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So the event will probably be shorter than the usual 2 hours, surely they can’t spend 2 hours talking about the iPad Air and the Apple Watch. iPhone is usually the device that takes them a lot longer to talk about. Especially if the Series 6 Watch is just a small update.

I wonder if they will throw something else in there, maybe ARM Mac?
Or maybe the updates aren‘t small. Just saying.
 
I wonder how a lot of other OEM's didn't face such intense delays. Is it just because of how many devices Apple has to move? I cant think of another company that has faced similar delays.

Apple is designing their own 5G antenna at the last minute. The Qualcomm deal was signed only a year ago. Many other manufacturers are using Qualcomm’s solution or designed their own a long time ago.
 
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I am looking to buy an iPad Pro 12.9” now am deliberating whether to wait until Tuesday before I buy... grrr... was hoping for iPads to get announced today so I could safely order... but another weeks wait it is... I should imagine this event will be heavily iPad focused just due to the fact it’s the 10 year anniversary this year.
 
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I am looking to buy an iPad Pro 12.9” now am deliberating whether to wait until Tuesday before I buy... grrr... was hoping for iPads to get announced today so I could safely order... but another weeks wait it is... I should imagine this event will be heavily iPad focused just due to the fact it’s the 10 year anniversary this year.

I would be very surprised to see new iPad Pros this year. I think the next update will have a mini-LED display and come next spring.
 
Or maybe the updates aren‘t small. Just saying.

If whats been rumoured is true, they are not really big updates. Unless the rumours and leaks so far have not covered everything. I still think Apple could throw a curveball.
 
Just as long as we get a date for iOS 14. I doubt they will wait until October to release it. Maybe the end of September.

I read the other day that the new iPhones will come with iOS14.1 so that would suggest a normal September release timeframe for iOS and MacOS
 
I am looking to buy an iPad Pro 12.9” now am deliberating whether to wait until Tuesday before I buy... grrr... was hoping for iPads to get announced today so I could safely order... but another weeks wait it is... I should imagine this event will be heavily iPad focused just due to the fact it’s the 10 year anniversary this year.
I don't think the next generation of iPad Pros will be released until first half of 2021 based off the rumors. If you want a Pro now, you might as well get it now.
 
I can't really believe they would have an entire event next week without talking about the iPhone. Everyone is expecting to see the iPhones. Seems more likely to me they will announce the iPhones next week but release them only in October/November.

Think carefully about the consequences of that. Paper launch an iPhone but have no supplies until Oct/Nov.

What do you think happens to the price of iPhone 11? Why would Apple volunteer to Osborne their entire iPhone 11 lineup several weeks before it is necessary and lose $100 per iPhone?
 
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So the event will probably be shorter than the usual 2 hours, surely they can’t spend 2 hours talking about the iPad Air and the Apple Watch. iPhone is usually the device that takes them a lot longer to talk about. Especially if the Series 6 Watch is just a small update.

I wonder if they will throw something else in there, maybe ARM Mac?
Fingers crossed on AirPods Studios and the other products they have planned!

But in all likelihood, they'll save that for October.
 
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A own event just for watch and iPad?

That must be big news. New iPad Pro with the announcement of pro apps maybe? Despite it not being WWDC?
 
with this event logo, it makes more sense.. the only device I care for is ARM Mac, the rest is whatever.. :)
 
A own event just for watch and iPad?

That must be big news. New iPad Pro with the announcement of pro apps maybe? Despite it not being WWDC?

What if they have the One More Thing and show something big for AR, like Apple Glasses?
They don't have to ship them now, Apple Watch was announced months in advance, so was the original iPhone.
 
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I wonder how a lot of other OEM's didn't face such intense delays. Is it just because of how many devices Apple has to move? I cant think of another company that has faced similar delays.

That's an unanswerable question until you know what it is included in the iPhones and therefore what they've gone through to get to this stage, and I'm not talking about rumours! There's already talk of Apple redesigning the antennae for the 5G so if true - still a rumour - then that's not bought off the shelf
 
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Fingers crossed on AirPods Studios and the other products they have planned!

But in all likelihood, they'll save that for October.

True, but they will have a lot to announce in October if that’s the case. iPhones (which they usually give a lot of time too), ARM Mac’s, the rumoured Air Tags, AirPods studio headphones and a new mini Homepod. That will be a BIG event In October.
 
Think carefully about the consequences of that. Paper launch an iPhone but have no supplies until Oct/Nov.

What do you think happens to the price of iPhone 11? Why would Apple volunteer to Osborne their entire iPhone 11 lineup several weeks before it is necessary and lose $100 per iPhone?
They did something similar with the iPhone X. Plus iPhone sales usually slump around this time and Apple only reports numbers by quarter (AFAIK) so as long as the pre-orders are high enough they're not really canalizing anything. Lots of unknowns, so I'm not confident, but it does not make sense to have two big events a month (or less) apart. So I think we'll see an iPhone reveal.
 
It seems that if there were just a delay in the iP12, then they would announce it now, with delayed order and shipping dates. There’s some precedence for that, I think.

I wonder if not announcing is an indication of uncertainty over when exactly they’ll be ready to ship... I’m pretty sure the devices would have to already be in production now even for an October release, so the only uncertainty I could imagine would be yield...
 
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