Unregistered 4U]

He called iPads for February, March, April and then May…

These “leakers” count on folks just not understanding what effort goes into producing millions of physical devices, millions of copies of packing materials and putting all of that together to have it ready for a known time in the future. They want people to believe that two weeks ago they were having insurmountable issues but, when they are announced and shipped just a few weeks from now, not only will all those issues have been resolved, but they will have been resolved in a MAGICAL way which almost seems like they’ve been in production and being stockpiled for a couple months.

It doesn’t matter how good folks think Apple are, they did NOT just resolve their issues yesterday and, today, decided that May 7th will be the Announcement date. But, there are folks that believe in Gurman that will claim that’s the case!

 

[The Chosen One]

surprise
Mark Gurman is dead wrong:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1764308680479265005

He was probably just referring to an inperson/stage event. This will highly likely be a prerecorded video. This launch is too big to just suddenly place em on the website and leave it at that. This is not unexpected.

 

[Abazigal]

Ugh, still have to wait for another two weeks.

 

[Jim Lahey]

GOOD MOARRNING!

"It's the most incredible displooy we've ever put it iPad TBH."

 

[zach-coleman]

but still he called ipads in May
How do you know Apple didnt wanted first an event, and now they changed their mind?

"He's always right as long as you hand wave away all the times he's wrong."

 

[hovscorpion12]

Ugh, still have to wait for another two weeks.

These two weeks, gonna fly. trust.

We still have a whole month wait for WWDC. 😭